Executive Committee Minutes

Monday, April 12, 2021

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

Council Chamber, 2nd floor, City Hall

Present:

• D. Iveson,
• S. McKeen,
• T. Cartmell,
• S. Hamilton,
• and M. Walters

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1.

Call to Order and Related Business

1.1

Call to Order

Mayor D. Iveson called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m., Monday, April 12, 2021, 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 D. Iveson conducted roll call and confirmed the attendance of Members of Executive Committee.

*Councillor B. Henderson was named a Member of Committee, for a portion of the meeting, to maintain quorum, pursuant to section 17 (1) of the Council Committees Bylaw 18156.

Councillors S. Hamilton, S. McKeen and M. Walters participated electronically.

Councillor T. Cartmell participated electronically for a portion of the meeting.

Councillors S. Hamilton and M. Walters were absent with notice for a portion of the meeting.

Councillors M. Banga, T. Caterina, J. Dziadyk, B. Esslinger, B. Henderson, A. Knack, and A. Paquette; A. Corbould, City Manager; and K. Gibson, C. Schlamp, R. Zheng, E. Norton and T. Orbell, Office of the City Clerk, were also in attendance.

1.3

Adoption of Agenda

• Moved by: M. Walters

  That the April 12, 2021, Executive Committee meeting agenda be adopted with the following changes:

  Additions: 

  • 6.3 Edmonton Economic Action Plan
  • 7.1 Transit Statistics 2019 and 2020 (A. Paquette)
    

  Replacement report:

  • 6.6 2022 Transit Fee Schedule
    - CO00444 report

  Postponement:

  • 6.4 Sanitary Services Strategy Oversight Committee - Governance Options - Additional Collaboration
    Due Date: May 10, 2021, Executive Committee
  
  

  In Favour (5)

  D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)
• Moved by: M. Walters

  Items to be dealt with together:

  • 6.3 Edmonton Economic Action Plan
    
  • 6.9 Residential/Non-Residential Assessment Ratio - Analysis
  
  
  
  
  

  With the unanimous consent of Executive Committee, the motion carried
  

  
  
• Moved by: S. McKeen

  Items to be dealt with together:

  • 6.6 2022 Transit Fee Schedule
  • 7.1 Transit Statistics 2019 and 2020 (A. Paquette)
  
  
  
  
  

  With the unanimous consent of Executive Committee, the motion carried

  
  
• Moved by: S. McKeen

  That the Orders of the Day for the April 12, 2021, Executive Committee meeting be extended to reconvene on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 9:30 a.m. to noon.

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  D. Iveson, S. McKeen, T. Cartmell, S. Hamilton, and M. Walters

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

1.4

Approval of Minutes

• Moved by: S. McKeen

  That the minutes from the following meetings be approved:

  • March 22/26, 2021, Executive Committee
  • March 25, 2021, Executive Committee - Non-Regular
  
  

  In Favour (5)

  D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

1.5

Protocol Items

1.

Holyrood School (D. Iveson)

Mayor D. Iveson, on behalf of Executive Committee, welcomed the Grade 2 class from Holyrood School in Ward 8, and their teacher M. Semeniuk.

2.

Greenfield School (D. Iveson)

Mayor D. Iveson, on behalf of Executive Committee, welcomed the Grade 2 class from Greenfield School in Ward 8, and their teacher T. Wong.

2.

Items for Discussion and Related Business

2.1

Select Items for Debate

The following items were selected for debate: 6.1, 6.3, 6.6, 6.8, 6.9 and 7.1.

2.2

Vote on Reports not Selected for Debate

• Moved by: S. McKeen

  That the recommendations in the following reports be approved:

  • 6.2 Flood Protection Ultimate Recipient Grant Agreement
  • 6.5 Update on the Bus Network Redesign - Valley Line SE increased Service Level Operations
  • 6.7 Canada Infrastructure Bank's Zero Emission Bus Program - Canada Infrastructure Bank Debt Financing of Additional Electric Buses
  • 6.10 Valley Line West - Approval of Crossing Agreement
  • 6.11 Bylaw 19625 - Closure of Two Vehicular Accesses to a Titled Parcel located at 22910 Stony Plain Road NW
  • 6.12 Bylaw 19587 - To Designate the Bugis Residence as a Municipal Historic Resource
  • 9.1 Confidential Settlement
  
  

  In Favour (5)

  D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

2.3

Requests to Speak

• Moved by: D. Iveson

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

  • 6.1 Revised Community Energy Transition Strategy - Final Strategy, Action Plan and Policy

