Aug 12, 2024 City Council

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OKAY. GOOD EVENING.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER.

ROLL CALL. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

[3. DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST]

I HAVE AN INDIRECT PECUNIARY INTEREST BECAUSE I OWN PROPERTY OR MY COMPANY OWNS PROPERTY NEARBY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER DECLARATIONS? GOING ONCE.

GOING TWICE.

OKAY. ITEM FOUR ADOPTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES.

[4. ADOPTION OF PREVIOUS MINUTES]

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED. THAT IS CARRIED.

[5. PUBLIC INPUT SESSION]

MR. RICHARD [INAUDIBLE] ON ITEM 7.7.

MR. [INAUDIBLE].

PARDON ME? I THINK IT'S 16.

THAT'S THE BYLAW 16 BEFORE THE BYLAW? NO, IT'S THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT WE'RE REFERRING TO.

SO IT'S UNDER 7.7, BUT IT COULD BE 16.4 BYLAW.

SORRY. YOUR WORSHIP. YES. SO 16.4 IS THE BYLAW.

7.7 IS THE SUMMARY FROM OUR PLANNER ON THE SAME MATTER.

SO THEY'RE ALL ON 50 ROMAN REZONING.

MR. MONTAGLIANI.

YES, SIR.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

ORIGINALLY I HAD PUT TOGETHER A FIVE MINUTE INPUT, AND NATALIE INFORMED ME WHEN I GOT HERE THAT I'M ONLY ALLOWED TWO.

WITH SOME DISCRETION, YEP. OKAY, WELL, I'VE REVISED IT QUITE A BIT JUST OUT IN THE HALLWAY.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WANNAN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WILL BE SPEAKING TONIGHT ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 16.4 WHICH I GUESS HAS NOW BEEN REVISED.

7.7.

THE CURRENT SKYLINE HAS SOME EYESORES FOR THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE WATER TOWERS, COMMUNICATION TOWERS, HYDRO TRANSMISSION LINES, BUT THESE ARE ALL TO BE EXPECTED. THE DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED WOULD CHANGE THAT AND ADD ANOTHER EYESORE.

THE 569 STORY CONDOMINIUM THAT WOULD BE VISIBLE FROM ALMOST EVERYWHERE, INCLUDING THE APPROACHES HIGHWAY EIGHT.

THIS DOES NOT REFLECT GOOD URBAN PLANNING.

THE REPORT FROM EXP SERVICES STATES THAT THE EXISTING WATER SERVICE SUPPLY LINES WOULD BE ADEQUATE.

YES, I AGREE IF THE WATER LINES WERE NEW WOULD BE SUFFICIENT, BUT AS A RESIDENT, I KNOW THAT THESE LINES, PROBABLY OVER 60 YEARS OLD OR MORE, ARE SERIOUSLY STARTING TO FAIL.

THE PIPES ARE PROBABLY CALCIFIED AND SEDIMENT RESTRICTED AND WILL NEED REPLACING SOONER THAN PLANNED, AND THE SEWER SYSTEM ALONG ROMAN AVENUE IS IN NEED OF CONSTANT REPAIRS, AS PER THE J.L.

RICHARDS MEMO.

THE SANITARY SYSTEM WILL NEED TO BE FULLY INSPECTED INTERNALLY TO ASSESS WHETHER IT CAN HANDLE THE BURDEN THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL PUT ON IT.

THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO REPLACE EXISTING SEWERS.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES I HAVE IS THE IDENTIFICATION OF ANTIMONY, A HEAVY METAL IN EXCEEDANCE OF PROVINCIAL GUIDELINES.

IN OTHER WORDS, SOME OF THE GROUNDS ARE CONTAMINATED WITH A TOXIC, CARCINOGENIC AND A DIRECT RESULT OF MINERAL PROCESSING.

DO WE JUST PUT THIS IN OUR LANDFILL? THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS A FOREST OF MATURE TREES.

THE PROPOSAL WOULD SEE ABOUT 60 TO 70% CUT DOWN.

THE REPORTS FROM JL RICHARDS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, I FEEL ARE BIASED IN THE PROPONENT'S FAVOR.

