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Home My WebLink About1975-03-24 Council Minutes0 0 AGENDA FOR MEETING MAR 24/75 Combined with A S Bd 1 Minutes of previous meeting 2 Ag Filedman°s report - Norman Soder 3 District Ag report - Russ Horvey 4, Dale Cameron's report 5 New trailer 6 Grasshopper policy and chemicals 7 Warble inspection at auction marts $ Trade Fair at Red Deer Apr 17th 11 9 Recommendations to Council from A S 10 Summer tour 11 Miscellaneous AM t o 9 PM Bd meeting Jan 20th Council meeting - 12 Approval of minutes of meeting of Maych 10/75 13 Appointments. 1 P M Prairie Bible Institute 2 P.M. Harold Mueller 2 P M A Hazel & others re roads 2 P M Foremen 14 Set date and time for Court of Revision 15, Assessors Convention Apr lst - 4.th Medicine Hat 16 Doug Parker - offer for Parcel B at Twining 17 Report of planning comm - 3 Hills Hospital 1$ Water & Sewage Course - Utility Officer - Apr 15 & 16 19 Report of C Lau, Public Health Insp , sanitary land fills 20 Building permits- John E Johnson - storage NE -11-34-24-4 21 Subdiv appeals NW -20-30-25-4 L Boese & others NE -23-29-21-4 Dr Thomson, NE -11-33-23-4 A Knievel 22 C.R.P.C. - meeting Apr 8th, etc 23 C.R.P.C. - amendments to Pref Reg Plan 24 D Richardson - auto wrecking yard near Acme 25, Underwood, McLellan & Assoc - Huxley sewer system 26 Drum Health Unit - conditions in Swalwell house 27 3 Hills S. D - report of annual meeting; minutes of Mar 12/75 2$ A M F Corp - Olds Hosp. debenture paid $746 23 29 Requisitions- Golden Hills Lodge, ambulance 30 Alta Power - line extensions 31 Report of foremen comm meeting of Mar 17th 32 Alta Highways & Transport - Merle Anderson bridge, etc 33 °' °° - Wm McLean bridge, etc 34 °G 90 - Secondary road pavement bid, etc 35 Coneco Equip, - R 0 P °s 36 The Lotd Strahcona°s Horse - use of roads 37 Road bans 3$ A.A M D &C - anti -freeze 39 Overhead Door Sales - Wimborne shop door 4,0 Applications for work 41 Alta. Highways & Transport - 1975 road grant explained 42 Alta Culture, Youth & Rec - snowmobiles 43 Dates for those involved - Tues Mar 25th - Drainage east of Sunnyslope Eve Thurs Mar 27th - Ambulance comm Mon Mar 31st - Annual Meeting Apr, 2nd & 3rd - Assoc Spring Meeting in Edmonton Tues Apr 8th - Special meeting re C.R.P.0 Mon Apr 14th - next regular Council meeting Road tours and/or plans for 1975 public works? 44 Report of Central Assoc meeting of Mar 21st 45 Election Mar 26th - Any effect on working hours? Iq COMBINED MEETING OF KNEEHILL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD MARCH 24th, 171-75 A Combined Meeting of the Kneehill Municipal Council and the Kneehill Agricultural Service Board was held at the Municipal Office in Three Hills, on Monday, March 24th, 1975 commencing at 9 00 A M PRESENT Those present were Councillor C W Poole Norman Soder, Ag. Fieldman Councillor R W Brown Glenn Smyth, Assistant Ag.Fieldman Councillor A W Bauer Harold Howe (after 10 00 A M ) Councillor T A. Ferguson Ratepayer Member Councillor L Litz . Conncillor R G Campbell John C Jeffery,Secretary APPROVAL MINUTES Mr R W Brown moved approval of the minutes of the meeting of February 17th, 1975 r Carried AG. FIELDMAN Mr N Soder read his report for the period ending March 24th, REPT copy of which is attached After brief discussion, Mr. C.W. Poole moved adoption of the report. Carried The Secretary read the report of Mr R Horvey, District Agriculturist, dated March 24th, 1975, copy of which is attached. Mr.T.A.Ferguson moved adoption of the report Carried D. A. REPORT TRAILER Mr Soder reported he had obtained prices on several PRICES trailers from Drumheller He further reports that the various companies suggested if we put heavy duty axles and tires on the present trailer, we would not have any need for a new trailer Prices are as follows Brewster Trailer 3197 00 Maverick Trailer 3600 00 Linden Gooseneck 3709.00 With a winch installed on any of the above - extra $925 00 Mr Soder recommended that we put heavy duty axles and wheels on the present trailer at an approximate cost of $1000.00 Mr Brown moved that we accept Mr Soder's recommendation Carried HOPPER Brief discussion was h,:ld concerning the 1975 Grasshopper CONTROL Control Program The Secretary summarized a letter received from J B Gurba, of the Department of Agriculture It appears that Dimethoate will be $8 00 per gallon, same price as 