Brandon, Manitoba, Canada Council Meetings, 20 Apr 2020

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The normal all rise business today and welcome to our regular city council.

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Meeting and will be immediately following with a special meeting right.

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Afterwards, we've got everyone abundantly spaced out around our large council.

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Chamber here and everybody does have their own microphone, so you'll be able.

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To hear them yeah we have two council members that are calling in by.

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Teleconferencing counselors ron, brown and councillor kris dejarlais, so we're.

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Gonna do our best to make sure we don't miss hearing their input as well. We've.

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Got a fairly lengthy agenda, you get a bunch of business done and so without.

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Further ado I'll ask you for the first out of business, madam clerk roll call.

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Your worship, I've, taken the role in all members of council are present, including.

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Councillor de charlie and councillor brown via teleconference, very good, thank.

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You next item, please a motion to adopt this evenings agenda. Yours.

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The bison counts for cullen seconded by councillor lukey any additions or.

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Changes seeing none call for the question all those in favor, post and.

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Councillors, browning judge lau in favour.

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Thank you next item. Please a motion to confirm the.

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Minutes of the regular meeting held march 16th moved by councillor cameron.

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Seconded by councillor, shui any errors or omissions and not seeing any call for.

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The question, then, all those in favor posed and for councilors desire liam.

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Brown, I'm just going to pause each time and if you want to either pose or ask a.

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Question please just pipe up next item of business. Please a confirmation of the.

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Minutes of the april 6 special meeting moved by councillor parker seconded by.

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Councillor key in any errors, omissions changes in.

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Seeing none call for the question: all those in favor opposed, add is carried.

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Excited please, under the order of public hearings, the public hearing to discuss.

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The 2020 financial plan, mr hammond, to come forward who items first. This would.

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Be a little bit of a different hearing. No doubt.

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And evening you worship and members of council as part of the municipal act, we.

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Were required to submit an annual financial plan and, as part of the.

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Budgeting process, we prepare the financial plan and it is exactly that it.

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Is a plan and in any given year we often deviate from our plan. We need to dodge.

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And weave accordingly, depending on circumstances and this year will.

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Definitely be no different but anyways back to the plan that we're proposing.

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For you tonight, I'm here to give you a few details, so our proposed operating.

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Expense on the general fund for 2020 is eighty three point: eight million and.

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Increase a little more than seven hundred thousand or a point: nine.

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Increase in expense when we look at the the breakdown of the revenues so for.

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Municipalities must have a balanced budget, we're not allowed to run a.

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Deficit, so revenues have to man and match expenses. So if I can draw your.

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Attention to the bottom left corner this year. Twenty three point: one percent of.

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Our proposed revenues are to come from other levels of government. I can draw.

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Your attention to the three buckets on the top left, the city has the ability to.

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Generate its own fees and incomes, fines, licenses, etc, and that's typically about.

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A quarter of the budget- the remainder of course, has to come from property taxes.

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Which this year represents fifty five point: six percent of the budget that.

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Number is that actually exactly the same as last year,.

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When we look at the expense side of the budget, the largest category of spend is.

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Protective services- this is, of course, police fire ambulance, 9-1-1, emergency.

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Management services had thirty seven point: eight percent.

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The next bucket is our operating infrastructure projects, which typically.

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Makes up about a quarter of the budget followed by parks, culture and recreation.

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Support services, transit growth, economic development and housing and finally,.

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Sanitation terms of the capital budget have a proposed sixty eight point. Three.

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Million dollar capital budget fifteen point, five million of which is funded by.

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Debt, thirteen million of that is for this year's contributions to the water.

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Treatment facility project and upgrades and then you will see that we are good.

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Savers, a lot of our projects are funded by our own general fund or utility fund.

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Reserves and then there's a small smattering of projects that are.

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Supported by property taxes, as well as some provincial and federal grant funds.

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When we look at the city's debt portfolio in the general fund this year,.

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We will have 25 almost 26 million dollars of outstanding debt and payments.

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On which our 2.3 million, so our debt payments, as a percent of the operating.

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Budget are a little under 3% very low when we look at debt levels and other.

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Manitoba municipalities, either on a per capita or a percentage basis. Our use of.

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Debt is very low, particularly on the general side. On the utility side, we are.

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Taking on more debt, primarily for the upgrades to the water treatment facility,.

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So, for the utility side we have 9.8 million dollars of outstanding debt to.

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Be repaid and a further 16 million authorized as part of the water.

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Treatment facility upgrade.

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When we look at the residential property tax impact in 2019, the somewhat typical.

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Or average residential property in brannon was roughly two hundred and.

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Sixty two thousand an assessed value that increases to roughly two hundred.

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And seventy thousand this year, this investment year and city properties on.

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Average went up by three percent and then, with this year's tax levy, that.

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Would increase the municipal tax levy to nineteen hundred dollars this year or an.

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Increase of just under nine dollars or zero point, four: seven percent: now that.

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Zero four points: zero point: zero point: four: seven percent increase: that's the.

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Average, across all properties, of course, with this being a reassessment year, some.

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Properties will see an increase more than that. Some properties will see an.

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Increase less than some properties may even see a decrease in their taxes of.

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Course for the municipal portion of your taxes, only school division taxes would.

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Be on top of this, and when we're talking about budgets in the tens of millions of.

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Dollars I always like to put some perspective to it, so for that typical.

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Residential properties, $1,900 municipal tax bill: this is how it would break down.

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In terms of our seven different spending categories, both in dollars and.

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Percentage- and I always like to do the cost per day, because when we again when.

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We're talking with budgets in the millions of dollars. This is what the.

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Typical residential property will experience on a per day basis and we.

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Know that services such as protective services and looking after our city.

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Expenses expensive, but even when you take protective services, our largest.

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Bucket again, including police, fire ambulance and 911 services on a per day.

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Basis, it's less than a cup of coffee and all city services.

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Added are a little more than $5 per per day. If anyone wants more information on.

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The budget, our 20/20 financial plan, is on the city of brandon website as well.

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As this information or this presentation.

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Reminders for property tax payers as part of the property tax levy, bylaw.

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Which will be coming up shortly at this meeting? The property tax due date is.

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Recommended to be extended to july 31st this year, normally it's june 30th, but in.

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Light of a kovach crisis, that's appropriate to give people a little more.

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Time to pay if they want to continue with the annual payment, if you do want.

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To take advantage of the annual payment, there are discounts available in april.

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And may you're on our tax installment plan. Then of course, your monthly.

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Payments continue note this year, that you have the ability to undertake.

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Flexible or variable payments under the tax installment program and if you're.

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Not on that program, then, you have until july 15th to sign up for that and if you.

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Need to reach out to the finance department to discuss your taxes or to.

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Make alternative arrangements, then you can call seven two nine two, two two.

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Eight or seven, two, nine, two, five, nine two or you can email us at taxes at.

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Brandon dot ca, a reminder: city hall is closed to the public. Please phone us or.

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Reach us by email, and we will get back to you.

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Very fast presentation, we thought I'd be happy to answer any of your questions.

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And councillor reggie owned just before we started I'll, just gonna lay out the.

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Process a little bit normally, this would be the sort of public hearing. Pardon me.

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I guess the public hearing is coming up, so this is just the presentation of the.

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Of the budget then we'll get to those, I'm sorry go ahead. Kyle! Sorry, joe thank.

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You your worship to dean, I know, there's an inquiry coming.

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Up later on that, I have about what's happening in the public and he did.

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Mention 23% of the grant government grants are financing or our financial.

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Plan, so I was just wondering if you, if you just wanted to touch on, what's been.

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Happening in the past couple of months, how it's going to impact the city or do.

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You want to wait until we have the inquiries and we'll deal with we'll deal.

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With it then well, this would be a good time.

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Three-Year worship to counselor ratio. Yes, a little less than a quarter of our.

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Budget is our revenues, come from other levels of government and we rely on.

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Those revenues to be able to do what we do at this time. There's no indication.

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That different is going to happen so we're under the assumption. At this point.

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In time that those those grant funds will will continue, okay, a regular kind.

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Of basket finding block funding, if you will from the province, we had already.

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Received the letter from the minister outlining our amount, which not surprised.

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It was precisely the same as last year. In fact, I think it was 58 cents more.