THIS PARCEL OF LAND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN AREA OF SINGLE DETACHED FAMILY HOMES, ESSENTIALLY LOW DENSITY HOUSING ALLOWING MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE HOMES IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

ALSO, THE CITY COULD COLLABORATE WITH MR. TARASCO AND UTILIZE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE MORE ACCOMMODATING.

THE OLD MALL SITE, AN EYESORE ON THE CITY LANDSCAPE, ALREADY HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOIL ANALYSIS REQUIRED TO BUILD NINE STORY CONDOMINIUMS, SHOVEL READY AND LOCATED WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO ALL ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

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I HOPE THAT COUNCIL WILL SEE THAT A MORE COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AND A REVISION OF THE PROPOSAL IS REQUIRED.

THAT WOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS WILL AFFECT.

MY NAME IS RICHARD [INAUDIBLE] AND I AM THE OWNER AND RESIDENT OF 10 HART ROAD, AND I AM OPPOSED TO THE AMENDMENT PROPOSED FOR 50 ROMAN AVENUE AS CURRENTLY APPLIED FOR. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. [INAUDIBLE].

NO QUESTIONS. IT'S NOT REALLY THAT IT'S NOT SET UP THAT WAY.

IT'S AN INPUT SESSION.

SORRY. OKAY.

[6. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS]

SO THIS EVENING, WE DO HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.

THE FIRST PRESENTATION IS A PROJECT UPDATE FROM BHP, AND THE SECOND PRESENTATION IS RADIO FUELS RESOURCE AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF ELLIOT LAKE.

SO WE'LL START WITH THE PRESENTATION FROM BHP.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTERS.

MR. STEVE BLANCHETTE SUPERVISOR OF PROJECT EXECUTION, MISS HOLLY HEFFNER, SUPERINTENDENT PERMITTING AND MISS MARICELA SOLIS DE KESTER.

SORRY, MANAGER OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS.

WELCOME YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE TIME TO PRESENT TO YOU A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE HORIZON, AND WE JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THERE WE GO. SO, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO START OFF WITH WHO IS BHP AND WHO IS RIO ALGOM.

SO YOU MAY BE AWARE, BHP IS A GLOBAL RESOURCING COMPANY.

WE ARE HEADQUARTERED IN AUSTRALIA AND WE'VE GOT SITES ALL ACROSS THE WORLD INCLUDING SOUTH AMERICA, THE US AND CANADA.

RIO ALGOM IS ALSO A PART OF BHP.

IT'S A SUBSIDIARY AND THAT IS PROBABLY MOST FAMILIAR TO MOST IN CANADA IS THAT WE ARE KNOWN AS RIO ALGOM, BUT IT IS A PART OF BHP.

SO JUST WANT TO START WITH OUR CHARTER, OUR PURPOSE AND OUR STRATEGY, AND SO OUR PURPOSE IS TO BRING PEOPLE AND RESOURCES TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD, AND SO PART OF OUR COMMITMENT IN LIVING OUR CHARTER, OUR PURPOSE, OUR STRATEGY, AND OUR VALUES OF DO WHAT'S RIGHT, SEEK BETTER WAYS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IS TO START EARLY ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND OUR PROVERBIAL WALLS IN OUR PROPERTIES, SO THAT YOU HAVE AN AWARENESS OF WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR US, AND US HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS AND BUILD SOMETHING TOGETHER. SO WE HAVE LEGACY ASSETS, OUR NON-OPERATING PORTFOLIO.

WE HAVE 23 SITES ACROSS THE US AND CANADA.

WE ARE LOCATED IN LISBON, UTAH, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA, AND THEN IN CANADA WE'VE GOT ELLIOT LAKE, BULL MOOSE, ISLAND COPPER, SELBAIE, AND EAST KEMPTVILLE, AND WE ARE LOCATED, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE STARTED IN VANCOUVER, CALIFORNIA, AND WE GO ALL THE WAY TO NOVA SCOTIA.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T GO ALL THE WAY TO FLORIDA IN THE US, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER.

