PRESENT Chair -
Councillor C. Thiessen
Councillor -
D. Bressey
Councillor -
W. Pilat
Mayor -
B. Given
ALSO PRESENT City
Manager - H.
Galanti
Community Living Director -
A. Miller
Chief of Staff -
S. Bourke
Community Social
Development Manager - A. Sutherland
Affordable Housing
Advisor - R. Des Roches
Financial Business
Advisor - S. Hanson
General Manager,
Events and Entertainment - S. Clark
Dave Barr
Community Center Manager, Acting - C. Amaro
Parks Operations
Manager - J. Burrough
Parks Planner -
L. Juniper
Integrated Pest
Management Coordinator - A. Needham
Council Committee
Coordinator - A. Van Beekveld
The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:01 a.m.
Amendments to the Agenda – Items 2.3 and 2.4 are moved
to the beginning of Reports, and the addition of Item 2.5 – Eastlink Centre
Membership Review.
1. In Camera
1.1 FOIP Regulation
Section 18 – Land Matter
MOVED by Councillor Bressey Committee go IN
CAMERA.
CARRIED.
TIME:
10:01 a.m.
In attendance: Mayor Given, Councillors Bressey, Pilat
and Thiessen, City Manager H. Galanti, Community Living Director A. Miller,
Community Social Development Manager A. Sutherland, Affordable Housing Advisor
R. Des Roches, Chief of Staff S. Bourke, Council Committee Coordinator A. Van
Beekveld and Habitat for Humanity Edmonton representative Laszlo Bajzar.
The purpose of this
session is for Committee to discuss a land matter.
MOVED by Councillor Pilat Committee meeting
resume.
CARRIED.
TIME:
10:51 a.m.
Mr. Laszlo Bajzar, representative of
Habitat for Humanity, was present to discuss a land request and possible
partnership with the City on a new project.
MOVED by Mayor Given Committee direct
Administration to work with Habitat for Humanity to identify and secure an
appropriate site for the proposed build and bring a report back to a future
Committee meeting.
CARRIED.
2. Reports
2.1
Annual Park Improvement Grant
Allocation
Mr. L. Juniper, Parks Planner, presented Committee
with recommendations for the allocation of funds for the Annual Park
Improvement Grant Program. Administration received five applications for the
funding this year.
MOVED by Councillor Bressey Committee recommend
Council approve allocation of funds for the Annual Park Improvement Grant
Program as follows:
1.
Signature Falls
Neighbourhood Association - $14,350.00 to be applied towards the supply and
installation of multi-use/multi-season play surface within Hibbs and Fredette
Family Park (SF#1) located in the Signature Falls neighbourhood;
2.
Cobbleston/Riverstone
Neighbourhood Association - $3,150.00 to be applied towards the supply and
installation of three waste receptacles in 3 parks (R. H. Watcher, C. S. Hook
and Cpl. Archie Harvey) in the Cobblestone Neighbourhood; and
3.
Country Club Neighbourhood
Association - $2,500.00 to be applied towards the supply and installation of an
edible orchard within a neighbourhood park in the Country Club Subdivision.
CARRIED.
2.2
Appointment of Inspector under
the Agricultural Pests Act of Alberta
Ms. J. Burrough, Parks Operations Manager, and Ms. A. Needham,
Integrated Pest Management Coordinator, presented Committee with a request to
appoint a new Inspector under the Agricultural Pests Act of Alberta. The City
is obligated to appoint Inspectors, and a vacancy due to retirement requires a
new appointment.
MOVED by Councillor Pilat Committee recommend Council:
1.
Appoint Mr. Caleb Benson as
an Inspector under the Agricultural Pests Act of Alberta; and
2.
Appoint the Community
Living Committee to hear appeals related to the enforcement of the Agricultural
Pests Act.
CARRIED.
2.3
Director’s Service Area Update
- Verbal
Mr. A. Miller, Director of Community Living, presented
Committee with an update on the current major projects and activities occurring
within the Community Living service area:
·
Coca-Cola Centre/Eastlink
Centre – Family Day events at the Eastlink Centre and Coca Cola Centre saw over
2000 guests and members enjoying the free BBQ sponsored by Coop and free swim
and free skate sponsored by Sun Life Financial. New 2 hour timeslots allowed
for over 1800 people to enjoy the free swim and was well received. Perfect Mind
software information gathering sessions ran over several days last week. The
target date for this software to be put in place is fall 2019.
