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AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 22nd, 1994
1 Approval of Agenda
2 Approval of Minutes November 8th, 1994
3. J. C Jeffery Report
4. Bank Reconciliation Statement and Cash Flow Statement
5 Budget Comparison Report
6 Approval of Accounts
APPOINTMENTS-
9-30 A M Lonnie
Sam Bu
1.30 P.M. Public
2:00 P M Public
Herman
PRIORITY ITEMS-
TABLED ITEMS:
GENERAL ITEMS
McCook, Acting P.W S
lych & Colin Stroeder, Torchinsky Engineering
Hearing - Alois Stern
Hearing - Eleanor Ralston
Martens - Town of Three Hills re- Airport
see item #21
7 Report - R A Marz -
Items discussed at Convention
Palliser Regional Planning Commission
Golden Hills Lodge
8 Consider donation of a fax machine to Golden Hills Lodge?
Review bid received from David Hills for fax machines
Two non working machines $7 55 each and two working
machines at $107 55 each
We have 4 small machines available and the one larger
office machine.
Machines have not been advertised as yet as just got all
the machines in recently
9 Decision re- M D Brands Required
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?
10. AAMD & C - Letter re Electoral Division Statutes
Amendment Act
Alta Court of Appeal did not disallow the current
electoral boundaries but did question the basis of
allocation of seats between the rural and urban citizens and
strongly suggested these boundaries be redrawn before the
next provincial election New boundaries should reflect
more closely the distribution of population in Alta
Court offered 3 potential solutions including hybrid
ridings - mix of urban and rural
increasing the number of urban constituencies and the
number of seats in the legislature
maintaining the number of seats but reducing the number
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of rural constituencies
AAMD & C does not agree and has written the Premier
11 AAMD & C Executive Highlights
Executive discussed with the Province the Assessment
Equalization Regulation which was amended to allow certin
not for profit facilities such as community halls, to be
exempt from both municipal and education taxes and
several other issues
12 Report re. Difference between Equalized Assessment
Figures on Requisitions
13. 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?
14 Council can take clear title to former Royal Bank
property in Swalwell now - Lots 11 to 26 in Block 7
Taxes owing $3124 82 Reserve bid was $2000 00
Tax write off of $1124 82 would be required.
What are your wishes - clear title or tax forfeiture
title now and clear title later?
15. Report from Boake and Lowen re hamlet street
lights -
2 in Hesketh and both still required
1 in Bircham and still required
16. 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
Any report from anyone who may have attended the
meeting in Linden?
17 Letter Alta Environmental Protection - Post Hunting
Season Wildlife Management Meetings - One will be held in
Red Deer December 8th at 7 30 P M Anyone wish to attend?
18. Letter from Topeka Energy Inc. - Ed Cunningham - paying
up tax arrears on 1- 31- 34 -23 -4
Advises company has sold surface equipment and will be
abandoning well due to high taxes on such a marginal well
Not happy
19 Letter from Friends of the Guzoo re. snack vending machines
available to them for fund raising Would the M D be
interested in one in the M D office or shop?
20. Report - Herman Martens - re: M.D. computer system
21 Report - Herman Martens - Three Hills Airport - Request
for more funding for airport .improvement - would like
more than the $8000 00 offered at the last meeting
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22 Letter from Jubilee Insurance - put a new system in
place whereby they will advise us when they close a
claim file and whether there was money paid out or not
23 Town of Trochu - Letter re: Equity Water system - not
interested in participating at this time due to substantial
water system related debnetures
UTILITY OFFICER ITEMS.
TRANSPORTATION ITEMS.
24. Report from Acting Public Works Superintendent
- Report re. Doug Hazelton screenings from P.W.S.
and recommendation regarding what the M D owes
him for same
25 1994 Annual Council Road Tour
- Including request from Village of Linden for
M.D. to develop a street for them and install
an approach on to SR 806
PLANNING ITEMS.
