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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-11-24 Council MinutesE 0 KNEEI-IILL COUN I Y AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING November 24, 1998 I Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 J C Jeffery Report 4 Executive Committee Report — 4-m Ao ,<1,0t'r' 5 ^4111- � 5 Financial Reports 6 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS 9 00 A.M Mr Lome D McCook, Public Works Superintendent 1 30 P M Public Hearing see agenda item #32 2 00 P M Marigold Library see agenda item 922 TABLED ITEMS. 7 Highway Signs TRANSPORTATION ITEMS. 8 Transportation & Utilities Report 9 ASPro Grain Road Project South of 5 33 23 W4 10 Linden Rubble Pit 11 Reclamation Criteria for Abandoned Railways 12 Torchinsky Engineering Ltd Letters re Final Acceptance of Projects 13 Letter from AB Transportation & Utilities re Director of Disaster Services 14 Agreement on Internal Trade 15 Gravel Request Tatro (SW 34 33 22 W4) 16 Infrastructure Assessment Village of Torrington 17 Letter fi-om Darren Cummins re Wimborne Water Meter 18 1999 Pitch In Canada Week (May 3 9) 19 Report re Meeting with Hon Walter Paszkowski 0 II GENERAL ITEMS 20 Report re Meeting with Hon Iris Evans 21 Report re AAMD &C Fall Convention 22 Marigold Library System 23 Letter from Terra Tours Ltd 24 Letter from Golden Hills Regional Division #15 re Torrington School Site 25 Norwest Labs Report 26 Letter from AB Health re Bill 37 the Health Statutes Amendment Act 27 Alberta Economic Development Alberta Regional Projects Inventory 28 Letter from Local Authorities Pension Plan re Options to Withdraw from the LAPP 29 Nov 10/98 Minutes - editing for publication 30 Letter re Pine Lake Hypolimnetic Withdrawal System 31 Letter from town of Trochu re Trochu Fire Hall PUBLIC HEARING 32 Public Hearing re Redesignation NE 34 32 26 W4 1 n • 0 2 KNEEHILL COUNT I AGENDA - COUNCIL ME] November 24, 1998 PLANNING ITEMS. 33 Bylaw #1399 COMMI I "I EE REPORTS 34 Committee Reports Wild Rose Economic Development Corporation Nov M Town of Trochu re Joint Pere Chiefs Meeting Nov 26/98 Alberta TrailNet News Agricultural Service Board Minutes Nov 13/98 Miscellaneous Canadian Western Natural Gas Invitation, Correspondence, Wild Rose Economic Development Corr LATE ITEMS no • • KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office, 232 Main Street, Three Hills, Alberta on Tuesday, November 24 1998, commencing at 8 30 A.M The following were present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff Deputy Reeve Richard M Vickery Councillors Marylea Lowen Jane Allan Marjorie D Vetter James M Hanger M Glen Wagstaff Division Two Division Six Division One Division Three Division Four Division Five Division Seven John Jeffery, Municipal Administrator, was present along with Jennifer Deak, Assistant Administrator, who recorded the minutes Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 35 A M Requests were made to the following appointments to the agenda 11 30 A.M George and Jim Adams 2 30 P M Town of Three Hills and the following items 3 1 a Municipal Safety Codes Inspection Commission 3 l Wild Rose Economic Development Corporation Mrs Lowen moved approval of the agenda with the above noted additions. CARRIED Mr Vickery requested Council's consideration regarding the November 10 1998 motion (page one of minutes) concerning the radio system upgrading and the meeting between the radio engineers and all emergency service personnel and all urban council members to review the radio assessment Mr Vickery noted the meeting should focus on input from the people using the system A discussion followed on providing opportunity to the stakeholders to discuss the radio assessment It was noted the County had totally paid for the costs for the radio towers in the municipality and cost shared the operating costs of the various emergency services Mr Vickery moved the November 10 1998 motion regarding the radio system assessment (page one of November 10198 minutes) be annended as follows Upon completion of the ratio system assessment by Caltronics Communications Ltd and the telecommunications engineer, 13H Electronics, invitations be extended to all Fire Chiefs and/or Deputy Fire Chiefs or their alternates in the municipality, the Kneehill Ambulance Operations Director and the Kneehill County Public Works Superintendent to meet ivith Caltronics Communications IN and 1311 Electronics to review the ratio assessment and discuss the radio system upgrading Further, the minutes fronn this meeting be recorded by a secretary and copies of same provided to all involved parties and the recommendations fro►n this meeting regarding the radio upgrading be referred to the Kneehill County Capital Committee for review and then presented to Kneehill County Council for approval CARRIED Mr Vickery discussed the report on page six of the November 10/98 minutes dealing with the Linden rubble pit operations, noting the intention of the recommendation in his report t was to have each jurisdiction in the County be responsible for the operations of one garbage site A discussion followed on the motion approved on page three of the November 10/98 minutes regarding the Linden rubble pit Mrs Allan noted the village of Acme should also be included in clause one of this motion as it was Acme, Linden and Kneehill County that partners and cost shares the rubble site It was agreed the intent was to include all partners and to add the village of Acme in clause one of this motion JDAHN PRESENT CALL TO ORDER ADDITIONS TO AGENDA APPROVAL OF AGENDA AMENDMENT TO NOV 10/98 MINUTES RE. RADIO ASSESSMENT �G�rt�E.bo7/�C� ADDITION