1974, and that Dimethoate will be the only spray insecticide supplied There is another chemical named Furadan or Carbofuran which will be available, but with no Government Assistance Mr Ferguson moved that the M D of Kneehill pay for one-half of the chemicals supplied to each farmer with a problem, and also that the M D. order 300 gallons of Dimethoate Carried 2 i 0 • �q COMBINED MEETING OF KNEEHILL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD MARCH 24.th,1975 P.2 Mr Soder reported that he has hired Mr Alf Lawrence of Carbon, the Brand Inspector, to be our Warble Inspector at Auction Mazkets during 1975• Mr Soder reported that Tri Line Trucking would haul our tree requirements from Oliver for $200 00 Mr Brown moved that ti, -e lyre Tri Line Trucking to haul the trees Carried Mr. Soder reportedthat there will be a Trade Fair at Red Deer, April 17th, 1975 from 11 00 A M. to 9 00 P M He statta that they would be showing weed control equipment and materials with probably 4.0 to 50 companies represented The rent for booth space is $1 50 per foot for a 10 foot booth Mr Soder had been asked to put in a booth by Red Deer Mr Ferguson moved that we set up a booth at a cost of $15 00 and that Mr Soder, Mr Horvey, Mr. Dale 6ameron and Mr Glenn Smyth be responsible for setting up and Looking after the booth WARBLE INSPECTOR HAULING TREES RED DEER TRADE FAIR 1975 A S B The minutes of the January 20th meeting, page 3 regarding PROGRAM the 1975 A.S.B program was then referred to Recommendation #1 Mr Brown mored that ea-thei Mr Smyth or Mr Soder be in .-he Three Hills vicinity most of the time Carried Recommendation #2 Mr. Brown moved that the Public Works Department be responsible for cleaning up the road side ready for seeding by the A S B. department and that the closest unit pick up dead animals or call Red Deer Carried Recommendation #3 Mr Brown moved that we aivertise for someone to take over the parks with the ad',vertisement to advise that the person may charge fo°vehicles and also run a concession booth. Carried Recommendation #4. Mr Bauer moved that the Service Board mow all road sides on paved roads and intersections at least once during the summer Carried Recommend- ion #5 Mr Campbell moved that we hire 3 men for the Service Board for 5-6 month period as required. Carried A S B PROV. Brie' discussion was held concerning the Provincial TOUR % S B Tour and it was decided to change the dates as follows registration - July 29th. 7 - 9 P M registration - July 30�uh 7 - 10 A M with Breakfast tour - July 30th and 31st with Tour of Three Hills 3 COMBINED MEETING OF KNEEHILL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD MARCH 24th, 1975 P3 on morning August 1st in the A S B TOUR g g CONT The Tour would be in the Linden Area - Ist Day, in Huxley Area - 2nd day, and Three Hills Town - Morning of 3rd day Mr. Soder was to book the arena and the Community Center for all days. Mr Brown suggested showing some fences which are placed back from the property line to help farmers to farm the ditches Other suggestions were 1 Should have good tour guides in each bus with guide going on the tour before the actual tour is held 2 Show different herds of cattle for interest sake 3 Try to get tourist information from The Big Country Tourist Information Center to assist in planning Mr. Brown moved the meeting adjourn Carried Time of Adjournment 11 45 A.M -- Z J 1 *75'fZ_ --: �-- - ----------- Reeve Secretary-Trea. rer L-1 • Er AGRICULTURAL FIELDMAN'S REPORT JOINT MEETING OF KNEEHILL MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND THE AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD MARCH 24th,1975 I am sorry about the confusion regarding our meeting date While we did have a joint meeting on Monday, February 17th, this was not our regular joint meeting date The Pesticide Applicators Course was on at Olds on Monday, March 17th which is our normal third Monday meeting date Our next joint meeting will not be until July and I felt that this was a long time to go without a combined meeting. The Councillors could be getting pretty busy around the end of April for a joint meeting then. I apologize to Findlay Code for not getting in touch with him, but I had tried since the previous Friday We do miss the people with Alberta Agriculture since they have moved to the new building It is unfortunate that we had to