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Home My WebLink About1994-11-08 Council MinutesIm AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 1 Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes October 25th, 1994 October 31st, 1994 3 J C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report 5 Bank Reconciliation Statement APPOINTMENTS• 9 30 A M Lonnie McCook, Acting P W S - See #22 9 30 A M J& G Grading - See #22A 9.45 A M Doug Hazelton - See 23 2:00 P.M. Alex Cunningha & Frank Wesseling - See #16 PRIORITY ITEMS 6 Equity Water System - Report from Alex Cunningham Review by -law for system - costs for same Need 2nd and 3rd reading to by -law 1319 TABLED ITEMS. GENERAL ITEMS. 7 Report from Recreation Committee 8. Report re. Difference between Equalized Assessment Figures on Requisitions 9 Set dates for December Council meetings Regular dates - 13th and 27th Do you want one or two meetings in December? 10. Report from Lori Wildeman re Dube Property M D now has clear title - do you want to advertise to have buildings removed or demolished Mr Dube still has some things in the buildings Do you want to advertise it for sale as is or with buildings removed? 11 M D Brands - Does council wish to purchase them or not Two brands $220 00 each No need for M.D to retain except for historical reasons. Do you wish to buy and resell them - What are your wishes? 12 Report from Boake and Lowen re hamlet street lights - 2 in Hesekth and both still required 1 in Bircham and still required 13 Letter from Regional Health Authority #5 Board will be holding public meetings to inform the public about their 3 year business plan Meetings will be held in Hanna November 7th, Linden Tuesday, November 8th (at Linden Cultural Center) and Wednesday in Drumheller at the Drumheller Inn Banquet Room Representatives from council welcome to attend any of these meetings 1 /-;4111 It :1 �q L AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 14 Alta Environmental Protection - will be at Fall Convention. Meetings will be in the Terrace Inn Cardinal Room from November 14th to 17th Can discuss Waterworks and Drainage Water Resources Management, Waste Management and Recycling, Land Reclamation, Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, Water Management Policy and Legislative Review and Fish and Wildlife, Lands and Forests and Parks Services. Does council wish to meet with them on any issue? UTILITY OFFICER ITEMS. 15 Report from Robert E Boake and Alex Cunningham re Linden Rubble Pit? Problems with burning pit - solution may add to costs of operation Would require approval from Village if extra costs are involved 16 Letter from Palliser Planning re- new Mun Government Act Planning Act will be done away with Planning regulations will be covered in new act Alex Cunningham and Frank Wesselling will discuss ramification of these changes with council. 16a Report from Robert E Boake, Lonnie McCook and Alex Cunningham re: request from Village of Linden - for road approach on to SR 806 - and for M D to develop their street and install the approach TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. 17 Review Council's discussions with Transportation at Fall Convention 18 M J Blair Corporation of Morrin has made an offer to rent the Weich building for $1000.00 per month (to include utility costs) or $800 00 per month and he will pay utilities Rental subject to cancellation upon 60 days notice Would require some yard space Will be doing piping of skids, some welding and fabrication of small buildings on skids Offer is conditional on his need at time of approval and working out acceptable details 19 Report from Capital Committee re: M.D. capital requirements Discuss offer from MS Equipment to buy P -10 and P -2 20 Road Committee Report Projects reviewed October 31st, 1994 12 projects reviewed Recommendations made Copy of road committee report attached 21 Review Request from Vickers /Leonhardt for road improvement 22 Report from Acting Public Works Superintendent 2 - re Vetter Gravel Lease - any need to accept the lease and test for gravel? fel--- i AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 re. garbage dumped on SR 575 - Police investigation etc. 22a Meeting with J & G Grading 23 Meeting with Doug Hazelton - to discuss quantity of screenings removed from his gravel pit by M D Our estimate 13,856 yards His estimate 17,200 yards M D. made an offer to pay half of the estimated shortage now and the balance when screenings are all used if his estimate is right If his estimate is wrong he will pay M D back the advance payment 24 Request from Fred Barr for road improvement - West of 13 & 24 in 34 -22 -4 Buffalo Jump Road south 1 plus miles 25. Request from Robert Sich - ditch cleaning, backsloping, and to have sides of slopes built up - top of road is okay West and south of 2- 33 -22 -4 26. Review the Gorman Nakaska Road situation again Decision made in May of 1994 may now be changed? 