TO NOV 10/98 MINUTES RE LINDEN RUBBLE PIT OPERATIONS 1 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 Mr McCook entered the meeting time 9 00 A.M A discussion followed on the status of the various garbage sites in the municipality Mrs Lowen moved the November 10, 1998, ►notion (page three of ►ninutes) regarding the Linden rubble site be amended to include an additional clause, clause fine, as follows S The village of Linden operate and he responsible for the operations of the Linden rubble pit and invoice these costs to the municipal partners, as per cost sharing agreement With this arrangement each jurisdiction in the municipality will operate and oversee one garbage site and invoice its municipal partnerft) for their share of costs CARRIED Mr Wagstaff noted the statement on page three, paragraph five of the November 10/98 minutes stating the Linden fire department was the only fire department in the municipality that did not own its fire hall building was not accurate, the Trochu fire department does not own its own hall It was agreed to edit and delete this part of the statement from the minutes MCCOOK INTO MEETING ADDITION TO NOV 10/98 MINUTES RE. LINDEN RUBBLE PIT OPERATIONS AMENDMENT TO NOV 10/98 MINUTES RE FIRE DEP'T BUILDINGS Mr Hanger moved approval of the Novemher 10, 1998, minutes, with the above noted APPROVAL OF amendments AMENDED CARRIED MINUTES The Transportation and Utilities Report was presented T &U REPORT Under report item #2, AgPro road project a discussion followed on the County s safety concerns with the primary highway intersection and the letters and discussions the County AGPRO ROAD had with Alberta Transportation and Utilities and the Minister of Transportation regarding PROJECT this matter Mr Vickery moved an invitation he extended to Mr Rob Penny, Regional Director, INVITATION TO Alberta Transportation and Utilities, to meet ivith Council to further discuss various DIR OF ATU TO transportation concerns COUNCIL L��> CARRIED MEETING Under report item #9, Bridge File #1876 Esau Bridge Mr McCook reported the bridge authorization requirements to replace timbers on this structure had been received from the BRIDGE # 1876 province The bridge project will be cost shared with Alberta Transportation and Utilities ESAU BRIDGE Mr McCook discussed the AgPro road project and the work undertaken by the project contractor, Horseshoe Contracting The road project will be closed down this week with AGPRO RAOD the contractor returning in the spring to finalize the project (prep the road and complete the PROJECT borrow pits) Mr Hanger moved approval of the Transportation and Utilities Report, as presented, including approval to prepare the tender docu►nents for Bridge File #1876 (Esau Bridge) project CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported AgPro Grain was requesting an amendment to page two of the County's standard Land Purchase Agreement noting the amendment is designed to clarify liability for environmental hazards Mrs Vetter moved this matter he referred for legal opinion JD/MIN CARRIED APPROVAL OF T &U REPORT & BRIDGE #1876 TENDER DOCUMENTS AGPRO LAND A/G REFERRED FOR LEGAL OPINION F, 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 Mr Jeffery reported AB Environmental Protection had issued on November 12/98, a notice of complaint for burning prohibited debris at the Linden transfer site In response to this notice, Mr McCook immediately changed the locks at the Linden site and issued a key to the site attendant and a temporary key to the village of Linden to accommodate their residential garbage pick up which is on Fridays, when the site was closed A discussion followed on the severity of this notice, the consequences of receiving another such notice ENVIRONMENT and the possibility of having the site closed due to non compliance with the environmental NOTICE RE. regulations, the number of parties having keys and access to the site resulting in LINDEN RUBBLE unsupervised dumping and burning, and the potential future consequences should prohibited PIT debris continue to be burnt It was agreed the ideal scenario would be for only the site attendant to have a key, the village of Linden to coordinate their household garbage pick up during the days the site was open and supervised, this would be preferred to changing the site hours to accommodate Linden's hamlet pick up as the current Linden garbage site hours coordinate with the village of Acme transfer site hours thus enabling ratepayers to dump at a rubble pit and transfer site on the same days It was agreed to have Mrs Vetter discuss this issue with the village of Linden and negotiate for only one key for the site that being the key for the site attendant Mr Wagstaff moved to accept and file this report CARRIED Mrs. Lorven moved Mrs Vetter negotiate with the Village of Linden, as soon as possible, KEY to have only one key an place for the Linden garbage site, ivath that key being issued to DISTRIBUTION AT the site attendant LINDEN RUBBLE CARRIED PIT A recess was held from 10 00 A.M until 10 10 A.M Mr Jeffery reported Mr Allan Megli had forwarded a copy of the Reclamation Criteria for Abandoned Railways, noting copies of this documentation were available for any ABANDONED R/R Councillor requiring same RECLAMATION CRITERIA Mr Hanger moved to accept and file this information CARRIED APPROVAL OF Mr Wagstaff moved approval of final acceptance of the folloiving bridge file projects BRIDGE FILES Bridge File #76407.SH 587 over CPR track at Bowden and #76407 & #09474 Bridge File 09474 SH 876 over East Berry Creek CARRIED DIS. SERV. Mr Vickery moved to refer agenda #13, Letter frown Alberta