Executive Committee Minutes

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Council Chamber, 2nd floor, City Hall
Present:
  • D. Iveson,
  • S. McKeen,
  • T. Cartmell,
  • S. Hamilton,
  • and M. Walters

Mayor D. Iveson called the meeting to order at 9:33 a.m.

Mayor D. Iveson confirmed the attendance of the following Committee Members: T. Cartmell, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters.

Councillors M. Banga, B. Esslinger, B. Henderson, and A. Knack were also in attendance.

Councillors M. Banga, B. Esslinger, S. Hamilton, B. Henderson, A. Knack, and S. McKeen participated electronically.

A. Laughlin, Interim City Manager; K. Gibson, D. Siebold, T. Orbell and C. Schlamp, Office of the City Clerk, were also in attendance.

  • Moved by:T. Cartmell

    That the October 1, 2020, Executive Committee meeting agenda be adopted with the following change:

    Addition:

    • 6.1 Lessons Learned - Responding to COVID-19

    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

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

    That the June 29, 2020, Executive Committee meeting minutes be adopted.


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

    Carried (5 to 0)

Condolences for the Passing of Todd Burge (D. Iveson)

On behalf of Executive Committee, Mayor D. Iveson expressed our thoughts and best wishes to the Burge family on the passing of our former Chief Financial Officer, a loss felt across the entire Corporation.

The following items were selected for debate: 6.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7 and 6.9.

The recommendations in the following reports were passed without debate:

  • 6.2 Sale of Land Below Market Value - King Edward Park
  • 6.6 Bylaw 19409 - Closure of Vehicular Access to Titled Parcels for Valley Line West
  • 6.8 Bylaw 19397 - Closure of Vehicular Access to Titled Parcels for Valley Line West
  • Moved by:T. Cartmell

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

    • 6.3 Funding Plan for the Brighton Block
      1. K. Cantor, Primavera Development
    • 6.4 Rossdale Land Transfer Agreement
      1. D. Ridley, Edmonton Heritage Council
    • 6.5 Draft Amendments to Policy C595 Neighbourhood Renewal Program
      1. C. Klassen, Edmonton Business Improvement Area Council
    • 6.7 Bylaw 19410 Closure of Vehicular Access to Titled Parcels for Valley Line West
      1. P. Smith
      2. T. Nguyen
      3. S. Malaeb, 692007 Alta Ltd., Operating as Queen Donair
    • 6.9 Bylaw 19398 Closure of Vehicular Access to Titled Parcels for Valley Line West
      1. D. McAuley
      2. T. McAuley

    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

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

    That Item 6.4 Rossdale Land Transfer Agreement be made time specific for 11 a.m.


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

    Carried (5 to 0)

West Edmonton Transmission Upgrade Project (S. Hamilton)

Can Administration please provide the following in a brief report to Executive Committee:

  • What would be the approximate cost to run the 156 Street segment of the West Edmonton Transmission Upgrade Project below ground?
  • Is there precedent for the City of Edmonton stepping in and providing additional funding for a utility project to meet a higher standard than required by an Alberta Utilities Commission ruling?

Due Date: January 18, 2021, Executive Committee

There were no Reports to be Dealt with at a Different Meeting.

There were no Requests to Reschedule Reports.

  • Moved by:M. Walters

    That the recommendations in the following reports be passed without debate:

    6.2 Sale of Land Below Market Value - King Edward Park

    1. That the agreement between the City of Edmonton and Jim Chroniaris, Bill Chroniaris and Charlotte Mandelenakis, for the sale of land, for an amount of $1.00, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the October 1, 2020, Financial and Corporate Services report CR_8416, be approved, and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the CIty Manager.
    2. That Attachment 3 of the October 1, 2020, Financial and Corporate Services report CR_8416, remain private pursuant to sections 24 (advice from officials), 25 (disclosure harmful to economic and other interests of a public body) and 27 (privileged information) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

    6.6 Bylaw 19409 - Closure of Vehicular Access to Title Parcels for Valley Line West

    That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

    That Bylaw 19409 be given the appropriate readings

    6.8 Bylaw 19397 - Closure of Vehicular Access to Title Parcels for Valley Line West

    That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

    That Bylaw 19397 be given the appropriate readings.