114L, PLANNING ITEMS. See #16 A S B PARKS /RECREATION LATE ITEMS 27 Letter Alta Environmental Protection - Post Hunting Season Wildlife Management Meetings 28. AAMD & C - Executive Highlights 29 AAMD & C - Alta. Electoral Division Statutes Amendment Act Alta Court of Appeal Ruling 30 1994 Annual Council Road Tour DISCUSSION ITEMS: ADJOURNMENT ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD MEETING. 3 1 0 Cq COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 A regular meeting of council was held in the M.D. of Kneehill Office, 232 Main Street, Three Hills, Alberta on Tuesday, November 8th, 1994, commencing at 8.30 A M. The following were present for the meeting. Reeve* Richard A Marz Division Four Councillors Marylea Lowen Division One Otto Hoff Division Two Robert E Boake Division Three James Hanger Division Five Richard M Vickery Division Six Glen Wagstaff Division Seven John C. Jeffery, Municipal Administrator Mrs Jean Wilkinson, Assistant Administrator, was present and recorded the minutes Reeve Marz called the meeting to order at 8.30 A M Requests were made to add the following items to the agenda 31 Three Hills Airport and Airport Enhancement Group Mrs Lowen moved approval of the agenda with addition of the above noted item CARRIED Mr Boake moved approval of the October 25th and 31st council meeting minutes CARRIED Mr Jeffery's report was reviewed Mr Vickery moved approval of same. CARRIED The Executive Committee report was reviewed and various items discussed Mr Wagstaff moved Mrs Jennifer Deak be appointed as Assistant Administrator of the M D of Kneehill as of January 1st, 1995. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mr Vickery noted in Item #13 it should refer to the high hoe doing work at Ali Frere's - not the traxscavator Mr Wagstaff discussed with council the Three Hills Airport Commission meeting held last evening The Commission is considering requesting an increase in the annual requisition from $5000 00 to $10,000 00 This extra money would allow them to bank dollars for a period of time and it would be used to help pave the runway There was discussion about whether the Commission should be charging a landing fee due to the increased use of the airport by Prairie Aviation The school uses the airport all day and into the night This increased useage is 1 PDPgPNT ADD TO AGENDA APPROVAL AGENDA APPROVAL 1 MINUTES J C JEFFERY REPORT EXEC COMM t?PPOPT APPOINTMENT JENNIFER DEAK ASSIST ADM THREE HILLS AIPRORT COMMISSION MEETING AND REQUESTS k 11 COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 increasing the costs for maintenance and power The Three Hills Airport Enhancement Group are also asking for many improvements to be made to the airport There was discussion about whether there is a benefit to the M.D. from being involved in the airport The Town believe it is an economic benefit to them. There was discussion about the insurance costs and the potential liability to the M D and whether operation of a commercial use from the airport would have an adverse affect on the M D insurance costs There was a question about the training school and what liability coverage they are carrying It was suggested the users of the facility should be paying more of the costs for operation of the airport Mr. Wagstaff asked if the M D wish to continue with its involvement in the airport It was suggested the agreement between the M D and the Town covering the joint operation of the airport and the lease agreement with Prairie Aviation must be reviewed The request for doubling the requisition for both the Town and the M D from $5000 00 to $10,000 00 each was again discussed, as well as whether the M.D. would be able to be involved in providing men and equipment to work on the airport project given the many other projects which have been approved and not yet done The Airport Enhancement Group is asking for about $500,000 worth of improvements to the airport and are only paying a very minimual share of the costs incurred to operate the airport Herman Martens who acts as Treasurer for the Airport Commission entered the meeting at this time to discuss the Community Facilities Improvement Program grant. Apparently the money comes from lottery funds but the grant likely will not be available next year Any application must be submitted before the end of November The user pay concept was discussed with Mr. Martens He noted Prairie Aviation has 8 planes using the airport for training and there are 8 private planes He advised the Airport Commission is looking into the availability of a matching grant from the Province under the Community Facility Improvement Program to construct the grass taxiway Estimated cost for the grass taxiway is $42,000 The matching portion of the grant could be provided by the M D donating machinery and equipment to complete the project Also the Commission believe the runway must be paved and would like the town and the M D to look into getting funding for that purpose from Alberta Transportation It was suggested P B I should be asked to one -third of the non grant dollars required proposed grass taxiway, one third should come from and one -third from the M D if the matching obtained. 