SO IT IS IT IS IMPORTANT TO US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE OPERATED IN ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE STILL HERE AND THAT WE STILL HAVE ACTIVITIES AT OUR SITES, AND THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING TO MAINTAIN ALL OF OUR SITES, NO MATTER WHAT STATUS OF CLOSURE THAT THEY ARE IN, AND SO THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S VISIT.

SO YOU'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES WHO WILL EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE.

THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE].

I'M THE SITE SUPERINTENDENT IN ELLIOT LAKE.

SO FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AS FAMILIAR WITH QUIRKE.

QUIRKE WAS THIS IS 13KM NORTH OF ELLIOT LAKE, UP ON HIGHWAY 108.

THE OPERATIONS WERE THERE WAS A MINE AND MILL THAT OPERATED IN THE 50S AND AS WELL FROM 1968 TO 1990.

THE PROCESS AROUND 2700 TO 6400 TONS PER DAY WHEN IT WAS IN OPERATION.

OUR TAILINGS FACILITY HAS APPROXIMATELY 42 MILLION TONS OF TAILINGS AND 4 MILLION TONS OF WASTE ROCK.

IN 1990, THE TAILINGS WERE FLOODED AND CONTAINED CONTAINED BY EIGHT PERIMETER DAMS, AS WELL AS SOME INTERNAL DIKES, AS YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE CROSSHAIRS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FACILITY. TAILINGS ARE MAINTAINED IN A SATURATED STATE WITH WATER COVER TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, AND ALL WATER

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SO THIS IS JUST A MAP OF WHERE THE SITE IS LOCATED IN RELATION TO ELLIOT LAKE AND AS WELL AS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING, AND I'LL JUST LEAVE IT OVER TO DARREN. HELLO, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS DARREN WILLIAMS. I'M THE RESPONSIBLE TAILINGS FACILITY ENGINEER FOR QUIRKE.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE.

I'LL TALK THROUGH THAT. TALK ABOUT MAIN DAM, WHAT IT IS AND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE WITH IT.

FIRST OF ALL, THE MAIN DAM IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE TMA.

IF I JUST GO BACK A SLIDE OR TWO, THAT'S THE LARGER DAM ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE NEXT TO HIGHWAY 108. OOPS.

ONE SLIDE TOO FAR.

IT'S ONE OF EIGHT PERIMETER DAMS THAT GO AROUND THE TAILINGS FACILITY, AND IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1990, SO IT WAS CONSTRUCTED TO STANDARDS THAT ARE OVER 30 YEARS OLD.

IT WAS DESIGNED AS A ZONED EARTHFILL DAM, SO IT HAS A LOW PERMEABILITY TILL CORE, AND THEN IT HAS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM SHELLS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED OF GRANULAR MATERIALS.

THE TILL CORE IS A LOW PERMEABILITY CORE, WHICH WHICH HELPS THE DAM TO CONTAIN WATER AND MINIMIZE SEEPAGE.

THERE IS ALSO A SOIL BENTONITE CUTOFF WALL THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED BENEATH THE DAM BEFORE THE DAM WAS CONSTRUCTED THAT MINIMIZES SEEPAGE UNDER THE DAM, SO IT'S MEANT TO HOLD BACK WATER AND MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO DOWNSTREAM ENVIRONMENTS.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO PERFORMANCE ISSUES, SO THE DAM IS 35 YEARS OLD.

IT HASN'T MOVED.

IT HASN'T CHANGED. SHAPE SEEPAGE HASN'T CHANGED.

IT'S PERFORMED WELL.

ONE THING TO NOTE ABOUT THE DAM.

MOST OF THE PERIMETER DAMS ARE FOUNDED ON BEDROCK, SO BEDROCK IS A STRONG FOUNDATION.

THE MAIN DAM WAS FOUNDED ON ALLUVIAL SANDS AND GRAVELS, AND THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT WAS THAT THE DEPOSITS WERE REALLY THICK.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DEEP EXCAVATION TO CONSTRUCT.

SO THE MATERIALS ARE FAIRLY STRONG, BUT THEY'RE NOT AS STRONG AS BEDROCK.