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. McKeen, T. Cartmell, S. Hamilton, and M. Walters

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

    Carried (5 to 0)

A. Laughlin, Interim City Manager; and B. Andriachuk, City Solicitor, answered the Committee's questions.

  • Moved by:M. Walters

    Potential Amendments to the Emergency Management Bylaw

    That the October 1, 2020, Office of the City Manager report CR_8374, be referred to Administration to:

    1. Work with other municipalities and associations to determine what priorities should be advocated for in a joint submission to the provincial government.
    2. Return to Committee with potential amendments to the Emergency Management Bylaw to require regular meetings of Emergency Advisory Committee during a state of local emergency and expand its mandate to monitor emergent situations where a state of local emergency has not been declared.

    Due Date: January 18,  2021, Executive Committee


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

    Carried (5 to 0)

S. Kuiper, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development, made a presentation.

K. Cantor, Primavera Development, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions.

S. Kuiper, M. Debrinski and S. McCabe, Deputy City Manager, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development, answered the Committee's questions.

  • Moved by:S. McKeen

    That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

    1. That funding of up to $743,084.30 be provided from the Quarters Downtown Community Revitalization Levy to fund eligible historic rehabilitation work on the Brighton Block, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the October 1, 2020, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development report CR_8135.

    2. That a funding agreement between the City and Brighton Block Inc., as outlined in Attachment 2 of the October 1, 2020, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development report CR_8135, be approved, and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

    Carried (5 to 0)

E. Backstrom, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development, made a presentation.

D. Ridley, Edmonton Heritage Council, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions.

A. Mullick, Integrated Infrastructure Services; A. Laughlin, Interim City Manager; S. McCabe, Deputy City Manager and E. Backstrom, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development; and C. Argo, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services), answered the Committee's questions.

  • Moved by:S. McKeen

    That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

    1. That the terms of a land transfer agreement between the City of Edmonton and EPCOR Power Development Corporation and EPCOR Utilities Inc., as outlined in Attachment 3 of the October 1, 2020, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development report CR_6957, be approved, and that the land transfer agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.

    2. That the terms of a maintenance agreement between the City of Edmonton and EPCOR Power Development Corporation, as outlined in Attachment 4 of the October 1, 2020, Urban Form and Corporate Strategic Development report CR_6957, be approved, and that the maintenance agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

    Carried (5 to 0)

P. Ladouceur, Integrated Infrastructure Services, made a presentation.

C. Klassen, Edmonton Business Improvement Area Council, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions.

P. Ladouceur, J. Meliefste, Acting Deputy City Manager, C. Walbaum and B. Leeman, Integrated Infrastructure Services; I. Johnson, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services); and A. Laughlin, Interim City Manager, answered the Committee's questions.

  • Moved by:D. Iveson

    That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

    That revised Neighbourhood Renewal Program Policy C595A, as set out in Attachment 1 of the October 1, 2020, Integrated Infrastructure Services report CR_7651, be approved.


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

    Carried (5 to 0)

J. Meliefste, Acting Deputy City Manager, Integrated Infrastructure Services, made a presentation.

P. Smith; T. Nguyen; and S. Malaeb, 692007 Alta Ltd., Operating as Queen Donair, made presentations. T. Nguyen answered the Committee's questions.

J. Meliefste, Acting Deputy City Manager and B. Ferguson, Integrated Infrastructure Services, answered the Committee's questions.

  • Moved by:M. Walters

    That the Committee meet in private pursuant to sections 24 (advice from officials), 25 (disclosure harmful to economic and other interests of a public body) and 27 (privileged information) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the discussion of items 6.7 and 6.9.



    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

  • Moved by:S. Hamilton

    Committee met in private at 2:40 p.m.