26 Public hearing - Alois Stern - Redesignation S E
21- 29 -23 -4 to agriculture
27 Public hearing - Eleanor Ralston - Redesignation
S E 30- 29 -24 -4
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PARKS /RECREATION
27a Proposed recreation payments
LATE ITEMS•
28 Pioneer Land - Gobi Oil - Request to use existing road
approach West of S.E. 22- 29 -21 -4 (forced road) and a
portion of undeveloped north south road allowance
between S W 23 and S E 22 which is not used by Alta
Power (their power line uses the easterly 1/3 of the road
allowance) Perhaps grant temporary use for a specific
period of time until road committee can inspect?
29 Request from Gobi Oil (Greg Caswell) for gravel on an
M D road allowance Range 21 -3 - West of 27- 29 -21 -4
30 Pioneer Land - PanCanadian - Request to use existing
undeveloped north /south road allowance between S W
4- 12 -28 -21 and S W 4- 7 -28 -20
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AGENDA COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 22nd, 1994
PUBLIC HEARINGS•
See items #26 and #27
DISCUSSION ITEMS
31 Secondary discussions
32. Steve West letter
33. Gravel Request - Atlantis N W 16 -34 -25 & W1 /2 21 -34 -25
34 Possible Gravel Source - Mountain View
ADJOURNMENT
DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD MEETING•
DEVELOPMENT APPEAL BOARD HEARING.
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COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 22nd, 1994
A regular meeting of council was held in the
Kneehill Office, 232 Main Street, Three Hills, A
Tuesday, November 22nd, 1994, commencing at 8.30 A
The following were present for the meeting
Reeve: Richard A Marz Division Fc
Councillors:
Marylea Lowen
Otto Hoff
Robert E. Boake
James Hanger
Richard M Vickery
Glen Wagstaff
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John C. Jeffery, Municipal Administrator
Mrs Jean Wilkinson, Assistant Administrator, wa
and recorded the minutes
Reeve Marz called the meeting to order at 8 35 A M
Mr Boake moved approval of the agenda as presented.
CARRIED
Mrs Lowen moved approval of the November 8th, 1994 council
meeting minutes
CARRIED
Mr. Jeffery's report was reviewed
Mr Wagstaff moved approval of Mr. Jeffery's report
CARRIED
The October bank reconciliation statement, the cash flow
statement and the budget comparision report were reviewed
and discussed It was noted tax collections have been
very good this year and the amount of taxes owing at this
date is quite low.
Mr Vickery moved approval of the above noted reports
CARRIED
It was suggested council should review the entire M D
financial picture in more detail at the beginning of
January
Mrs Lowen moved approval of the accounts presented for
payment today subject to further review by the finance
committee of Mr Marz, Mr Hoff, Mr Wagstaff and Mr
Hanger.
CARRIED
Mr Marz gave a report on various meetings he has attended
recently He met with the Three Hills Capital
representative yesterday with regard to the M.D. 50th
Anniversary supplement The supplement will likely be
printed early in December
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He met with the reeves of all jurisdications which touch
the County of Red Deer recently They discussed planning,
health and several other issues.
Three Hills Seed Plant had their annual meeting recently
and elected two new members to the board Myles Smith of
the Wimborne area was not nominated so there will be no
representation from that area on the board Mr Smith had
been very interested and active on the board and it was
unfortunate he was not nominated to stand for
re- election. Francis Cullum and Gordon Park were
nominated and elected by acclamation as directors
Met with Palliser Regional Planning Commission on November
9th and discussed varius options regarding funding for the
new service agency The options being looked at range
from the current method using equalized assessment to total
revenue being raised by paying on a fee for service
basis The committee reviewing this matter seem to favour
Options 5 or 6 which would establish a membership fee based
either on population or assessment and paying on a "fee for
service basis ". There was lengthy discussion about these
funding options, how the Agency's executive committee would
be established (how many members and who would have voting
powers) as well as the proposed 1995 budget for the new
service agency
Mr Marz asked what council's opinion was on the issue of
who should pay the per diems and expenses for the agency's
executive committee The executive committee would be
dealing with the day to day business of the agency and this
would affect all agency members Should the Agency pay
their per diems and expenses or should this be paid by the
appointing municipality? Attendance at a general
commission meeting should be paid by the appointing
municipality but perhaps paying the executive committee per
diems and expenses when dealing with executive business
should be paid by the commission
Mr. Boake moved the M D agree the agency should pay the
per diem and expenses for the members on the executive
committee when attending meetings which relates strictly to
executive committee business.