2 provide for the the town grant is 0 A N COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 It was alot noted if there is no increase in the user fees the M D likely would not support any increase in the annual requisition Mr Martens noted the Flying Club has donated many volunteer hours towards keeping the airport operating but are not a major player in the requests for the improvements such as the grass taxiway The training school would like the grass taxiway as it will allow more planes to land and take off in a shorter period of time and also feel it is required for safety reasons Having the grass taxiway would allow a plane to land and go on to the grass taxiway to access its hanger Another plane to either land or take off then without waiting for the first plane to taxi down the paved runway to its hanger Mr Wagstaff moved the M D discuss with Alberta Transportation at the AAMD & C Fall Convention whether the Province would provide funding to pave the Three Hills Airport runway and also look into how other airports are being operated and funded. CARRIED Mr Marz moved the M D agree to participate in making an Vickery moved approval of application for a matching grant under the Community APPROVAL Facility Improvement Grant program and if the grant is received the M D would agree to contribute one -third of EXEC the non grantable portion of the dollars required for construction of the parallel grass taxiway to a maximum of COMM $8000 00 subject to the following conditions Jeffery noted the owner 1 The work would have to be undertaken by a contractor as the M D crews do not have the time or equipment appointment with Council available to do the work J & G not coming He was concerned 2 The Town of Three Hills and the Users Group each GRADING contribute an equal amount of the non grantable an opportunity to renew dollars required +11le6 CARRIED next year The 1995 budget and proposed increase in the requisition for the Airport Commission was again discussed Mr. Hanger moved the M D advise the Commission it will not not accept any increase in the 1995 requisition for the Three Hills Airport and the requisition is to remain at $5000 00 CARRIED Mr Vickery moved approval of the Executive Committee report APPROVAL CARRIED EXEC COMM Mr. Jeffery noted the owner of J & G Grading had requested an appointment with Council for today but it appears he is J & G not coming He was concerned that the M D had not given GRADING him an opportunity to renew the Division 1 grader contract +11le6 for next year The Equity water system by -law #1319 was discussed 3 Mr EQUITY WATER SYSTEM RY I AW 131q 12-11-' Eq IN, C COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 Jeffery noted Council should give 2nd and 3rd readings to the by -law now and then when all the costs for the projects are available the by -law and schedule of frontage costs can be amended if necessary Mr. Hoff moved second reading to by -law 1319 CARRIED Mrs Lowen moved third reading to by -law 1319 CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed with council a proposed letter which will be taken to the meeting with Jim Sawchuck of Alberta Transportation There was discussion about the resource road project application for the Buffalo Jump Park Road Should the costs for this project be shared on a 1/3 1/3 1/3 basis with Alberta Transportation and Alberta Tourism (Parks and Recreation). It was agreed the application be for the entire 12 miles from Highway 21 to the park entrance not just for 6 miles of the road It was also agreed Mr Jeffery should also add some comments about the Three Hills Airport and the need to pave the runway. Mr Vickery asked if Transportation would allow installation of rumble strips on a secondary road Mr Jeffery noted no answer has been received as yet from Transportation but the cost of these rumble strips would likely be around $1800 00 each. Mr McCook, Acting Public Works Superintendent, entered the meeting at this time. There was discussion about getting the gravel moved from the Torrington Pit to Highway 21/27 stock pile for the Buffalo Jump road project and whether the 1 1/2 miles of this road should be rebuilt using a contractor. These issues will have to be addressed later if a committment for funding is received Mr McCook indicated it would be better to get a contractor in to do the 1 1/2 miles of this road as it is a very small project Mr Wagstaff moved the draft letter be approved and taken to the meeting planned with Alberta Transportation at the Fall Convention CARRIED There was discussion about