Transportation and Utilities REFERRED TO re Director of Disaster Services, to the joust elected officials meeting, scheduled for JOINT ELECTED Thursday, December 3, 1998 OFFICIALS CARRIED MEETING 7F-i�. -7Ev o.,�iG�9G5 Yic.E Mr Jeffery reported AB Municipal Affairs will be holding information sessions with local governments to review the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) and how the MASH Annex will come under this agreement effective July 1 1999 This will include an introduction to the national electronic tendering system MERX Effective July 1/99 any goods and services INFO SESSIONS contract in excess of $ 100 000 00 and any construction contract in excess of $250,000 00 RE. AIT & MERX will fail under the procurement chapter of the Canadian Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) and be subject to national tendering processes, which can be accomplished through the MERX system Mrs Allan moved to accept and file this report CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported a letter had been received from Mr Harry Tatro requesting gravel on JDAfIN 3 0 • 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 the road to his property at SW 34 33 22 W4 (two miles) Mr Hanger nioved to refer this request to the Pubhc Works Superintendent. CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the infrastructure assessment of the hamlet of Torrington, as prepared by Torchinsky Engineering Ltd , including the recommendations on same A discussion followed on the cost effectiveness and maintenance costs of sidewalks Mrs. Lowen moved to refer the infrastructure assessment for the hamlet of Torrington to the Public Works Superintendent for further review and to prioritize and provide cost estimates on the recommendations CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the correspondence and request for reimbursement received from Mr Darren Cummins regarding the water damage to his trailer in Wimborne, resulting from a water meter failure It was noted the insurance company of the water meter manufacturer Jano Metal Products had processed the previous claims Mr Hanger moved to refer this matter to .lano Metal Products CARRIED Mrs Lowen moved to accept and file the correspondence received from Pitch -In Alberta and their 1999 campaign CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed Council s meetings during the AAMD &C Fall Convention, with the Minister of Municipal Affairs and the Minister of Transportation and Utilities which were also attended by Richard Marz MLA Council noted its appreciation at having Mr Marz support Councils position on the concerns and issues discussed Issues and concerns discussed with the Minister of Transportation included Kneehill Regional Water system, the safety concerns at Highway 21 & 27 (North) Intersection to access to AgPro Grain, Horseshoe Canyon Viewpoint (Highway 9) and the County s Secondary Highway Partnership Program and priorities for 1999 The issues and concerns discussed with the Minister of Municipal Affairs included Kneehill Regional Water system, MLA Discussion Paper on Farm Property Assessment intensive livestock operations rail line abandonment, Municipal Government Board and the FOIP Act A discussion followed on the comments received from the Ministers to Kneehill s concerns and issues Mrs. Vetter moved a letter outlining the County's concerns over the Robson Decision with regard to the rail line abandonment ►►t the municipality be sent to the following provincial and federal of .lack Ramsay, MP, Myron Thompson, MP, Art Hanger, MP, Hon Walter Pas zkmvski, Minister of Transportation & Utilities, and Richard Marz, MLA Further, a letter outlining the County's concerns with the application of the FOIP regulations at the local ►nunicipal government level be sent to Information and Privacy Commissioner Bob Clark, Hon Murray Vniith, Minister of Labour, Hon. Iris Evans, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Richard Marz, MIA CARRIED Mr McCook left the meeting time 10 45 A.M Mr Jeffery's report was presented Mrs Lowen moved approval of Mr .leffery's report, as presented JDAfIN CARRIED TATRO GRAVEL REQUEST REFERRED TO PWS -"--mew P� TORRINGTON INFRASTRUCT. RECOMMENDATI ONS REFERRED TO PWS CUMMINS WATER DAMAGE CLAIM AAMD &C CONVENTION 5X t, .s4� -*p.7 OF14101 MEETING WITH ATU MEETING WITH AMA LETTER RE. RAIL LINE ABANDONMENT MCCOOK OUT OF MEETING APPROVAL OF JCJ REPORT 4 0 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 The October bank reconciliation and net cash comparison reports were distributed and reviewed Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the October financial reports, as presented APPROVAL OF CARRIED FIN. REPORT r� Mr Vickery moved approval of the accounts submitted for payment to -day subject to approval by the Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff, Vickery, Vetter and Lmven APPROVAL OF CARRIED ACCOUNTS Mr Jeffery reviewed the highway sign file noting this item had been tabled several times pending the new County logo design A discussion followed on the purchase and placement of County signs on the major highways entering the municipality It was agreed these signs should be easy to maintain, long term and cost effective with large signs to be placed on the primary highways (21 27 (east and west) and 9) and smaller versions of the sign on major secondary roads The size and types of signs were discussed and it was agreed to price out these options Mr Wagstaff moved a Coninuttee of Councillors Vickery and Vetter investigate the options for the neiv County highivay signs, including cost estimates, and present a report to Council on same