CARRIED
Mr Marz noted he would like to leave discussions about
funding and budget proposels for the agency until Mr.
Wesseling is present
Mr. Wagstaff moved to table these discussions until later
today
CARRIED
Mr. Marz noted he had at a recent Golden Hills Lodge
meeting filed a notice of motion to amend the board's
policies regarding payment of per diems and expenses for
the board members. The amendment would require the
appointing municipality to pay for their member's per diem
and expenses when attending board meetings effective
January 1st, 1995
Mr Jeffery reviewed with council a comparision report
which shows the dollar differences if requisitions were
based on population as opposed to equalized assessment
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This comparison was done for the Golden Hills Lodge,
Kneehill ambulance and the Alberta Planning Board
requisition
Mr Marz noted out of a total requisition of $75,000 00 for
the Golden Hills Lodge the M D presently pays $57,655.82
Of the $35,000 00 requisition for the ambulance society the
M D pays $26,906 05 The M.D. contributes the most money
and only has one vote on each of these boards
In order to change the Golden Hills Lodge requsition it
would require a change in provincial legislation. The
method of paying the ambulance requistion can be changed by
negotiations between the member municipalities
Mr Marz also noted the M D contributes recreation dollars
to the urban centers, but has no input in to how these
dollars are spent. He suggested if the other requisitions
can not be changed, perhaps the M D can change the way it
pays out its recreation dollars. He also suggested the
boards should look at changing the number of persons
sitting on these various boards Perhaps it would only
take two or three people to look after the business of
these boards which would help to reduce costs
Mr Marz reported he met with the M D of Badlands and also
with the Village of Torrington regarding possible
amalgamation It now appears Alberta Municipal Affairs is
MEETINGS
not going to force amalgamation, but areas who wish to can
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pursue the idea of joining with another area
BADLANDS
AND
Mr Jeffery read a letter from the Minister of Municipal
TORRINGTON
Affairs regarding this issue. The Minister indicates all
areas have a responsibility to look at ways to reduce
government, provide more efficient administration and use
AMALGAMATION
the most cost effective approach to the delivery of
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essential services Areas should use common sense when
this matter is considered
Mr Marz suggested the M D should be willing to discuss
the idea of amalgamation with any area, but if forced to do
this, should look at amalgamation with a larger area
It appears the Village of Torrington has a higher mill rate
than the M D and they likely will have to look at
amalgamation or dissolving and becoming a hamlet.
The M D should be careful not to assume any area which
will cost M D ratepayers more money There was discussion
about mill rates for the various towns and villages and
other rural areas It was agreed Mr Jeffery should obtain jFQY-
information about these mill rates and bring a report back
to the next meeting of council.
Mr Vickery moved to accept Reeve Marz's report, and also APPROVAL
moved to accept and file the equalized assessment and REEVE'S
population comparison report, and the letter from the REPORT
Minister of Municipal Affairs regarding amalgamation
CARRIED
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COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 22nd, 1994
Sam Bulych and Colin Stroeder from Torchinsky Engineering
and Lonnie McCook, Acting Public Works Superintendent
entered the meeting at this time
They discussed with council the contract with A & A Paving
for the SH 575 repaving project Mr Bulych reviewed the
concerns they have with the company Their asphalt
production is very slow and therefore the road quality they
produce is not very good. They also have major problems
with densisty of the aphalt because they do not use enough
packers The idea of cancelling the contract with A & A
because they did not meet the contract completion deadline
A & A
was discussed in detail. Mr Bulych noted there may be a
PAVING
problem with the gravel crushed for this project Because
they were not involved in having the gravel for the job
CONTRACT
crushed, another contractor may try to blame the quality
of their work on the crushed material they were required to
use
SR 575
Mr Bulych noted he had discussed this matter with Harvey
Alton of Alberta Transportation and the province likely