an offer to rent the Weich shop from Jim Blair of Morrin He has offered to rent the M D Weich shop for $1000.00 a month including utilities or $800 00 a month and he will pay the utilities, and the agreement would be subject to cancellation upon 60 days notice He would also like the M D to leave an air compressor in the building. There was lengthy discussion about the offer and it was noted the building is presently being used for grader storage 4 P'rx C1.0 MEETING WITH ALTA TRANSPORT. AT FALL CONVENITON M D ROAD; PROJECTS c�cm e RUMBLE STRIPS GRAVEL FOR BUFFALO JUMP R ADS ETC pay LETTER TO ALTA TRANSPORT' OFFER TO RENT WEICH SHOP Ve4er _ant /�A. Z' H COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 Mr. Boake moved the M.D. offer to rent the building to Mr. Blair for $1000 00 per month and allow him the use of an M D air compressor on condition all utilities are billed and paid by him, he carries his own contents .insurance and liability insurance, he pays the monthly rent in advance, is prepared to pay a $1000.00 damage deposit and notice of termination of the rental arrangement would require 60 days notice from either party. CARRIED The report from the Capital Committee was reviewed and discussed at length The Capital Committee has recommended the M D set up a capital reserve fund with capital funds which have been budgeted for but are not used in that year and also funds received from the sale of used items be deposited to the capital reserve fund There was discussion about the amount of capital dollars not spent in the past years and how much of these dollars are now included in the contingency reserve Mr Jeffery requested Mrs. Deak to get information about this matter for council, she brought in some information and there was further discusiion about the issue It was agreed the recommendation from the Capital Committee to set up a capital reserve account not be approved The committee recommended to keep P -2 and P -10 for now The meeting adjourned for dinner between 11.50 A.M. and 1:00 P.M. The recommendation from the Capital Committee to give the Public Works Superintendent the authority to use whatever M.D. equipment he feels is required for projects was discussed at length as well the existing M D policies regarding road construction, blade grades and ditch cleaning projects Mr Jeffery noted Policy 13 -12A gives the Public Works Superintendent authority to pull any machinery from any crew working on any project, if required, in order to make the entire M D construction program more efficient It appears the concern raised by the Capital Committee is covered by this policy and could be clarified by revising this policy so it would read- The Public Works Superintendent has the authority to use any M.D. equipment and or to pull any M D equipment from any crew in order to work on an approved project, if the equipment is required to make the entire M.D. construction program more efficient Mr Vickery moved Policy 13 -12 A be amended as noted above CARRIED There was discussion about purchase of a mulcher to keep the grass down on the sides of the roads as well as the recommendation to sell the three tractors used by the base crew 5 CAPITAL COMMITTEE REPORT CAPITAL RESERVE FUND DINNER POLICY 1 T--17A- REVISION to 1)(J MULCHER FOR GRADERS ywl� F4 Alow vow COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 Mr. Boake moved approval of balance of LILU ..C1Yl4-Ql Committee report, but not including the recommendation to set up a capital reserve account and the recommendation regarding the giving authority to the Public Works Superintendent to use M.D. equipment to complete a road project as this has been dealt with by a separate motion CARRIED Mr Hanger moved approval of the accounts presented for payment today, subject to further review by the finance committee of R A Marz, Otto Hoff, Marylea Lowen and Robert E. Boake CARRIED Mr Marz reported the County of Two Hills would like to know how many counties, if any, are going to request the Minister to change their status from a county to a municipal district and is also planning to ask the Minister of Municipal Affairs who will pay for the costs of changing the name of the counties to a municipal district This issue is on the agenda for the Reeve's meeting scheduled for November 14th, 1994. Mr Jeffery noted the County of Red Deer believes all areas to be referred to as a county There was discussion about Item #16 on the Executive Committee regarding the Christmas party and door prizes. Mrs Lowen moved to amend the motion approving the Executive Committee report by deleting approval of the recommendation regarding the Christmas party and the Executive Committee be authorized to spend up to $500.00 for door prizes for the Christmas party CARRIED The October 31st, 1994 report from the Road Committee was then reviewed and various items discussed It was recommended that a letter