CARRIED A discussion was held on the Kneehill Regional Water system and the County's meetings at the AAMD &C Fall Convention with the Ministers of Transportation and Municipal Affairs to further discuss same A recommendation was made to have the Water Commission write to the Minister of Municipal Affairs about possible funding for this project Mrs Allan requested copies of the information from the water commission secretary, distributed to the other water committee members Mrs Deak advised she would make copies of this documentation It was noted Council had not completed the report to the Minister of Municipal Affairs that was distributed at the Fall convention It was agreed to take this report to the next Executive Committee meeting A review of the AAMD &C Convention proceeded with the following highlights noted • Orientation and refresher workshops attend included Councillor Orientation and Refresher workshop and Municipal Government Act workshop • Address by the Hon Iris Evans AB Municipal Affairs is in the process of developing a new funding framework relating to municipalities • Address by the Hon Walter Paszkowski outlined recent increases in municipal transportation grants flowing from the Premier's Task Force on Infrastructure, the province has called for a moratorium on further rail line abandonments while the Estey Review of Grain Transportation & Handling is in process • Address by the Hon Stockwell Day overall economic growth in Alberta topped 7% in 1997 and is expected to exceed 3 6% this year • Safety Attitudes - City of Edmonton Fire Safety Educator Tim Vanderbrink brought an entertaining and powerful message about safety attitudes to convention delegates • Address by Hon Ed Stelmach outlined the province's six point response to the current farm income crisis, and stressed that the province is working with the agriculture sector to ensure long term solutions to the current problems Note Kneehill will be requesting further details of this six point response • Meetings were scheduled during this convention, between Kneehill County and the Minster of Transportation and Utilities and the Minister of Municipal Affairs, as reviewed earlier in the minutes • Workshops offered during the convention included ■ FOIP (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act) for elected and Senior Officials JDAHN COUNTY SIGNS REFERRED TO COMM. KNEEHILL REGIONAL WATER COMM 1' r,— AMA QUESTIONNAIRE /Z AAMD &C FALL CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS ��=el w.y,7Af E 0 u 11 n KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November N,1998 ■ How Should Your Municipality Stack Up? Note those Kneehill Councillors not attending this workshop to receive this workshop information • Communication with Government • Parliamentarian (Making Meetings Work) • Alberta Fire Training School • Public Speaking/Dealing with the Media • Peace Time Emergencies It was also noted the trade show was very good there was a lot of exhibits and the rest area on the trade floor provided a place to sit and discuss various issues with other municipalities and /or trade exhibitors RUSLING & Mr John Rusling Planner, and Mrs Paget Schnuelle Development Officer, entered the SCHNUELLE INTO meeting time]] 15 A.M MEETING Mr Rusling proceeded to review the procedure and land use bylaw regarding redesignation of land It was noted should a bylaw for redesignation not receive third and final reading, the applicant has to wait six months before reapplying again for this redesignation A discussion followed and the following noted there are no longer provisions in the planning regulations for an automatic first parcel subdivision out of a quarter section traditionally, in DISCUSSION RE. Kneehill, 40 acres has been considered the cut off with any parcels for subdivision over 40 REDESIGNATION acres requiring rezoning only Council has the authority to approve a redesignation this PROCEDURES authority cannot be delegated to the Municipal Planning Commission The different procedures followed at a public hearing were discussed with Mr Rusling advising Mountain View considers first reading to the bylaw advertises the public hearing and after the public hearing is closed considers second and third bylaw readings Mr Jeffery noted a court precedence had been set when a case went to court where a developer, on the strength of the bylaw receiving first reading, went ahead with the development, the bylaw did not receive third passage MESSRS ADAMS Messrs George and Jim Adams entered the meeting time 11 40 A.M INTO MEETING A request was made for Mr Rusling to explain the planning process regarding the Adams' application for redesignation and the status of Bylaw 1399 Mr Rusling advised an application had been received to redesignate the SE 28 33 24 W4 from Agriculture Conservation (AC) District to Agricultural (A) District, the proper notice and advertisements had been made for the holding of a public hearing the public hearing for this redesignation was held on November 10/98 Council had considered and approved first and DISCUSSION RE. second reading to Bylaw #1399 to redesignate this land an unanimous motion was required REDESIGNATION to hold third reading of the bylaw on the same day, the motion to have third reading was not SE 28- 33 -24 -w4 unanimous and Bylaw #1399 did not receive third reading on November 10/98, this Bylaw is on to day's agenda for a motion for third reading A discussion followed on the planning process and the County's position on same It was noted the County's Land Use Bylaw has been in place since 1985 and approximately six applications a year are made for redesignation Mr Vickery inoved