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Than last year, just to put a fine point on it with that arrived just before the.

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Kind of colvin 19 response started, so I guess we do have a letter in hand, sort.

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Of authorizing we're getting in 2020 whether any changes are made to that.

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Remains to be seen, we would hope that there wouldn't.

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Any especially given that we're operating on sort of frozen funding for.

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Four years, anyways I'll wake tilly inquiry before I get into the other.

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Stuff, thank you very much, so we take other questions from.

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Councillors and then we do have a process that allows the public to come.

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In but first we'll sort of seed the conversation with councillors if they.

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Have some I know council has been through this budget a lot, so they may have less questions obviously, but I will state.

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That, although this council knows, we don't normally get a lot of people who.

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Come up for this hearing on any given year, but to make sure that we are still.

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Providing public with an opportunity to provide input, we certainly made it known.

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If people had representation that they wanted to make, they could send emails in.

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They could contact their councillor, they could drop it off at our mailbox in a.

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Written fashion and then right now, as this is being televised, live on the city.

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Youtube channel there is a provision that people can submit their questions.

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Live on on youtube, so heather's monitoring that I can't say that we.

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Didn't receive any written submissions in advance and it doesn't seem like.

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We've got a lot of action on the on the youtube either, so we are certainly doing.

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Our very best to exercise the openness and transparency that we always do, but.

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Certainly having to use alternative means so before we ask mr. hammond to.

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Vacate the podium we'll just ask one more time: if any councillors had any.

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Questions, councillor fawcett. Yes, thank you. Your worship.

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Mr hammond, of course, like the province like others, this is a budget that we put.

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Together as prior to all this- and this is still what we present knowing full.

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Well, that he's going to be a difficult budget to to adapt to, but just for clarity's sake, I guess it is the budget that we.

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Prepared and has not been adapted to current times it will get adapted. As mr.

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Hammond said, while moving sort of moving forward, so some things that are in there.

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May not be in there come spring, for example, imo the.

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Understanding things like tennis courts may not get done this year. We have it in.

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The budget and that's just to try and conserve and save some different things.

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At different areas and we'll get it back in there for next year, stuff like that.

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So it is, it is the budget we worked on presented or presenting now. Obviously,.

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Things have changed, so it's like everyone else. It's that aldeen wants to.

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Expand on that early kind of mentioned it earlier, but we're shipped accounts.

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For fawcett, yes in in any given year, our financial plan is just that it is a plan.

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It's our best forecast at the beginning of the year in terms of whoa.

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Would like to achieve for our city both in terms of the services we deliver in.

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The capital projects that we never so we do plan accordingly. A lot of effort goes.

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Into the budgeting process and the planning process, but the reality is in.

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Any given year, depending on the resources available and timing and.

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Everything else we do always adjust. Accordingly, we strive to deliver the.

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Services, we say we're going to deliver and we strive to deliver the projects we.

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Want to deliver, we do know this year, that's going to and as councilor faucet.

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Indicate even the province they actually delivered they're doing pretty much the.

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Day that manitoba got its first case and then really things erupted after that.

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You know they still want to add past the budget that they intended to present and.

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Are already starting to make changes to things that they had budgeted for so.

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Council can expect to see a great deal of things to consider in the weeks and.

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Months ahead and finance department is just now pulling all that together and.

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It'll probably go to the audit and finance committee first, as it routinely.

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Does and then on to council and before long we'll we'll start to see some.

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Changes emerge. You know we're gonna do our very best to leave the city on a.

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Strong financial foundation, recognizing that that foundation is our individual.

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Taxpayers and a lot of individual taxpayers are having their own.

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Significant issues with income and businesses closed and people laid off.

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And the like, so we're going to do our best to you know deal with this as much.

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Internally, as we can, we think that there'll be strategies for quite a bit.

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Of that and we'll all put our heads together and.

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Find the best path to that, so that we don't leave ourselves in huge debt or.

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Deficit and that we're ready to rock and roll again next year and just pick up.

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Where we left off culture parker, thank you orson for three years to yourself.

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Dean and perhaps yourself, I'm just curious, like the budget itself, and this.

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Financial plan itself was put together. You know join me obviously, through.

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Administration and council, and so those changes there will be some changes that.

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Are pretty minor in the plan as it goes forward? There also be some fairly.

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Significant changes, and so at what point does council as a whole.

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Get together and have input into, but some of those major changes look like is.

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It a case of administration going back to the various managers and determining.

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What's what's a priority and what's a sort of a secondary project and bringing.

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That to counsel and counsel making the decision or is it just gonna, come and.

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Say here you go, this is what we've decided to do so we'd like to kind of.

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Know the process a little bit just so that everybody's aware and and then.

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Residents do have any specific input or opinion on priorities, etc. They can.

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Communicate with their counselor about that.

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Do you want to go first through your worship to councilor parker so as.

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Councils aware it takes months and months and months to put together a.

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Budget and now, with this crisis, we need to end all of that budget and refine.

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Accordingly, on short order, so that is a complicated process to do that, so I can.

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Speak to some of the things where we're working on is the thing is, though, these.

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Things I'm going to speak, you don't occur in a vacuum. They they often play.

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Against each other, so obviously we're looking at our capital program myself.

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And fine and the chiefs and the general managers.

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Have met and we've reprioritized projects accordingly, basically into.

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Three categories: we have our list of projects that we want to proceed. This.

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Year we have a list of projects that may proceed this year if time permits cash.

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Flow permits and we have the necessary human resources to be able to manage.

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Those projects and, lastly, is projects that just simply are not going to occur.

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This year and we're gonna have to reschedule those for some other time so.

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There's that, on the capital side on the operating side, we're obviously going.

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Through our budget as part of our, we have our hiepro budget review coming up.

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Right away and with that departments will be given some specific assumptions.

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About how they're to prepare their their budget reviews, we have to make some.

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Assumptions about how long this crisis will last when we can potentially get.

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Back to to normal, or if we even will be able to get back to normal in some areas,.

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For this year, so budget review is coming as well, and that typically comes to.

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Audit and finance for review that, alongside our capital program, will be.

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Coming to audit finance and then with that we'll be looking for a specific.

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Direction from audit and finance whether you want that information to come before.

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A council and whether council would like to have their say in that revised list.

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Of projects or services to be delivered yeah, so you know we would certainly.

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Anticipate administration, it's kind of really not unlike the budget process and.

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Administration, you know kind of boils it all down in kind of detail and then.

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Comes back with you know, but you could say like a recommendation to council and.

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And we can kind of puzzle through it as a as a collectively council and.

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Administration, you know this is unchartered territory, so we're gonna do.

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The best and council obviously is in the driver's seat here we'll find ways to.

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Solicit input from the community where we can and find a path to you know, get.

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Us through the year and keep services going and keep our city nicely.

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Maintained and and still pay the bills thanks just a quick follow-up, all right.

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And I'll I'll get an answer. As I sit on the audit and finance committee, did you.

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Know so ah I'm sure the answer we come forward there, but with the budget.

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Process we allocate x amount of funds to all of the various pools that we have.

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And the reserves that we have in place- and I just I'm sure, we'll work through.

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The mechanics of how we eat the reversed a tour or how we deal with that should.

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Should that become a necessity later on in the year below, assuming those.

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Processes will come through daughter in finance and we'll deal with it and then.

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Bring it forward for us to council and everybody else.

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It'll be no more complicated than budget.

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Any other questions about the financial plan before we end up concluding the.

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Hearing we're gonna hear we haven't had any more haven't, had any submissions yet.

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Online, so council doesn't have any. Thank you very much. Mr. hammond, I think we're.

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Safe, would you mind moving that conference.

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That both counselors brown and digger lee also on text technology over here so.

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If we do miss them, they're going to text in, but so far so good with that a motion.

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That conclude, the public hearing would be in order.

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Counselor reggio seconded by councillor cameron, any discussion.

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Seeing none call for the question, then all those in favor post that is carrie.

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Next time, please, I knew the order of committee reports. You worship a report.

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From the western manitoba centennial auditorium, mmm counselor possible. Yes,.

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Thank you, curia worship. What we'll be doing kind of going forward is have our.

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General manager, tom crook, chair, coming to do an annual presentation just like.

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We get from the riverbank end you saw so, but in the meantime I did want to get.