would not have a problem with the M D cancelling the
contract
He also noted the procedures used by the Province has
changed somewhat and if a municipality does not feel the
low bid contractor will do a good job, they can appeal to
the Minister of Transportation for permission to use the
second lowest bidder If the need to use the second
lowest bidder is justified the Province may provide their
funding based on the second lowest bid If not justified
they will provide their funding based on the low bid
There was discussion about what it might cost the M.D. to
attempt to get out of the contract with A & A Mr Bulych
suggested the M.D. should discuss the matter with a
solicitor who has experience with contract law
There was further discussion about the gravel crushed for
this job and the fact the M D has paid A & A for the
material, whether the M.D. could force the contractor to
use more equipment on the job in order to provide a better
quality road and the penalties which can be imposed on the
contractor. Mr Bulych noted there are four penalties
which can be imposed on a contractor - lack of density of
the asphalt, oil content of the asphalt, rideabili.ty of the
surface of the road and segregation of the materials
These penalites could cost the contractor a considerable
amount of money on a contract job and because of the poor
quality of road provided the road may only last 10 years
instead of 20 Obviously this is not what the M D wants
for SH 575
Mr Bulych again indicated if the M D wish to cancel the
contract with A & A they must discuss their position with a
solicitor and proceed strictly on the basis that the
contractor is in default because he did not complete the
project in accordance with the terms of the contract
Mr. Wagstaff moved Mr Marz, Mr Vickery and Mr Jeffery �GJ
along with Mr. Bulych of Torchinsky Engineering meet with
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Robert Eden, a Calgary solicitor to discuss the A & A
contract
CARRIED
Mr Bulych and Mr Stroeder left the meeting at this time -
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Mr McCook reviewed his report and various items were
discussed He noted he had authorized removal of about
3500 yards of pit run gravel from the Hutterian Brethren
pit and it was put in the bottom of the M D pit area
This movement will allow reclamation of the Hutterian
Brethren pit to be completed and the pit run will be
available the next time the M D pit is pumped down to
allow for another crush. The 5/8 inch gravel left at the
Schmautz pit will be moved to two stock pile sites so the
reclamation of that area of the pit can be completed
Mr. Marz noted he and Mr Vickery will be looking at the
Schmautz pit to see if there is an area there that would be
suitable for use as a waste disposal site It is necessary
to move the waste disposal site from the old Torrington pit
due to the high water table in that area
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There was also discussion about the need to put a fence TORRINGTON
around the open pit area at the Torrington pit because of PIT
the depth of the water and potential liability to the M D FENCE
because of tresspassers
The amount of screenings taken from the Doug Hazelton pit
was also discussed. Mr. Jeffery and Mr McCook have
recommended Mr Hazelton be paid for the extra screening
material as there is no way to confirm the amount of
material taken from his land
Mr Hoff moved Mr Hazelton be paid an additional sum of
$2006 40 on condition he agrees he has now been paid in
full for pit run material taken from his pit
CARRIED
Mr McCook noted in future crushes the M D should not
purchase any screening material as there is about 8000
yards at the Schmautz pit and about 5000 yards at the
Torrington pit Any reject material can just be spread out
on the bottom of the pit The crew cannot complete all
the reclamation of the Schmautz pit because of the
screenings piles
There was discussion about whether the M D should be using
screenings on roads rather than 3/4 inch gravel.
Mr McCook noted he does not feel screenings should be used
in place of 3/4 inch gravel, but if council wish to use
them, the material should be taken from the Schmautz pit
rather than paying royalties to the owners of the other
pits
Mr. Hanger moved the acting public works superintendent be
given the discretion and authority to use or dispose of the
screening material at the various pits as he sees fit
CARRIED
There was discussion about the Equity water system and how
the work is progressing Mr McCook noted there is some
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frost problems and they have run into some sandstone. It
is also slow going because of the various pipelines in the
area.