third rearing to 13ylaiv #1399, this being the bylaiv to redesignate the South East Quarter of Section 28, Township 33, Range 24, West of the e Meridian (SE BYLAW 1399 28- 33- 24- W4)_front Agriculture Conservation (A C) District to Agriculture (A) District. REDESIGNATION SE 28 33 -24 -W4 Mr Wagstaff moved he be granted abstention front noting on this bylaiv as he was absent for the Noveniber 10 1998, Public Hearing on this redesignation and under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act section 184 states "When a public hearing on a proposed hylaiv or resolution is heard, a councillor WAGSTAFF (a) must abstain from voting on the hylaiv or resolution if the councillor was absent ABSTENTION from all of the public hearing " FROM VOTING A mote was taken on Mr Wagstaff s motion and it was declared CARRIED JD41IN 6 • �J KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 BYLAW #1399 3RD A vote was then taken on Mr Vickery's motion (with Mr Wagstaff abstaining from this READING vote) and it was declared CARRIED ADAMS, RUSLING, Messrs George and Jim Adams left the meeting, along with Mr Rusling and Mrs Paget SCHNUELLE OUT Schnuelle - time 11 55 A.M OF MEETING Council recessed for lunch from 11 55 A.M until 1 10 P M LUNCH RECESS Mrs Allan reported on the two workshops she had attended at the AAMD &C Fall Convention The workshop How Should Your Municipality Stack Up? was presented by George Cuffe of George Cuffe and Associates and Peter Nichols of Nichols Applied Management team and discussed `yardsticks' by which to measure local government performance Mrs Allan reinforced the prior recommendation that all Councillors be provided with this workshop material as it is relevant and most informative AAMD &C Mrs Allan highlighted the workshop on Peace Time Emergencies which presented a case WORKSHOP study approach to the 1997 Granum wild fire noting the following recommendations were REPORTS made there should be scanning capabilities on radios large identification markings ony.N�s emergency vehicles current mutual aid agreements with all surrounding jurisdictions, the most qualified and proficient Fire Chief should be in charge of an emergency will need to determine who is the most qualified Council is responsible for the actions of the Fire Chief and the Fire Chief should be paid, Council should receive disaster training local maps should include longitude and latitude (for GPS), a person should be designated to deal with the media Mr Jeffery reported the town of Trochu has requested a meeting, on November 30 1998 at 7 00 P M at the Trochu town office to discuss the Trochu fire hall TROCHU FIRE MEETING Mr Vickery moved Messrs Wagstaff, Jeffery and Vickery attend this meeting CARRIED Mrs Loiven moved to accept and file the November 4, 1998, correspondence and information package recen,ed from the Local Authorities Pension Plan regarding the transition of the Local Authorities Pension Plan from the Public Sector Pension Plans LAPP LETTER to self governance under the Employment Pension Plans Act on .lanuary 1, 2000 and ,-&Z� the withdrawal options for employers CARRIED Mr Wagstaff moved to accept and file the information package received from the BILL 37 Minister of Health regarding Bill 37 CARRIED Mr Vickery inoved Council recess in order to hold the public hearing scheduled_for 130 P M RECESS FOR CARRIED PUBLIC HEARING Mrs. Allan moved Council reconvene, the Public Hearing portion of the meeting being completed CARRIED Time 1 45 P M The following were present when the meeting reconvened Mr John Rusling, Planner, Mrs �i Paget Schnuelle, Development Officer and Mr Keith Folkman Mr. Vickery moved first reading to Bylaw #1400, this being the bylaw to redesignate a BYLAW 1400 Portion of the North East of Section 34, Tavnship 32, Range 26, West of the 4h REDESIGNATION Meridian (Pt NE 34- 32- 26 -W6), containing 3 4 acres more or less, froin Agriculture (A) PT. NE 34- 32 -26- JD/MIN 7 i O i 0 0 0 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 District to Highway Connnnercnal (HQ District Mr Wagstaff mo),ed second reading to this hylaw. CARRIED CARRIED Mr Hanger moved third reading he giren to this bylaw at this tune. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Mrs Loiwen moi,ed thirrl rearhng to Bylaw #1400 CARRIED Mr Folkman left the meeting time 1 50 P M Mr Rusling reported on the town of Three Hills public hearing, on its proposed Municipal Development Plan, attended the previous evening by Mrs Paget Schnuelle and himself Mr Rusling reported he had discussed Kneehill s concerns regarding the urban fringe map in this document and Kneehill s proposal this map be revised to include the balance of sections already a part of the town, namely sections 1 32 24 W4, 6 32 23 W4 and 31 -32 23 W4 A discussion followed on the town's proposed Municipal Development Plan specifically the proposed fringe area and intermunicipal agreement Mr Rusling and Mrs Paget Schnuelle left the meeting time 2 00 P M A delegation comprising of ten local area residents Frank Vanderkley, Vice Chair of the Marigold Library System and Rowena Lunn, Director of the Marigold Library System, entered the meeting time 2 00 P M Introductions were made and Mr Hoff invited the delegates to make their presentation Mr Vanderkley noted 57% of Albertans go to the library, 49% have library cards and 97% believe libraries contribute to quality of life Marigold was formed in 1981, is head quartered in Strathmore and is an association of municipalities that work together to provide cost effective library services for their residents by sharing resources Ms Lunn proceeded to make a presentation on the services