Executive Committee Minutes

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

9:30 A.m. - 5:00 P.m.

River Valley Room, 1st floor, City Hall

Present:

• A. Sohi, 
• A. Stevenson, 
• A. Knack, 
• J. Rice, 
• and E. Rutherford

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1.

Call to Order and Related Business

1.1

Call to Order and Land Acknowledgement

Mayor A. Sohi called the meeting to order at 9:32 a.m., Wednesday, September 28, 2022, and acknowledged that Executive Committee meets on the traditional land of Treaty 6 Territory. The Chair also acknowledged the diverse Indigenous peoples whose ancestors' footsteps have marked this territory for centuries such as: Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux, as well as Metis and Inuit, and now settlers from around the world.

1.2

Roll Call

Mayor A. Sohi conducted roll call and confirmed the attendance of Members of Executive Committee.

Mayor A. Sohi was absent with notice for a portion of the meeting.

Councillors T. Cartmell, K. Principe, A. Salvador, K. Tang and J. Wright; and K. Stolarz, Deputy City Clerk, T. Orbell and C. Martin, Office of the City Clerk, were also in attendance.

1.3

Adoption of Agenda

• Moved by: J. Rice

  That the September 28, 2022, Executive Committee meeting agenda be adopted with the following changes:

  Addition: 

  • 7.7 Clean Energy Improvement Program and Climate Mitigation - Priority Projects

  Replacement report/page:

  • 5. Requests to Reschedule Reports
    - 5.3 Climate and Resiliency Mitigation - Priority Projects
  • 7.3 Options to Extend Penalties Forgiveness to Small Businesses
    - page 4, Financial and Corporate Services report FCS01334
  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

1.4

Approval of Minutes

• Moved by: A. Knack

  That the September 7, 2022, Executive Committee meeting minutes be approved.

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

1.5

Protocol Items

1.

Kids Kottage (E. Rutherford)

Councillor E. Rutherford, on behalf of Executive Committee, recognized Kids Kottage Foundation and the work they do within the community for a place where children can find refuge during times of extreme family stress and encourage Edmontonians to attend their Champion a Child Breakfast fundraiser on October 6, 2022.

2.

Constable Daniel Woodall School (A. Sohi)

Mayor A. Sohi, on behalf of Executive Committee, welcomed the Grade 6 class from Constable Daniel Woodall School in Ward 6, and their teacher L. Wenger.

2.

Items for Discussion and Related Business

2.1

Select Items for Debate

The following items were selected for debate: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6 and 7.7.

2.2

Vote on Reports not Selected for Debate

• Moved by: J. Rice

  That the recommendations in the following reports be approved:

  • 5.1 Opportunities to Advance Major Infrastructure Projects
  • 5.2 Employee Psychological Health and Safety Programs and Practices
  • 5.3 Climate and Resiliency Mitigation - Priority Projects
  • 7.5 Cy Becker Brownfield Grant
  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

2.3

Requests to Speak

• Moved by: A. Sohi

  That Executive Committee hear from the following speakers, in panels when appropriate:

  • 7.1 Sale of Land Below Market Value and Grant Funding - Ogilvie Ridge 

  1. 1. N. Lilley, HomeEd
     2. D. Rumbold, HomeEd
     3. J. Lay, HomeEd

  • 7.4 Possible Municipal Property Tax Relief - Affordable Housing Services

  1. 1. S. Hughes, Jasper Place Wellness Centre
     2. M. Soroka, Jasper Place Wellness Centre
     3. C. McDonald, Niginan Housing Ventures, and, Right at Home Housing Society

  • 7.7 Clean Energy Improvement Program and Climate Mitigation - Priority Projects

  1. 1. M. Mellross, Alberta Ecotrust Foundation - Climate Innovation Fund
     2. M. Figueroa, Edmonton Youth for Climate
     3. J. Froese, Edmonton Youth for Climate
     4. H. MacKenzie, Solar Alberta
     5. G. Caldwell, ATCO Ltd.
  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

2.4

Requests for Specific Time on Agenda

There were no requests for items to be dealt with at a specific time on the agenda.

3.

Councillor Inquiries

There were no Councillor Inquiries.

4.

Reports to be Dealt with at a Different Meeting

4.1

Progress Land Development at Blatchford

This report is scheduled to be dealt with at the October 12, 2022, Executive Committee meeting.

Due Date: October 12, 2022, Executive Committee

5.

