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Home My WebLink About2000-06-13 Council MinutesKNEEHILL COUNTY AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING I� June 13. 2000 i i I Approval of Agenda 2 Approval of Minutes 3 Administrator's Report 4 Executive Committee Report June 8, 2000 5 Accounts Payable APPOINTMENTS. 1 30 P M Public Hearing — See Agenda #10 2 00 P M Public Hearing — See Agenda #11 GENERAL. 6 Future of Kneehill Ambulance Society 7 Parkland Savings Golf Tournament 8 K.0 Scholarship 9 Request for plaque — Leo Bnetzke PLANNING: 10 Public Hearing — Redesignation SW 27 34 25 W4 Morandale Farms 11 Public Hearing — Redesignation SW 15 28 22 W4 Emanuel Bertsch 12 Swalwell TRANSPORTATION 13 Transportation and Utilities Report 14 Paul Fehr /Al Atkinson Road Complaint 15 Fire Ban 16 Road Committee Report AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD. 17 Watershed Coordinator Report COMMITTEE REPORTS 18 April 19/00 Health Authority 5 minutes 19 May 24 29/00 Wild Rose Economic Development Conference at Mount Tremblant, Quebec/ June 1, 2000 Minutes 20 May 3/00 Kneehill Community Resource Program meeting report 21 May 18/00 Red Deer River Basin Stakeholder meeting minutes/ June 15 next meeting date 22 Kneehill Housing Corporation — Bank Reconciliation 23 Community Lottery Board Grant Program — Rejected Applications 24 Carbon & Area Restoration Society — Community Lottery Board Grant 25 Kneehill Adult Learning Society — Administrative Assistant 1 KNEEHILL COUNTY AGENDA - COUNCIL MEETING ,. June 13, 2000 �i LATE ITEMS. I Town of Trochu a Regional Reeves and Mayors Meeting b Arena Roof Project c Fire Hall d Fire Dept Budget 2 Torrington Village Office Rental 3 Kneehill Regional Water System • i I. I' i 6 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2000 A regular meeting of Council was held in the Kneehill County office, 232 Main Street, Three Hills Alberta on Tuesday June 13, 2000, commencing at 8 30 A.M The following were present for the meeting • Reeve Otto Hoff Division Two Councillors Marylea Lowen Division One Jane Allan Division Three PRESENT Marjorie D Vetter Division Four James Hanger Division Five Richard M Vickery Division Six Glen Wagstaff Division Seven Lonnie McCook, Assistant Administrator was present along with Barb Long who recorded the minutes CALL TO ORDER Jennifer Deak was not present for the meeting Reeve Otto Hoff called the meeting to order at 8 30 A.M AGENDA A requests was made to add the following to the agenda ADDITIONS AND jUnder agenda item 17a Kneehill Watershed Group APPROVAL Under agenda item 26, Horseshoe Canyon Report Under agenda item 27 Alberta Fire Chiefs Convention Report Mr Hanger moved approval of the agenda, with the above addition. CARRIED APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the May 23, 2000 minutes. CARRIED IThe Administrator's report was presented by Mr McCook ADMINISTRATOR REPORT Mr Hanger moved approval of the Administrator's report. CARRIED EXECUTIVE The June 8, 2000 Executive Committee report was presented COMM REPORT Under Item #7 Bridge File 9812 on SH 575 it was requested a letter be sent to the Federal Government, explaining there are no fish present in the water channel that is to be modified Under Item #8 SH 582 04 Asphalt Concrete Pavement Tender Agra Torchinsky has recommended the tender be awarded to the low bidder, Selkirk Paving Ltd for the 24 5 km, from the west County boundary to 3 2 km west of Highway 21 TENDER PAVING � SH 582.04 - Mrs Vetter moved Kneehill County award the contract to provide asphalt concreteil-No SELKIRK PAVING pavement for Secondary Highway 582, to the low tender bidder Selkirk Paving Ltd at a bid of $1, 764,300 00. CARRIED JOHN TAYLOR COMPENSATION Under Item #10 John Taylor Compensation Request, Mr McCook reported the tree branch which had fallen and caused damage to Mr Taylor's truck was located on a County road allowance He further advised he is waiting for Robin Arthurs, to finish surveying Torrington to determine property lines before doing any tree trimming or removal GRAVEL DAYS Under Item 415 Gravel Days, Mr McCook reported the County has no gravel screenings available for purchase by ratepayers so are unable to provide gravel days An Ai��v� � ✓DAUN KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2000 advertisement will be placed in the Three Hills Capital to that effect and suggesting local gravel contractors be contacted for the purchase of gravel Under Item #27, AB Agriculture Proposed Act for Intensive Livestock Operations, Council is requested the second recommendation by the Executive Committee that County staff implement the new system be removed Under Item #28(a) Request to Drill Wells to Monitor Groundwater near Valleyview Colony