  1. W. Gowdy, Lafarge Canada Inc. 
  2. M. Figueroa, Edmonton Youth For Climate
  3. L. Nelson, Edmonton Youth For Climate
  4. S. Bond, Canadian Home Builders’ Association - Edmonton Region
  5. D. Hiltz, Canadian Home Builders’ Association - Edmonton Region
  6. M. Mellross, Edmonton Climate Innovation Fund - Alberta Ecotrust
  7. H. Gelderman, Climate Justice Edmonton
  8. L. Cifuentes, Climate Justice Edmonton 
  9. L. Cunningham-Shpeley, Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
  10. C. Jasper-Fabiyi, Energy Transition Climate Resilience Committee
  11. S. Kaba, Energy Transition Climate Resilience Committee
  12. L. Zhong, U of A Renewable Energy Design
  13. M. Braun
  14. M. Hoffman
  15. K. Rodenburg
  16. J. Kusiek
  17. R. Feroe
  18. C. Nobert, Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future
  19. M. Huot

  • 6.3 Edmonton Economic Action Plan

  1. M. Bruce
  2. J. Bisanz
  3. H. Raymond
  4. J. Lehman
  5. A. Maclsaac
  6. M. Davison, Explore Edmonton
  7. R. Skermer, Edmonton/Alberta International Airshow and Trade Exposition

  • 6.6 2022 Transit Fee Schedule

  1. C. Longo
  2. G. Mady
  3. P. Gorsak

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)
• Moved by: S. McKeen

  That Executive Committee hear from the following speaker:

  • 6.1 Revised Community Energy Transition Strategy - Final Strategy, Action Plan and Policy

  1. D. Dodge

  
  
  
  
  

  With the unanimous consent of Executive Committee, the motion carried

  
  
• Moved by: T. Cartmell

  That Executive Committee hear from the following speaker:

  • 6.6 2022 Transit Fee Schedule

  1. D. McConnell, Free Transit Edmonton

  
  
  
  
  

  With the unanimous consent of Executive Committee, the motion carried

  
  

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

Cannabis Retail Store Fee Structure

This report is scheduled to be dealt with at the June 29, 2021, Urban Planning Committee meeting.

5.

Requests to Reschedule Reports

There were no Requests to Reschedule Reports. 

6.

Reports

6.1

Revised Community Energy Transition Strategy - Final Strategy, Action Plan and Policy

S. McCabe, Deputy City Manager, and C. Tomaras, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development, made a presentation.

M. Figueroa, Edmonton Youth for Climate; M. Mellross, Edmonton Climate Innovation Fund - Alberta Ecotrust; H. Gelderman and L. Cifuentes, Climate Justice Edmonton; L. Cunningham-Shpeley, Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues; C. Jasper-Fabiyi, Energy Transition Climate Resilience Committee; M. Braun, K. Rodenburg, J. Kusiek, R. Feroe, and M. Huot, made presentations.

S. Bond and D. Hiltz, Canadian Home Builders' Association - Edmonton Region; L. Nelson, Edmonton Youth for Climate; M. Hoffman; C. Nobert, Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future; S. Kaba, Energy Transition Climate Resilience Committee; L. Zhong, U of A Renewable Energy Design, and D. Dodge, made presentations and answered questions.

S. McCabe, Deputy City Manager, C. Tomaras, K. Petrin and M. Brostrom, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development; M. Persson, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager, Financial and Corporate Services; G. Cebryk, Deputy City Manager, City Operations; and C. Hodgson, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services), answered questions.

• Moved by: M. Walters

  That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

  1. That the Community Energy Transition Strategy and Action Plan, as set out in Attachment 1 of the April 12, 2021, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development report UFCSD00209, be approved, as the City of Edmonton’s climate change mitigation plan.
  2. That the Climate Resilience Policy C627, as set out in Attachment 7, be approved.
  3. That Edmonton’s Community Energy Transition Strategy Policy C585 and Sustainable Building Policy C532, be repealed.
  
  

  In Favour (5)

  D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

6.2

Flood Protection Ultimate Recipient Grant Agreement

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

That an ultimate recipient grant agreement, between the City and EPCOR, for an amount not to exceed a total of $21,604,946.12, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the April 12, 2021, Financial and Corporate Services report FCS00445, be approved, and that the grant agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.

6.3

Edmonton Economic Action Plan

Items 6.3 and 6.9 were dealt with together.

S. McCabe, Deputy City Manager, and J. Chase, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development, made  presentation.

M. Davison, Explore Edmonton, made a presentation.

A. MacIsaac; R. Skermer, Edmonton/Alberta International Airshow and Trade Exposition; H. Raymond; and J. Lehman, made presentations and answered questions.

A. Corbould, City Manager; S. McCabe, Deputy City Manager, J. Chase and T. Girvan, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development; and R. Kits, Financial and Corporate Services, answered questions.

• Moved by: M. Walters

  That the April 12, 2021, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development report UFCSD00208, be referred to Administration, to make emphasis changes based on the discussion at the April 12, 2021, Executive Committee meeting and clarify measurement, targets, reporting cycle and implementation leads, and return to the April 19, 2021, City Council meeting.