Marigold provides Of note Marigold serves the information and reading needs of 88 707 residents in 37 municipalities in south central Alberta Through 31 member libraries, 13 paper back deposits and a direct mail service Marigold provides an Alberta library card that may be used in 31 member libraries and 4 other library systems books on tape, talking books for the visually impaired books in other languages summer reading program for kids internet access in all member libraries by March 1999 Acme Carbon Linden Trochu and Three Hills all participate in the Marigold system The cost for a municipality to participate is $6.50 per capita per year which equate to $32,916 00 ($6 50 x 5064 population) for Kneehill County In addition to this per capita charge, library users pay an annual fee for their library card and privileges In Three Hills this user fee is $15 00 per family, in Trochu $10 00 per family Each library board sets it own user fee The current library fee cost for residents who reside in a municipality that does not contribute a per capita to the Marigold system is $60 00 per year It was reported there are currently 42 Kneehill County residents paying this $60 00 per year to belong to the Marigold system Ms Lunn concluded the presentation by requesting council to consider a passing a motion to join the Marigold Library System and have a Council representative on this library board Note during this presentation two other delegates for the Marigold Library entered the meeting Mrs Allan moi,ed Kneehill Count y,loin the Marigold Library System. A discussion followed and Mrs Allan noted she had received telephone calls supporting the County joining the Marigold system, part of the County's Municipal Development Plan is to maintain culture and the growth of the library is a culture, libraries should not be ignored JDIMIN w4 BYLAW #1400 REDESIGNATION PT NE 34- 32 -26- W4 THREE HILLS MUN DEV PLAN MDP 5 r I oF/rA„��Es MARIGOLD LIBRARY PRESENTATION MARIGOLD LIBRARY MOTION 8 w0 E KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 and the use of more electronic services blends with the services offered by libraries should Kneehill join the Marigold System, one Council member would be appointed to the library board, $60 00 annual library fee is a deterrent for many families, ratepayers should not be denied this service Mr Vickery noted the Marigold Library System had been discussed at the County s Divisional Meetings and the census of those ratepayers attending these meetings was that this should remain a user pay service Mrs Allan noted she considered this a basic service and as such, the County s mission statement was to provide those bask services to the community Mr Hanger noted the ratepayers at the Divisional Meetings had indicated user pay but perhaps the issue needed to be readdressed and taken back to the ratepayers at the next Divisional Meeting Mr Hanger then inquired whether a representative of Marigold MARIGOLD could make a presentation at the County s upcoming Divisional Meetings and then Council LIBRARY could act on the ratepayer responses received at these meetings Ms Lunn indicated a DISCUSSION Marigold representative could attend these meetings and make a presentation Mrs Allan inquired whether the County could have a one year trail period to the Marigold system and Ms Lunn noted this would have to be a board decision An inquiry was made to the duplication of services on some towns where there is both a school library and a town library Ms Lunn noted where this occurs the libraries compliment each other In response to a question on funding Ms Lunn advised the province pays a grant of $7 00 per capita based on the per capita of participating municipalities Mrs Vetter inquired about the percent of rural users in the Marigold Library System, specifically the percent of rural users in the rural Jurisdictions that participate in the Marigold Ms Lunn reported 18% is the lowest rural user they are trying to bring this up to 25% 88% is the high end and is a urban centre, one rural municipality has 38% of its population using the Marigold Mr Ken Leuf noted Three Hills puts $35 000 00 per year into the Three Hills library and the province puts in $40 000 00, the rural taxpayers benefit from this and are riding on the backs of the urban ratepayers Mr Vickery inquired where one stops subsidizing. Mrs Keiver noted she too was a rural ratepayer and used the library The Chair of the Three Hills Library Board Judy Rogers, addressed the meeting noting two people came into the Three Hills library last week and when told of the $60 00 membership fee advised they could not afford this fee An inquiry was made about the future of the libraries when learning tools such as the internet could provide more current information Ms Lunn noted the internet was confusing, there will be internet access at the library and it will be used as another reference tool some of the information on the internet is not authoritative It was confirmed the local library board establishes its own library fee for its users with Three Hills at $15 00 per family and Trochu at $10 00 per family It was further noted the $6 50 per capita for member municipalities could only be changed if the Marigold board authorized same Mr Vanderkley noted these fees could be readdressed if every municipality belonged to the Marigold system Mr Vanderkley noted, in his opinion promoting libraries was a form of preventative negativism' promoting this service was much like an insurance MARIGOLD you paid it and hoped you would never have to claim LIBRARY MOTION TABLED Mr Hoff moved to table the Marigold Library motion until the ne-Yt