be separated as our work is very closely related We should be thankful however, as we are only a block apart. In some areas their offices are in different towns. I was rather pleased with the Provincial A S.B conference in Lethbridge. It was, I believe, our largest conference. The eight resolutions that were presented from the Municipal District of Kneehill were all passed with the exception of one This was the one on warbles and we withdrew this one as there were other similar ones on the subject The dead livestock that were dumped in the ditch on the north side of the SW 15-34-22-4 were picked up by Fallen Livestock Services, Red Deer They made an excellent job of cleaning up the area We were unable to identify the animals or locate the owner We attended a meeting at Mount Vernon that was sponsored by Tom Ferguson on Tuesday, March 11th This meeting was well attended by a good receptive group of people. I was unable to attend meetings at Reg Campbell's and Leonard Litz's. I understand that these were good meetings, also Our only Horticultural meeting this year, which was held at Trochu from 1 00 P.M. to 8 00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 19th was only attended by 8 or 9 people The evening portion was attended by one person This is unfortunate as horticulture is one area that we do receive a lot of requests for information on Glenn and I attended the Pesticide Applicators Course on Thursday, March 13th and we took in two special days on Monday and Tuesday, March 17th and 18th We found the last two days quite informative. I was in Drumheller on Wednesday, March 12th and picked up some information on a Maverick and Brewster goose neck trailer I also had a medical for my Pesticide Applicator's licence the same day Walter Yarish and Arnold Steerman were in on Wednesday morning They were the speakers for the evening session of our Horticultural Course At Trochu and they dropped in to discuss some points for our tour in July We have received the print out on the tree orders from Oliver We came up with a number of cancellations, as always. ..2 n U 0 • AGRICULTURAL FIELDMAN?S REPORT JOINT MEETING MARCH 24th, 1975 .2 70,000 trees ordered, 24,300 cancelled There are 27,000 trees ordered from Indian Head with some cancellations already We had attempted to have these orders filled from Indian Head but we have some cancellations from there also The trees from Indian Head will be shipped in a bulk shipment to us this year which should reduce the express costs considerably. We have had a very remarkable winter and the way things look we will be into our spring and summer work soon. Grass seed and chemicals have been ordered and we should receive these around the middle of April We have not ordered any Dimethoate for grasshopper control I respectfully submit this report for your acceptance. ' .... ��. Norman Soder Agricultural Fieldman G V& D A 's Report to the Agricultural Service Board M D of Kneehill Three Hills March 24, 1975 Since our last meeting, we have moved into our new office All went very smoothly We were able to give out information right through the move Sometimes it took awhile to find but we were usually able to find it We've still got a lot of material spread out over the floors of our spare offices, but this will go into the store room once we get some storage . ,L_C_ds We're also waiting for three desks to go into the spare offices Two of these offices are spare at present but will be filled before summer On May lst, a second D A , Brian Laing, presently D A -in-training at Provost, is to start work here in Three Hills Brian is an Animal Science graduate raised in southern B C Also this summer Karen will have a District Home Economist in training This will fill all five offices, with the fifth being used by the Loans officer and Can -Farm Technician coming into the office Monday and Wednesday every week, respectively Can Manpower and Can Pensions will also have use of this office The Summer Farm Employment Program will be run again this year May through August Pre -registration forms should be completed by April 15th All students must attend a Farm Safety Session which will be offered by the Drumheller Agricultural Society sometime in May or June This program will be administered after pre -registration, through the Canada Farm Labor Pool at Drumheller This Labor Pool is just in