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Out there publicly what we were looking at for, or this year's capital plan and.

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Of course, unfortunately, the doors are not open right now at the daughter.

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Torian but I did have it handed out to everyone there, but I've quickly run.

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Through it, some of the infrastructure upgrades and repairs, we were looking at.

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Replacing the electrical wire in our mechanical room, replacing plumbing in.

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The basement, which is a phase two of a project, their accessibility ramp on the.

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Front of the building needs resurfacing. That's the original surface. On there.

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Still replaced the north and south stage doors for repairing the basement rooms.

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The walls, the doors and repainting them we have equipment upgrades that we're.

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Going to be doing this year, the new water to replace the cell phone for you and on our stage upgrades requirements. We have.

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This year, the stage inspection for deficiencies and compliance led lighting.

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Upgrades which is a fairly large one for us, a lighting control panel and 220.

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Amperage upgrades it needs to happen, so that was just a sort of a real quick.

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The anticipated it's a total cost of about seventy five thousand dollars.

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Which between the province and the city, are you the funders for that? But that is.

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An upgrade capital plan for 2020 for the auditorium, which we want to make sure.

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That we're annually putting out there you any questions of the council faucet.

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On this report, just out of curiosity, like the conversations we're having one.

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Council and other organizations are presuming, this plan was crafted before.

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Things kind of broke loose here, anticipating be able to still work.

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Through most of these or yes goal is it hope to work through most them, but like.

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Everybody else our budget is significantly being affected at the.

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Auditorium as everywhere else not be having doors open, so not everything may.

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Fit into this year, okay, any other questions accounts are.

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Possible communicating with the other counselors here so see. None. We can move.

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On sometimes with other committee reports that we were not aware of so we.

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Could take those now verbally if there are any, not seeing the motion to accept.

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The wmca report would be in order moved by.

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Councillor parker seconded by councillor fossa any discussion.

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Call for the question, then, all those in favor opposed that is carried next item.

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Please the order of inquiries, your worship, so we do. I will just point out.

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When the time comes at the councillor de charlie, switched off of the teleconference went to the livestream, so he, like some other.

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Councillor to read his inquiry: if somebody has them, I have necessary, but.

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We'll start with counsels away. Thank you, worship bell. I had an inquiry about this.

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Year's green cart program, so I've got four questions, so maybe if I could just.

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Read them all out and I think they're ready for you. Okay,.

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When will the green cart program be started and are there any changes to the.

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Program this year also, is there going to be information out to the public on what.

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Should not be put in the bins to ensure that we have a high quality compost for.

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The program and will the compost be made available for the citizens very good.

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Thank you and I can city manager, dean eman is a response ready for you. Thank.

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You, your worship through you to councillors your boys. This response has.

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Been provided by ian broom, the acting general manager of operations.

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Tentatively, the green cart program will start on may 5th.

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This is weather dependent as if we have more snow before then, and it hasn't.

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Dried up the program will be delayed, but at this time the bins have been placed.

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At the depots for yard and waste collection residents not be able to wait until may 5th. There are no changes to the program.

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At this time to say, when it will end is weather dependent in the past, we will.

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Try to continue collection into the first weekend of november in order to.

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Capture the halloween bags full of leaves regarding communication with the.

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Public there will be some sort of media correspondence on this and, as always, the.

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Webpage for sanitation is very informational and regarding compost,.

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Compost is available to citizens. Now we would recommend that they call ahead to.

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Two: oh four: seven, two, nine two, two eight one in order to make sure that there.

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Would be staff there to assist if needed, that number again jewel for seven to.

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Nine two two, eight one that cover that's way just one little comment on.

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The report it's it's mentioned about collecting up the halloween bags. My.

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Understanding is that you do not want bags put in the leaf depots, correct or.

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The compost depots for them, I'm just trying to recall my tour of the.

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Operation and the bags were a problem. We don't encourage the plastic bags, but.

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What we've learnt in the past we're just happy to get the product when it goes.

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Through our compost turner, we take a soft, disc, grinder and shave, then discard.

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The plastic in the landfill, a lot of residents are on board and no empty. The.

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Bags and take them back and throw them accordingly, but we do get an awful lot.

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Of contamination, in a way applause- well, thank you. I get, I guess the more the.

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Most important thing there is that if they could take a minute to empty the.

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Bags, if they're using.

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And next cancer fossa, if through your worship on behalf of counselor.

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There's orale municipal councils across canada are demonstrating leadership to.

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Flatten the curve, by moving their council meetings using online using zoom.

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Skype teams or other videoconference tools. My understanding was that they.

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Were waiting for, we were waiting for direction from the province to quickly.

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Amend or prove circumvention of the municipal act to allow manitoba's.

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Municipalities to do the same, has there been an update? Thank you. Councillor.

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Charlie and again back to mr hammond, thank you. Your worship.

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Through you to councillor gage r lee, this response has been provided by.

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Heather illogic, director of legislative legislative services in the city, clerk.

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The municipal act framework establishes two formats for council to meet council.

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Meetings and public hearings, the act requires council meetings to be open to.

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The public to ensure a transparent decision-making process and to allow the.

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Public to observe council's deliberations to achieve this, while.

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Preventing the spread of the virus, several methods of providing public.

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Access to council deliberations in an alternate format are available to.

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Municipalities, some examples may include, but are not limited to live-streaming.

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Teleconferences and or providing recordings of council meetings any.

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Method employed should provide a comparable level of access to the public.

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As attendance at a council meeting would have closing a meeting to the physical.

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Presence of the general public and providing alternate means to engage.

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Should not be confused with closing a meeting to the public under subsection.

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152 3 of the municipal act where the public is not permitted to observe.

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Council deliberations in any form for public hearings, the public hearing.

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Process is designed to encourage public participation and to ensure that.

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Citizens have an opportunity to provide information and feedback to council for.

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Their consideration when making specific decisions on april 1st of this year.

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A new public health order came into effect that limits public gatherings to.

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No more than 10 people at any indoor or outdoor place or premise. This does not.

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Apply to the operations or service delivery of municipalities, as outlined.

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In section 3/4 of the public health order, however, where possible, it is.

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Recommended that public hearings be deferred until may, for decisions where.

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Public hearings cannot be deferred. Municipalities are encouraged to use an.

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Alternate format for public hearings where possible, provided that the public.

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Can exercise an equivalent level of involvement as if they physically.

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Attended to public hearing, particularly public hearings, must allow any person.

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Who wishes to make a presentation, ask questions or register an objection to do.

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So, provided for in subsection 163 of the municipal act, public participation may.

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Be met through interactive technology such as skype, go to meetings or.

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Conference calls or by written submission, should an alternative format.

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Not be available and municipalities must ensure that appropriate social distance.

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Distance e measures are in place if council cannot meet the legislative.

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Requirements for public hearings, they should be postponed. Thank you very much.

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Very thorough response: we are going to be talking a little bit later, but how.

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Councils gonna move forward over the next few meetings, not by the way for.

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Those looking on at home, we did not task councillors, cameron and cullen to come.

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Up with some new mood lighting hollywood lighting on us, just the sun shines.

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Over-The-Top windows and changes the perspective here once in a while. So I.

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Feel like I'm in the limelight for a change next up. Councillor rigid. Thank you, your worship, my inquiry. We touched on briefly.

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During the budget presentation, but with finances possibly impacted by covet as.

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Staff of the city started to look at what projects could be impacted by a.

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Delay or postponement also, it may be early, but with provincial dollars going.

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Towards covent, how will this impact the city, if at all and are we looking at.

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Reduced grant dollars. I know there was a partial answer, but with the province changing their minds daily and weekly, I just wanted to know.

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If we're kind of looking at that very good and mr. hammond did have a response.

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Ready for you, so through your you, your worship to counselor ratio, this response.

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Was provided by me in response to the cova 19 crisis myself in the finance.

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Team have been looking into the state of the city's finances. We recognize that.

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We're going to face revenue shortfalls this year, and/or cash flow challenges.

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Regarding projects myself, the director of finance and the manager of.

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Procurement have met with each chief or general manager to review their 20/20.

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Project lists, knowing that we won't be able to undertake all projects due to.

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Time constraints, labor constraints or cash flow needs. We have reprioritized.