Mr McCook noted there may be only one crush left at the
Garson Pit - about 60,000 yards - and the pit will then be
exhausted
Mr Boake moved approval of Mr McCook's report
CARRIED
The 1994 annual council road tour minutes were reviewed and
various items were discussed
Mr Vickery requested the M D obtain prices for
installation of rumble strips at both ends of the hamlet of
Wimborne
Mr Marz moved the Alan Hazel road project South of 25, 26,
27, 28 & 29 in 32 -25 -4 be expanded from 5 miles to 6 miles
plus the west interesection (from the Gorr Road west 6
miles)
CARRIED
The discussion regarding installation of a trailer dumping
station in Wimborne was discussed It was suggested Mr
Cunningham should discuss this ideda with council at a
later date
Mr. Vickery moved the Arthurville Hall road project South
of 3, 4, 5 & 6 in 34 -24 -4 - be added to the M.D. road
program and the two mile blade grade - Hepburn north
West of 5 & 8 in 34 -24 -4 - be removed from the program and
if necessary screenings be put on this two miles of road
CARRIED
Mr Jeffery advised council he would bring in a complete
report on the M D road program at a later date
Mr Hanger moved the Harold King south road West of 26 and
35 in 31 -22 -4 - be removed from the M D road program as
the road is in good condition and does not require
up- grading at this time
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The request for blade grade and ditch cleaning the road BLADE
west of 22 & 27 in
27 -21 -4 was discussed It was agreed
it
GRADE
was too far to move
M D equipment down to this site and
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price for doing
the work should be obtained from
a
contractor
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Mrs Lowen moved the road West of 22 & 27 in 27 -21 -4
be
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approved for blade
grade and ditch cleaning and a price for
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doing this work be
obtained from Aldale Construction
of Drumheller
CARRIED
The Carbon south road was discussed. Some spots on the
road need to be dug out and have hot mix applied. This CARBON SOUTH
should be considered as normal maintenance for the road. ROB i 0"111C
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Mr. Hoff moved the Carbon south road be removed from the
M D road program and the road be maintained as required
on an on going basis
CARRIED
The request from the Britestone Colony for a road approach
from SH 836 to N W. 23- 28 -23 -4 was discussed ROAD APPROACH
REQUEST
Mr
Hoff moved the M D install
a joint road approach for
the
Britestone Colony from SH 836 into the West half of 23
in
28 -23 -4 on condition sight distance
requirements can be
BRITESTONE
met
and the approach be chipped
and sealed the next time
COLONY
the
road is being redone
CARRIED
The
request from the Village of
Linden for a road approach
on
to SH 806 was discussed. Mr.
Boake noted the Village is
ROAD APPROA
still
working on acquiring the
necessary land from Feed
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Rite
for the street
VILLAGE
LINDEN
Mr. Boake moved to table this matter until such time as
negotiations between the Village of Linden and Feed Rite
regarding land acquisition are completed
CARRIED
Mr Boake moved the Correction Line road project east of SR
806 and South of 3 & 4 in 31 -25 -4 - be changed to a 3 mile EXPAND
project - South of 2, 3 & 4 in 31 -25 -4 ROAD PROJECT
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Mrs. Lowen requested Mr McCook to look into the need for
warning signs on SR 575 as there are some very bad spots on
this road now SIGNS NEEDEE
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Mr Hoff moved the following roads - Fisher Davidson `�
road, Grainger road and Linden Church road - which had SB SB 90 DUST
90 applied in the past - be maintained with SB 90 or an CONTROL
equivalent product on a yearly basis.
CARRIED MAINTENANCE
PROGRAM �,
The meeting adjourned for dinner at this time - 11 5- A M c
DINNER
The meeting reconvened at 1 00 P M
Mr. Hoff did not return to the meeting
Mr Vickery moved he be excused from discussing the next
item - request for gravel on a road West of NW 16 as this
land is owned by his father
CARRIED
Mr Vickery left the meeting at this time.
