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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-04-26 Council MinutesE Ln N g co A G E N D A COUNCIL MEETING - MONDAY, APRIL 26th,1976 ----------------------------------- - - - - -- 1. Approval of Minutes of Council Meeting April 7th,1976 2. Approval of Minutes of Council Meeting April 12th;1976 3. Appointments it6�1� 9 30 A M Development Control By -law 10 30 A.M. Water Resources - Alta Environment 1.00 P.M Court of Revision 3 00 P M Don Pryor - Building Permit 4 Spring Meeting of Alberta Rural Municipal Administrators - April 30th,,1976 5 Town of Three Hills - Recreation Report 6 Gamble Community - 1975 Report 7 R.W Brown - Report of Fire Committee Meeting at Airdrie 8 Report from Spring Convention - AAMD 6 C 9 Development Control By -law, etc 10 Alberta Environment Sunnyslope S£ drainage 11 Kneehill Creek - cave in, etc SE 19- 29 -23- -4 - Hay 12 Court of Revision 13 Report re, Sunnyslope subdivision 14 Report re. Huxley Sewer 15 Report re. Sanitary Land Fill Meeting 16 Recreation Reports Minutes from Three Hills and Carbon meetings Financial Reports, etc Sunnyslope, Huxley 6 Sareee 17 Recreation Grant Proposal for 1976 18 Mrs Florence Boisjoli - Swalwell lots 19 Ms Myrtle Sweet - Grainger Lots 20 Drumheller Depot Co -Op Implements - Opening April 3Oth,1976 2:00 P M 21 Report of Banff Planning Conference 22 Report of Meeting at Hanna - Regional Planning Commission 23 Alta. Municipal Affairs - 1976 Census 24 Advanced Education 6 Manpower - STEP Program 25. Building Permits - approved - James Krukowski, John W Haller, Dan Hagel,Don St 26 Cal Regional Planning Commission - Subdivision Pt SW 27- 29 -21 -4 Rowbottom Subdivision Pt NW 9- 32 -24 -4 Beagrie 27 Calgary Regional Planning Commission - Circulars 28 C R P C Minutes 29 Extension Courses 30. eet'n Minutes of Combined wM R S B March 24th,1976 and business arising from those minutes 31 Foremens' Committee Meeting - April 22nd, 1976 32 Alberta Transportation - Road Grant 33 Date for Special Meeting - Road Program etc it6�1� 17*1 11 a .7 COUNCIL MEETING - APRIL 26th.,1976 ----------------------------- - - ---- A regular meeting of the Council of the Municipal District of Kneehill No 48 was held at the Municipal Office;; Three Hills Alberta, on Monday, April 26th, 1976, commencing at 9 00 A M PRESENT Councillors present for the meeting were. G A Berdahl Div 1 C W Poole Div 2 Ralph W Brown Div 3 (Reeve) Art W Bauer Div 4 T A Ferguson Div 5 L. Litz Div 6 R G Campbell Div. 7 Mr. L F Poxon of the Three Hills School Division was present for a portion of the meeting APPROVAL Mr G G King, Secretary - Treasurer, was present and recorded the minutes MINUTES Mr Poole moved approval of the minutes of the Council meeting of April 7th _,1976, as circulated Carried Mr Ferguson moved approval of the minutes of the Council meeting of April 12th,1976, as circulated Mr. Berdahl moved that the financial report, etc , of the Gamble Community GAMBLE Association be accepted, as presented COMMUNITY Carried REPORT Ms Penny Remmer of C R P C , met with Council at 9 30 A M , for a discussion of the development control by - -law Mr Ted Paquette DEV CONTROL the Public Works Superintendent also came into the meeting at this BY -LAW time No interested party appeared in regard to the by -law to voice NO objections in any manner The by -law was reviewed In detail, with 789 special reference to the authority and responsi'"ility of the Development Control Officer Mr Poole moved second reading to by -law number 789 Carried Unanimously v Further discussion followed in regard to Development Control and the resolutions that will be required, and Penny Remmer suggested that Council name a committee to draft resolutions for Council's consideration Mr Campbell moved that Mr Brown., Mr Berdahl and Mr G King be a committee to review resolutions under the Development Control By -law Carried Mr Ferguson moved that third reading of By -law Number 789 be deferred � until May 25th, 1976, at the Council Meeting on that date Carried It was agreed by the Committee members named above that they would meet at the Municipal Office., on Monday May 17th 1976, at 9.30 A M regarding � the planning resolutions 2 a Carried MEETING Notice was read regarding the Spring Meeting of the Alberta Rural ALTA RURAL Municipal Administrators, to be held at Three Hills, on April 30th, MUN ADMINIST 1976.; commencing at 10 15 A M , and of an official opening at the APRIL 30th Drumheller Co -Op Implements in Drumheller on the same date at 1976 2 00 P M Mr Brown stated that he would be unable to attend these & CO -OP IMPL because of a planning commission meeting Mr. Bauer moved that MEETING Mr. Poole attend as Council Representative to bring greetings at each of these meetings