be sent to Allan Garson giving him 30 days to remove his tractor from the M.D road approach or the M D will have it removed Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the Road Commitee report and the recommendation concerning removal of Allan Garson's tractor from M D road allowance. CARRIED There was discussion about the request from Jack Vickers and others to improve an M D road West and north of Section 26 and through the middle of Section 35 in 28 -21 -4 Given the problems which have arisen in the negotiations with Mr Leonhardt and Pan Canadian, Mr Vickers has now requested the M D not involve Pan Canadian in this matter, but the M D request Doug Lowen to remove the trees from the access route they use through Section 35 (half of the access road is on his land) and by removing the trees on Ralph Lowen s land it would allow for better and easier access ri APPROVAL OF PORTION CAPITAL COMM REPORT APPROVAL ACCOUNTS CHANGE OF NAMES FOR RURAL AREAS CHRISTMAS PARTY a. OCT 31/ 94 ROAD COMM REPORT ALLAN GAR$ON TRACTOR APPROVAL REPORT JACK VICKERS ROAD PROJECT J�C.= COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th. 1994 Ralph Lowen's son Doug Lowen still would like to see a permanent solution to the access problem He feels the M.D. should buy the required land from Jack Vickers and Ralph Lowen, and if Mr. Leonhardt is not willing to sell that portion of his land - S W 26- 28 -21 -4 - used for the access route with no restrictions, the M D build the road through the coulee to the west of Mr Leonhardt s land Mr Jeffery also noted Pan Canadian has not yet determined the life expectancy of the well on 6- 35- 28 -21 -4 Mr Hoff moved Mr Jeffery, Mr Marz and Mrs Lowen meet G� with the landowners once more and offer to purchase the / land outright at this time and if the landowners are not agreeable the road project not be undertaken at this time CARRIED Mr McCook noted he has not been able to see Robert Vetter ROBERT regarding the proposed gravel lease as Mr Vetter is away VETTER on holidays GRAVEL Mr Vickery moved to table this matter pending a report LEASE from the Public Works Superintendent ':;'Pe sG' CARRIED CLo Q * z v Mr Jeffery reviewed the report from the Public Works Superindent and various items were discussed Mr McCook noted it is cheaper to ridge snow in fields than put up snow fences, but the crew is now putting up some fences Mr Wagstaff suggested a record should be kept of the locations where snow fences are normally erected. Mr Boake asked that the hill north of the Megli Pit be gravelled before winter It was noted the road has just been gravelled so should be in reasonably good shape There was discussion about the garbage which was strewn along Highway 21 and SR 575 by the truck transporting garbage from the Three Hills transfer site to the Drumheller site The R C M P. called Mr McCook on Friday night and he and two employees went out and removed the refuse and garbage from SR 575 as it was a safety hazard However the plastic bags were broken open when they fell off the truck and the wind scattered the garbage in all directions The R C M P. may lay litter charges because of the incident Mr Hanger moved approval of the report from the Acting Public Works Superintendent CARRIED The request from Fred Barr for road improvement West of 13 & 24 in 34 -22 -4 - from the Buffalo Jump Road south for approximately 1 1/2 miles was discussed Mr Barr has indicated he is going to build a house on the S W 13 and will require an all weather access road out to the north Mr McCook noted the road could be improved using the graders, but likely the project could not be done until next summer Mr. Wagstaff moved the M D construct a blade grade F P W S REPORT SNOW FENC MEGLI PIL HILL GRAVEL GARBAGE PROBLEM SR 575 APPROVAL PWS REPT FRED BARR REQUEST FOR ROAD �� t COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 road on the road allowance West of 13 & 24 in 34 -22 -4 in order to provide Mr. Barr with reasonable access from his proposed residence to the Buffalo Jump Park road subject to the following conditions. 1 Mr Barr obtains the necessary development permit for the residence 2. There is evidence the residence is under construction 3 He understands the road will be constructed as time permits and there is no guarantee the road will be developed before the residence is completed and occupied CARRIED REQUEST Mr Robert Sich has requested ditch cleaning and some FOR BACK backsloping work to be done on the M D road south and west SLOPING of Section 2- 33 -22 -4 WORK M D ROAD Mr Wagstaff moved the Acting Public Works Superintendent inspect the road and bring a report back to the next ✓ 3 meeting of council CARRIED Mr Hanger moved Item # 26 on the agenda - Gorman Naskaska Road - be tabled pending receipt of more information and GORMAN until the Acting Public Works Superintendent can inspect NAKASKA the road ROAD CARRIED Dates for