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Home My WebLink About1988-01-29 Council MinutesAGENDA COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 29TF is 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Review letter from Kneehill Gas Co -Op re s pipelines running parallel to M D roads 3. Review minutes from December 21st, 1987 road 4 Resolution of Council to cancel old road div SR 575 5 Review discussions held at the recent road s- 6. Discuss request from Torchinsky Consulting ri construction priorities and engineering 7 Discuss 1988 engineering requirements, sharii motor graders and blade grade standards 8. Review M D policies and M D road standards • I j 7 COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 29TH. 1988 The January 26th meeting of Council which was adjourned until Friday, January 29th, 1988 at 9 00 A M reconvened at that time. The following were present for the meeting J Finlay Code Division 1 Otto Hoff (Reeve) Division 2 Robert E Boake Division 3 Richard A Marz Division 4 Harold Mueller Division 5 Bruce Hastie Division 6 Lawrence Hogg Division 7 J C Jeffery, Muncipal Administrator Mrs Jean Wilkinson Assistant Administrator was present and recorded the minutes. Reeve Hoff called the meeting to order and requested a motion to approve the agenda for today's meeting Requests were made to add the following to the agenda 9. Allen and Art Becker Land Purchase- re SR 575 10 Request re Wood for Parks - Otto Hoff 11 Radio Report - J F Code 12 Jesperson Land Agreement re SR 582 - R.A. Marz Mr Boake then moved approval of the agenda with addition of the above noted items CARRIED Mr Boake moved to table Item Number 2 on the agenda until discussions are held again in connection with road crossing agreements. CARRIED The minutes from the December 21st road tour were reviewed again and various items discussed. Mr. Rodger entered the meeting at this time. - 9 30 A M It was noted due to the curve in the railway lines at the Linden East railway crossing it will be impossible to totally eliminate the bumps in the road adjacent to the railway tracks After further discussion Mr Boake moved advisory speed signs of 45 KM per hour be erected at the Linden East Railway Crossing and red metallic warning signs be put on the existing bump signs as a further warning as to the condition of the railway crossing CARRIED The request for gravel on the road south of 30- 32 -26 -4 was discussed and the Road Committee feel the road is not suitable for gravel The road is only used by farmers for moving farm machinery back and forth and the road has never been properly constructed It is very rocky and difficult for the grader operator to blade the road After discussion Mr Hastie moved "ONE TIME SCREENINGS ONLY" be put on the worst soft spots on the road South of 30 -32- 26-4 in order to make it passable for farm machinery CARRIED Mr. Marz moved because of the dispute between two land owners in connection with use of an undeveloped road allowance West of 36- 32 -27 -4, both land owners be advised they must not use the road allowance for pasturing their livestock and they must erect fences on their own property prior to July 1st, 1988 in order to confine their livestock on their own property, and if the gates which are presently on road allowance are not removed prior to July 1st, 1988, 1 APPROVAL AGENDA TABLE ITEM #2 t ROAD TOUR MINUTES LINDEN EAST RAILWAY CROSSING ADVISORY SPEED SIGNS ETC NEED FOR GRAVEL ON ROAD S 30- 32 -26 -4 r r� r4 r i`ew z ��► r i e DISPUTE RE USE OF M D ROAD ALLOWANCE West 36- 32 -27 -4 I,e ��-ers 5�.�t COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 29TH, 1988 the M D will remove them CARRIED The discussions held with Mr. Albert Schlichenmayer regarding his fence problems North of 7- 33 -25 -4 were SCHLICHENMAYER r. reviewed and in order to correct the problem it would be FENCE necessary to backslope the ditch area and it would require PROBLEM a cat or buggy to do this N 7- 33 -26 -4 Mr. Hastie moved to table this matter until he can review -T-C,)' 1cj the location again with Mr Rodger c 3 CARRIED The request from Mr Christie regarding the need to have a drainage ditch on 7- 33 -24 -4 cleaned out was discussed Mr CHRISTIE Hastie moved the land owners be advised they should work out REQUEST a solution between themselves as the M D is not willing to FOR DITCH accept any responsibility for the drainage ditch. CLEANING CARRIED 7- 33 -24 -4 ` 4 to r r r rrt- There was discussion about