·
Community Living
Strategic Marketing – A sponsor has been identified for the Squash Courts at
the Eastlink Centre. Family Day marketing complete and analysis currently
taking place. This collective marketing approach is one that will be duplicated
by CLSM so we are assessing the outcomes, as well as developing a video for
future marketing purposes.
·
Community Social
Development – 136 people attended the Passionate Heart event on February 14.
Affordable Housing Strategy – two sessions held Feb 20, 2 more on March 1 and the
Housing Needs Survey is open until March 8.
·
Events &
Entertainment – Grande Prairie Storm Playoffs begin in early March. The
season’s top attendance was recorded on the February 18 Family Day game, which
featured Bowes Event Centre hosting Co-op Family Day activities. There are
currently tickets on sale for 5 different concerts, with several fall show
announcements expected over the next month.
·
Parks – There is a report
going forward March 12 to the CLC meeting regarding the North and West Entrance
Features.
·
Sports Development,
Wellness & Culture – There is a March 1 grant deadline for Large Scale Tourism
Funding, Arts Development (Individual Projects and Scholarships), and Pursuit
of Excellence (Bob Neufeld Scholarship and Perky McCullough International
Excellence Scholarship). There is a March 27 grant deadline for Pursuit of
Excellence (Athlete Development Funding, Clinic Hosting Funding,
Coach-Official-Volunteer Development Funding, and Travel Funding for coaches
and athletes). Muskoseepi Park hosted a free Family Day outdoor event. The
weather was cold (averaging -25C in the park), but approximately 1,000 people
attended the event and enjoyed sleigh rides, skating on the pond, snow
painting, snowshoeing, face painting, family activities, local performers, hula
hoop workshop and old fashioned carnival games. Sports Excellence Awards take
place on March 1 - Katie Biberdorf, City of GP Supervisor of Community
Recreation Development, has been nominated for Sport Builder of the Year, and
the 2018 Alberta Summer Games have been nominated for Sport Event of the Year.
The draft Regional Recreation Funding Policy is almost ready, and will be
presented at a future Committee meeting.
·
Transit – The first of
two electric buses went into services last week. Ridership for January 2019 is
up 11.7% from January 2018.
2.4
Dave Barr Childcare Services
Review
Ms. S. Hanson, Financial Business Advisor, Mr. S.
Clark, General Manager of Events & Entertainment, and Ms. C. Amaro, Acting
Dave Barr Manager, presented Committee with recommended changes to the Dave
Barr Community Centre services and fees. This will result in an increase in a
service needed in the community, retain employment of the daycare providers,
and is estimated to contribute excess earnings back to the general overhead
costs of the Dave Barr Community Centre. Administration is recommending that
these updated fees be included in Policy 201 – Fees and Charges Policy.
MOVED by Mayor Given Committee recommend Council approve
the expansion of childcare services and increased childcare service fees to
match the highest market price and dayhome agency fees to match the market
average.
CARRIED.
Mayor Given left the meeting at 12:40 p.m.
2.5
Eastlink Centre Membership
Review
Mr. A. Miller, Community Living Director, presented
Committee with proposed amendments to the Eastlink Centre membership fees. The
proposed changes would align the Eastlink Centre membership fee structure with
other comparable facilities.
MOVED by Councillor Bressey Committee recommend
Council approve the proposed change in membership fees at the Eastlink Centre;
and FURTHER MOVED that Committee recommend Council approve Policy 201, as
amended with the updated Dave Barr Childcare service and agency fees and
Eastlink Centre membership fees.
CARRIED.
3. Outstanding
Items List
3.1 Community Living
Committee Outstanding Items List as of February 26, 2019
The Committee reviewed the Community Living Committee
Outstanding Items List for February 26, 2019.
MOVED by Councillor Pilat Committee receive
the February 26, 2019 Community Living Committee Outstanding Items List, as amended,
for information.
CARRIED.
The meeting adjourned at 12:45 p.m.
Chair
Corporate
Services Director