the December council meetings was discussed Mr Boake moved council meet on December 6th, 13th and 20th DEC commencing at 8 30 A M and the first priority for the MEETING December 13th meeting be a review the new Municipal DATES Government Act and no council meeting be held on Tuesday, December 27th CARRIED Whether the M.D. should retain ownership of its brands was discussed at length M D BRANDS Mr. Vickery moved to table this issue to the next meeting of council. CARRIED Mr Cunningham and Mr Wesseling entered the meeting at this time. Mr McCook left the meeting There was lengthy discussion with Mr. Wesseling and Mr NEW Cunningham about how planning services will be delivered in PLANNING future as the Planning Act has been amalgamated into the PROCESS new municipal government act Mr. Wesseling reviewed his letter and suggested all councillors should talk to Municipal Affairs at the convention regarding the changes to the planning regulations There are two issues - first the regional plans and regional planning commissions are done away with, but the Province still want their interests in planning issues protected It is a form of down loading by the Province to the municipal level but with strings attached The second issue is administration and the fact r 8 ca; COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 that councils will now have to deal with all planning issues Some of the provincial issues are hazardous lands and contaminated sites, tourism and affordable housing for the poor. The municipality must set policy and enforce those policies and this will be a large cost to the municipalities The province will set up general subdivision regulations and local areas will have to obtain the necessary information, do studies, audits, etc before the subdivisions can be dealt with or the applicant will have to provide this information The M D of Kneehill and Special Areas will have to prepare a general municipal plan within the next 4 months. Palliser Planning Commission is prepared to assist the M D with preparation of this plan Mr Wesseling suggested this entire issue should be discussed with the Province at the Fall Convention and Council must also decide if they wish to make a submission to the minister about the new regulations There was discussion about the new inter municipal service agency which will replace Palliser Regional Planning Commission within the next year Mr Wesseling noted Special Areas has committed to participate in the new agency for one year, all other areas have committed for two. Council agreed it will have to review the broader report about changes to the planning regulations and discuss same at the Convention. They will also get together with Mr. Wesseling to work on a submission to the Minister Mr Hanger moved to accept the report from Mr Wesseling CARRIED Council discussed with Mr Cunningham the Equity Water system project He noted he is working on guidelines to cover requests to hook up to the system after it has been completed and would like some idea from council what they wish to charge for after the fact hookups There will also have to be a monthly charge levied against all users to cover maintenance costs for the system as well as a charge for the actual water used Mrs Lowen moved if any requests to hook up to the Equity water system are received after May 1st, 1995, the cost for the hookup will be actual costs with a minimum charge of $14,000 00 CARRIED Mr Wesseling left the meeting at this time There was a 10 minutes recess and the meeting reconvened at3:15 P.M. There was discussion with Mr. Cunningham regarding problems with the Linden buring pit. It has been suggested the attendant should go to the pit early in the morning on a day the site is not open to the public to light the burning pit This would allow the pit to burn out before night Mr Cunningham noted the pit burns so hot it haswarped the steel, but there is often refuse left in the E EQUITY WATER SYSTEM COST FOR HOOK UPS AFTER SYSTEM COMPLETED LINDEN RUBBLE PIT BURNING PIT PROBLEM N 0 COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 bottom which smoulders Mr Boake noted one family who live in that area has on occasion been forced to stay with family in the village as the smoke was drifting into their house Mr. Vickery noted there has been a cave in at the Torrington burning pit and this should be looked at It was suggested this might be a good time to look at relocating the entire Torrington rubble pit over to the Schmautz pit Mr Cunningham suggested council might also consider looking for an alternate location for the Linden rubble pit as well Mr Marz noted a committee will be looking for a suitable site at the Schmautz pit and perhaps could look for a new site in the Linden area also Mr Cunningham suggested the site should not be in a valley as the wind tends to keep the smoke down near the ground in a low area Mr Boake