Council meeting CARRIED Mrs Myrna Bauman Mayor, town of Three Hills, Mr Jack Ramsden Administrator, town of Three Hills, Mr John Rusling County Planner, and Mrs Paget Schnuelle County Development Officer entered the meeting time 2.40 P M At this time the Marigold Library delegates left the meeting On behalf of Council Mr Hoff welcomed Mrs Bauman and Mr Ramsden to the meeting and invited Mrs Bauman to address Council TOWN OF THREE HILLS MUN DEV Mrs Bauman noted she had requested this meeting with Council to discuss the town s PLAN (MDP) Municipal Development Plan (MDP) specifically section 10 of the plan dealing with 5 � Ao,- intermunicipal cooperation Mrs Bauman noted the town's intent with the urban fringe /V)WIJ7tc area was to be notified of any developments, the town did not want to take over this area it only wanted to be notified of developments, the town is concerned with intensive JDARN 9 0 • KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 livestock developments close to its boundaries Mr Vickery noted the County s Land Use Bylaw addresses this issue and sets a minimum distance these types of operations can be located to an urban centre Also the County follows the Code of Practice and even exceeds these standards in some areas A discussion followed on the planning process, advertising of development permits etc Mr Rusling confirmed all redesignation applications are advertised development permits are listed in the newspaper after the Municipal Planning Department has made a decision on same, subdivision applications do not have to go into the paper In response to a question about the growth of Three Hills, Mr Ramsden noted the town's growth is about I% over the past 20 years A comment was made about the DISCUSSION RE proximity of the town's industrial area to its residential section and Mrs Bauman noted no THREE HILLS complaints have been received from the residents about smells, etc in the industrial area. MDP Mrs Bauman confirmed the town s intent with its MDP was to receive notification only of any developments close to its boundaries, the town fully realized the County was the authority on planning matters within its boundaries A discussion followed on section 10 of the town s MDP, dealing with intermunicipal cooperation and the urban fringe area (Map Eight) of the MDP that being a two mile and four mile limit depending on the type of development and the definition of `industrial agriculture It was noted this is a term that refers to intensive livestock operations Mrs Bauman requested the County to review section 10 of the MDP and advise the town of any changes it would like incorporated in the document prior to the town's next council meeting, scheduled for December 14/98 Mr Ramsden and Mrs Bauman thanked Council for the opportunity to meet and clarify the town s intentions in this matter and left the meeting time 3 10 P M A short recess was held from 3 10 P M until 3 20 P M Mr Jeffery noted a moment in history had been made at 3 20 P M on November 24/98 every Councillor had collected his /her correspondence from his /her mail baskets resulting in every Councillor mail basket being empty Council proceeded to review section 10 of the town of Three Hills MDP and discuss the town s fringe area, as per Map Eight of their MDP Mrs. Loiven inoi,ed the town of Three Hills be requester) to redefine the urban fringe area, as established on Map Eight of their Municipal Development Plan, to reflect THREE HILLS Kneehill County will encourage its planning department to proi,ide written notification MDP FRINGE to the town of any subdivision, developinent or redesignation applications within a one AREA LIMITS pule radial distance of the current town of Three Hills boundaries and also encourage the planning departnent to provide written notification of any industrial agriculture development within a tivo nule radial distance of the current town of Three Hills boundaries Mr Vickery moi,ed the motion be amended as follows The town of Three Hills be requester) to redefine the urban fringe area, as establisher) on AMENDMENT TO Map Eight of their Municipal Development Plan, to reflect Kneehill County will THREE HILLS encourage its planning department to provide written notification to the town of any MDP FRINGE subdivision, development, redesignation or industrial agriculture development AREA LIMITS applications ivithin a one Hole radial distance of the existing current town of Three Hills boundaries. A vote was made on the annending motion and it was declared CARRIED It was agreed to have Mr Rusling and Mrs Paget Schnuelle further review the Three Hills MDP and make any further recommendations for same Mr Rusling and Mrs Paget Schnuelle left the meeting - time 3 30 P M JD IN 10 h% NO L-1 0 • KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 Mr Jeffery reported the Golden Hills Regional Division #15 has advised their Board of Trustees is prepared to subdivide the Torrington school site to facilitate the isolation of the playground area and ball diamond area for the community The Board is requesting Kneehili County to consider allowing the subdivision and waiving the costs for same in TORRINGTON exchange for the board donating this area to the County for use by the citizens of SCHOOL Torrington The Board is prepared to pay for the related survey costs to accommodate this PLAYGROUND & BALLPARK Mr Vickery moved acceptance of the Golden Hills Regional Division #IS proposal regarding the subdivision of the playground and ball diamond areas at the Torrington school site. CARRIED Mr Ed Dunay, County Assessor entered the meeting time 3 35 P M Mr Jeffery reported a letter had been received