Mr McCook recommended the current wells at the Torrington Gravel Pit be tested immediately to see if any indication of contamination and reported if the County drills the wells it will be their responsibility to maintain them as well as the liability for entering private property Ms Reimer entered the meeting at 9 15 A.M to provide background information She reported that Bill MacMillan, Alberta Agriculture, acting as a consulting agency for Kneehill i County had obtained a questionable reading from a sample taken from a well at the new feedlot site Mr MacMillan suggested the reading could indicate leeching from another source The need is to determine if these monitoring wells are satisfactory or if one should be drilled upstream Mr MacMillan, upon checking with a hydrologist, feels the existing Kneehill County wells, located at the nearby gravel pit can be used for monitoring as they should be from the same underground stream Ms Reimer advised Alberta Environment would need solid information showing leeching and a referral from Alberta Agriculture, to become involved Mr MacMillan has advised Ms Reimer he will approach Mr Samuel Stahl at the Valleyview Colony, suggesting he drill a test well to make sure there is no source of contamination from the old pig lagoon that might jeopardize the new feedlot development Mrs Allan moved Kneehill County undertake comparative testing of the groundwater, to obtain a benchmark reading, be done at the Kneehill County water well located at the Torrington gravel pit CONCERN RE. MONITOR WELLS VALLEYVIEW COLONY CARRIED FORMER Under Item 28(b), Status of Former Hamlets Ms Reimer will present recommendations for HAMLETS STATUS a separate land use district, at a future Planning meeting, to enable developments in the RE NEW LAND former hamlets to meet setback regulations USE DISTRICT Ms Reimer left the meeting at 9 35 A M Under Item 938 Village of Linden Fire Budget, the recommendation should be amended to read $19,500 00 not $18 000 00 is the total 2000 allocation Mrs Allan requested Mr ,j D i'wk� AODI L Tiller provide her with the amount of income derived from the Rescue Unit ASSESSOR Under Item #42 Senior Assessor Request for Expenses, Council recommended these EXPENSE expenses be reimbursed at the approved mileage rate of $0 56 per mile and the $50 00 REQUEST overnight remuneration in lieu of hotel expenses, with notification that it is the expectation of the County that the County vehicle is to be used whenever possible ,f r�^�art Av The meeting recessed from 10 05 A M until 1020 A.M Under Item #73 Three Hills Community Association, Mrs Allan requested the report of the Financial Statement be changed to read a Net Profit of $113 13 not a net cost OBJECTION TO AB TRAILNET DESIGNATION AS Under Item #77, AAMD &C Objection to Alberta TrailNet Designation as a Continuous CONTINUOUS Transportation Corridor, discussion ensued on the AAMD &C `s concern that this TRANS CORRIDOR designation would provide an exemption from local development requirements and land use bylaws, which would effectively allow the concerns of adjacent landowners to be ignored Mr Vickery moved a letter be sent to the Honorable .Stan Woloshyn, Community Development Minister, with a copy to Richard Marr, MLA Olds- Didsbury -Three Hills JI)IMIN APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2000 Constituency, advising that Kneehill County is not in favor of the designation of Alberta COMITTEE TradNet as a continuous transportation corridor REPORT 41 CARRIED Mrs I owen mover[ approval of the Executive Committee report with the above APPROVAL OF mentioned amendments ACOUNTS PAYABLE CARRIED Mrs Allan moved approval of the accounts presented for payment today, subject to review by the Finance Committee of Councillors Hoff, Vickery, L owen and Vetter. CARRIED KAS Mr Vickery suggested the possibility of changing the role or purpose of the Kneehill Ambulance Society to more of a foundation role handling such areas as donations fund raising, determining the equipment to be purchased with these monies, volunteer and staff recognition etc Council recommended this proposal wait until all decisions have been 6L made, by the members of the Kneehill Ambulance Society, regarding the future direction of i^C ✓ the ambulance service and the society Upon a request for direction at the June 21 2000 Kneehill Ambulance Society meeting, Council advised Mr Vickery to reconfirm the i Count s withdrawal from the Kneehill Ambulance Society as well the County's intent to Y Y Y PSCU GOLF provide as good or better than the current level of service however he should report back to TOURNAMENT Council for input prior to any recommendations or decisions being made regarding the DATE structure of the new system