the process of being organized A board of eight farmers has been appointed and they are presently advertising for a manager They hope to have the Canada Farm Labor Pool office in operation by the end of March I would like to commend the Advisory Committee of the Alberta Wheat Pool in this district on a letter they sent to Prime Minister Trudeau regarding strikes affecting the grain industry I wish more farm organizations and groups would show concern Possibly in the midst of an election, more of our candidates could take an interest Combine schools and wild oat meetings held in recent weeks have been well attended and quite successful I would like to thank all those that have been involved in organizing and sponsoring these meetings I feel it has been time and money well spent for all The Horticulture Course on Shelterbelts held in Trochu on March 19th was poorly attended I do not think a course of this type will be offered again in the near future without some careful consideration Sorry I could not attend this meeting See you all next month Russel L Horvey, D A E 1� COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24th, 1975 P 1 A regular meeting of the Council of the Municipal District of Kneehill #48 was held in the Municipal Office in Three Hills, on Monday, March 24th, 1975 commencing at 1 00 P.M. This followed the combined meeting with the Agricultural Service Board held during the forenoon Councillors present for this meeting were PRESENT Mr C W Poole Div 2 Mr R W Brown Div. 3 (Reeve) Mr. A.W. Bauer Dv 4 Mr. T.A Ferguson Div 5 Mr L Litz Div. 6 Mr. R.G.Campbell Div 7 Mr G G.King, Secretary -Treasurer was present and recorded the minutes. APPROVAL Mr Poole moved approval of the minutes of the Council MINUTES meeting of March 10th, 1975, as per copies circulated. Carried COUNCILLOR It is noted for these minutes that Councillor A.H. CHURCH - Church took a rather serious sick spell following the ILL Council Meeting of March 10th, 1975 but fortunately only had to spend part of one day in hospital. He is now recovering at home. Mr. Poole moved that a note be sent to Mr. Church wishing him a full and speedy recovery Carried REQUEST FROM Mr H Mueller as representative of the Drumheller DRUM STAMPEDE and Distri . Star,-..pede Board had arranged an appointment BD. to meet with Cc_�rcil this afternoon He had telephoned to say he woud be unable to be present Mr. G.King stated that Mr Mue.-Ter- ^equested that Council consider a donation fo-c7 ce_-tain `revelling of grounds, etc , for the Stampc,-?:,, Boab d w ,4,-.h t1he understanding that the M D. of Starland and the County of Wheatland would give similar help `11 e M.D of Starland has agreed to pay UP to $150.00 on the t ;:-ce-way matching basis Mr. Poole mored that tti)e M D of �neehill donate $150 00 to the Drumhel`er andDistrict Stampede Board on condition that the lei D of Starland and the County of Wheatland make a similar contribution and that it be clearly understood that this is a one time donation without prescc,, int . Carried DATE FOR Mr. Litz moved that the Court of Revision be held at COURT OF our office on Monday, April 28th, 1975, commencing REVISION at 11 00 A.M. Carried ASSESSORS' Mr. Ferguson moved that Mr Harold Henderson be CONVENTION authorized to attend the Assessors' Convention, April lst to 4th at Medicine Hat with expenses at our regular rates Carried D A PARKER An offer of Douglas A Parker of $400 00 for Parcel OFFER FOR B in NE 2-31-24-4 was read This parcel comprises PARCEL B i two acres and is in the name of the M.D. of Kneehill #48 NE 2-3124-4i .2 �71 C COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24th, 1975 P.2 as Public Works Reserve. Any sale would be by by-law and would require advertising in regard to objections and other approvals. BY-LAW Mr Poole moved first reading to By -Law Number 74-4 ?67 this being a by-law to sell Block B. in NE 2 -31 -24 - to Douglas A. Parker for the sum of $400.00 rried Unanimously Mr Ferguson moved second reading to this by-law Carried Unanimously The Secretary -Treasurer was directed to carry out the required advertising, etc , in respect to the above by-law. P B.I. ! REQUEST ! Mr. Imbach, Boody and Wilson of the Prairie Bible Institute FOR GRANT met with Council in regard to the services provided to ETC the P.B.I by the Municipal District in relation to the taxation of some $16,000 00 paid last year, for municipal purposes They pointed out that they are taxed as improved property, but actually only served similar to a farm and they therefore request something in lieu of the ordinary services given to a hamlet Services referred , to included garbage removal, snow removal, street maintenance street lights, etc. They stated that they have a total Of 1 9 miles of private streets They also stated that garbage collection at very low rates cost them $2800 00 per year. In respect to street lights they stated they have 35 residential, six in the industrial area and 32 in the academic area, for a total of 73. They generate nearly all of their own electricity Considerable discussion followed and the Reeve advised the delegation that Council would make some decision and advise them in writing They were thanked for meoting with Council and they in turn thanked Council for the hearing and they then left the meeting. Council discussed the matter further Mr Bauer moved that the Municipal Dist ict of Kneehill #48 pay the Prairie Bible Institute, Three H=11s, a total of $4000 00 for the year 1975 to pa for tYli-i- work or costs in regard to street lights -1675 W and maintenance of roads, etc , $2,325.00 Carried PETITION A delegation of Mr Ali -gin Hazel, Robert Carlson and FOR ROAD Alfred Kinsey met with Council and presented a petition Sec 15-16 with 16 names asking l -i brief for making the road between 32-25-4 Section 15 and 16 -32-25-4 into a good all weather road. Mr. Ted Paquette and Mr Joe Dobler, foremen, also then met with Council The delegation outlined the reasons for the request and discussed same with Council In general they stated this would be a main north south artery if opened and would be particularly useful for travel to the Linden area, etc Mr G King read an extract from the minutes of the Council Meeting of April 9th, 1973, page 5,regarding this particular project. He also stated that the District Engineer has been asked for further details and may be able to supply 3 41 i 0 L7 • 11 11 COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24th, 1975 P3 The Reeve advised the delegation that this request would be checked during time of road tour and consideration of the 1975 public works program They thanked Council and then left the meeting. Report of the Foremen? Committee meeting of March 19th, 1975, was read and the following motions made in respect to same 1 :.r Ferguson moved that the request of Ray Ehrmann for higher pay if acting as a sub foreman be tabled Carried 2. Mr. Poole moved that Council approve the hiring of Mr. Bud Haskel? as a Senior Driver for the truck crew effective April 1st Carried 3 Mr Poole moved that the other items of the report be accepted, but with the notation that the meeting was Wednesday, March 19th and not on Monday I :,I March 17th, as stated Carried FOREMEN? COMM REPT. held M.ANDERSON BRIDGE Correspondence from the Provincial Bridge Branch was - referred to briefly in regard to the Merle Anderson ETC. road and proposed bridge in the vicinity of W 17-30-22-4 Cost of the grading and '-he bridge on the westerly route was given as $555,000.00 and for the more easterly line as $510,000 00 Mr. Bauer moved that arrangements be made for an on site inspection with Government officials and our road committee Carried McLEAN Letter of March ]_8th, 975 and copy of Bridge Plan for BRIDGE West NW 21-31--2.2-4 - McLean was read The proposal is for a 1104 pre cast concrete bridge with 29 foot clear roadway to be constructed in the winter of 1975-76. A detour will be needed while the work is in progress. Mr. Ferguson moved that this be approved. carried ALLINGHAM Council was advised thEt Kiewit Construction has been NORTH PAVING given the paving contract for the Secondary Road from CONTRACT Allingham north to Wimborne and on north to the Innisfail road and west about 4 miles Total cost appears to be about $1,114,000 00 ROLL OVER A circular from Coneco Equipment was read in regard to ?ROT uTION V over protection whih s mandtory by January lst, 1976. CIRC Mr Ferguson moved that this be accepted and filed as information Carried LORD STRATH. Mr Campbell moved that the Lord Stra-,;hcona?s Horse be HORSE PERMISSION granted permission for the use of roads in the M.D. of ROAD USE Kneehill as per its request of March 7th, 1975, subject to the condition that the