Mr Hoff returned to the meeting
Mr Jeffery noted he had received a request from Atlantis REQUEST
Resource for gravel on 1 and 3/4 miles of M D road - West ATLANTIS
of the N W 16 and West half of 21 in 34 -25 -4. There is RESOURCES
gravel on the road up to the first lease site owned by GRAVEL
Atlantis However there is another lease site further ON M D ROAD
north on the road It was suggested Atlantis might be
interested in sharing costs for gravel for the road
It was also noted the road is a very rough dirt trail and /
it likely would be a waste of money to put gravel on it
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without improving the road first Mr McCook suggested
the road could be improved by bringing in the shoulders
with a grader and then some gravel or screenings could be
put on There was some question about whether the road and
the bridge are on the actual road allowance or road
diversion
Mr Wagstaff moved to table this request until the office C 3
can review the bridge file and the road survey plans in
that area
CARRIED
Mr Jeffery noted Walter Stroeder from the County of
Mountain View has a source of gravel on land about 10 miles SOURCE OF
west of the Hutterian Brethren of Valley View colony. GRAVEL
He would be interested in selling the M D gravel There IN MOUNTAIN
was a pit on this land a few years ago. Transportation and VIEW
Mountain View took gravel out and then reclaimed the pit
Mr. Stroeder feels there is still a reasonable quantity of
gravel there and not much overburden
Mr Hoff moved the M D contact the County of Mountain View
to inquire about the pit, the quality of gravel and whether
Mountain View would allow the M D to negotiate with the
land owner as the land is under their jurisdiction
CARRIED
Mr Vickery returned to the meeting at 1 05 P M
Mr Jeffery reviewed the discussions held with Alberta
Transportation at the Fall Convention and the letter which
was delivered to Mr Sawchuk during the meeting The
secondary highway program and the possibility of obtaining
funds for the Buffalo Jump Road under the provincial
resource road program was discussed as well as who will be
responsible for the maintenance of secondary highways in
future.
Mr Boake moved to table this matter for one month pending
a response to the M D letter
CARRIED
Mr Jeffery noted Transportation normally share costs for a
resource road on a 1/3 cost shared basis and there is a
limited amount of provincial dollars for this program
Alberta Transportation may be willing to contribute
$300,000.00 to a resource road project in 1996 if the M D
is willing to contribute two- thirds of the costs There
was discussion about whether the M D should undertake the
Buffalo Jump road in three small stages rather than doing
it all in one year Also whether it would be necessary to
construct the road to provincial secondary road standards
and have it engineered if the Province contribute money
towards it The amount of money the M.D. would be
prepared to commit to this road was discussed as well as
whether the gravel for the project would be in place if the
project was to be done in 1995
Torchinsky Engineering had estimated the costs for this
project at over $2 million dollars which seems quite high
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Mr Boake moved to table this issue until Mr McCook can
obtain information about the type of road which should be C'
developed, the cost for same and if there are provincial
standards established for resource roads.
CARRIED
Mr. McCook left the meeting at this time
Frank Wesseling and Gary Buxton from Palliser Regional
Planning Commission and Alex Cunningham entered the meeting
at this time
PUBLIC HEARING
Mr Hoff moved council meeting do now adjourn in order to
hold the public hearing scheduled for today at 1.30 P M
CARRIED
Mr Hoff moved council meeting do now reconvene, the public
hearing having been completed
CARRIED
The request to redesignate the S E of 21- 29 -23 -4 from
agriculture conservation to agriculture was reviewed and
discussed Alois Stern owns the land and wishes to ALOIS STERN
subdivide a large parcel from the quarter However the REQUEST TO
parcel would exceed the size of a normal farmstead REDESIGNATE
separation. It is necessary to take a large parcel in j
order to accommodate all the buildings and
the water well which is quite a distance away from the
buildings
Mr. Vickery moved first reading to by -law 1320, this being
a by -law to redesignate the S E 21- 29 -23 -4 from
agriculture conservation to agriculture
CARRIED
BY LAW
Mr Hoff moved second reading to by -law 1320.
CARRIED 1320
Mr. Boake moved third reading be given to this by -law at
this time
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Mr Hanger moved third reading to this by -law
CARRIED
Mr Marz and Mr Wesseling discussed with council the
various options which could be used to fund the new service
agency and how extra revenue could be generated The
proposed 1995 budget was also discussed Mr Wesseling FUND NEW
noted the Executive Committee of the Commission will have SERVICE
to make some decisions regarding the 1995 budget, staffing AGENCY
requirements as well as how the new agency will be funded, PALLISER
how many voting members will be allowed and how many PLANNING
members would be appointed to look after the agency's
administrative work
Mr Wagstaff moved council meeting adjourn in order to hold
the public hearing scheduled for today at 2 00 P M
CARRIED
Time 2.10 P M
Mr Vickery moved council meeting do now reconvez
public hearing having been completed.