the need to have written agreements in place before any work, other than snowplowing or grading an access road, is done for any ratepayer on NEED WRITTEN pri vate property AGREE11ENTS FOR ANY The blade grade road West of 30- 32 -23 -4 was reviewed and it PRIVATE WORK �i was noted Aarne Luoma would not allow access to his property during construction of the road so the ditch on the BLADE GRADE east side of the road is not backsloped. W 30- 32 -23 -4 The road west of 32- 32 -22 -4 constructed by Suncor is only 25 feet wide even through the company was instructed to build ROAD the road 28 feet wide The road has been gravelled but it WEST 32- 32 -22 -4 is definitely not 28 feet wide and in one spot by some grain CONSTRUCTED bins it is 1 i kely only 20 feet wide. Mr Mueller noted he BY SUNCOR will have the motor grader operator improve the road in the area of the bins as soon as the land owner is able to move TOO NARROW the bins back away from the road Icl•}rr sin} There was discussion also regarding the Nichol Road immediately east of the Town of Trochu which is also too NICHOL ROAD narrow. It was agreed the councillor for that area should v EAST OF elf review the road and try to correct the width problem ��``�c TROCHU TOO NARROW Mr Mueller moved the M D send a letter to Suncor advising w the road they constructed West of 32- 32 -22 -4 1s too narrow and must be widened out to a 28 foot width. UNCOR CARRIED R ROAD The rubbish which has been dumped into a creek diversion area on SW 16- 32 -23 -4 was discussed and Mr. Mueller moved RUBBISH the office write the land owner once more requesting the IN CREEK garbage be removed from the creek diversion and further DIVERSION moved the road committee report be accepted SW 16- 32 -23 -4 CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the situation which has arisen in connection with purchase of land from Mr Allen and Mr Art PURCHASE OF Becker for widening of SR 575 They wish to be paid for the LAND SR 575 actual acres of land taken for the road widening instead of being paid for the amount of acres purchased less the acres BECKERS which are being returned to them because of cancellation of portions of the old road diversion �T--C T - G Mr Boake moved Mr Allen Becker be paid on the basis of 1.55 acres as agreed upon in the original land agreement and Mr Art Becker be paid on the basis of 8 025 acres as agreed upon in the original land agreement CARRIED �rr Mr Hoff moved the M D. cancel those portions of the road CANCELLATION divisions on Plans 7710003, 5511 J K., 7811216, and 4522 OF OLD ROAD DIVERSIONS 2 ON SR 575 COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 29TH. 1988 H.X , which are no longer required for public access in South West of 29, North West of 20, North East of 20 and North West of 21 all in Township 29, Range 24, West 4th Is Meridian, and return the land to the owners of the balance of the quarter sections involved CARRIED The recent road study meeting held in Hanna was discussed including a grade shaper attachment for motor graders - which will change the slope of the road side slopes It was suggested Mr Rodger contact Alberta Transportation in Red Deer or Stettler and obtain more information about this attachment. Mr Mueller moved acceptance of the report from the Road Study meeting CARRIED There was discussion about whether the M.D. should hire engineers now to do the engineering work required on secondary roads scheduled for reconstruction in 1988 and 1989 There was also discussion about the engineering work done by Torchinsky Consulting on the Stankevich Road Project Mr Mueller noted Louis Lemay would like to see if the four water runs which cross the M D road and drain into his land could be brought together into two runs. This would eliminate so many culverts having to be installed in the road bed and would cut down on the waste area on Mr Lemay's land. Mr. Mueller also noted Al Wheeler of Torchinsky Consulting agreed to review the water drainage situation with Alberta Bridge Branch and will provide Council with an estimate of costs which may be incurred by attempting to almalgamate the water runs Mr Code moved the M D hire an engineer to do the engineering work required for any secondary road project which will be undertaken by the M.D. in 1988 CARRIED HIRE ENGINEERS FOR SECONDARY ROAD PROJECTS FOR 1988 STANKEVICH ROAD PROJECT ON SR 836 HIRE ENGINEERS It was noted two miles of SR 836 and two miles of SR 582 are on the 1988 road program 1 c �Ie r Mr Hastie moved the M D hire Torchinsky Consulting to do HIRE the engineering work required for SR 836 and SR 582 road TORCHINSKY projects and on the Local Blair Road Project which will have CONSULTING to be completed in 1988. FOR 1988 CARRIED SR ROAD PROJECTS Mr. Hoff moved to table Items number 7 and 8 on the agenda — -'Ab 0 until the next meeting of Council. l CARRIED TABLE ITEMS 7 & 8 Mr Hoff noted the Carbon Recreation Board asked if the M D would provide them with two or three loads of wood for the �"��" Carbon Park and after discussion it was agreed this could REQUEST FOR not be done WOOD CARBON REC BD ---4 aw Mr. Code noted the M D has and the committee reviewing some direction from Council about beyond repairing Do 175 unit system or cut down It was suggested if any new equivalent number of radios 175 radio units at this time the radio situation would like The old Pye radios are just es Council wish to maintain the on the number of radios radios are purchased an should be sold Mr Marz reviewed the Jespersen agreement entered into in connection with the secondary road project scheduled for SR 582 The M D had agreed to pay Mr Jespersen $1000 00 compensation for removal of trees adjacent to the road and he has requested this compensation be paid to him in April prior to completion of the road project as he wishes to �i 3 M D RADIO SYSTEM JESPERSEN AGREEMENT RE. SR 582 ROAD PROJECT TREE REMOVAL ICJ 0 �� 0%, 4 COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 29TH. 1988 purchase new trees and plant them this spring After discussion Mr Hogg moved compensation for the tree removal be paid to Mr. Jespersen at such time as the old trees are removed CARRIED Mr Marz moved this meeting do now adjourn - Time 12 20 P M CARRIED Reeve Muni cip 1 A min trator N0 o� i4iG- ADJOURN AGENDA FOR ANNUAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFIC: COMBINED MEETING JANUARY 29th, 1' ----------------------------------- - - - - -- 1 Call meeting to order 2 Welcome by Reeve Hoff and Introduction of Guests 3 Approval of Agenda Items suggested for meeting a) 1 30 P M Presentation - Need for Guidance Counsellc b) Presentation - Is there a need for Regiona c) Presentation - Lifelife Project at the Dru TEARS Project at the Trochu d) Question and Answer Session with Provincial and Feder e) Other Items? 4 Need for meeting in 1989? Date for Same? 5 Adjournment * *COFFEE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOLLOWING ADJOURMENT ** 0 .0 tl�) MEETING OF LOCAL GOVERNING OFFICIALS JANUARY A MEETING OF THE LOCAL GOVERNING OFFICALS WAS HELL OFFICE, THREE HILLS, ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 198E 1 30 P.M t, The following persons were present Gordon Taylor, M P Gordon Towers, M P Mrs Connie Osterman, M L A Stanley Schumacher, M L A. Nigel Pengelly, M L A. M D of Kneehill Number 48 Otto Hoff, Reeve, Councillors Code, Boake, Marz, Mueller, Hastie, an J C Jeffery, Administrator, Mrs Jean Wilkinson, Administrator, Town of Three Hills Councillors William Jack, Myrna Bauman, Chester Da Elaine Reid, Administrator 4rTown of Trochu Al Gehring, Mayor, Village of Carbon Alfred Fox, Mayor, Councillors Appleyard, Ohlhauser, Village of Linden Mrs Joyce McDonald, Mayor Councillors Moon, Mehta, Dyck, Ross Dean, Administrator Three Hills School Division Trustees Guard Bigelow, Kubenic, Mattson, and Price Three Hills Hospital Board Member Chamberlain Brian Sather, Administrator Elnora Hospital Mrs Pat Matthews, Administrator Trochu Hospital Norman Hoppins, Peter Verhesen, Administrator Lynn Olenek, Director of Nursing Drumheller Hospital James Ramsbottom , Administrator Bonnie McMillan, Drumheller Health Unit Diana Meller, Drumheller Family Community Support Service Arvi Stonon, Alberta Social Services , Central Region David Coll Editor, Three Hills Capital Mrs Shirley Mehta, Linden Reeve Hoff welcomed everyone to the meeting and requested everyone to introduce themselves He then requested a motion to approve the agenda for today's meeting It was requested a report from the Three Hills School Division be added to the agenda 1 MEETING OF LOCAL GOVERNING OFFICIALS JANUARY 29TH, 1988 Mr Sather then moved approval of the agenda with the addition of Item 3 - Report from The Three Hills School Division CARRIED Lynn Olenek Director of Nursing from the Trochu Hospital spoke to the hearing regarding her involvement in the steering committee formed in Trochu and their attempts to obtain funding for a guidance counsellor