regiment will be responsible for any undue damage. Carried 0 N COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 24th,1975 The matter of road bans was discussed Mr. Poole moved that a road ban be placed in effective in the M D of Kneehill #48 to allow 75% of gross vehicle weight only on all light coat and paved roads and that this become effective Wednesday, March 26th, 1975 at 12 00 Noon Carried It was agreed without motion that no bans be placed on gravelled roads and that no overload permits be granted during the time that other bans are in effect. Circular from AAMD at the price of $5 an order be placed last year P 4 ROAD BANS LIGHT COAT &PAVED ROADS GRAVELLED ROADS NO BANS NO OVERLOADS & C was read in respect to antifreeze 15 per gallon. Mr Litz moved that for the same amount as was given Quotation of Overhead Door Sales of Calgary was read in regard to a shop door for Wimborne Price was $1159 00 installed Mr Poole moved that Mr. Ted Paquette have authority to purchase the door if deemed advisable. Carried Mr Poole moved that all applications for work with the Public Works Crew be referred to Ted Paquette Carried Letter of March 7th from Alberta Highways and Transport ga^-e more information in regard to our 1975 road grant which totals $203,960 00. This pointed out that the one supplementary grant received in 1974 was a one time grant only because of heavy snow plowing costs and it should not be taken into account when a comparision is made between the amounts for 1975 and 1974. Mr. Campbell moved that this information be accepted and filed. Carried Circular from Alberta Culture, Youth and Recreation was read in regard to snowmobiles. This was ordered filed Dates for various meetings, etc , were read as per item 43 on the agenda Mr Litz moved that Council meet o,, Thursday, March 27th, 1975, commencing at 9 00 A M to discuss road program and other matters Carried ANTIFREEZE PRICE - ORDER DOOR OVERHEAD WIMBORNE SHOP WORK APPLICATIONS 1975 ROAD GRANTS CIRCULAR RE SNOW- MOBILES VARIOUS MEETINGS & NEXT COUNCIL MEETING Mr Poole moved that Council meet on Monday, March 31st PREPARATION at 9 00 A M to consider matters which may be brought ✓ FOR ANNUAL up at the annual meeting and any other general busiress MEETING Carried The Secretary -Treasurer was asked by Mr. Campbell to look up some records regarding the 1973 road work and costs, etc HOURS FOR Voting hours for the Provincial Election on March 26th VOTING are from 9 00 A M. to 8 00 P M Councillors and Foremen stated that all employees would have three hours outside of regular working hours in which to vote and thus no special arrangements need to be made in regard to that 5 0 a COUNCIL MEETINC MARCH 24th,197` Mr Poole and Mr. Paquette each stated they have had inquiries about whether or not the DW 20 Packer is for sale A minimum bid of $12,000 00 was suggested, but this is not to be advertised Mr Ferguson moved that Council call for bids for the DW 20 Packer with notices to be in the Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal on the 4th and 5th of April, 1975 and also in the local paper That these bids close on April 11th and be considered by Council on Monday, April 14th Carried 1974 Policies regarding purchases of land, payment for borrow pits and fence agreements were read Mr Poole moved that no changes be made in those policies for 1975. Carried Mr Ferguson asked Mr. Paquette to give attention to the following 1 A small patch of brush on roadside east of L Vasselids should be taken out 2 A new culvert is needed on the road north of Al Stanger?s and this should be put in duringthe spring. DW 20 PACKER SALE - CALL FOR BIDS Y 1975 POLICIES RE., LAND BORROW PITS & FENCES MIS . PUBLIC WORKS WARRANTY WORK ON NEW FORD Mr Dobler reported about delays and extra costs in TRUCKS getting warranty work done on the new Ford trucks in Calgary He suggested that it should be possible to make arrangements to do some of the warranty work in our own shop Mr Campbell moved that a letter be written to Maclin v Ford in regard to this matter Carried Mr Ted Paquette and Mr. Joe Dobler then left the meeting ✓ REPORT ON A verbal report of the Central Association meetiAg held C.A.A.M.D in Three Hills on March 21st was given Mr. Bauer moved & C acceptance of the report Carried RECREATION Recreation matters and the new recreation grant were MATTERS discussed