Carried Mr. Berdahl moved that the financial report, etc , of the Gamble Community GAMBLE Association be accepted, as presented COMMUNITY Carried REPORT Ms Penny Remmer of C R P C , met with Council at 9 30 A M , for a discussion of the development control by - -law Mr Ted Paquette DEV CONTROL the Public Works Superintendent also came into the meeting at this BY -LAW time No interested party appeared in regard to the by -law to voice NO objections in any manner The by -law was reviewed In detail, with 789 special reference to the authority and responsi'"ility of the Development Control Officer Mr Poole moved second reading to by -law number 789 Carried Unanimously v Further discussion followed in regard to Development Control and the resolutions that will be required, and Penny Remmer suggested that Council name a committee to draft resolutions for Council's consideration Mr Campbell moved that Mr Brown., Mr Berdahl and Mr G King be a committee to review resolutions under the Development Control By -law Carried Mr Ferguson moved that third reading of By -law Number 789 be deferred � until May 25th, 1976, at the Council Meeting on that date Carried It was agreed by the Committee members named above that they would meet at the Municipal Office., on Monday May 17th 1976, at 9.30 A M regarding � the planning resolutions 2 a D10 11 11 �9 F? f _t COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 26th.,1976 P 2 Some other general planning matters were referred to briefly Ms Remmer was thanked for attending the meeting, and she left at approximately 10 30 A M Mr K Weigum Mr Falk, Mr Allan Toews, Mr Bob Thiessen, and SUNNYSLOPE Mrs V Thiessen met with Council to discuss a drainage problem S E DRAINAGE in the general south east Sunnyslope area Discussion of this was delayed for a short while until representatives of Water Resources arrived Mr R W Brown reported on a meeting he had attended at Airdrie the RURAL FIRE evening of March 25th,1976, in regard to Rural Fire Protection The MEETING AIRDRIE groups at that meeting had all been in favour of helping each other but the need for written agreements was stressed Mr Campbell moved that the existing agreements with Trochu, Three Hills and Linden be X reviewed, and that consideration be given to written agreements with some or all of the following, M D. of Rockyview, M D of Starland County of Wheatland, County of Red Deer Villages of Acme, Carbon, Torrington, Beiseker, and perhaps others Carried Mr Tom Slater and Mr Ken Luten of Water Resources then met with Council and discussed the Sunnyslope South East Drainage with the SUNNYSLOPE land owners present participating They outlined the benefits of SE DRAINAGE control drop structures and back flooding of the land, but said the PROJECT ccd s would be quite high, although there was some chance that Ducks Unlimited would help The best system would provide for six structures at about $35,000 00 each, and this was deemed too costly A second proposal would have one structure at Point 35 on their diagram at a cost of some $40,000 00 to $45,000 00 for that plus $40,000 00 for channel work, etc Ducks Unlimited might also help on this A third proposal would be to clean the channels, and allow for spillage in high water Costs would be $40,000 00 more or less For farmers to cross the channel., some low level crossings with rocks could be provided The general procedure is for Council to initiate a proposal for the drainage sharing the construction costs, not including easements, on a 50 -50 basis with Water Resources Water Resources does the engineering and that type of work at its expense Council is responsible for all future maintenance, but of course has the right to make any arrangements with the land owners Mr Slater suggested a 54" culvert or an arch equivalent to a 6011 culvert on the Sunnyslope East road for this drainage proposal He further stated there is no money in their funds for 1976 work.. so planning for 1977 should start soon It was agreed that the land owners get together and discuss the third proposal and then again contact the Municipal District The ratepayers thanked Council and then left the meeting Water Resources was asked for an opinion in regard to low level cement crossings with particular reference to those on the Hastie Land south of the Bigelow Dam They agreed to check regarding this and reply Erosion along the Kneehill Creek was discussed, with particular reference EROSION to NW 16- 29 -23 -4 - Laurence KNEEHILL CREEK Other items mentioned to Water Resources were the need for low level crossings at Section 12- 29 -22 -4, at Hesketh and SNW 3- 31 -22 -4 east of Allan Huxley's ✓ The slide on the Kneehill Creek in SE 19- 29 -23 -4 was also discussed The Municipal District did some work there at the request