for the students in the Trochu area and what the local community had done to relive some of the pressure the children of that area are under She noted the churches ministerial association, hospital, town and the school division as well as representatives from other areas realized there is a very great need for assistance for the children to prevent suicide attempts, drug abuse, parties involving alchol, driving vehicles while drunk, and the need to find a way to rise the children's self esteem The children have problems and feelings and they do not know what to do about it Funding was raised by the local area and with some assistance from the Provincial Social Services Department they were able to have a guidance counsellor in place six weeks later. However they realize this is a short term solution and that children in other areas of the M.D require assistance as well It is a problem common across the M D It was felt there was a need for guidance counsellors for the entire area of the M D and same should be handled either through the school or the M.D. and it should be in place for at least 3 to 5 years Addressing mental health in the rural areas is a problem because there are no facilities for providing such a service. The group are therefore asking for an opportunity to discuss the matter with the M D council and the School Board to see if the guidance counsellor program could be implemented throughout the entire M D Diane Meller from the City of Drumheller gave a presentation about the the study being undertaken by the Family And Community Support Services and the Drumheller Health Unit to see if FCSS could be handled on a regional Health Unit basis She noted the Wheatland FCSS did not want to take part in the study as they wished to remain a separate entity. The Province allotted $5000 00 to each of the Health Unit and the Drumheller FCSS and they are working on the study She noted members of the local councils had provided imput and a steering committee had been formed She noted FCSS makes use of volunteers and provides i services which are preventative in nature The costs for providing FCSS is funded 80% by the Province and 20% by the local muncipalities If Regional FCSS was put in place it would be necessary to have one community host the regional program, receive funding and do the administrative work. They hope to have a person hired shortly to start the study She also noted there are already two FCSS groups established, and if alot of other municipialities set up their own FCSS group it would be difficult for the Health Unit to remain in contact with all the separate groups The study will see if delivery of FCSS on a regional basis is feasable. She also noted even if the study proves it would be feasable to provide FCSS on a regional basis, it would still be the choice of each municipality to belong to the regional FCSS or not . 40 Mr James Ramsbottom Administrator from the Drumheller Hospital spoke on the Lifeline Project established by the hospitalal in their area - they have about 22 units out in the City, Morrin, Delia, etc He noted the Trochu Hospital has a similar project and the Three Hills Hospital are looking at one as well. Mr Peter Verhesen from the Trochu Hospital spoke about their TEARS Project and noted their units can be programmed for any telephone number so the responder could be a neighbor, member of the family or a hospital. They have five units in use now and their proejct is supported by fZ/ MEETING OF LOCAL GOVERNING OFFICIALS JANUARY 29TH, 1988 donations The units costs about $1000.00 each and the Trochu system does not require the use of a base station They charge $25 00 per month for each unit to help offset maintenance costs 40 Drumheller charge $15 00 per month Mr. Ramsbottom noted effective January 1st, 1988 the Drumheller Hospital has taken over the Out Reach Program in their area, but they are having a problem finding staff Mrs. Osterman asked how each hospital was making out during the nurses strike, and she was advised by each hospital of their various problems and how they were coping Mr. Verhesen noted the Trochu Hospital is not on strike and have taken patients from Red Deer and Drumheller There was discussion with Mrs Osterman about the hospital occupancy rates Mrs Bonnie McMillan from the Drumheller Health Unit noted they have about 350 patients on their Home Care Program, and if they were provided with more funding they could hire more staff and take on more home