Requests to Reschedule Reports

5.1

Opportunities to Advance Major Infrastructure Projects

This item was not selected for debate and was dealt with as part of item 2.2. The following motion carried:

That the revised due date of First Quarter 2023, Executive Committee, for the Urban Planning and Economy report UPE00414, Opportunities to Advance Major Infrastructure Projects, be approved. 

Revised Due Date: First Quarter 2023, Executive Committee

5.2

Employee Psychological Health and Safety Programs and Practices

This item was not selected for debate and was dealt with as part of item 2.2. The following motion carried:

That the revised due date of October 12, 2022, Executive Committee, for the Employee Services report ES00531, Employee Psychological Health and Safety Programs and Practices, be approved. 

Revised Due Date: October 12, 2022, Executive Committee

5.3

Climate and Resiliency Mitigation  - Priority Projects

This item was not selected for debate and was dealt with as part of item 2.2. The following motion carried:

That the revised due date of To be determined, for the Urban Planning and Economy report UPE01343, Climate and Resiliency Mitigation  - Priority Projects, be approved. 

Revised Due Date: To be determined, Executive Committee

6.

Unfinished Business

There was no Unfinished Business on the agenda.

7.

Public Reports

7.1

Sale of Land Below Market Value and Grant Funding - Ogilvie Ridge

The following members of Administration's delegation made a presentation:

• B. Jarocki, Financial and Corporate Services
• H. Quan, Community Services

The following public speaker made a presentation and answered questions:

• N. Lilley, HomeEd

The following public speaker answered questions:

• J. Lay, HomeEd

The following members of Administration’s delegation answered questions:

• S. Kehrig, Community Services
• K. Thurston, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services)
• B. Jarocki, Financial and Corporate Services
• C. Thiessen, Financial and Corporate Services 
• S. McCabe, Deputy City Manager, Urban Planning and Economy
• H. Quan, Community Services

• Moved by: E. Rutherford

  That Executive Committee meet in private pursuant to sections 24 (advice from officials) and 27 (privileged information) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. 

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

  Executive Committee met in private at 10:41 a.m., Wednesday, September 28, 2022.

  The following members of Administration's delegation answered questions:

  • C. Thiessen, Financial and Corporate Services
  • R. Comia, Corporate Services
  • J. Liddle, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services)
  • K. Thurston, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services)
  • H. Quan, Community Services
  • S. Padbury, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager, Financial and Corporate Services
  • S. Kehrig, Community Services
  • B. Jarocki, Financial and Corporate Services
  
  
• Moved by: A. Stevenson

  That Executive Committee meet in public.

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

  Executive Committee met in public at 11:43 a.m., Wednesday, September 28, 2022.

  
  
• Moved by: E. Rutherford

  That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

  1. That the agreement for the sale of land in Ogilvie Ridge between the City of Edmonton and The City of Edmonton Non-Profit Housing Corporation, at below market value, as set out in Attachment 1 of the September 28, 2022, Financial and Corporate Services report FCS01275, be approved, and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.
  2. That a transfer of $1.25 million from capital profile 19-90-4100 Affordable Housing Land Acquisition and Site Development, to the Social Development Branch 2022 Operating Expenditure Budget be approved, for the purpose of providing funding to The City of Edmonton Non-Profit Housing Corporation for servicing costs on a multi-year basis, as set out in Attachment 4 of the September 28, 2022, Financial and Corporate Services report FCS01275.
  3. That the funding affordable housing agreement for Ogilvie Ridge, between the City of Edmonton and The City of Edmonton Non-Profit Housing Corporation, as set out in Attachment 3 of the September 28, 2022, Financial and Corporate Services report FCS01275, be approved, and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.
  4. That Attachment 5 of the September 28, 2022, Financial and Corporate Services report FCS01275 remain private pursuant to sections 24 (advice from officials) and 27 (privileged information) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. 
  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

7.2

Options to Strengthen Natural and Agricultural Land Protections

The following member of Administration's delegation made a presentation and answered questions:

• K. Snyder, Urban Planning and Economy

The following members of Administration's delegation answered questions:

• S. McCabe, Deputy City Manager, Urban Planning and Economy
• G. Cebryk, Deputy City Manager, City Operations
• K. Snyder, Urban Planning and Economy

• Moved by: E. Rutherford

  That Administration bring forward a capital growth request, to facilitate the protection of natural areas, as part of the 2023-2026 budget with funding options for Council's consideration.