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Every project into three categories: firstly, are those projects that must.

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Proceed and every attempt will be made to ensure that happens. Secondly, our.

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Projects that may proceed later in this year, if timing or resources allow for it.

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To happen and, lastly, our projects that have been outright cancelled for this.

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Year regarding grant dollars approximately one quarter of the city's.

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Revenues comes from other levels of government. To date we have had no.

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Indication from the federal or provincial governments that funding.

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Dollars for municipalities are about to be reduced and, regarding some other.

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Measures were taken regarding this year's budget regarding labor expense,.

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Approximately 170, part-time, casual and temporary employees have either been.

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Laid off, or else will not be recalled for the 2020 season, permanent employees.

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Have been redeployed to fill gaps in service delivery, a hiring freeze has.

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Been implemented for any vacant positions regarding expenses.

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Administration is currently preparing for a very different april budget review.

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This morning, the emergency operations team to find some assumptions about the.

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Duration and impact of the kovach crisis that department heads will use as inputs.

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For their april budget reviews, once the april budget review is complete, we will.

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Have a better understanding of potential expenses for the remainder of.

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The year and/or, whether additional cuts will be required. Note that I have.

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Implemented a spending freeze across all of the organization which includes such.

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Things as travel, professional development equipment purchases and all.

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Non discretionary spending once the april budget review is complete myself.

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In the finance team will meet with the audit and finance committee to review.

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The results and/or to discuss enough next steps for our revised 2020 planning.

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Thank you so they're very thorough response, good with that worship. If I may.

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Just a quick follow-up. Thank you. I received a few calls since I submitted.

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My enquiry about our our personnel and also a couple of inquiries about transit.

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I'm wondering if we can just get a report prepared on transit because we.

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Have the buses running ridership obviously is down considerably we're, not.

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Collecting fares, so I'm just wondering if we can get a report as to you know how much we're losing how much it's costing us to.

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Operate it and are there plans to maybe cut back on some of the transit while.

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We're in the midst of kovat, because having buses running empty or with one.

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Person just doesn't seem to make sense so I'll, throw that out there yeah.

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Appreciate that so obviously that'll be part and parcel of the overall financial and budget review. That administration is doing and.

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Also, the administration, or just looking at alternatives to the transit and.

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Actually, seeing whether or not there's provision to be able to at least start.

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Collecting payment again and so they're looking at potentially shields for the.

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Drivers and things like that that that's early into it they've just kind of.

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Started to look at that, so you can expect to hear back.

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You know moron on that. The difficulty is a little bit like to have a complete.

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Network we still get a lot of people that need to go to work for sort of.

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Essential services may believe foods, certainly being a big one. You know all.

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Those grocery stores and pharmacies that continue to service people's needs and.

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Well, the numbers are down it still kind of requires the whole network to be able.

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To get them from point a to point b but they're gonna, you know look at any.

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Potential alternatives and report back to us on that.

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I appreciate the very thorough report. Thank you, yeah and concerts boy. Thank.

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You worship I just like to add to that. I'm hoping at some point. We have kind of.

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A a post pandemic way of looking at the operation if we are going to need.

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Protective equipment for all departments, you know beyond transit, you know if we.

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Need shields in other areas and masks and and that that is considered as well.

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In your budget discussions with all the departments, because I think prior to.

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Getting through the summer and reducing the curb and everything else that I.

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Don't think it'll it's going to be normal for quite a while, and we want to.

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Ensure that we're practicing the best health and safety in the corporation and.

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So things like you, know, physical distancing of spots on the on the you.

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Know on the floor, or there might be shields up in in the cashiers area and.

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Those types of equipment, I think, should be looked at in all departments, not just.

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Strictly one you know area so yeah well, take him yeah, thanks and coach for.

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Camera, your worship through you to the city manager. I have a couple that are.

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Non kovat related just to throw into the mix this evening, so I did have a couple.

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Of residents contact me over the last few weeks wondering about the speed.

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Limit in school zones right now, normally, as we know, they're reduced to 30.

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Kilometres an hour for both the designated time and day, as well as a.

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Time of year, oh, I spoke too soon with the current.

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Kovat 19 pandemic. Would the city be able to provide an update as to whether those.

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Speed zones are still being enforced in bekaa, mr hammond, your worship counts.

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For cameron, this response has been provided by sam van heusen traffic and.

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Transportation, planner school zones are normally enforced between the hours of 8.

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A.M. and 5 p.m. monday, through friday and the months of september through june.

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These are, in effect, on holidays and professional development days, where.

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School is not in session such the same as said during the time.

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That school is out during the social distancing to come at the cove at 19.

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Crisis, it is the understanding at the engineering department that the speed.

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Zones should still be in effect and subject to enforcement by police.

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Services head coach, ken huw worship- I have another one. If I may.

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Many of the residents along mcdonald avenue have been challenged with the.

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Tough end of the construction year last year and some challenging road.

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Conditions this spring, I was wondering if the city would be able to provide an.

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Update and feedback as to when weather, permitting the completion of this.

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Project would be undertaken and whether the city would be able to provide an.

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Update via the contractor, when extra remediation work in the in term will be.

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Completed and again back to him through your worship, this response has been.

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Provided by aaron, close kalu news, niak, sorry.

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Acting director of engineering services, the city has met with the mcdonald.

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Avenue contractor to discuss resuming operations when the seasonal shutdown.

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Ends this spring, both the city and the contractor have been preparing for safe.

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Work protocols to conduct the work during the kovat 19 pandemic tentatively.

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Weather permitting and cova 19 permitting the contractor expects to.

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Return to the site to start the final repair work, the first week in may, the.

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City will provide notice to residents prior to the work resuming in the.

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Interim the contractor has and will continue to regularly maintain the road.

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In order to keep it as passable as possible during the spring melt and.

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Thought carry on commercial I'll continue on a roll here. First of all,.

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Thank you to mr. cleves niak for for his work on on continuing to keep the.

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Residents updated there and and we look forward to that work continuing.

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Another one, if I may, when will the city's back lien remediation work, begin.

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For this year, mr hammond, through your worship, this response has been provided.

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By travis, bullish on charge, hands streets and roads back lane, remediation.

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Work began on april 15th in the east end with equipment working its way west by.

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Sections in coordination with garbage pickup that work has already commenced.

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Well, we run that before you go into the next one and mr. broom would be happy to.

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Have us update this because it kind of ties in that that does sort of remind.

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People that we are continuing on with our you know, regular work and.

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Street-Sweeping started last wednesday so again easily as early as ever and.

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Pothole patching started prior to that and so that's going in full force and.

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Again, people can always be mindful of the pothole report line, or do so on.

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Online so again we do want to emphasize that a lot of those critical general.

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Maintenance things is business as usual as best we can.

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On your next one comes from cameron. Thank you, your worship all definitely.

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I'll echo that statement in the sense that it's very comforting in a way for.

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Residents to know that that work is continuing and that that it'll continue.

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Throughout throughout the pandemic, I'll finish with one more, if I could, through.

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Your worship to mr hammond just had a request with regards to, since.

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We know that fluorescent bulbs and compact fluorescent lights contain a.

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Certain amount of mercury which can be harmful to the environment as well as to.

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Humans, animals and those who may come into contact with them just wondering what the procedure is for people to dispose.

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Of these in a safe manner- and this was brought up by a resident recently, so I.

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Wanted to be able to to get this information out for the public and.

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Probably timely because with people havin times on time on their hands.

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They're probably doing a lot of spring cleanup cleaning out garages and.

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Basements and so again the mr. hammett as a response. Thank you, your worship.

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Through you to the counselor, this response has been provided by the in.

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Broome, the acting general manager of operations, fluorescent tubes and lights.

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Can be taken to the landfill during normal operating hours? Note right now.

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The landfill is remaining under winter hours, which is monday through saturday.

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8:00 to 5:00 and closed on sundays and stop holidays if you're bringing such.

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Materials proceed to the scale and let the attendant know what material and.

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Quantity you have before leave in the building at no time should these bulbs.

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Be replaced in the refuse or the recycling bins, residents can drop off up.

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To 16 bulbs or tubes at one time at the landfill and a commercial source can.

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Drop off one pallet of tubes or bulbs, a pallet of light bulbs should contain.