NOW WE INTEND TO UPGRADE THE DAM TO MODERN STANDARDS.

SO STANDARDS HAVE CHANGED A LOT IN 35 YEARS.

FIRST OF ALL, ENGINEERING SCIENCE HAS IMPROVED SUBSTANTIALLY.

THERE'S A LOT OF NEW TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES THAT HELP US TO DESIGN BETTER, AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW TOOLS AND STANDARDS, WE'RE BUILDING THEM BIGGER AND STRONGER NOW.

ALSO, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF RECENT GLOBAL TAILINGS FAILURES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT HAVE REALLY RAISED A LOT OF ATTENTION AROUND TAILINGS DAMS AND THEIR SAFETY, AND THAT HAS LED TO A CHANGE IN THE STATE OF PRACTICE AROUND THE DESIGN AND THE STABILITY ASSESSMENT OF THESE DAMS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINEERING HAS IMPROVED AND THE TOOLS ARE IMPROVING, DAMS ARE STILL FAILING.

SO THE APPROACH NOW IS TO BE MORE CONSERVATIVE IN YOUR DESIGN ASSUMPTIONS AND YOUR MATERIAL PROPERTIES, AND AS A RESULT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS DESIGNED 30 YEARS AGO DOESN'T MEET TODAY'S STANDARDS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THAT.

WE USE THE CDA, THE CANADIAN DAM ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES, AS GUIDANCE.

SO THOSE ARE THE THRESHOLDS OR THE BARS THAT WE WANT TO MEET.

RIGHT NOW WE FALL SHORT OF THOSE STANDARDS.

WE'VE GOT FACTORS OF SAFETY WHICH WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEET AND IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER THERE, THOSE ARE THE CURRENT FACTORS OF SAFETY THAT WE MEET.

WE HAVE A STATIC FACTOR OF SAFETY OF 1.2 AND A POST PEAK OF 0.7.

A FACTOR OF SAFETY IS IS BASICALLY A MEASURE OF THE STRENGTH OR RATIO OF THE STRENGTH OF THE DAM OVER THE ACTUAL LOAD ON THE DAM.

SO YOU WANT TO BE ABOVE ONE? WE'RE ABOVE ONE FOR STATIC CONDITIONS, AND STATIC CONDITIONS IS SIMPLY THE LOAD IS THE WEIGHT OF THE MATERIAL AND THE WATER PRESSURE AGAINST THE DAM.

THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.

WE MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE STILL DON'T MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT THAT CDA EXPECTS.

THEY WANT US TO BE AT LEAST 1.5 OR 1.2.

1.0 MEANS THAT'S KIND OF THE POINT OF FAILURE.

SO, WE'RE ABOVE THAT.

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THIS ISN'T AN EARTHQUAKE REGION.

WE DON'T EXPERIENCE EARTHQUAKES UNDER A REALLY LARGE EARTHQUAKE.

WE HAVE A PEAK FACTOR OF SAFETY OF 0.7.

SO WE WANT TO DO THINGS TO IMPROVE THOSE STATIC AND POST PEAK FACTORS OF SAFETY.

UP TO THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

SO WHAT'S THE SOLUTION AND HOW DID WE DECIDE ON IT? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING A TOE BERM TO IMPROVE THE STABILITY OF THAT DAM.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE UPPER IMAGE ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S THE DAM AS IT AS IT LOOKS TODAY.

THE IMAGE ON THE BOTTOM SHOWS THE DAM WITH THE BUTTRESS CONSTRUCTED OR THE TOE BERM CONSTRUCTED, AND HOW THAT IMPROVES STABILITY IS TYPICALLY WHEN YOU HAVE INSTABILITY FOR A DAM, THE CREST OR THE TOP OF THE DAM WILL DROP AND THE TOE WILL WANT TO COME UP.

IT'S CALLED A CIRCULAR FAILURE, AND WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT THE BERM ON THE TOE TO KIND OF PUT A SURCHARGE LOAD ON THE TOE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.

SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.

HOW WE GOT THERE.