An invitation to the annual Parkland Savings Golf Tournament was received along with any inquiry as to an acceptable date for the event i Mrs Lowen moved Friday, .luly 21, 2000 be recommended as a possible date for the y�s��R SE''rl 11 KC ANNU&' annual Parkland Savings Golf Tournament. SCHOLARSHIP CARRIED Mr Vickery suggested Kneehill County consider providing an annual scholarship, through � •bibo the Golden Hills School Division for a grade 12 student pursuing further education AL Mrs. Allan moved a letter be sent to the Golden Hills School Division advising Kneehill County is interested in establishing an annual scholarship and requesting information on how to proceed QUEEN MOTHER CARRIED 100 TH 'BIRTHDAY It was reported that Leo and Edna Brietzke have been chosen by the Angus Society to PLAOUE present a heifer calf to the Queen mother on the occasion of her 100`h birthday ' ,% l�pnomU Mr. Vickery moved a plaque, on behalf of Kneehill County, be sent with Leo and Edna �) Brietzke, for presentation in honor of the Queen Mother's 100`'' birthday I SWALWELL CARRIED CONCERN RE. COMMERCIAL Mr McCook reviewed a letter received from Ruth Purves Smith expressing concern ZONING regarding the industrial land use zoning in Swalwell and recommending it be changed to i! strictly residential zoning Mr Wagstaff moved a letter be sent to Ruth Purees Smith providing information on the . land use bylaw, further explaining Kneehill County has zoned the hamlets, Hamlet �) % Residential, Hamlet Commercial, Hamlet Industrial and Hamlet General, to allow for .4�c. ' different types of development to encourage growth. a .n)IMrN 3 I y 04 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2000 ® Mrs Lowen left the meeting at 11 15 A.M and reentered at 11 19 A.M. CARRIED i� P� HIRING Mrs Allan reported Darcy Penner would be willing to let his name stand as a member at PERMISSION TO large on the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board Council requested a letter be sent TRIM TREES to Mr Penner regarding this appointment Mr McCook presented the Transportation and Utility report Mr McCook requested a motion to allow for the hiring of an individual to remove and trim ►�� Z � trees located on County property lV pr,) S Mrs. Vetter moved Kneehill County hire someone to remove trees, located on County property, that are deemed unsafe by the Public Works Superintendent, as the need arises CARRIED WATER TANKS PURCHASE Mr McCook reported the quotes he has received for supplying tanks for the water trucks ranged from $15 645 00 to $24,445 00 plus GST for each tank j--p +yLa4r',1O Pte,`-' Mr Hanger moved Mr McCook, Public Works Superintendent, arrange to purchase three tanks for the County water trucks, to a maximum amount of $15,645 00 plus GST ./or each tank CARRIED Mr McCook requested a budget amount to be spent on prizes for the employee golf day to GOLF BUDGET be held on Friday July 7 2000 Mr Vickery moved a budget amount of $400.00 be approved to provide prizes for the -rz ka I Kneehill County Employee golf day' "' fut� >I CARRIED Mrs Lowen reported she will be participating in the July 1 2000 parade in Drumheller and i requested the use of a Kneehill County flag and staff FLAG REQUEST Mr Vickery moved Mrs Lowen he given permission to borrow a Kneehill County flag J m m 0 and staff for the .fuly 1, 2000 parade held in Drumheller, Alberta. CARRIED Mrs Allan reported she had received complaints regarding the poor condition of the road south of the Sunterra owned Stanley Farms Mr McCook advised Sunterra was aware this was a seasonal trail when the facility was built In 1994 Kneehill County did some backsloping and gravelling at Sunterra's request Although this road is now used by B Trains and several employees it is still a seasonal road and perhaps should be considered for a future road program Mr McCook reported he has arranged for the County to spread gravel this week but should Sunterra wish to blade the road themselves it would be necessary for them to sign a Save Harmless Agreement with the County He will arrange to have Save Harmless agreements drawn up for Mr Hoff and Mrs Allan to obtain signatures from Ed Miller and Sunterra Farms, if requested Mr Vickery moved approval of the Transportation and Utility report, as presented STANLEY FARMS ROAD CONCERN APPROVAL T &U REPORT CARRIED Mr Hanger moved to table the Fehr /Atkinson road complaint to a future Council FEHWATKINSON JDAM /N 4 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2000 meeting to allow time to.further investigate this matter ROAD COMPLAINT CARRIED Mr McCook requested permission from Council to lift the county wide fire ban due to the J D AV M0 R L-- recent rain Agreement had been obtained from two fire chiefs as well as