from Leila Nodwell Managing Director, NODWELL Horseshoe Canyon Tours requesting clarification on the taxes of the business operations at LETTER RE. the Horseshoe Canyon viewpoint area site. Mrs Nodwell notes her business operation, TAXES FOR Terra Tours , is taxed at a commercial rate while two other businesses, located adjacent to BUSINESSES AT the viewpoint area are not taxed at a commercial rate Mr Dunay advised the two HORSESHOE operations referred to in the letter a fast food and a fossil sales operation are not CANYON permanently located on site, that is there are no permanent structures, Terra Tours is a--L X17 commercial enterprise with a permanent structure on site and is assessed and taxed accordingly Mr Wagstaff moved a letter be sent to Mrs Nodhvell, Terra Tours, eYplaimng the above facts. CARRIED Mr Dunay left the meeting time 3 45 P M Mr Jeffery reported an invoice, in the amount of $2 587 26 had been received from Norwest Labs for water and soil sterilant screen testing at a location where a local oil company (Canadian 88) had a spill over onto farm land This testing was in response to a NORWEST LABS farmer s request The test results had revealed two chemicals in the soil that were soil INVOICES RE. sterilants CHEMICAL TESTING Mrs Lowen droved the invoice be referred to Canadian 88 for reimbursement AUlb „� CARRIED -4-2M Mr Jeffery also reported Norwest Labs had conducted a water analysis on the run off from the Three Hills lagoon Cost for this testing was $97 00 It was noted the requirements for lagoon testing provide that the tests can be undertaken within 25 hours of initial run off Mr Hanger moved to accept and file this report CARRIED Mr Jeffery reported Alberta Economic Development Central Alberta Economic AB ECON. DEV. Partnership was providing and also requesting information on the inventory of Alberta PROJECT Regional Projects INVENTORY Mrs Lowen moved Mr .1effery provide this information to Alberta Economic Development, Central Alberta Economic Partnership CARRIED Mr Jeffery reviewed the letter, sent by Mrs Jean Wilkinson to Alberta Environmental PINE LAKE Protection, expressing her concerns with the effects the Pine Lake Hypolimnetic Withdrawal HYPOLIMNETIC System will have on the Three Hills Creek A note of appreciation was expressed for Mrs WITHDRAWAL Wilkinson keeping Council apprised on this matter SYSTEM JDAHN II t VA I U-1 • L E KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES November 24, 1998 Mr Wagstaff moved to accept and file. CARRIED It was agreed to have Mr Hoff edit the November 10/98 minutes for publication in the newspaper The following Committee reports and miscellaneous correspondence were presented and reviewed as follows • Wild Rose Economic Development Corporation Nov 5/98 minutes, Nov 6/98 letter advising of elected Directors and Annual General Meeting, scheduled for January 1999 invitation to Christmas meeting on December 2/98 • MSCIA - notice of General Meeting on December 4/98 at Viking (Mrs Vetter to attend) • Town of Trochu notice of Joint Fire chiefs meeting November 26/98 at 7 00 P M in Trochu • AB TrailNet Society Fall 1998 newsletter • Agricultural Service Board (ASB) November 13/98 meeting minutes • Congratulatory letter to the Reeve of Kneehill County from Richard Marz, MLA. • Invitation from Canadian Western Natural Gas to attend a Yuletide Reception on December 9/98 (Council unable to attend) • Three Hills and District Seed Cleaning Plant Mr Vickery reported on the seed plant s Annual Meeting recommending Kneehill adopt the same voting process as the seed plant at their next Organizational Meeting Gordon Park is the Chairman of the seed plant and Miles Smith the Vice Chair, Mr Ken Knievel is the new member on the board, a Policy Committee has been set up to review and establish policies for the seed plant The meeting adjourned Time 4 00 P M i I' COMMITTEE REPORTS WREDC MSCIA TROCHU FIRE MEETING ABTRAIL NET ASB MLA CWNG INVITATION THREE HILLS SEED PLANT REPORT ADJOURNMENT R� JD/h41N 12 or E 0 JOAN C JEFFERY REPORT November it 24, 1998 REPORT. Balance Foi -ward $ 633 08 BALANCE $ 633 08 CORRESPONDENCE. 1 Nov 6/98 RC #0033928 AB Treasury Fines Distribution ($396 00) & Transportation Grant ($3 640 40) - Total Receipt = $4 036 40 2 Oct 31/ 98 AB Gazette 3 Oct /98 Fines Distribution 4 Nov 10/98 Agenda & Oct 27/98 Minutes Golden Hills Regional Division #15 5 1998 AAMD &C Fall Convention Information 6 Nov /1998 MS Matters newsletter 7 Nov /1998 Status Report newsletter 8 Winter 1998 Alberta Connections newsletter 9 Oct 30/98 Pitch In Alberta Letter re 1999 Pitch In Canada Week 10 Course advertising Yvon Gauthier Training Programs 1 I Seminar advertising - Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics 12 Course advertising 1998 Banff Management Course 13 Conference & Show Guide Petro Tech Information Technology 14 Advertising - Bearden Engineering 15 Seminar advertising Western Red Cedar Shake Grading 16 Seminar advertising Trenchless Technology 17 Advertising 1998 Xerox 18 Advertising Telus 19 Nov 10 & 18/98 Drumheller Mail newspaper 20 Nov 11 & 18/98 The Capital newspaper HOME OCCUPATION AND DEVELOPMENT PERMITS. 1 Haniford, Brian Lot 1 6, Blk 1, Plan 8010154 Torrington Plant seed production & marketing $ 2 Hodge, Roy Lot 1, Blk 9 Plan 7710969, Sunnyslope 16'x18 double granary for raising mice $5 000 00 3 Rilling, Peter NW 05 32 -25 -W4 Single family dwelling (2 "d residence for farm help) $90 000 00 4 Hall, Chris Lot 1 4 Blk 5, Plan 781189, Swalwell Horne Occupation Massage Therapy $ 5 Poettcker, Eric & Ruth 3 Poultry Breeder Barns (12 000 birds) Mmutc/jcircport r 998doc Pt SE 18 31 25 W4 $400,00000 1 I