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Community Services Committee

Meeting Minutes

May 1, 2000

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE MINUTES

Monday, May 1, 2000

MEMBERS: / PRESENT:
R. Noce, Chair / R. Noce
D. Thiele, Vice-Chair / D. Thiele
T. Cavanagh / T. Cavanagh
L. Chahley / L. Chahley
Mayor B. Smith / Mayor B. Smith*

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE:
Councillor B. Anderson*
Councillor A. Bolstad*
B.E. Thom, Q.C., City Manager.
S. Thompson, Office of the City Clerk.

*Attended part of the meeting.

A.1.CALL TO ORDER

Councillor R. Noce called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m.

Councillors B. Anderson and A. Bolstad were in attendance.

A.2.ADOPTION OF AGENDA

MOVED D. Thiele:

That the Community Services Committee Agenda for the May 1, 2000 meeting be adopted with the following changes:

a)That the following items be added to the agenda:

F.1.c.Opening of the Louise McKinney Park.

F.2.a.Special Community Services Committee Meeting - May 18, 2000.

F.3.a. CBylaw 12319 - A Bylaw to Amend Bylaw 12222, The Cat Licensing Bylaw.

b)That pages be replaced in the following items:

MinutesApril 17, 2000 Community Services Committee Minutes.

D.3.Status of Reports - for Community Services Committee - May 1, 2000.

CARRIED

FOR THE MOTION:T. Cavanagh, L. Chahley, R. Noce, B. Smith, D. Thiele.

A.3.ADOPTION OF MINUTES

MOVED T. Cavanagh:

That the Minutes of the April 17, 2000 Community Services Committee Meeting be adopted.

CARRIED

FOR THE MOTION:T. Cavanagh, L. Chahley, R. Noce, B. Smith, D. Thiele.

B.2.EXEMPTIONS AND VOTE ON ALL OTHER ITEMS

MOVED D. Thiele:

That items D.2.a., F.1.b. and F.1.c.C be exempted for debate; and

D.3.STATUS OF REPORTS

D.3.a.Industrial Pipelines and Pipeline Corridors (D. Thiele).

That the revised due date of May 15, 2000 be approved. / Emergency Response
Due: May 15, 2000

D.3.b.Naming Policy.

That the revised due date of August 21, 2000 be approved. / Planning & Dev.
Due: Aug. 21, 2000

F.REPORTS RELATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE MATTERS

F.1.COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT

F.1.a.“Poverty in Alberta". 

That the April 11, 2000 Community Services/Human Resources Departments report be received for information. / Community Svcs.

F.2.EMERGENCY RESPONSE DEPARTMENT

F.2.a.Special Community Services Committee Meeting - May 18, 2000.

That a Special Community Services Committee meeting be held on Thursday, May 18, 2000 at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chamber to address the Emergency Response Department reports that were originally directed to the May 15, 2000 regular meeting of the Committee. / All G.M.'s
Emergency Response
Due: May 18, 2000

F.3.EDMONTON POLICE SERVICE

F.3.a.CBylaw 12319 - A Bylaw to Amend Bylaw 12222, The Cat Licensing Bylaw.

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That the Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That Bylaw 12319 be given the appropriate readings.

CARRIED

FOR THE MOTION:T. Cavanagh, L. Chahley, R. Noce, B. Smith, D. Thiele.

D.ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES AND RESPONSES

D.2.REPORTS ON ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES

D.2.a.CEdmonton Community Lottery Board (B. Smith). 

MOVED B. Smith:

That item D.2.a. be made debatable to allow action motions to be made in response to the content of the report.

carried

FOR THE MOTION:T. Cavanagh, L. Chahley, R. Noce, B. Smith, D. Thiele.

K. Barnhart and B. Demchuk, and L. Cochrane, Acting General Manager, Community Services Department, answered the Committee's questions.

MOVED B. Smith:

That the Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

  1. That up to $28,000 be awarded to the Edmonton Community Lottery Board (Source of Funds: Corporate Initiatives Fund).
  2. That the Administration have a continuing dialogue with the Edmonton Community Lottery Board to develop a strategy to approach the Provincial Government to look at future operational costs.

AMENDMENT MOVED T. Cavanagh:

That a part 3 be added as follows:

  1. That the Chair of the Community Services Committee write a letter to the Honourable Murray Smith to request that the Edmonton Community Lottery Board be allowed to use 2 percent of the approximate $11 million to cover the City's administrative costs.

carried

FOR THE AMENDMENT:T. Cavanagh, R. Noce, D. Thiele.