WE STARTED WITH A TRADE OFF STUDY WHERE WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OF THE DAM THAT WOULD IMPROVE STABILITY, WHETHER IT'S A FLATTER DOWNSTREAM SLOPE OR THE TOE BUTTRESSES, AS WE'VE ENDED UP WITH.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT WAYS OF STABILIZING THE FOUNDATION MATERIALS, AND THAT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE AND PROBLEMATIC THING.

SO WE KIND OF RULED THOSE OUT.

SO WE ENDED UP WITH THE PREFERRED OPTION BEING THE TOE BERM.

ONCE WE DECIDED ON THE ON THE PREFERRED OPTION, WE WENT AND DID SOME FURTHER DATA COLLECTION.

WE DID A DRILLING AND GEOPHYSICAL TESTING PROGRAM.

WE COLLECTED SOIL SAMPLES.

WE DID ADDITIONAL LAB ANALYSIS ON MATERIALS, AND THEN WE UPDATED OUR STABILITY MODELS AND REFINED THE DESIGN.

SO NOW WE HAVE APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS OF THE OF THE BERM.

NEXT STEPS WE WANT TO FINALIZE THE STABILITY ANALYSIS AND OUR DEFORMATION MODELS AND THEN COMPLETE DETAILED ENGINEERING DRAWINGS WHICH WE HOPE TO HAVE DONE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND THEN THOSE DETAILED ENGINEERING DRAWINGS WILL ACCOMPANY THE PERMIT TO THE REGULATORS FOR CONSTRUCTION APPROVAL.

THANK YOU.

I'LL PASS IT ON TO STEVE BLANCHETTE.

HE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT SIDE OF THINGS.

THANKS, DARREN. GOOD EVENING, MR. WANNAN AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS STEVE BLANCHETT. I WORK FOR THE PROJECTS TEAM FOR WITH BHP.

I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST GO OVER THE HIGH LEVEL SCOPE OF WORK ON WHAT'S PLANNED FOR HOW WE PLAN TO CONSTRUCT THE BUTTRESS.

SO IN THE FY 25, WE NEED TO SOURCE MATERIALS.

SO WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO VENDORS IN THE FALL TO SOURCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MATERIAL AVAILABLE AND THE PROPER QUANTITIES IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THE BUTTRESS ITSELF.

MOVING ON FROM THAT, WE WILL BE DRAWING DOWN THE WATER IN OUR IN OUR TMAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER LEVELS ARE APPROPRIATE.

SO DURING CONSTRUCTION WE ARE NOT FORCED WITH TREATING WATER.

HAVING THAT OVERBURDEN OVER OUR HEADS.

IN THE PICTURES, IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, THE BUTTRESS IS GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN WHAT WE CALL POND TWO.

SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO DRAW DOWN THE WATER LEVEL IN POND TWO.

SO WE'LL BE SETTING UP A TEMPORARY WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR THAT, AND THEN ALSO WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT WE WILL BE CONSTRUCTING A LAY DOWN AREA.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO STORE MATERIALS, STORE TRAILERS HAUL TRUCKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND FROM THERE WE'LL BE ONCE THAT'S COMPLETELY DEWATERED, WE'LL BE REMOVING THE SLUDGE AND THE MATERIAL WHERE THE TOE BERM IS, IS GOING TO BE THE FOOTPRINT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THAT BACK UP INTO ONE OF THE CELLS ON THE, ON THE TMA.

FROM THERE, ONCE WE'RE DRY AND WE'RE STRIPPED DOWN TO COMPETENT SOIL.

WE WILL BE REMOVING EROSION PROTECTION ON THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE DAM, AND WE WILL BE CONSTRUCTING OUR TOE BERM FROM THERE.

ONCE THE FOUNDATION IS CONSTRUCTED, WE WILL BE PLACING OUR MATERIAL, OUR EROSION PROTECTION BACK UP THE MAIN DAM.

THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING OF THIS PROJECT, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME DAM SAFETY MONITORING.