Randy Tiller,' Fire /Disaster Coordinator FIRE BAN LIFTED Mr Vickery moves the County-wide fire ban be lifted effective immediately CARRIED The meeting recessed for lunch from 11 45 A.M. to 1 05 P M Mr McCook presented a letter and pictures received from John Taylor of Torrington, l�r� jj asking for compensation for damage done to his Ford truck from a falling tree branch which j was located on a County road allowance The letter included a cost estimate of $60190 for repairs to the end gate of his truck COMPENSATION REQUEST - JOHN Mr Vickery moved this matter be referred to Kneehill County's insurance company for TAYLOR settlement CARRIED Mr McCook presented the Road Committee report Under Item #9, Township Road 1 a, Range Road 24 2 request for T intersection sign, b L Council requested Mr McCook check to see if the fence posts installed to stop traffic from going through this intersection are on private property or the County road allowance Council requested the posts be removed if on County property and if not a letter sent to the T- INTERSECTION landowner expressing Kneehill County s concern regarding the inherent danger to motorists POST REMOVAL should they travel through the intersection and collide with these posts. Under item #12 Approach Site Distance Review discussion ensued on the necessity to have 800 feet site distance on all roads Mr Vickery moved the site distance be relaxed to 600 feet on local, gravel roads. SITE DISTANCE • RELAXED 600 FT ' i CARRIED COMMITTEE REPORTS Under item #4 Road request at N E 15 31 25 W4 Mrs Allan requested the landowners be made aware this is a seasonal dirt road and it could be years before it would be put on road rt`z af,L:' ;-t. L rotation They should further be informed that if a road is required to access this site it NE 1�- 31 -25 -w4 would be the total responsibility of the land owner ROAD REQUEST Mr Wagstaff moved approval of the Road Committee report, as presented CARRIED j APPROVAL OF RD Ms Reimer entered the meeting at 1 29 P M COMM REPORT Mr McCook and Mr Wagstaff excused themselves from the Public Hearing portion of the ; meeting and left Council Chambers at 1 29 P M Mrs. Lowen moved Council recess in order to hold the public hearing scheduled for 130 PM CARRIED PUBLIC HEARING REDESIGNATION I i JD/MIN 5 Y KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2000 Mrs. Vetter moved Council reconvene the Public Hearing portion of the meeting being sw 27- 34 -25 -w4 completed CARRIED Time 1 40 P M Barb Reimer, Dale Cameron and Eugene Moran were present when the meeting reconvened Mr McCook and Mr Wagstaff were not present ►� i 4 Mr Cameron and Mr Moran left the meeting at 1 41 P M $� �� ` mvn Mrs L owen moved approval to redesignate the South West Quarter of Section 27, in �n fu�iJ' ;,'D Township 34, Range 25 West of the a Meridian (S W 27 34 25 -W4) from Agricultural Conservation (AC) District to Agricultural (A) District. PUBLIC HEARING CARRIED sw27- 34 -25 -W4 MORANDALE Mr Wagstaff entered the meeting at 1 50 P M FARMS Mrs Allan moved Council recess in order to hold the public hearing scheduled for 2 00 PM CARRIED Mrs Lowers moved Council reconvene, the Public Hearing portion of the meeting being completed CARRIED Time 2 15 P M Barb Reimer, Christine Bjoern and Herb Styles were present when the meeting reconvened Mr McCook was not present Mr. Vickery moved approval to redesignate the South West Quarter of Section 15, in � � �� PO Township 28, Range 22 West of the a Meridian (SW 15 28 22- W4) from Agricultural CA Conservation (AC) District to Agricultural (A) District. k CARRIED Mr Styles and Ms Bjoern left the meeting at 2 20 P M Ms. Reimer left the meeting at 2 21 P M PUBLIC HEARING Mr McCook reentered the meeting at 2 22 P M REDESIGNATION SW 15- 28 -22 -W4 Mr McCook presented the minutes of the May 24 2000 meeting of the Steering Committee of the Kneehill Water Advisory Committee Mrs Vetter reported the watershed tour was finalized at the June 7, 2000 general meeting and will be held on June 21 2000 at a cost of $10 00 per registrant Another area of interest discussed was the seeding of grassed J epz buffer zones, 20 to 30 feet in width along the creeks to provide protection of the waterways Mrs Vetter questioned the possibility of Kneehill County providing grass seed at cost and no charge use of the grass seeder for any farmers interested in this project Consensus of Council was the policy of cost plus 5% should be followed in supplying grass KWAC REPORT seed and recommended Mrs Vetter find out from the Kneehill Water Advisory Committee the type of grass seed they would be interested in using in these buffer zones, as Kneehill County only has roadside mixture in stock Mrs. Lowers moved Kneehill County provide the one or two