of the Department v They will decide if more work is required, and a decision regarding payment to the M D for our work will be made later 3 t J, „�r�rr �rllullill�w �I�IIr� _ _ _ i I COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 26th,1976 P 3 Mr Slater reported regarding their studies at the Swalwell Dam, and DAM 1 stated they wished to do a more complete study for fall construction DAM They may recommend a high level flow gate, improvements to the spillway and or perhaps a siphon type of set up to let water down stream i They will have a proposal by June or July Mr Slater and Mr Looten were thanked for meeting with Council and they then left the meeting i Council adjourned for dinner from 12 00 Noon to 1.00 P M DINNER The court of revision was held commencing at 1 00 P M , with Councillors Berdahl, Poole, Bauer; Campbell and Litz as the COURT OF members of that Court REVISION Councillors Brown and Ferguson sat in during the discussion Mr Campbell moved that Mr Poole act as Chairman of the Court of Revision. Carried Mr Harold Henderson, Assessor, met with Council for the Court of Revision Two appeals were listed, and no one appeared on behalf of either of the appeals These were considered- 1 Hutterian Brethren of Huxley - SE 27-34 -22 -4 - Mr. Henderson stated he had checked that land carefully, and felt that some reduction should be given for approximately 6 acres of sloughs which were carrying water He recommended that six acres be taken from the arable land and put under sloughs at $3 00 an acre, with a new total assessment of $2550 Mr Berdahl moved that the assessment of the SE 27- 34 -22 -4 be reduced from $2630 00 to $2550 00, as recommended Carried 2 Pan Canadian Petroleum Ltd - in its appeal stated there should be some reduction in regard to a dehydrator in LSD 9- of 14-28-21-4 as the value had not been brought back to the 1963 conversion factor. Mr Henderson stated he agreed with the complaint_ and after revision the total assessment should be $3710 Mr. Campbell moved that the assessment be reduced -b $7910. Carried Mr. Bauer moved that the Court of Revision adjourn COURT OF Carried REVISION ADJOUR'l Mr Henderson discussed a few assessment? WiUisCouncil briefly and in reply to a question, he stated that an average assessment for one of the Andex Pumping wells would be about $7000 00 Mr Henderson then left the meeting The Council Meeting then continued Mr Litz moved that the Recreation report for 1975 as received from the Town of Three Hills, be accepted, and filed TOWN OF Carried THREE HILLS REC REPORT The Spring Convention of the AAMD & C which was held in Edmonton at the end of March was discussed briefly Mr Poole moved that SPRING CONV our Municipal resolution regarding the use of recreation grants for DISCUSSION operational expenses be revised and submitted again this fall Carried .. .4 • 0 • C7 COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 26th 1976 P 4 Mr G King reported to Council at some length in regard to problems getting titles for various people at Sunnyslope., due to the fact SUNNYSLOPE that the owners had not proceeded with a subdivision many years LOT PROBLEM ago The main persons now involved are Paul Weigums and the Prohls To get separate titles for the properties which they have been occupying will require approval of a plan of subdivision by Calgary Regional Planning Commission and also a legal survey Various transfers in regard to titles will also be required, but it is not thought that these will be a mayor problem Mr Poole moved that Mr G King have authority to proceed to get this matter cleaned up at Municipal expense Carried Mr Poole moved that Council approve of the tentative agreement HUXLEY SEWER made with Edwin Heer in regard to land and easement in Part of SYSTEM ED the NW 17- 34 -23 -4 for the Huxley sewer system and lagoon EASEMENT ETC Carried Letter from the Local Authorities Board and Board Order No 8565 was read in regard to our by - -law number 788, in respect to the BY-LAW 788 Huxley Sewer system Mr Bauer moved that by -law number 788 be HUXLEY SEWER amended by the following changes. SYSTEM 1 In paragraph 4 of the Preamble and paragraphs 2 and 3 of the Enactment, delete the words and /or figure $525000 00 and insert therein the words and /or figure $34.,500 00 2 In Paragraph 2 of the Enactment delete the figure $255000 00 and inser t therein the figure $75000.00 ✓ and that the amended by -law be now given second reading Carried Unanimously Mr Litz moved third reading to by -law number 788, as amended Carried Unanimously Mr G King asked Council action, if any, should be taken in regard to WATER & SEWER a water and or sewer system for Ruarkville It appears that the matter RUARKVILLE of annexations of the P B I , Grantville and Ruarkville to Three