WE WILL HAVE CONSTRUCTION GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS ON SITE MONITORING THE PIEZOMETER AND SLOPE MONITORING EQUIPMENT THAT WE WILL HAVE

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WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT, BUT WE WILL HAVE ONE IN PLACE, AND THEN FOR BHP JUST ON SITE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT STANDARDS. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS IN PLACE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL CONSTRUCTION WORK IS FALLS WITHIN WITHIN THE CITY'S APPROVAL, AND FROM THERE I'LL HAND IT OFF TO HOLLY.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS HOLLY HEFFNER.

THANKS FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE QUIRKE MAIN DAM PROJECT, BUT ANOTHER ONE ON THE WORKS AND ON THE BOOKS IS OUR NORDIC HYDROMETRIC STATION UPGRADE.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PHOTO THERE, WE'VE GOT A WEIR AT OUR N12 MONITORING LOCATION.

SO ESSENTIALLY THIS WEIR ALLOWS US TO MONITOR WATER FLOWS IN SUPPORT OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAM.

THE WEIR WAS INSTALLED ROUGHLY IN THE 1970S.

IT'S A BIT DEGRADED.

IT'S OLD AND IT'S ACTUALLY UNDERSIZED, AND SO WE'VE PROPOSED TO REPLACE THIS WEIR WITH A NEW ENGINEERED DESIGN WEIR, WHICH WILL NOT ONLY IMPROVE ACCESS AND SAFETY BUT ALSO GIVE US BETTER DATA QUALITY.

SO ESSENTIALLY THIS PROJECT WILL INCLUDE ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS.

THE WEIR IS LOCATED OFF OF HIGHWAY 108, AND ESSENTIALLY IT WILL INVOLVE THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING WEIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THAT WITH A NEW WEIR, AND WITH THAT PROJECT, WE WILL BE DOING SEDIMENT AND EROSION CONTROL MEASURES, AS WELL AS ANY FISH SALVAGE PRIOR TO WORKS TO ENSURE THAT WE PROTECT THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S PROPOSED THAT THIS PROJECT WILL OCCUR IN THE SUMMER OF 2025 AND TAKE APPROXIMATELY SIX WEEKS.

SO WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? IT'S REALLY TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME INFORMATION ABOUT PROJECTS AND WORKS THAT ARE COMING UP IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT CONCERNS OR ISSUES OR IMPACTS MIGHT BE COMING FROM YOUR COMMUNITY.

SO ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUIRKE MAIN DAM TOE BERM, IT IS A LARGE QUANTITY OF MATERIAL THAT WILL HAVE TO BE TRUCKED TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE STILL FINALIZING DESIGNS, BUT IT'S ROUGHLY 5000 TRUCKS, SO WE WILL BE SOURCING THAT MATERIAL, AND WITH THAT COMES INCREASED TRAFFIC FOR THE HYDROMETRIC STATION ITSELF.

IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL PROJECT, BUT IT IS OFF OF HIGHWAY 108.

SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT PROPER TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANNING THERE AS WELL FOR BOTH PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN AND WHERE AVAILABLE.

WE WILL LOOK TO SOURCE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL LOCALLY AS WELL.

SO THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF OUR PRESENTATION.

WE'D WELCOME QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.

I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

COUNCILLOR MANN.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.

MY ONLY QUESTION.

I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE MATERIALS.

THE DURATION OF THE REPAIR WORK ON THE MAIN DAM ON THE MAIN DAM.

HOW LONG A PROJECT WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE? YEAH, WE ARE STILL GOING THROUGH DETAILED DESIGN, WHICH WILL INFORM OUR TENDER PROCESS AND THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE, BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WILL START HAULING MATERIALS ROUGHLY 2026 WITH CONSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMER OF 2027.

SO STARTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION SEASON, ROUGHLY MAY ISH TILL NOVEMBER.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SECOND PART, THE HYDROELECTRIC STATION UPGRADE.

WHERE DO YOU PLAN TO REMOVE AND DISPOSE OF THE PRODUCT THAT'S ALREADY IN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT FROM THERE.

YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE A MATERIAL REMOVAL PROCEDURE FOR RIO ALGOM SITES.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE CONCRETE WEIR THAT IS THERE, WE WILL REMOVE THAT.