moved the Linden waste disposal site attendant be �� y(7,- authorized to light the burning pit on a day when the pit Avks.'4 is not open to the public on a trial basis to see if it will solve the smoke problem in that area CARRIED Mr Vickery moved item 16A - request for road approach on C i ,F to SR 806 be discussed when the annual council road tour ROAD report is reviewed. APPROACH CARRIED ON SR 806 Mr Cunningham reviewed some options for purchase or rental of a high hoe to assist with the Equity water system There was lengthy discussion about this matter Mr EQUITY Cunningham also noted he can rent a smaller rubber tired WATER machine locally and this size of machine would be good to SYSTEM do the line digging on private property into yard sites. Mr. McCook entered the meeting at this time - 3.35 P M Mr McCook suggested the M D high hoe is too expensive a machine to be doing some of the small jobs it is being used for now He is still looking into the matter to see if he can determine what type of a machine would be the most efficient for the M D He also felt the M D high hoe should be worth at least $70,000. on a trade Mr Hanger moved Mr Cunningham be authorized to start work on the Equity water project now using the M D high hoe and he also be authorized to hire a local rubber tired back hoe on a daily basis as required, work on the project continue as long as the weather allows and the remainder of the project be completed next spring CARRIED Mr. Cunningham left the meeting at this time - 4 05 P M 10 1�c.v,r�c u c c� V s*-_1 ��t C7 .w COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 8th, 1994 Doug Hazelton entered the meeting at this time. He discussed with council the amount he was paid for the screenings taken from his pit He belives he was not paid enough and he does not wish to wait for 4 or 5 years to find out. He also noted he is not interested in selling the pit at this time Mr Marz noted it likely will be 5 years before the M D will go back to crush more gravel from his pit given the Meeting yards removed this year There was discussion about the with cost involved in pumping out the water to get to the Doug gravel Mr Hazelton noted Border Paving would pay him Hazelton more than double what the M D is paying for royalties He believes there may be about 600,000 yards left in his pit. Mr Hazelton also asked if council would be putting out a tender for another contract grader and he was advised what had taken place with Division 1 Mr Marz advised Mr Hazelton council would discuss the matter of the screenings and get back to him in due course He was thanked for coming and left the meeting at 4.30 P.M. Mr Vickery moved Mr. Jeffery check into the matter of the amount of screenings removed from Mr Hazelton's pit again and report back to council at the next meeting Mrs. Lowen moved this meeting do now adjourn CARRIED 4 35 P M Reeve Admi strator 11 ADJOURN JOHN C JEFFERY REPORT October 25th to November 8th, 1994 REPORT- nil BALANCE FORWARD- $557 80 CORRESPONDENCE- 1 UMA Hospitality Room at Fall Convention - Invitation to attend - copies given to all councillors 2. Letter from Pommen & Associaties - looking for work 3 A G T - Rate Change for Rotary Hunt service 4 Letter from AAMD & C re- Agg Con Industries application for membership in trade association - reviewed again and again denied 5 November newsletter Consulting Engineers of Alberta 6 Letter re. Future Focus - Proposed Alta Tourism Corporation 7 Letter from Ford Motors re Crown Victoria cars 8. Brownlee Fryett - Account for Equity Water Project to date - $829 83 9 Brochure - New Directions - Adult Learning in Alberta 10. Letter from Safety Codes Council - Will be at Fall Convention November 16th 11 AAMD & C letter - asking for name of Reeve and Deputy Reeve 12. AAMD & C News Highlights 13 Alta Mun Health and Safety Association - Forwarded Peer auditor certificate to Paul Ehmann - Certificate Valid for 3 years 14. Program for AAMD & C Fall Program 15 County of Red Deer advises Reeve's Supper Meeting will be held Tuesday, November 1st, 1994 16 News Release from Canada Alberta Infrastructure Works Program 17. Notes from Machinery and Equipment meeting held in Edmonton October 5th, 1994 - JCJ attended HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS• 1 Gerald & Evelyn Smith - NW 30- 33 -25 -4 - Residence to replace existing residence $120,000 2 Randy Sowerby - Home Occupation - SW 25- 29 -26 -4 3 Town of Three Hills - Tourism Signs - $10,000. 4. Les Fetterly - Home Occupation - Consulting Business S E 21- 30 -26 -4 5 Pan Canadian - steel buildings for new gas plant LSD 20- 28 -21 -4 - $13,855,000 6 Robert Boyd - Home Occupation use existing residence and remove 3rd residence - Pt S W 17- 28 -23 -4 16 1 acres $2000. 7 C W N Gas - storage building S E 17- 29 -22 -4 - $20,000 8 Lone Coyote Holdings - Vasselin - Grain Handling facility - N E 34- 30 -23 -4 - $50,000. 1