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Approximately 750 4-foot fluorescent tubes or 1,200 cfls, or a combination of.

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Light types that would equate to the same volume. So we know what goes on pal.

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Of the light bulbs, what's all that we are aware of, but sometimes there's other.

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Questions that came in later cops way. Thank you, worship. I had some.

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Communication with dr. kristen lewis, who was the chair of the brandon food.

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Council and ideally this requests, what happened to the poverty committee that.

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We haven't met so the food council is concerned about the impact on our food.

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Systems with the pandemic, and I wants to ensure that food security.

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Practices both food security will be reached in our city and they wanted to.

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Know if there was a way they could still work with the city to talk about things.

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Like making sure that the community gardens continue to happen this year,.

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Because food production is extremely important and it's affordable for people.

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When they're, you know in crisis situation now for lost jobs and.

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Everything else so gardening is important, but at the same time we have.

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To recognize physical distancing, so there might be ways we might have to.

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Change practices, so they wanted to appeal to the city and wonder if they.

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Could have a conversation with community services on some of this, and and maybe.

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Other ways of what's going to happen with various food markets and how we can.

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Distribute food in the community so ideally yeah they can meet with.

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Community services, but I did prepare a motion if council would be interested in.

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Something like that or there's a way that we can make this happen. So there.

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Would be a conversation between community services and the food council.

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I don't think we'll need a motion. I don't think it'd be any problem and.

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Facilitating through administration, okay- and I will reach you know if you can.

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Later, just supply the information of the individuals, you know probably email.

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Addresses or telephone numbers and through to mr. hammond, and he can get it.

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Through to the people, I wouldn't anticipate that we're gonna make any.

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Change as a community garden program, but I've not specifically talked about that.

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But again I think I did read about farmers markets and the like thought.

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That the province had indicated a program that those can proceed, but I.

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Don't want to swear to that, so I think all of that types of things you're.

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Talking about in terms of food security, of people's ability to grow their own.

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Food get food from farmers is being contemplated even at a provincial level. Okay, yeah I'll communicate the contact.

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Information for dr. lowell with you yeah thanks.

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Thank you any other inquiries that we might have missed. We recognize we don't.

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Have as many meetings as as normal phil is important queries tonight them some.

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Day so, okay you're, not seeing any. Thank you all for those next item. Man of.

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Course, the order of announcements, your worship, announcements well put. What in I.

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Suppose it could be an announcement. One of the best parts of this job is.

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Periodically get to go to schools for various activities, the best of which is.

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Reading to young kids and so right now most young kids are having to do their.

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Schooling at home, which is an added challenge to parents and caregivers and.

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Teachers, of course, that are having to get to all of that work out to them and.

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The kids try to stay disciplined to get through that. So, with the help of my son.

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And as a bit of a videographer, I did record the reading of five books and.

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We've loaded them up on to the city's youtube channel now, they'll probably be.

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Also in council's wheelhouse, because it's things like fox and socks, green.

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Eggs and ham, so it's for little, kids and or city council's. So again they can be.

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Easily found by googling the city of brown and youtube channel and then.

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They'll be readily apparent, is about five books, and so we thought we'd kind.

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Of help, the the people at home that are continuing with their studies and just.

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Maybe break up the real learning and they could take a little diversion and.

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Encouragement by listening to my ability to read these books, I'm no robert munsch.

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But they might work so there that's out there right now.

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And the other announcements that the counselors may have a nun next item of.

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Business please, under the order of general business, your worship, the 2020.

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Financial plan very good, so we had the presentation by mr. hamid earlier and.

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The hearing, so it's fairly straightforward, probably putting on a.

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Motion on the floor would be in order and then we can debate counselor looky.

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Hey you worship, I move that the 2020 financial plan of the city of brandon.

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Dated april 20th, 2020 set out in the form approved by the minister of.

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Municipal relations, a copy of wishes attached to the report of the director.

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Of finance dated april 6, 2020 beisel, adopted and further that the operating.

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And capital estimates outlined in said plan be incorporated in and form part of.

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The 2020 tax levy, bylaw secular, please, councillor reggio discussion, whoever.

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Wish to speak, you know we worship, I think the presentation we had from mr.

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Hammond and even some of the follow-up questions from some of our fellow.

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Councillors kind of covered the topic quite well and seconder wish to speak.

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Any other discussion it does seem like a bit of a hollow commentary to make.

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Council should be extremely proud, council and all of administration for.

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The work that went into again, you know overcome difficulties. We've always had.

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To kind of keep the belt tight and respect of our taxpayers and come up.

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With a very sound budget that continues to maintain this facility of this.

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Community rather and a very robust capital plan this year and still do it.

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With a point, four seven percent tax increase proposal that would have been.

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The speech, however, we've had a bit of a curveball thrown at us by mother nature.

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Or certainly, medical nature, I don't know what we're calling this pandemic, so it.

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May be a little twist, but the only thing I would say to that is that the.

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Foundation, that is the last couple of councils, have.

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Provided you know, we've we've had very very modest tax increases year after.

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Year after year, we'll certainly, you know, provide us with a you know, better.

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Foundation, a better, you know, sort of starting point when going into this and.

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Also, a council that has shown itself to be very budget savvy to be able to kind.

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Of stick handle through complicated in difficult situations, and so I think.

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Those skills and those characteristics are going to do our community, proud in.

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Terms of being able to face this challenge as well, so again it's a hollow.

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Comment to to approve 0.47% tax increase, which is you know, probably.

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One of the most modest anywhere in the country and we're proud of it, but we'll.

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Still have our work cut out for throughout the year and still.

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Maneuvering our finances to get us to a non deficit at the end of the year, which.

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We're mandated to do so. This was any further discussion. I'm going to end up.

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Calling the question saying then call for the question. Then all those in favor.

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Posed- and that is carried next item- please it's an incentive grant for the.

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Redevelopment of 3409 victoria avenue I'm just going to given that this.

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Development is adjacent to my own property business. I am, as I have been.

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Any discussions on this matter, I'm gonna, upset myself. I apologize. I didn't give.

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Everybody a heads up, so the deputy mayor, isn't really in a great position to take.

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Over so I'll have to ask the acting deputy mayor to take over. If you don't.

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Mind councillor barry from there if you like sandy, is on the phone. If anybody has any questions. Thank.

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You worship as you're right. This was unexpected. I did not expect to be.

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Sitting here to me next order of business that I guess I'm clerk.

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Redevelopment grant for 3409 victoria avenue. Okay, we have a mover very mister.

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Thank you, worship acting mayor, I'd like to move that a ten-year municipal tax.

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Incremental financing be provided two six, eight, two, five, seven, three, eight.

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Manitoba limited for the redevelopment of the vacant portion of 3409 victoria.

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Avenue that would be under roll number 42 3301, comprised of approximately 38.

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Thousand square feet of commercial space was said ten year commencing in the.

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First year, in which community revitalizing levy is paid to the.

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Property owner needs seconder, please councillor cameron, just before we get.

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Into debate discussion, we do have sandy truth along the line to answer any.

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Questions about this, this grant in case there's any from council that wish wish.

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To be answered, that would be great if we could have sandy speak on it. Mr. dale.

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You're prepared to speak of that.

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$64,000 property owners plan to redevelop the site. That was an.

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Additional 13.5 million dollar investment to the redevelopment of the.

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Vacant building and additional a severance tax has sites along victoria.

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Avenue on service warren street, however, the developers on.

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Thank you, mr. yao. Any questions from council to mr. dell.

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Before we, the winter debate, counselor faucet, yes, thank you through your.

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Worship to mr. dell, there was discussion at one point that the five pad sites were not included in that.

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Yeah excellent, thank you any other questions for mr. dell counselor carolyn.

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Thank you through your worship to mr. dell. I just want to. I was just hoping.

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You could reiterate, maybe for for people that are listening at home or or for.

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Counsels benefit as well that there isn't a financial risk for the city.

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Until the property is completed, there's no funds that are out laid in the.

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Interim until until the property is completed, that's correct.

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Mensa forum will then be returned for them. Any other questions for mr. adel.

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Seeing none mr. counts are :. Is the mover you wish to open debate then.

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This property is what we would know was the old zellers building or the old.

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Kmart building that has been vacant now for quite a few years as it remains.