    In Attendance:

    • D. Iveson
    • M. Banga
    • T. Cartmell
    • S. Hamilton
    • B. Henderson
    • S. McKeen
    • M. Walters
    • A. Laughlin, Interim City Manager
    • B. Andriachuk, City Solicitor
    • A. Giesbrecht, City Clerk
    • K. Gibson, Office of the City Clerk (Meeting clerk)
    • T. Orbell, Office of the City Clerk (Meeting clerk)
    • E. Norton, Office of the City Clerk (Meeting clerk)
    • D. Siebold, Office of the City Clerk (Meeting clerk)
    • J. Meliefste, Acting Deputy City Manager, Integrated Infrastructure Services
    • M. Persson, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager, Financial and Corporate Services
    • B. Ferguson, Integrated Infrastructure Services (Subject matter expert)
    • M. Ibrahim, Communications and Engagement (Subject matter expert)
    • L. Dunham, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services)
    • M. Bohn, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services)
    • D. Figueira, Financial and Corporate Services (Subject matter expert)
    • M. Laban, Office of the City Manager (Subject matter expert)

    That Committee meet in public.

    With the unanimous consent of Committee, the motion carried.

    Committee met in public at 3:26 p.m.



    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

  • Moved by:M. Walters

    1, That Executive Committee recommend to City Council

    That Bylaw 19410, with the deletion of Schedule A4 to Bylaw 19410, be given the appropriate readings.

    Schedule A4 Parcel Options

    2. That Administration consider options regarding access to the following parcel:

    • Schedule A4

    and return to Committee with recommendations.

    Due Date: January 18, 2021, Executive Committee


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

    Carried (5 to 0)

D. McAuley; and T. McAuley made presentations. D. McAuley answered the Committee's questions.

B. Andriachuk, City Solicitor; and J. Meliefste, Acting Deputy City Manager, Integrated Infrastructure Services, answered the Committee's questions.

  • Moved by:M. Walters

    That the Committee meet in private pursuant to sections 24 (advice from officials), 25 (disclosure harmful to economic and other interests of a public body) and 27 (privileged information) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the discussion of items 6.7 and 6.9.


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

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

    Committee met in private at 2:40 p.m.

    In Attendance:

    • D. Iveson
    • M. Banga
    • T. Cartmell
    • S. Hamilton
    • B. Henderson
    • S. McKeen
    • M. Walters
    • A. Laughlin, Interim City Manager
    • B. Andriachuk, City Solicitor
    • A. Giesbrecht, City Clerk
    • K. Gibson, Office of the City Clerk (Meeting clerk)
    • T. Orbell, Office of the City Clerk (Meeting clerk)
    • E. Norton, Office of the City Clerk (Meeting clerk)
    • D. Siebold, Office of the City Clerk (Meeting clerk)
    • J. Meliefste, Acting Deputy City Manager, Integrated Infrastructure Services
    • M. Persson, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy City Manager, Financial and Corporate Services
    • B. Ferguson, Integrated Infrastructure Services (Subject matter expert)
    • M. Ibrahim, Communications and Engagement (Subject matter expert)
    • L. Dunham, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services)
    • M. Bohn, Office of the City Manager (Legal Services)
    • D. Figueira, Financial and Corporate Services (Subject matter expert)
    • M. Laban, Office of the City Manager (Subject matter expert)

    That Committee meet in public.

    With the unanimous consent of Committee, the motion carried.

    Committee met in public at 3:26 p.m.



    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

  • Moved by:S. Hamilton

    1. That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

    That Bylaw 19398, with the deletion of Schedule A3 to Bylaw 19398, be given the appropriate readings

    Schedule A3 Parcel Options

    2. That Administration consider options regarding the following parcel:

    • Schedule A3

    and return to Committee with recommendations. 

    Due Date: January 18, 2021, Executive Committee


    In Favour (5)D. Iveson, S. Hamilton, S. McKeen, M. Walters, and T. Cartmell

    Vote Type: Majority (Voted), Recorded

    Carried (5 to 0)

There were no Private Reports.

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

The meeting adjourned at 3:29 p.m.

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