varieties of grass seed, as determined by the Kneehill Water Advisory Committee, for the planting of creek -side ti buffer zones at cost plus 5% and further the rental of the County owned grass seeder would be at the set price. CARRIED BUFFER ZONE JDA UN 6 KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2000 The following Committee reports were presented STRIP ALONG Health Authority 5 — minutes of the April 19, 2000 meeting were reviewed i' i �� CREEKS WildRose Economic Development Corp — minutes of the June 1 2000 meeting were • reviewed along with a report from Mrs Vetter on the Conference she had attended G, at Mount Tremblant, Quebec on May 24 29th, 2000 Kneehill Community Resource Program May 3/00 meeting report was tabled until v►CSSu"2*71AN*110 June 27 2000 Council meeting $,&_ � Red Deer River Basin Advisory Committee Meeting — minutes of the May 18 2000 meeting were reviewed by Glen Wagstaff Due to the volume and complexity of COMM REPORTS !i material presented at these meetings Council requested administration to highlight and provide copies of relevant information for their perusal Copies of the water act were made available to all who were interested Next meeting to be held June 15, 2000 at Red Deer provincial Building commencing at 1 00 P M. Kneehill Housing Corporation — Bank Reconciliation as at April 20, 2000 $412,117 02 The expansion proposal for 12 additional suites at the Golden Hills Lodge was reviewed Community Lottery Board — reported grants finalized and reported one rejected Set application 1 Carbon & Area Restoration Society — Community Lottery Board awarded ssz� C� $5 900 00 for use in phase one of the Historic Pioneer Garden Project Kneehill Adult Learning Society — tabled until June 27 2000 Council meeting cs l�w 3-1 rr�ina -I Horseshoe Canyon — Mrs Vetter reported on the June 12, 2000 meeting t, D i Alberta Fire Chiefs Convention — Mrs Allan reported on the convention she had attended in Medicine Hat Mrs Vetter moved approval of the Committee reports, as presented CARRIED I Mr McCook read the June 2, 2000 letter received from Mrs Ling mayor of Trochu, offering to host a Reeves and Mayors meeting and inquiring as to a suitable date Council JZ W, 111'A L— recommended a letter be sent thanking Trochu for the invitation but advising Kneehill County would not be interested in attending Mr McCook read the June 2 2000 letter from the Town of Trochu thanking Kneehill County for their donation towards the replacement of the Trochu Arena roof TROCHU LETTER RE, REEVES & Mr McCook reviewed the June 2, 2000 letter received from the Town of Trochu MAYOR MEETING expressing their disappointment regarding the provision of the Alberta Infrastructure Trochu Site as a facility for the Trochu & District Fire Department and in Kneehill County's handling of the purchase The Town of Trochu explained they should have been advised of LETTER RE the County's decision to purchase this facility ahead of time so they could have been part of ARENA ROOF the decision making on this issue TROCHU Mr McCook read the June 2, 2000 letter from the Town of Trochu regarding the amount of the Trochu Fire Department budget and their future meeting with Mr Tiller Mr AT &U TROCHU McCook reconfirmed Kneehill County's budgeted amount for the Trochu Fire Department SITE was $10,000 00 Council directed a letter be sent to the Town of Trochu advising Mr _ -b Tiller is a County employee, hired to look after the County's interest in the areas of fire and disaster, and in that position will be meeting with the Trochu Fire Department If the Town of Trochu wishes to discuss fire issues these should be directed to the Kneehill County Fire TROCHU LETTER Committee or Kneehill County Council RE FIRE BUDGET! AND MEETING A Fire and Capital Committee meeting date to finalize decisions prior to Mr Tiller meeting WITH R TILLER art, with the Fire Departments was set for Wednesday, June 28 2000 commencing at 8 30 <i i, 7 ., A.M Mr McCook and Mr Tiller to be in attendance J 1,d 'iii The Torrington Village Office agenda item was tabled until the June 27, 2000 Council �;q ('6 ptw meeting 1 JD/MIN 7 • • C� KNEEHILL COUNTY COUNCIL MINUTES June 13, 2000 Mr McCook reported a May 29, 2000 letter had been received from Peter Watson of i Alberta Environment Bow Region thanking Kneehill Regional Water Committee for the ` invitation to attend the June 14, 2000 meeting in Acme, and advising that while he is unable FIRE /CAP to attend, he will ensure their will be representatives from his office attending the meeting MEETING DATE Mr Vickery maned the meeting adjourn. Time 3 25 P M Reeve �I I I f� I MIMIN I I I� /�j ,. , /. - - -- - -2 -1�k n cip Administrator CARRIED KNEEHILL REG. WATER - LETTER FROM AB ENV ADJOURNMENT i I I 8 I