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Home My WebLink About1996-11-19 Council Minutes0 to EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - November 19th 1996 The Executive Committee of Richard A. Mara, Richard M Vickery, James M Hanger and Robert E Boake met on Tuesday, November 19"' 1996 at the M.D of Kneehill office in Three Hills, commencing at 10 45 A.M Mr John C Jeffery, Administrator was present and also Mrs Jennifer Deak, Assistant Administrator who recorded the minutes The following items were reviewed 1. Wilf Evans Plaque re Canadian Hereford Hall of Fame induction The plaque for presentation to Mr Wilf Evans, in recognition of his induction into the Canadian Hereford Hall of Fame, is now ready for presentation Mr Wayne Stankievech, AB Hereford Association, has requested to be present for this presentation The Executive Committee recommends Mr Evans be invited to the December 10196 council meeting for presentation of this plaque, along with Mr Stankievech and a news reporter front the Three Hills Capital and further thus presentation be scheduled close to midday 2 1996 Donations STARS Foundation and The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal have both requested donations The Executive Committee recommends the M.D 's 1996 donations be the sane as the previous year, that being a donation of $1, 000 00 to STARS Foundation and a donation of $2, 000 00 to The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal. 3 Town of Three Hills Planning Proposal On Nov 4/96 a letter was received from Three Hills advising the town will be withdrawing from Palliser Regional Municipal Services effective Jan 1/97 and requesting the M.D provide a rate schedule for providing the town's planning services On Nov 5/96, Mr John Ruslmg, Kneehill/Mountain View Planner, forwarded a planning proposal to the town The Executive Committee recommends to accept and file as information. 4 Bleriot Ferry Transfer At the Nov 12/96 Kneehill/Starland meeting, a consensus was reached to have Kneehill, on behalf of both jurisdictions, enter into negotiations with AB Transportation & Utilities, for the maintenance and operation of this ferry This position was outlined to the Hon. "Butch" Fischer, at the meeting with his department, later in the day The Executive Committee recommends Mr Rob Penny, Regional Director AB Transportation & Utilities, be invited to met with the Road Committee to negotiate the terms of this ferry agreement. 5 Meeting with Golden Hills Regional Division Mr Garry McKinnon, Superintendent of Schools has requested the M.D contact him to arrange a meeting with the school trustees Ale. E� �r1G !�r-/�aw�EJee.N C�1Y / >AL A'sJ71!X-5 Ca.`.l��4a >aw >aer nl >e6 A: The Executive Committee recommends Mr Jeffery arrange a meeting, during the first week of December, with the Chairperson, Mrs Kathy Smith, Mr Garry McKinnon, DEG3�9p 3°°� Mr Marz and himself, at the M.D. offices, to discuss mutual concerns C:/MD /Minute/EC.doc Page 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - November 19th 1996 C:/MD/Minute/EC.doc Page 2 I, 6 Kneehill Ag Exhibition Group Bank Account The M.D currently has a trust account, for the Kneehill Ag Exhibition Group, with a balance of $798.40 There has been no activity in this account since it was opened Tlie Executive Committee recommends Mr Glen Wagstaff, Chairman of tlzrs group, rho arrange a meeting ivitli the members to address this matter 7. Drumheller Regional Chamber of Development & Tourism The Drumheller Regional Chamber of Development & Tourism represents the community, economic, business and tourism development interests of the Drumheller region, while also acting as its Chamber of Commerce Partners in this organization include the city of Drumheller, M.D of Badlands and M.D of Starland This chamber has invited the M.D to become a partner and be involved in initiatives and avenues of developments The Executive Committee recommends the M.D participate in this organization on a need basis, that being on issues dealing and effecting the M.D. of Kneehill, including development economic opportunities for our municipality 8 Letter from the village of Linden re Recreation Grants Mayor Joyce McDonald, village of Linden, has returned the M.D 's Nov 7/96 letter regarding the pay out of urban recreation grants along with a memo noting she has looked for M.D s cheque for Linden's recreation grant but cannot find it The Executive Committee recommends to accept and ftla /oF M „�rEs 9 Letter from the city of Drumheller re. Renaissance Wayne 1 -2 29 20 -W4 i The city of