  Due Date: 2023-2026 City Council Budget Deliberations

  
  

  In Favour (4)

  A. Knack, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (4 to 0)

7.3

Options to Extend Penalties Forgiveness to Small Businesses

The following member of Administration's delegation made a presentation and answered questions:

• A. Szabo, Financial and Corporate Services

• Moved by: J. Rice

  That the September 28, 2022, Financial and Corporate Services report FCS01334, be received for information. 

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

7.4

Possible Municipal Property Tax Relief - Affordable Housing Services

The following member of Administration's delegation made a presentation:

• A. Szabo, Financial and Corporate Services

The following public speakers made presentations and answered questions:

• M. Soroka, Jasper Place Wellness Centre
• S. Hughes, Jasper Place Wellness Centre
• C. McDonald, Niginan Housing Ventures and Right at Home Housing Society

The following members of Administration's delegation answered questions:

• A. Szabo, Financial and Corporate Services
• C. Ashmore, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services)
• S. Padbury, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager, Financial and Corporate Services

• Moved by: A. Sohi

  That Executive Committee meet in private pursuant to section 27 (privileged information) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. 

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

  Executive Committee met in private at 2:18 p.m., Wednesday, September 28, 2022.

  The following members of Administration's delegation answered questions:

  • C. Ashmore, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services)
  • A. Szabo, Financial and Corporate Services
  • G. Hutchinson, Financial and Corporate Services
  • C. Watt, Financial and Corporate Services

   

  
  
• Moved by: J. Rice

  That Executive Committee meet in public.

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

  Executive Committee met in public at 2:39 p.m., Wednesday, September 28, 2022.

  
  
• Moved by: A. Stevenson

  That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

  That Administration provides tax cancellation in the amount of $474,742.78 for tax accounts as outlined in Attachment 1 of the September 28, 2022, Financial and Corporate Services report FCS01385 under column "2021/22 Municipal Taxes Associated with Affordable Housing", with funding to come from the Financial Stabilization Reserve.

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

7.5

Cy Becker Brownfield Grant

This item was not selected for debate and was dealt with as part of item 2.2. The following motion carried:

That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

1. That the 2022 operating budget be adjusted to increase expenditures by $3,765,100,offset by an equivalent transfer from the Brownfield Redevelopment Reserve, to reflect the maximum amount of the Brownfield Redevelopment Grant Funding Agreement between the City of Edmonton and Alcyone Canada Ltd. and Suburban Farms Ltd., within Urban Planning and Economy, Economic Investment Services.
2. That the Cy Becker Phase III Brownfield Redevelopment Grant Funding Agreement between the City of Edmonton and Alcyone Canada Ltd. and Suburban Farms Ltd., for an amount not to exceed $3,765,100, excluding GST, be approved, and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager. 

7.6

Sole Source Computronix Agreement

• Moved by: A. Stevenson

  That the agreement between the City of Edmonton and Computronix (Canada) Ltd., for an amount not to exceed $3,000,000 annually (GST excluded), for a period not to exceed 10 years, be approved, and that the agreement is in form and content acceptable to the City Manager

  
  

  In Favour (4)

  A. Knack, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (4 to 0)

7.7

Clean Energy Improvement Program and Climate Mitigation - Priority Projects

The following members of Administration's delegation made a presentation:

• K. Snyder, Urban Planning and Economy
• B. Daly, Urban Planning and Economy

The following public speakers made presentations:

• M. Figueroa, Edmonton Youth for Climate
• J. Froese, Edmonton Youth for Climate

The following public speakers made presentations and answered questions:

• M. Mellross, Alberta Ecotrust Foundation - Climate Innovation Fund
• G. Caldwell, ATCO Ltd.
• H. MacKenzie, Solar Alberta

The following members of Administration's delegation answered questions:

• S. McCabe, Deputy City Manager, Urban Planning and Economy
• S. Padbury, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager, Financial and Corporate Services
• B. Daly, Urban Planning and Economy
• K. Snyder, Urban Planning and Economy

• Moved by: J. Rice

  That the September 28, 2022, Urban Planning and Economy report UPE01342, be received for information. 

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  A. Knack, A. Sohi, J. Rice, E. Rutherford, and A. Stevenson

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

8.

Responses to Councillor Inquiries

There were no Responses to Councillor Inquiries on the agenda.

9.

Private Reports

There were no Private Reports on the agenda.

10.

Motions Pending

There were no Motions Pending on the agenda.

11.

Notices of Motion and Motions without Customary Notice

Mayor A. Sohi asked whether there were any Notices of Motion. There were none.

12.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 4:22 p.m., Wednesday, September 28, 2022.