Hills is not likely to take place Mr Ferguson moved that Council direct that costs and further details of the water and sewer system for Ruarkville be obtained on condition that the people of that area are definitely interested Carried SANITARY LAND Report of the Sanitary Land Fill committee meeting held April 20th;1976 FILL REPORT was read, and further information given by Mr Brown and Mr G King Mr Campbell moved that this report be accepted, Carried Mr Poole reported briefly regarding the Swalwell nuisance grounds, and SWALWELL NUIS stated some work will be required there soon, and there is some danger V GROUNDS again of fire spreading from that location Mr Poole reported that Molsberry Equipment had trimmed some of the SWALWELL trees at Swalwell last Friday, and had done shredding during that day TREES only There was a lot of work left to be done in picking up branches etc , and getting rid of same Mr Paquette had been there with Mr V, Poole and had agreed he could arrange for the clean up Mr Bauer mov -a that this report be accepted Carried /,� -11) i I COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 26th 1976 P 5 Mr Poole moved that the following be accepted and filed 1 Minutes from the Three Hills and Carbon Recreation Boards ✓ RECREATION 2 Financial Reports as received from Sunnyslope, Huxley and Sarcee Butte REPORTS Carried Mr G King gave each Councillor a copy of a proposal for distribution RECREATION of recreation money from the Municipal District if the additional two DISTRIBUTION mill levy is made this year, and on the assumption that the former procedure OF FUNDS was considered reasonably equitable Mr Litz moved that this be tabled for further study Carried Mr Don Pryor met with Council and submitted an application for a BUILDING building permit for a dwelling in the SE corner of the SW of 1-- 31- -24 - -4 PERMIT D PRY He stated the permit is asked for in his name, but he proposes to let SW 1- 31 -24 -4 his father build the home at that location His father still helps with farm work to some extent Mr Bauer moved that approval of the ,j building permit be granted, sub3ect to approval from Alberta Transportation Carried Mr Don Pryor expressed his opinion regarding the rejection or refusal of his application for a subdivision at the above site General discussion � followed He stated that he is going to appeal the decision of C R P C Mr Pryor then left the meeting Letter of April 14th, from Mrs Florence Boisjoli made an offer for Lots BOISJOLI 1 to 18 Block 10 in Swalwell Mr Poole had looked at this location recently SWALWELL and he advised that the lots could be used in part at least as a building LOTS site It was noted that Mrs Boisjoli has a number of lots at present which are not being developed Mr Berdahl moved that Mrs Bois]oli be advised that the lots in Swalwell are not for sale at this time, unless needed for a housing development Carried Letter from Ms Myrtle Sweet asked about purchase or lease of certain MS SWEET lots in Grainger The general area is used as a location for a gravel ✓ GRAINGER LOTS stock pile, but there is some vacant space Mr Poole moved that Ms Sweet be advised that the lots are not for lease or sale at the present Carried Mr Brown, Bauer and King reported verbally in regard to the Planning PLANNING Conference they had attended at Banff on April 13th and 14th The CONFERENCE information obtained was considered of value particularly the talk BANFF given by solicitor, Mike Welsh of Edmonton Mr Welsh had stressed ✓ that any sale with a condition that the lots must be developed, should be by option only, and not by agreement for sale Mr Ferguson moved that the report be accepted Carried Mr Brown, Bauer and King also reported they had attended a meeting MEETING at Hanna the evening of April 14th, in regard to the proposed RE. PALLISER Palliser Re -ional Planning Commission It appears definite that PLANNING it is being formed effective either July lst this year or January 1st COMMISSDN 1977 The center will be at Hanna, and the general area taken in will be from the city of Drumheller north including Starland and east to the Saskatchewan boundary The M D of Kneehi.11 and towns and villages of this area could apply for transfer to that planning commission later, if they so desire Mr Poole moved that this report be accepted Carried 6 C e COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 26th,1976 P 6 Mr Poole advised that Mr Kostrosky may wish to subdivide an KOSTROSKY area of land, north of the Grainger Road in NW 20- 29 -24 -4 There POSSIBLE SUB is some possibility of building a home there He also stated that DIVISION ETC payment for a borrow pit may need to be discussed further in that area with Mr Art Becker and perhaps Kostrosky Mr Bauer moved that no local census