  Due Date: April 19, 2021, City Council

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

6.4

Sanitary Services Strategy Oversight Committee - Governance Options - Additional Collaboration

This item was postponed to the May 10, 2021, Executive Committee meeting. See item 1.3.

6.5

Update on the Bus Network Redesign - Valley Line SE Increased Service Level Operations 

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 Administration prepare an unfunded service package for consideration by Council during the 2021 Spring Supplemental Operating Budget Adjustment deliberations, to increase service level operations for the Valley Line Southeast to Service Level 8.
   
2. That Attachment 2 of the April 12, 2021, City Operations report CR_6778, remain private pursuant to section 16 (disclosure harmful to business interest of a third party) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

6.6

2022 Transit Fee Schedule

Items 6.6 and 7.1 were dealt with together.

G. Cebryk, Deputy City Manager, and C. Hotton-MacDonald, City Operations, made a presentation.

D. McConnell, Free Transit Edmonton; C. Longo; and G. Mady, made presentations and answered questions.

G. Cebryk, Deputy City Manager, C. Hotton-MacDonald, C. Ryan and E. Robar, City Operations; and M. Persson, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager, Financial and Corporate Services, answered questions.

• Moved by: S. McKeen

  That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

  That the 2022 Fee Schedule for Edmonton Transit Service, with amendments to include categories specific to Smart Fare, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the April 12, 2021, City Operations report CO00444, be approved.

  
  

  In Favour (3)

  D. Iveson, S. McKeen, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (3 to 0)

6.7

Canada Infrastructure Bank’s Zero Emission Bus Program - Canada Infrastructure Bank Debt Financing of Additional Electric Buses

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:

That capital profile 21-61-3621 - Electric Buses - ZEB Program, set out in Attachment 2 of the April 12, 2021, City Operations report CO00366, be approved with funding as follows:

• $12,560,000 transferred from existing capital profile CM-66-3600 Bus Fleet & Equipment Rehabilitation and Replacement, and 
• $14,440,000 of new Tax-Supported Debt from the Canada Infrastructure Bank - Zero Emissions Buses Program

6.8

Edmonton Place Brand Strategy

A. Corbould, City Manager; and M. Sturgeon, Communications and Engagement, answered questions.

• Moved by: S. McKeen

  That the April 12, 2021, Communications and Engagement report CE00235, be received for information.

  
  

  In Favour (3)

  D. Iveson, S. McKeen, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (3 to 0)

6.9

Residential/Non-Residential Assessment Ratio - Analysis

Items 6.3 and 6.9 were dealt with together.

• Moved by: M. Walters

  That the April 12, 2021, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development report CR_8017, be received for information.

  
  

  In Favour (5)

  D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (5 to 0)

6.10

Valley Line West - Approval of Crossing Agreement

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

That crossing agreements between:

• the City of Edmonton and Trans Mountain Pipeline L.P. in the amount not to exceed $1,500,000 CAD (exclusive of GST),
• the City of Edmonton and Plains Midstream Canada ULC in the amount not to exceed $10,000,000 (exclusive of GST), and
• the City of Edmonton and Pembina Pipeline Corporation in the amount not to exceed $2,500,000 (exclusive of GST)

as outlined in Attachment 2 of the April 12, 2021, Integrated Infrastructure Services report IIS00453, be approved, and that the agreements be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.

6.11

Bylaw 19625 - Closure of Two Vehicular Accesses to a Titled Parcel located at 22910 Stony Plain Road NW

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:

That Bylaw 19625 be given the appropriate readings.

6.12

Bylaw 19587 - To Designate the Bugis Residence as a Municipal Historic Resource

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:

That Bylaw 19587 be given the appropriate readings.

7.

Responses to Councillor Inquiries

7.1

Transit Statistics 2019 and 2020 (A. Paquette)

Items 6.6 and 7.1 were dealt with together.

• Moved by: T. Cartmell

  That the April 12, 2021, City Operations report CO00410, be received for information.

  
  

  In Favour (3)

  D. Iveson, S. McKeen, and T. Cartmell

  
  
  
  Carried (3 to 0)

8.

Motions Pending

There were no Motions Pending on the agenda.

9.

Private Reports

9.1

Confidential Settlement

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

1. That the settlement, as outlined in the April 12, 2021, Office of the City Manager report OCM00485, be approved.

2. That the April 12, 2021, Office of the City Manager report OCM00485, remain private pursuant to section 27 (privileged information) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

10.

Notices of Motion and Motions without Customary Notice

Mayor D. Iveson asked whether there were any Notices of Motion. There were none.

11.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 11:37 a.m., Tuesday, April 13, 2021.