care patients. Mr Ramsbottom noted they have another union CUPE which could go out this year and this could shut the hospital down totally There was discussion about the use of the rural hospitals and it was noted that 95 rural hospitals in Alberta spend only 8% of the •� total Provincial Health Care Budget Mr. Brian Sather from the Three Hills Hospital noted they have ,_• made application for funds to expand the auxiliary portion of their hospital as they are full, have 49 names on a waiting list and 26 of them are in need of immediate admission Mrs Lark Bigelow asked if a date could be set for the meeting with the M.D Council and School Board in connection with the need for a guidance counsellor program in this area. She noted there is no question about the need only the question as to how to fund the program am She was advised the matter would be dealt with later in the meeting. Mr Gordon Towers M P spoke to the meeting and thanked the M D. Council for hosting the meeting He noted there is a t misconception that the east dictates policy to the west and he would like to lay this concept to rest. He reviewed various decisions made where the east had fully supported the west, including Dismantling the National Energy Program, The Payout of the Special Grains Program for Western Farmers, and writing off the deficit of the Western Grain Stablization Program. He also noted the governments can not longer be called upon to settle strikes - this should be done by the local groups involved. People must accept responsibility for their own problems. Mr Nigel Pengally spoke to the meeting and noted he had concerns MI about the nurses strike He indicated laws cannot be made in the streets and the nurses union is taking the court injunction too lightly Mr Stan Schumacher, M L.A spoke to the meeting He noted all concerns raised at the meeting last year have not been resolved He regreted Highway 27 was not yet paved, expressed concern about the lack of mental health services in this area, indicated he felt there is a need for some type of training for development control officers, and expressed concern aboout the nurses strike. He also noted the Government has established Tourism as the 3rd industry of the Province and encouraged local municipalities to allow establishment of tourism type developments and activities He also expressed concern about the nurses strike. Mr Gordon Taylor, M P spoke to the meeting He thanked council for holding the meeting and spoke on the following subjects - 3 MEETING OF LOCAL GOVERNING OFFICIALS JANUARY 29TH, 1988 Federal Pornography Bill, Redistribution of Federal Boundaries, Strikes, and Fair Trade. Mrs Connie Osterman. M L A spoke to the meeting She noted it is good to get critical feed back from the people and hoped that • the need for a guidance counsellor in this area would be handled sensitively by the local paper so as not to create any more problems She spoke about Tourism Social Services and the Nurses strike, She then thanked the Council for hosting the meeting Mrs Lark Bigelow again asked about a with the M D Council and Three Hills need to find a way to fund a guidance area Lynn Olenek noted the Peer Support Pr established in the Trochu School is a Hills School is looking at setting up possible date for meeting School Division and the counsellor program for this ogram which has been good program and the Three a similar program. It was agreed a meeting would be held 7 30 P.M February 23rd, 1988 in the M D. Office It ws agreed the steering committee would send out the necessary invitations OF There was discussion about the need for Three Hills to have direct dialing to Calgary 4 In answer to a question about what services the FCSS does provide Diana Meller noted it is a very broad concept and evolved from the former Preventative Social Services concept It addressed many social issues in the communities and priorities are different in every area FCSS cannot be used for recreational purposes, must not duplicate another service or provide direct aid to an individual. There was discussion about unions, strikes and pay for non union workers who replace a union worker, and whether there would be any changes in the Federal Labour Laws Lark Bigelow moved another meeting of Local Governing Officials be held on January 27th, 1989 at 1 30 P.M in the M D. Office in Three Hills CARRIED The meeting then adJdourned at 4 04 P.M. ------------------------------- Mrs. Jean Wilkinson, Recording Secretary