briefly Mr Bauer and Mr Litz requested that Mr G King attend a meeting in regard to recreation matters at Torrington this evening and this he agreed to do A report from Mr C Lau Public Health Ins P ector was SANITARY p read in which he stated that the location of a Sanitary LAND FILL Land Fill in SW 10-31-23-4 (William Kilgour land) would not be suitable due to the rolling nature of the land, various stream channels, location of an oil well, etc Some general discussion followed The location of a Sanitary Land Fill in SW 25-31-24-4 on property owned by the Town of Three Hills will likely be brought up at the Annual Meeting LOTS HUXLEY Mr Campbell asked about lots which the M.D. might have for j sale in Huxley an he has had i-quiries This will be checked and a report given at the next meeting ADJOURNMENT Mr Bauer moved that this meeting adjourn until Thursday, March 'th1975 at 9 00 A M. Time of d ouent 5 30 P M -,� -. Reeve Secretary+xr?a;4rer E A 1�q N REPORT - DRAINAGE SOUTH EAST OF SUNNYSLOPE ---------------------------- A discussion meeting was held at the office of the Municipal District of Kneehill #48 the forenoon of Tuesday, March 25th 1975, with the following persons present Water Resources Branch - Mr Tom Slater and Mr Ken Looten Ducks Unlimited - Mr George Freeman of Box 59, Strathmore M D of Kneehill #48 - Councillors R W Brown and A W Bauer and Secretary -Treasurer G G King Interested Farmers - Robert and Victor Thiessen, Paul and Keith Weigum, Henry Falk, Abe and J J Toews, Edgar Penner Mr Ted Paquette, Public Works Superintendent of the M D The drainage proposal was outlined which would affect in part Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 of 31-25-4 There might also beslight affects on the lands to the north, particularly in the SE 1g-31-25-4. The study had been requested through the M D of Kneehill with +she idea of reclaiming certain lands often flooded, particularly in the NE of 7 and West half of 8 r"r. Looten stated that an ordinary drainage ditch would cause the water to run off too fast and could cause erosion. Water Resources therefore recommended drop structures or a system which would provide for holding back water in the spring to flood the land for irrigation purposes and then letting the water drain off gradually Some water would always be left in the drainage channel Gate controls could be installed He also stated that dug outs could be used in connection with this and particularly mentioned that they could by-pass the dug out of Edgar Penner but provide for water to fill same To go ahead with the project would require easements with the farmers concerned and the co-operation of all Water Resources further stated thev are willing to brirg in an outfit to drill test holes soon if the people are interested. This is necessary if the project is to be given further consideration Mr. Freeman stated that Ducks Unlimited could likely share the costs without any obligation by the farmers depending on the areas flooded, the back water left, etc In general the financing would be as follows By Water Resources - all engineering and design work, etc By the Province - 50% of the construction cost By Ducks Unlimited - some share which would be determined later. The balance would be the responsibility of the M D of Kneehill and the farmers concerned Water Rgsources stated that this would not have any effect on Lake 19 in Section 19-31-25-4, to the north of the area. Water Resources showed maps, etc , outlining the plan in general and the route for the drainage would be along the ordinary drainage -,ea s 0 • E • REPORT — DRAINAGE SOUTH EAST OF SUNNYSLOPE P.2 It, was agreed that some crossing over the ditch should be provided in each quarter section, for the farmers The farmers and the Municipal representatives present agreed that Water Resources should proceed with this project to get greater details and cost estimates based on the back flood structures They stated that a rough estimate of the dirt work would be 20,000 cubic yards. Water Resources will get permission In writing for the soil testing from the farmers concerned. It was agreed that another meeting of a similar group be held sometime in May when further information is available Water Resources and others were thanked for attending the meeting and bringing information i Submitted by G. g;! Secretary-Treasurr M D Kneehill