of the M D be undertaken but that information be obtained as soon as possible from the NO CENSUS Dominion Census Carried Mr Ferguson moved that road bans be removed effective early tomorrow morning ROAD BANS OFF Carried Decisions of the Calgary Regional Planning Commission were read C R P C in regard to the following DECISIONS 1 In SW 27-- 29 -21 -4 - Rowbottom - refused, due to certain ON SUBi)ivloiUA6 regulations Mr Brown advised that he thought the meeting had tabled the application pending further information and he would check further into that matter 2 IN NW 9- 32 -24 -4 - Beagri.e approved subject to conditions ✓" Mr Campbell moved that the information as received from C R P C be filed Carried Circular from C R P C regarding planning proposals for the next 15 years was referred to briefly, and it was noted that meeting f' is to be held this evening at Beiseker to discuss this brochure Mr Poole moved that Mr Brown attend the Beiseker meeting Carried Mr Bauer moved that other minutes and information from C R P C be filed as information Carried Circulars from the University of Alberta Extension were referred UNIVERSITY to in regard to courses to come later this year, as follows COURSES 1 Regional Government - June 21st and 22nd in Edmonton Mr Poole moved that this be filed and no representatives sent V Carried 2 Sources of Finance for Municipalities at Jasper Park Lodge October 19th to 21st Mr Ferguson moved that arrangements be made for the Secretary - Treasurer and one other delegate to attend Carried Minutes of the meeting of council and the Ag Service Board held MINUTES March 24th 1976 were referred to as circulated., and the following COMBINED noted MEETING From the middle of page 2 _. items referred to Council. 1 Agreed that tree planting be restricted to shrubs only No change suggested now by Council 2 Charges for cattle spraying - agreed that the changes be effective July 1st, 1976 7 COUNCIL MEETING APRII, 26th 1976 P 7 # 3 Agreed by Council that this be referred to Norman Soder 1 to recommend the actual amounts for the various charges Mr Poole moved that other items from the minutes of the combined meeting as referred to above be tabled until Norman Soder is able to meet with Council Carried Mr F:... reported that the Three Hills Seed Plant is EXPANSION considering; plans for improvements to increase capacity THREE HILLS SEED and is investigating regarding financing.., etc PLANT There may be a request for the Municipal District to assist Report of the Foremens' Committee Meeting of April 22nd, 1976 was read The matter of overtime for foremen was discussed FOREMEN OVERTIME Mr Ferguson moved that no change be made in the Council policy of this year which states there will be no overtime pay for the foremen but that they can take equal hours off in lieu of overtime Carried Wages for Glen Enzie and others were discussed Mr Campbell moved that Glen Enzie be classed as intermediate operator for WAEES GLEN ENZIE the month of April as he has been operating a machine most of that month Carried Mr Poole moved that the other information from the Foremens' Committee Meeting be accepted Car ied �WAV� Mr Ferguson, Mr Litz Mr Kinglh ,-d attended the official opening OFFICIAL OPENING of the new ambulance building in Linden on April 24th,1976 They AMB BUILDING reported regarding that opening, and stated that a good crowd had been on hand including the Honourable Dr Allan Warrack., M L A The facilities are now considered excellent Mr Berdahl moved acceptance of the report Carried Mr Poole suggested that some decision should be made before LOCATION FOR long regarding locations where old car bodies can be collected COLLECTION OF OLD for later disposal CAR BODIES Mr Bauer mentioned there is still some problem about spruce REMPFER CEMETERY trees at the Rempfer cemetery interferring with the power lines SPRUCE TREES Mr Ferguson reported that the rental rate being paid by the Drumheller Health Unit is $4 50 per square foot less $40 00 per ✓ DRUM HEALTH month for janitor at our Three Hills Office UNIT RENT Mr G King reported that he had talked to Mr Allan Brownlee solicitor regard.in� signs for the intersection at the SW 14- 31 -24 -4 SIGNS AT ROAD ✓ INTERSECTION Mr Brownlee had stated that Council would be commended for putting; up the signs now considered most effective Council agreed and advised Ted Paquette to put up the stops signs as previously authorized After considerable discussion Council agreed that they meet again NEXT MEETING on Tuesday, April 27th 1976 mainly for a discussion of the road ✓ program, but to deal with any other business Mr Poole moved that this meeting do now adjourn until April 27th,,1976,1 ADJOURNMENT at 900 AM Carried Reeve Secretary - Treasurer Time of Adjournment - approximately 5 30 P M