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CARRIED
Time 2.20 P M
There was discussion about the request to redesignate the
S E 30- 29 -24 -4 from agriculture conservation to
agriculture The owner is requesting the change in order
to apply for a subdivision of a 22 acre parcel of land
including the building site
REDESIGNATION
F RAI CTnN
Mr Wagstaff moved first reading to by -law 1321, this being
a by -law to redesignate the S E 30- 29 -24 -4 from
agriculture conservation to agriculture BYLAW
CARRIED 1 321
Mr Boake moved second reading to this by -law.
CARRIED
Mr. Hanger moved third reading be given to this by -law at
this time.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
Mr. Vickery moved third reading to this by -law
CARRIED
There was further discussion about the proposed service
agency with Mr Wesseling and the entire planning process.
The proposal to require councils to have non council
members on the local municipal planning commissions and
development appeal boards was discussed with the province
at the Fall Convention and this requirement may be dropped
It was suggested the idea of having people other than
councillors on these boards be discussed at the annual town
hall meetings
It was also agreed council should meet with Mr Wesseling
and Mr. Cunningham at 10.00 A M , Tuesday, December 13th to
discuss the planning sections of the new municipal
government act
Mr. Wesseling left the meeting at this time - 2.50 P M
Mr Marz moved Mr. Jeffery be authorized to purchase, as
directed by council, Christmas and or retirement gifts for
the 1994 Christmas party
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Mr Jeffery read a letter from the Town of Trochu The
town is not interested in connecting on to the Equity water
system at this time as they have substantial debentures for EQUITY
their existing water system WATER SYSTEM
Mr Cunningham asked if the M D might be interested in
working out a deal with Trochu to provide the town with
water from the Equity sysem and in return the town allow
their water line, which goes from the town up to their
wells near Huxley, to be used for the Equity system. This
would enlarge the entire system and allow people in the
Huxley area to also obtain water Council felt this would
not be feasible at this time.
There was discussion about how many connections can be
allowed for the existing system and whether a person living
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4 or 5 miles away from the main line could request a water
hookup for the price of $10,000
Mr Hanger moved to accept and file the letter from the
Town of Trochu at this time.
CARRIED
Mr Cunningham left the meeting at this time - 3.20 P M
Herman Martens entered the meeting at this time and
discussed with council the proposal from the Town of Three
Hills and Prairie Bible Insitute to apply for a $100,000
matching grant from the province in order to construct the
grass taxiway and undertake other improvements at the Three
Hills Airport The town and P B I were prepared to
contribute $16,666 67 each towards the matching grant and
would like the M D to contribute the same amount As the
Town has already obtained funds from the Community Facility
Enhancement Grant Program it would be necessary for the
application to be submitted under the name of the M D of
Kneehill Mr Jeffery reviewed the letters received from
the Town of Three Hills and P B I and noted the previous
motion of the M D council agreed to contribute a maximum
of $8000.00 towards the costs for the grass taxiway.
Mr. Martens noted the Province is looking at the idea of
selling 22 airports in the province to municipalities and
perhaps the Airport Commission should look into buying the
airport land from the Province The land is presently under
lease from the Province
There was discussion about whether the M D should
discontinue its involvement in the airport and turn it over
to the Town of Three Hills
Mr Martens reviewed a survey he had done about how other
airports are funded He also noted the main runway at
the airport needs some work and likely should be repaved
It would cost about $230,000 00 to repave the existing
runway.
Mr Hanger moved the Town of Three Hills and Prairie Bible
Insitute be advised the M D is not prepared to change its
motion and will only contribute a one -third share of costs
up to a maximum of $8000 00 towards the construction of the
parallel grass taxiway.
CARRIED
Mr. Martens left the meeting at this time 4:00 P M
The three proposals with regard to payment of recreation
grants to the urban and rural centers were discussed at
length No decisions were made.
Mrs. Lowen moved this meeting do now adjourn.
CARRIED
Time 4.30 PM.
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