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Vacant, the property value is actually dropping, so their potential to have.

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Taxes coming from this property is actually becoming less and less each.

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Year, so it is this, this particular tax incremental financing proposal that.

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We're trying to do is to create a catalyst for this particular property, so.

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That we can get it redeveloped and get it back on the tax roll within the next.

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Ten years, so that's kind of the plan of how we're trying to do this. Now it's.

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It's kind of obvious that it has been vacant for a long time. I know that the.

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People in my word are extremely happy to see some movement that has started to.

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Occur on this property, and it again it is for the actual existing building that.

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Remains empty at this time, so the actual any pads or development.

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Pieces that would be added on to this would be considered as new development.

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And be treated like anything else,.

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Councillor cameron is seconder, wished you know. Thank you. Your worship.

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Council parker, I think your worship. I just would like to add that it's been.

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Mr. dale's been working on this file for a long long time.

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Counselor color and I met somewhere between 18 and 24 months ago, with with.

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The owners so they've been through quite a bit too to get to this point and get.

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It moving and probably far more patience than I would have had the project, so I.

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Think this is a great plan for the city and especially for that site, to get it.

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Up and moving so I'm assuming we'll all be on board and get this in place. Anyone.

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Else for debate on this matter right now, councillor boyd, thank you worship. I.

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Would support this motion and primarily for the reason I absolutely love and.

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Most of the citizens in this city really appreciate having a grocery store.

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Up in that area, and so it would be nice to see some more complementary services.

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Around the girls who store, because I would not want to see that service being.

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Lost for our citizens, so I would I'm approving this and it's long overdue.

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That we get something happening on that property. The other council retainer.

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Debate, no I'll just kind of add my two cents worth on this one as well as.

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Councilor council colin had spoken. This is a property, that's been sitting vacant.

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For many many years been used very sporadically for for different things. I.

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Know a lot of people will remember, the halloween store will sometimes go on there from time to time, but but really it's a it's a large building and a large.

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Lot, that's kind of got deteriorated over the years and with this type of program.

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We're finally seeing somebody that's interested in developing this and bring.

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It up to to standard in a code that the citizens in that area of the city.

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I think we're very proud of and probably wouldn't be able to do without programs.

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Like this, so I myself will be supporting this. I think it's a great idea and again.

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I just want to reiterate why his worship had to lead the chair as because he does.

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Want a business, that's neighboring to that that he felt maybe that it'd be.

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Best if he vacate the chair of this discussion that so councillor parker yes.

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Vina, I should just add that the reason that councilor color and I met was the.

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Mayor excused himself in my meeting way back when originally so he's, he stayed.

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Was linked to this thing from from the get-go, so great, thank you for that.

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Information, that's very important. Thank you. Seeing no more hands, I'm going to call for the question.

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All those in favor of the motion opposed that is carried. Thank you and you will.

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Get a better looking guy to look at on the screen now, as he comes back in thank.

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You acting mayor, berry and excited business. Madam clerk is an amendment to.

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The affordable housing grant for nineteen 13th street and the applicant.

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Is the community health and housing association? Mr. cameron, thank your.

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Worship this would be on behalf of councillor de charlie, I move that the.

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City of brandon amend the affordable housing grant approved on september 4th.

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2018 in the amount of one hundred and twenty six thousand dollars for.

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Community health and housing association, west man, region, formerly known as.

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Company: six, nine seven, seven to zero manitoba association incorporated and.

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Western canadian mental health association west mountain region to.

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Permit the above grant to be used for the construction of nine self-contained.

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Bachelor suites and further that the city of brandon commit to an annual tax.

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Offsetting grant equal to 50% of the general municipal portion of the annual.

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Taxes for the second floor of nineteen 13th street for a period of twenty years.

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Once the project construction is complete. Second air, please telstra, lukie.

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Over wish to speak, no, I believe, I'm okay, your worship, I it.

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Looks predominantly to be a name change for one on the demotion and mr. adel is.

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On the line on this, I think one of the other fundamental issues was that they.

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Reconfigured that project to take it down from was a third team suites down.

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To nine but then adding in some addictions baths in that portion. So if.

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Mr. udall is on the line and wanted to add something. We'd certainly welcome.

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That note, for counsel, is that the original motion.

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Good questions of mr. dell on that piece.

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Seeing any thank you sandy back to the main motion and discussion of that not.

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Seeing any other discussion, are you ready for the question call for the.

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Question then, all those in favor opposed that is carried. Thank you next item.

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Please, citizen appointments to the brandon downtown development corporation.

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And councillor fossum sure it comes from you fairly would have moved it if it was.

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Here but you go ahead, please so thank you, three or worship on behalf of.

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Councillor desjarlais, I purposely said that differently for him it is visiting.

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The following citizens be appointed to the brandon downtown development.

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Corporation board of directors for the term of office to begin april, 1st 2020.

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And then march, 31st 2023, karly, gasperini and ryan shields. Both have been.

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Previously, on the board here, they're currently finished a three-year term and.

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Are eligible further than at the three-year, and I think they were quite.

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Pleased that they would consider doing that, they've done job, and they now will have, I think, three more years and then that would expire.

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Them if they correct seconded, please counselor boy removers to speak done.

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Some food, yeah three-year worship- I think, on behalf of counselor de charlie,.

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Everything's fine, I can't attest the fact that the bdd see just met today via.

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The team's electronic means constantly surely did attend that meeting, as did.

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The carly, gasperini and ryan shields well they're, certainly very contributing.

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Members other discussion ready for the question all those in favor opposed and.

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Others carry next item, please federation of the tender for the phase two of the.

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Weeping tile system upgrade at the ar mcdermott the complex.

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What's her parker, I can do this for a counselor dez jarvis that the bid from.

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Ben we've structured in 1985 limited to carry o dar mcdermott acidic complex.

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Weeping tile system upgrade phase two as pretender and specifications are the.

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Cost of one hundred and seventeen thousand seven hundred twenty one.

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Dollars, net of gsd be approved and further that the expected total cost be.

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Expended from the reserves as follows: eighty-eight thousand dollars from the.

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Municipal building maintenance reserve thirty-five thousand dollars from the.

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Municipal building reserve and forty seven thousand dollars from the ar.

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Mcdermott reserve secondary bicones for cullen who rose to speak. I think it's.

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Pretty straightforward, I don't know if aaron's in wants to say something about.

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Bring us up to date, low and ian's. Wheelhouse of there are questions, come.

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H

I haven't got a lot of history on this song. Mister yeomans, before I retired, was.

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Spearheading the project, but I did require I did get some notes from so.

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What I can tell you is how we arrived at this like phase one was completed as an.

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Emergency and the action was required when procurement service consulted in.

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Engineering in the fall 2019 injury firm that the phase 2 could proceed as a.

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Normal computer project as the work did not require immediate completion.

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Engineering and procurement were finalizing the bid documents the week of.

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March 16th it plans to post the following week upon.

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Receipt of the finalized drawings from the consulting engineer, the experiment.

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Manager became aware on march 17 that the armed building would be closed. The.

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Public and in their future would be closed and the site inspection scheduled.

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For april 2nd in response to the covet 19 pad emic, discussions were initiated.

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To respect the journal, it was appropriate or publicly advertised the.

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Project given unknown conditions further this it was unknown whether bidders.

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Would be able to obtain bonding status of insurance firms were unknown at the.

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Time as were requirements on the tender the procurement manager deemed, it would.

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Not be appropriate to publicly advertise a tender with the risk associated with.

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The project on the requirement for bonding removed there could be interest.

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Also to employees and contractors, and thank you visit after consultation with.

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Engineer engineering it was agreed that private opportunity issue contractors.

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From whom the city had worked with previously would be comfortable, awarding.

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Without having bonding in place, while normal procurement practices were not.

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Followed competitive business bidding was to obtain to determine the best.

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Value for this project, very good questions of mr. broom will ease up.

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Thanks, thank you beam back to the main motion.

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Then, for the discussion say, none will call for the question all those in favor.

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Old matters carried next item. Please funding for the 42nd street road project.

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Of any concert, : isn't your neighborhood.

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Thank you, worship. I moved it. An additional 80 $3,100 be extended from.

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The capital development reserve of the city's contribution towards 42nd street.

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Road project, as per the development agreement for 507 42nd street customer.