OPPOSED:B. Smith, L. Chahley.

AMENDMENT MOVED R. Noce:

That the words "and that the Administration report back to the September 5, 2000 Community Services Committee meeting on the strategy" be added at the end of part 2 of the motion.

S. Thompson, Office of the City Clerk, answered the Committee's questions.

carried

FOR THE AMENDMENT:T. Cavanagh, L. Chahley, R. Noce, B. Smith, D. Thiele.

MOTION ON ITEM D.2.a. AS AMENDED put:

That the Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

  1. That up to $28,000 be awarded to the Edmonton Community Lottery Board (Source of Funds: Corporate Initiatives Fund).
  2. That the Administration have a continuing dialogue with the Edmonton Community Lottery Board to develop a strategy to approach the Provincial Government to look at future operational costs and that the Administration report back to the September 5, 2000 Community Services Committee meeting on the strategy.
  1. That the Chair of the Community Services Committee write a letter to the Honourable Murray Smith to request that the Edmonton Community Lottery Board be allowed to use 2 percent of the approximate $11 million to cover the City's administrative costs.

carried

FOR THE MOTION

AS AMENDED: T. Cavanagh, L. Chahley, R. Noce, B. Smith, D. Thiele.

F.REPORTS RELATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE MATTERS

F.1.b.Request for Additional Scope of Work to Contract R872987 - Fulton Creek Naturalization and Fulton Creek Marshland (Weiss Pond) Naturalization. 

B. Anderson and B. Luopa, Community Services Department, answered the Committee's questions.

MOVED D. Thiele:

That approval be given for additional construction work to Contract R872987 (Land Tec Landscape Contractors Ltd.), revising the total value of the contract to approximately $1,118,705 inclusive of GST. / F.1.b. cont'd.
Community Svcs.

CARRIED

FOR THE MOTION: T. Cavanagh, L. Chahley, R. Noce, D. Thiele.

ABSENT:B. Smith.

F.1.c. COpening of the Louise McKinney Park.

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B. Anderson, Community Services Department, answered the Committee's questions.

MOVED T. Cavanagh:

That the Community Services Committee recommend to City Council:

That the following Motion on the Floor be passed:

MOVED J. Taylor - B. Smith (Made at the April 25, 2000 City Council meeting):

That the Community Services Department be allocated $15,000.00 from the Corporate Initiative Fund, to be used in consultation with the Edmonton Celebrate Canada Committee for the opening of the Louise McKinney Park on July 1, 2000.

CARRIED

FOR THE MOTION: T. Cavanagh, R. Noce, D. Thiele.

OPPOSED:L. Chahley.

ABSENT:B. Smith.

N.NOTICES OF MOTION

Councillor R. Noce asked whether there were any Notices of Motion. There were none.

(Sec. 100. B.L. 9999, as amended)

O.ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 10:40 a.m.

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CHAIRCITY CLERK

COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE

INDEX TO MINUTES

A.1.CALL TO ORDER......

A.2.ADOPTION OF AGENDA......

A.3.ADOPTION OF MINUTES......

B.2. EXEMPTIONS AND VOTE ON ALL OTHER ITEMS......

D.ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES AND RESPONSES

D.2.REPORTS ON ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES......

D.2.a.C Edmonton Community Lottery Board (B. Smith). 

D.3.STATUS OF REPORTS

D.3.a.Industrial Pipelines and Pipeline Corridors (D. Thiele)......

D.3.b.Naming Policy......

F.REPORTS RELATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE MATTERS

F.1.COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT......

F.1.a. “Poverty in Alberta". 

F.1.b. Request for Additional Scope of Work to Contract R872987 - Fulton
Creek Naturalization and Fulton Creek Marshland (Weiss Pond)
Naturalization. 

F.1.c. C Opening of the Louise McKinney Park......

F.2.EMERGENCY RESPONSE DEPARTMENT

F.2.a. Special Community Services Committee Meeting - May 18, 2000......

F.3.EDMONTON POLICE SERVICE

F.3.a.C Bylaw 12319 - A Bylaw to Amend Bylaw 12222, The Cat Licensing Bylaw..

N.NOTICES OF MOTION......

O.ADJOURNMENT......

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Community Services Committee

Meeting Minutes

May 1, 2000