Drumheller has objected to this proposed wellsite directionally drilled from LSD 15 35 28 20 W4 and for consent to locate this well centre within 1 5 km of the city noting this location is within proximity to future development areas as identified in the city s General Municipal Plan and further the city objects to all oil and gas well ® developments within the valley in close proximity to the city The Executive Committee recommends to accept and file. fl�x 10. AAMD &C Resolution re Secondary Road Standards i i The Executive Comnuttee recommends to accept and file this resolution, presented by Mr Rick Vickery to the Fall AAMD&C Convention and accepted by the membership r i 11 Heuristech Consulting Ltd. - GIS mapping proposal I Mr Ken Barrie Heuristech Consulting Ltd., has prepared a proposal for the M.D 's mapping project, including data capture printing preparation, planning notification application and map viewing application Total quote is $16,500 00 for Heuristech, plus map printing costs (estimates being obtained at approximately $2,500 00) plus Micro Station program and maintenance package of $3 720 00 It is estimated the new M.D map could be printed by late January/97 It was noted last February Palliser Regional Municipal Services had quoted a cost of $12,000 00 for data capture and printing preparation of the map plus a further $9,600 00 to purchase the provincial parcel mapping data and had estimated a time period of 16 weeks to prepare this data for map printing Heuristech was the consultants engaged by Parkland County to implement their GIS 911 system, the county has highly recommended this company, a GIS presentation was presented to Kneehill, Mountain View Starland and Wheatland, at Mountain View's C:/MD/Minute/EC.doc Page 2 n E 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT - November 19th 1996 offices by Parkland and Heuristech Mountain View is currently working with this company for their GIS planning needs Mr Barrie has also included in this proposal the possibility of a sharing arrangement for some of the GIS activities with Mountain View The planning and maintenance functions can be shared, the cost for these two functions for both entities would be $11,000 00 as opposed to the $8,000 00 quoted for Kneehill The Executive Committee recommends to approve the GIS mapping proposal as outlined in the Nov 18196 letter from Heuristech Consulting Ltd The meeting recessed for lunch from 12 00 noon until 1 05 P M Mr Marz was not present when the meeting continued 12. Rural Recreation Grants A review of the rural recreation grant history, including the July 16/91 letter to the community organizations, outlining the M.D 's long term plans for these grant allocations was discussed A lengthy discussion followed on the recreation grant structure funding of operating deficits and alternate formulas for recreation funding the need to recognize the movement towards using urban community centres in light of the closures of many rural community centres Mr Marz re entered the meeting time 2 10 P M The discussion on recreation grant funding continued The committee reviewed the Nov 5196 letter from the town of Three Hills, which included a new recreation funding proposal for the jointly shared aquatic centre and arena facilities, as proposed by Councilor Dan Shea, town of Three Hills L-c-- 971[. 4r-r 4WO The Executive Committee recommends a rural recreation grant, of $2,000.00 each, be given to the community centres to the hamlets of Huxley, I1111borne and Swahvell, and further, in recognition of the closing of rural community centres and the increased use of the Linden Cultural Centre by the rural population and the use of this centre as a comparable community facility, a recreation grant be given to Linden, in the amount of $2, 000 00 and further the 1996 recreation grant to Torrington be topped up to $2,000 00 The Executive Comnuttee further recommends Mr Jeffery redraft the Three Hills recreation proposal, as outlined in their Nov 5196 letter, to reflect the changes discussed by the Executive Committee and further a similar recreation draft bef' prepared using the town of Trochu's recreation revenues and operating expenses and these drafts be presenter) to the Nov 26196 council meeting Mrs Deak left the meeting time 3 15 P.M. 13. Council Minutes The Nov 5196 nunutes were edited for publication in the newspaper The Executive Committee recommends the minutes, as edited by the Committee, be published in the newspaper The Executive meeting then adjourned Jennifer eak, Assistant Administrator C:/MD/Minute/EC.doc Page 3