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Regio seconding or yes, I will I'd like to point out that the counselor should.

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Have kept his glasses on it's 89 thousand and not 83. I stand corrected.

L

So we know what we're moving and seconding. Then, if you did second that it.

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Correct me, you have one gray, hair, correcting another gray, hair already.

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Very good, we wish to speak. No, thank you, your worship, if we could have maybe.

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Someone's become younger, this one is in the stream of the table in the axe.

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N

Cheating, your worship and members of council. This project was a city comment.

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Of a development agreement signed a number of years ago last year, the.

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Developer did not set a milestone portion and then late in the year. It was.

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Missed when it came before budgeting it to this year, the developers expected to.

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Reach their construction completion in spring.

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Kind of a housekeeping matter, any questions and mr. closing yeah quality.

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Is up seeing none? Thank you, aaron back to the main motion any for the.

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Discussion call for the question, then, all those in favor post, that is.

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Character and before we get, could you call counselor to charlie back now? He.

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May want to speak on the next item, which case you might need mr. hammer to work.

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The controls again.

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Hi you're back online, okay.

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Track here so the next item, madame clerk, is consideration of electronic meetings.

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Of city council so listed as a policy matter.

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So as my belief that the the process sort of belongs to the body, that being.

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City council, so the city clerk has certainly done an excellent job of.

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Gathering, together all of the pertinent information, some of it was provided in.

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Response of a inquiry earlier on but again thought it should be a democratic.

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Process that we deal through resolution without going through the whole report.

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Essentially, we've got two options, although maybe somebody would see some.

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Other option, perhaps which would be happy to hear, but really we could either.

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Move the next number of meetings to online teams as the program that the.

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City tends to use where each council would be provided with a laptop if they.

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Don't have a suitable one that the program can be loaded on and then we.

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Would just be a call calling in it's a video and an audio. Those can be recorded.

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As a package and then replayed as we do now on youtube or wcg, so that the public.

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Would be able to get to see the council meeting, but it would not be alive and.

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The alternative to that would be to continue on in the process we have using.

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These physical distancing that the staff of worked out and still providing an.

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Opportunity for teleconferencing, I would say we might if.

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Council electrical with item b, I think we would ask it to even consider some.

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Other tweaks to that system, as you can see, it's still not the best system for.

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Those at 10 don't want to call him, so that said, we'll open it up and someone.

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Couldn't make a motion or begin the discussion councillor lukey, sir? All I.

J

Just the first thing that immediately comes to mind. For me, your worship is, is.

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There technically the opportunity to do a hybrid model for those counselors that.

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Don't wish to attend in person to actually use teams and those that do.

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Wish to attend in person can still do that, because I didn't see that as one of.

J

The options I just wondered: if that's not a technical possibility, your worship.

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To council new p, I and I thought of that earlier this afternoon actually and I'm.

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Not sure how the broadcast would be captured through teams and participation.

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Here, in that I mean, if we do it as our normal youtube streaming, how, how does do.

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The people that are on the teams portion of the meeting get conveyed on that. But.

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I could certainly look at sorry a bit of a loss, I'm not sure if it has that.

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Capability or not, but I would think that's part of the stumbling block is.

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That, if it's all teams, we can record it and rebroadcast. But if it's split I'm.

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Not sure how we incorporate the teams portion into the live youtube stream.

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That being said, I just thought of something we could have it. The teams.

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People on the video screen right and then it would be recorded as part of.

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That so he could be onto something come for you marker and then I'm gonna go to.

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Council to garlic, through our laptop there that can get that cast yeah. I.

J

Don't see how it's any different, what counsel lupe's suggesting.

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We can have teams in front of us here and you were still recording the teams. I.

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Don't know whether we need to record both, but you can record the team's.

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Version and replay it and nothing sure you you could be in this room and.

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Physically and be participating in the team's meeting as well.

B

Yes, absolutely I let the council de charlie, in he had personally raised this.

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Matter so I'm not sure if he can hear us concert to jeremy yeah.

P

Yeah, I can go ahead if you had something you could all hear me. Yes yeah, so I.

P

First off, I want to recognize the effort administration has had gone through to.

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You know create some social distancing in the council chambers. I will say it's.

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A bit of a challenge participating from home, you can't be on the phone.

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Conference and be watching the livestream, because there's a tape delay.

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I'm looking at rick right now ten seconds ago and I'll see him smile. There.

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Shortly acknowledging that and and so and then when you hear people on on the.

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Phone calls like sandy, it's really hard to hear them. It's also hard to hear.

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There it is, there's a smile and it's also hard to hear counselor faucet a few.

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Other counselors, who are on their mics, and so it just made sense to switch back.

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To the live stream, you don't feel like you're really participating. You know.

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Sort of in real time are given the office or you don't feel like. You have the same opportunity to participate in the conversation, the dialogue, and so we.

P

You can run and I'm sure I'm not the only one is in a work environment where.

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A lot of our needs, I'm switched to teams and zoom, but not only that even prior to.

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That a lot of our bi-weekly meetings at the cinnabon community college for.

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Example, we would zoom people in from other areas from.

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Thank from saskatchewan and and we'd also record those meetings, and they.

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Would be up on the screen, so I think for our councillor looky and councillor parker's learned. This probably probably is a hybrid version that we could use.

P

Here, if, if there were members of council who wanted to continue to meet in.

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Council chambers, thank you councillor desjarlais, I can say, and mr. hammond may.

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Add to this that the emergency operation center meetings we were originally.

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Having them all live, but in a big room at the ar mcdormand and there were 10.

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People involved, you know very widely spread out, but then for just expediency.

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And everything else they moved it to teams, but I'm gonna, say typically 7 out.

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Of 10 people are on teams and about 3 people that are typically working out of.

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The eoc anyways are doing it from eeoc, so we're have a bit of a hybrid system.

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Down there now, admittedly, we don't have the responsibility of recording them and.

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Making them available to the public and and the like. So I think that's just a.

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Added little wrinkle that can be overcome, so I think, if that's sort of.

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The general direction that council might like to take, then we could sort of you.

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Know come up with a sort of best of both worlds program that those at work come.

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In and and do it can and those that want to do it from home can as well but have.

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A certainly more meaningful experience more meaningful input than we're.

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Providing up till now so just to kind of make it official resolution to some.

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Effect would be in order comes with lupita tied in the form of motion. Your.

J

Worship that'd be good. I move that we moved to a hybrid model.

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Moving forward for our council meetings to allow councillors who wish to come to.

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The council chambers and meet as per normal, to be able to do that.

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And those that wish to participate via a electronic service such as teams that.

J

They would be allowed to do that as well. Thank you. Second, please announcer parker.

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Discussion, councillor parker all right. I may consider just amending that or.

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Touching it up just a little bit to say that the electronic version would be the.

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Officially recorded version missable requirements is that well we have the.

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Requirements, so we can't really do anything that offends our requirements.

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So administration will have to take that into account. So you know your points.

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Taken you can also add perhaps that if we need to have staff members.

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Participate as well in that regard perhaps add that to the portion of the.

J

Motion as well yeah, well it again. That would be the advantage because most of.

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The staff are on team xander, you know just have it already loaded into their.

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Laptop, so that would be easy for the discussion councillor rachel. Thank you.

D

Your worship, it's no secret- that I'm a dinosaur when it comes to technology and.

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I kind of like this because it gives me the option of either coming here or.

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Using the technology- and you know, let's face it- the coronavirus is not going to.

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Be here forever, but this could prepare prepare us for future pandemics and I'm.

D

Sure there'll be some of those, but I'm going to support this motion. Transition.

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Boy, no thank you. Worship yeah, I prefer to come in in in council chambers, but I.

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Would like to have the option of participating electronically and having.

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Said that I would like to have all the appropriate training, and perhaps if I.

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Need a microphone because the only electronic midi I use now at home is.

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Through facetime- and it can pick up, you know voice and video, so I don't know we.

G

Started using the team portion at work, but we could only provide input.

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Via texting, you know, because we didn't have the appropriate equipment on our.

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Desktop so that's the only thing is. I want to make sure that if I do want to.

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Participate like this, that I get appropriate training and access to some.

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Type of laptop or something even if it's just in the short term, to to be able to.

