Council Highlights June 3 2019

City Council through Administrative Committee received for information the tender recommendation MW 19-52 2019, Overlay Concrete Construction Rehabilitation to the lowest bid meeting specification: Mudrack Concrete in the amount of $735,725.

City Council through Public Services Committee approved the recommendation to award a one-time grant of $15,000 to the Learn Community Adult Learning Council. AT Public Services Committee, Sheila Donner, Chair of Social Development Advisory Board, described the careful review of applications against the criteria of the Community Development Grant. Ms. Donner highlighted the benefits of the recommended initiative, noting that it addresses a multigenerational need for enhanced communication and improved quality of life. The funding is intended to be used to cover the cost of student transportation as well as producing stories developed over the course of the project.

City Council through Public Services Committee:

1. Approved the submission of a formal bid to act as the host community for the 2022        Special Olympics Canada Summer Games.
2. Approved a budget amendment for:
• The provision of a municipal grant issued to the bid committee prior to the games in the amount of $300,000, with half being issued in 2021 and the remainder issued in 2022,funded from council contingency; and
• To act as guarantor for the event for the amount of $2,100,000 which, if called upon, would be funded by the community capital reserve.

City Council through Public Services Committee approved the following capital budget increases due to third party funding:

1. Skate Spots Development Project: increase of $40,000 to a total of $60,000
2. Indoor arena score clocks replacement project: increase of $30,000 to a total of $60,000
3. Lions Park Little League Ball Diamond improvement project: increase of $33,070 to a total of $113,070

Third party community partnership funding has been received with regard to both the approved 2017-2018 budget cycle and 2019-2022 budget cycle. This additional funding will assist in the enhancement of these projects.

City Council through Public Services Committee approved the preparation of a Bylaw prohibiting the sale of low hazard fireworks and prohibiting the general public from discharging fireworks within municipal boundaries. Changes were recently made to the National Fire Code Act, resulting in municipalities having additional flexibility to regulate Fireworks via a Bylaw.

City Council through Administrative Committee approve the recommendation to name a portion of a new trail along South Boundary Road as Rotary Centennial Trail. An application was received by the City Clerk’s office on April 30, 2019 to name a portion of a newly constructed trail along the north side of South Boundary Road as Rotary Centennial Trail. The application outlined the capital contribution of the club ($400,000) toward the trail construction

City Council through Administrative Committee received for information the RFP Recommendation EU19-51 Brier Park Gravity Bypass – Phase 2 tender awarded to the best evaluated bid meeting specification: MPE in the amount of $1,028,000. The purpose of the bypass is to convey sewage from the NW quadrant of the City, including Redcliff, Box Springs and Brier Park, to the recently expanded Crescent Heights lift station.

City Council received for information the Municipal Planning Commission Meeting Minutes from May 8, 2019.

City Council received for information the Heritage Resources Committee Meeting Minutes from May 14, 2019.

City Council approved the following Bylaws for Second and Third Readings:

• Bylaw #4582, a Bylaw of the City of Medicine Hat to amend Bylaw #2759, the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Bylaw sponsored by Development & Infrastructure Committee. Schedule "E" of Bylaw No. 2759 will be repealed and replaced with the new Schedule "E". This Bylaw will come into force on the date it receives approval by the Minister responsible for Alberta Transportation or delegated representative or on the date it is passed, whichever date last occurs.

• Bylaw #4583 a Bylaw of the City of Medicine Hat to amend Bylaw #4171, to establish a transportation system sponsored by Development & Infrastructure Committee

• Bylaw #4584 a Bylaw of the City of Medicine Hat to amend Bylaw #4346, the Public Roads Bylaw sponsored by Development & Infrastructure Committee

City approved First Reading of Bylaw #4589, a Bylaw of the City of Medicine Hat to amend Bylaw #3940, the Cimarron Area Structure Plan; and Bylaw #4168, the Land Use Bylaw sponsored by Municipal Planning Commission.