G

Or dissipate like that, yeah through your worship to counselor shabooey, I have.

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Discussed this quite some length with the it department and they do have.

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Equipment available for all all members of council of everyone chose to stay at.

B

Home that would have a both a built-in microphone and camera on the laptop. So.

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That would be the option and, if you, of course, if you attend in person in the.

B

Chamber that's available. We would make sure that was available to whoever was.

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Here as well, I don't believe you can do it off of your hard wired in, but we.

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Would have laptops available here as well and they are prepared to do some.

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Testing and training with you to make sure that you're comfortable using that.

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Platform, one thing this could lead to is what a person's away he could possibly.

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Participate remotely we haven't talked about that yet, but a any further.

A

Discussion again I'll go back to the telephone there before we close any.

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Further discussion from councillors earlier brown, quebec and missed an.

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Important council meeting and we could have been using teams at the time.

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Therefore, there's been a couple other times when councillor parker and telstra.

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Collins backs were out that they could have been laid up and joining us from.

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Home no said, okay, I think we're ready for the question. Then all those in favor.

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Posed believe councillors early and browner in favor yep.

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Thank you exciting. Please hear the order of bylaws.

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You wish apply law number, seven, six, which is to repeal the multifamily.

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Affordable housing program, so we got about eight or ten bylaws here all on.

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First reading, no I'm just going to say advance that start practice that first.

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Reading of bylaws is not debatable, so the public made c's go fairly rapidly.

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Through these first reading kind of gets and puts up, starts the process and gets.

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Them on the table, so the first one, then councilors boy. Thank you worship. I moved.

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That bylaw numbers seven six to repeal the bylaw number six nine one.

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Seven to establish the multifamily, affordable housing program to provide.

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Financial assistance for affordable housing projects in the city of brannan.

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Be rather first time a good break on saluki first reading, not debatable gonna.

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Call for the question all those in favor host that is carried next one. Madam.

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Clerk number seven to sixty three, which is to impose and levy property taxes for.

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The year 2020, what's your parker? Thank you move that the bylaw number 76 three.

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To impose and levy property taxes for the fiscal year, 2020 be read the first.

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Time that can I please come for cameron getting o a debate. Call for the question.

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All those in favor host that is carrie excited. Please follow number seven two.

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Six: nine, which is to rezone a portion of 1501, I'm sorry missus, seven, two six.

B

Eight, which is to open an h-shaped parcel of the lane located between.

B

Princess and rosser avenues and 28th and 29th streets, some cameras, ward. Thank you.

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Your worship, I moved through that bylaw number, seven to six eight to legally.

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Open the h-shape parcel lane block 79 plan 15 located between princess and.

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Rosser avenue and 28th and 29th street be read a first time. Second, her please.

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Counselors play and no debate on first reading call the question.

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All those in favor host that is carried next item, please.

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Now violin umber 7 2 6 9, which is to his own, a portion of 1501 moreland avenue.

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Concert fossa. Yes, thank you through worship to reason. A portion of 1501.

E

Moreland avenue from development reserve zone to residential, moderate density and.

E

Parks and recreation zone first reading seconded by councillor should ye into a.

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Debate on first reading call for the question all those in favor post a.

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Carrot next item: please well on number 7 7 0, which is to.

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Rezone property at 12:30, 18th street north.

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That's replacement again, yes, 3 worship going to have a piece at the end. I want.

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To add to the rezone property located at 12, 12 32 18 street north from.

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Residential large lot zone to residential single tat zone.

E

Residential low density zone and open space zone first reading, and I would.

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Like to make a request in here, because after first reading, they generally would.

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Go to public a public hearing and this particular one I was going to have a.

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Request that they hold the public hearing after the province allows us to.

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Leave the 25 people or more knowing that there is people that are wanted to to.

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Meet on this to hold that okay well, and that won't be part of the motion. But the.

A

City clerk's got that message and she can put that through the planning staff.

A

That's a good suggestion, so I'll ask for a seconder for that, though, councillor.

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Looky, of course, we're just seconding the first reading of the bylaw and the other.

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Part is just sort of procedural, so okay call for question. Then all those in.

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Favor opposed that is carried next item. Please follow number 72 71, which is to.

B

Rezone part of 417 street north in the concert basha.

E

Yes, thank you. After you, worship to rezone part of 417 street north from.

E

Open space zone to commercial arterial zone seconded by councillor camera call.

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For the question all those in favor pose that is carried excited. Please.

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Smile on number 72 72, which is to repeal bylaws 687 3, the home renovation tax,.

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Assistance sister, its program, that's for lukey! Thank you worship. I moved that.

J

Bylaw number 7 7 to repeal bylaw number 60873, the home renovation tax.

J

Assistance program to incentivize renovations and repairs by middle to low.

J

Income, households in the city of brandon be write a first-time because my.

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Counselors, your boy call for the question, all those in favor opposed and.

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Is carried excited, please follow number 72 73, which is to create the municipal.

B

Tax incentive financing program for 3409 victoria- you know just keep it square.

A

I'll just again, thank you worship again because of him owning a business beside.

K

The said property we're talking about he's excused himself in this, so can I.

K

Have a mover for that motion please councillor colin. Thank you. Mr. mayor, I.

L

Moved that bylaw number 7 273 to create a municipal tax incentive, finance.

L

Program for 3409 victoria avenue to be read a first-time seconder, please.

K

Councillor cameron being first reading, there'll be no debate.

K

Koff the question all those in favor- that's carried, you didn't notice, glasses.

A

Thanks again, councillor barry and next sighted, please, I think I've noticed.

B

You're worshipped they give them notice to see me not seeing any excited. Please.

A

A motion to adjourn would be in order. Nobody counsel, berries, they're gonna.

A

Bite, counselor boy yay and before I call the question, tell everybody not to go.

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Anywhere, we've got a brief special meeting, starting immediately after this.

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One so call for the question on the adjournment motion, all those in favor boast that is carried. Thank you very.

A

A

Madame clerk roll call, a worship, I've taken the role in all members of council.

B

Are present, including counselors early in councilor brown? Thank you excited.

A

Please reading of the call your worship, I would confirm that on april 15th 2020.

B

In accordance with the municipal act, all members of council were given notice.

B

That a special meeting would be held this date to consider further readings.

B

To the 2020 tax levy, bylaw and as we have quorum and are in compliance with.

B

That requirement we can proceed with this meeting june next item. Please under.

B

The order of violins viola numbers 7 2 6 3, which is the 2020 tax levy, bylaw very.

A

Good, just by way of explanation normally, we would have a first reading of a bylaw.

A

One meeting and then a subsequent meeting for the second and third.

A

Readings but given our sort of reduced number of meetings to respect covet, 19.

A

Situation, our tax levy, bylaw, you know- needs to be moved along in certain.

A

Chronology of dates so that we can file our financial plan and tax levy with the.

A

Province of manitoba and then the administration could begin to prepare.

A

The tax bills and all of the procedures that go along with that, so it was just.

A

Felt appropriate to have a special meeting immediately following the next.

A

One to give a tax levy bylaw, both second and third reading. So that's the purpose.

A

Of this so a motion whether this bylaw would be an order. Please.

A

Dr. lukey, a worship: I move that bylaw number 7 263 to impose and levy property.

J

Taxes for the fiscal year 2020, we read a second time. Second, her please counts for.

J

Camera voice to speak. No, your worship, any discussion, seeing none wind call a.

A

Question then, all those in favor post that is carried and third reading would.

A

Be in order cause we're looking I'll make the motion.

J

That the bylaw be read a third and final time seconded by councillor. Parker hang.

A

On I just want to make sure that getting comments from the other counselors. Oh my.

A

God, okay yeah councillor brown lost his connection, but he'll text me. If he's got.

A

Any issues, I think, okay, any further discussion, then on third reading.

A

Seeing none we're gonna call for the question, then all those in favor opposed.

A

That is carried as well excited, please. So a recorded vote.

A

So cheat namus unless I hear anything contrary from counsellor to julia brown,.

A

So councillor de charlie's on the line and councillor brown will text me if he.

A

Is not in favor and I believe, we're unanimous and the next item please a.

B

Motion to adjourn bein, where you worship, moved by councillor, shibui seconded by.

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Councillor berry.

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Favor host that is carried.