IT WILL GO THROUGH RADIATION SCANNING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE CAN PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THAT, WHETHER IT BE TO LANDFILL BECAUSE IT IS A CONCRETE OR IF IT NEEDS TO GO TO A TMA, FOR EXAMPLE.

IS ANY OF THOSE THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BE MONITORED BY ANY OF THE GOVERNMENT? YES. BOTH PROJECTS WILL GO THROUGH A THOROUGH PERMITTING PROCESS.

SO SPECIFICALLY FOR THE MAIN DAM, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION.

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THEY ALSO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROVINCIAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND PARKS.

FOR THE N12 YEAR, SINCE IT IS WITHIN AN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT, IT ALSO HAS TO BE REVIEWED BY FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA AS WELL AS THE PROVINCE THROUGH WHAT WE CALL LAKES, RIVERS AND IMPROVEMENT ACT PERMITTING PROCESS AS WELL.

ALL OF THOSE PERMITTING PROCESSES ARE EXPECTED.

WE WILL BE SUBMITTING THE PERMIT APPLICATIONS LIKELY IN THE FALL WITH THOSE PROCESSES TAKING ROUGHLY A YEAR.

OKAY, AND ONE MORE FINAL QUESTION.

I KNOW YOU'RE HERE TO DO A PRESENTATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WILL YOU BE DOING THE SAME PRESENTATION TO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED WITH THIS? I'LL TAKE THAT ONE.

MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

OUR INTENTION IS, YES, ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT IS AND HOW MUCH WILL HAPPEN AND WHERE, WE WILL NEED TO REACH OUT TO THOSE MUNICIPALITIES TO JUST LET THEM KNOW WHO WE ARE AND THE NATURE OF OUR PROJECT.

THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU. YOUR WORSHIP. I'M NOT SURE WHO THIS IS TO, BUT I'LL JUST ASK THE QUESTION.

SO THE DAM ISN'T FROM THE REPORT.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S NOT UP TO THE CANADIAN DAM ASSOCIATION SPECS? IS BHP BEING PROACTIVE HERE IN GETTING IT UP TO SPECS, OR ARE YOU BEING TOLD TO GET IT UP TO SPECS? THIS IS AN INTERNAL PROJECT.

WE'RE NOT BEING FORCED TO DO THIS.

I FIGURED THAT SO THAT'S GOOD.

IT REALLY IS ACTUALLY.

RATHER THAN, AS YOU SAY, ONE GENTLEMAN SAYING THERE'S BEEN TAILING PROBLEMS GLOBALLY.

WE'RE ON IT, AND MY LAST QUESTION FOLLOW UP, IS THE WATER THAT'S BEING PUMPED OUT WHEN THEY'RE CHANGING OR PUTTING THAT BERM. WHERE WHERE DO THEY PUT IT.

THEY PUT IT IN TANKS OR DOES IT GO LIKE I'M JUST CURIOUS.

YEAH. THE WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IS STILL BEING WORKED ON THROUGH OUR ENGINEERING TEAM.

HOWEVER, THE ESSENTIALLY WHERE THAT TOE BERM GOES IN POND TWO IS WHERE THE EFFLUENT DISCHARGE FROM OUR WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS.

SO WE TREAT THE WATER AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

IT'S THEN DISCHARGED IN POND TWO AND GOES DOWN THROUGH THREE SETTLING PONDS.

SO WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOW TIME FOR TREATMENT SOLIDS TO SETTLE OUT.

WE WILL HAVE AN ALTERNATE STRATEGY WHERE WATER IS LIKELY GOING TO BE PUMPED TO POND THREE AND THEN ON TO POND FOUR FOR CLARIFICATION, SO THAT WE KEEP THE WATER BALANCE AWAY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

YEAH. STEVE BRIEFLY MENTIONED THAT ABOUT A YEAR AHEAD OF TIME.

WE DO HAVE TO WORK WELL TO MAKE SURE AND MAINTAIN OUR WATER LEVELS AT LOW LEVELS TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. NO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

I THINK GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT THERE EARLY FOR THE PUBLIC IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

ARE THERE PEOPLE TO CONTACT FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE COMPANY, AND IS THERE A WEBSITE OR EMAILS PERHAPS, THAT WE CAN MAYBE ADVERTISE IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, EARLIER TODAY WE MET AND WE LEFT SOME FACT SHEETS AVAILABLE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE PRESENTED, BUT ALSO CONTACT INFORMATION.

SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU RECEIVE ANY INQUIRIES, THERE ARE SOME FACT SHEETS AVAILABLE WITH CONTACT INFORMATION, AND FEEL FREE TO REFER PEOPLE TO EITHER MYSELF THEN THAT'S WHO'S ON THE CONTACT INFORMATION SHEET.

OR WE'VE GOT OUR LOCAL TEAM AVAILABLE AS WELL, AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE UPDATES, YOU WILL PROBABLY BE COMING REGULARLY.

YES, THERE WILL BE A CADENCE OF OUTREACH THAT WE WILL BE DOING, AND SO YOU'LL START TO SEE US MORE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH MEMBERS.

TOMORROW, WE HAVE A FULL DAY OF ENGAGEMENT, BUT WE WANTED TO START HERE FIRST, AND SO YES, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK AS AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH OUR STUDIES AND ENGINEERING, WE WILL START TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

OKAY. WELL, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING AROUND HERE.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY, AND PLANNING STAGES FOR THIS IS WELL UNDERWAY.

IT SOUNDS. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE DAM IS SECURE AND HAS BEEN PASSING ITS INSPECTIONS AND THAT THE COMPANY IS BEING, AS COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF SAID, PROACTIVE IN IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

SOMETHING NOT ONLY FOR OUR GENERATION, BUT GENERATIONS TO COME.

SO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS YOU ARE DOING IN THE COMMUNITY.

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THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT. OKAY.

ITEM 6.2.

THIS EVENING WE HAVE PRESENTER MR. PHILIP O'NEILL, THE CEO OF RADIO FUELS RESOURCES AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE.

HI, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS PHILIP O'NEILL.

I'M THE CEO OF RADIO FUELS ENERGY CORP.

WE HAVE A SUBSIDIARY, RADIO FUELS RESOURCES CORP., THAT HAS LAND JUST EAST OF THE OF THE GOLF COURSE THAT IS GOT A URANIUM RESOURCE ON IT, AND I'M HERE JUST TO INTRODUCE OUR COMPANY.

WE ARE NEW TO TOWN, SO WE WANTED TO MEET WITH COUNCIL AND INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR PLANS ARE GOING FORWARD.

OKAY. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. THERE WE GO.

SO AT AT RADIO FUELS WE ARE AN EXPLORATION COMPANY.

WE'VE GOT A A DEPOSIT, A RESOURCE, I SHOULD SAY, THAT'S GOT 107 MILLION POUNDS OF URANIUM EQUIVALENT, AND WE'VE TAKEN, I GUESS WE RECEIVED THIS PROJECT IN 2021.

THE PREVIOUS OPERATOR WAS A COMPANY CALLED PELE MOUNTAIN, WHO AS I UNDERSTAND, AND YOU AS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, YOU MAY UNDERSTAND EVEN BETTER THAN I DO WENT THROUGH BANKRUPTCY CIRCA 2015-2016.

AS I UNDERSTAND, THE PROJECT WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY.

RADIO FUELS ENERGY THE PREDECESSOR PREDECESSOR TO THAT GOT THE PROJECT 2021 2022, AND I CAME ON ON THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY TO BE THE CEO OF RADIO FUELS ENERGY CORP., AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD WITH HIGHER URANIUM PRICES TO ADVANCING THE PROJECT AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO TO CREATE VALUE AND MAYBE WORK IN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE, AND IT'S 2024, WE'RE WORKING TO ALL STANDARDS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR EXPLORATION WORK IN CANADA AND ONTARIO.

WE'RE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE TOWN, THE ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND PLAN TO WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY.

WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE MET STEVE, WHO'S BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL IN CONNECTING US WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY, AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH A VERY, VERY MODEST WORK PROGRAM.

SO IF I MAY, I'LL JUST WALK YOU THROUGH BRIEFLY WHAT OUR COMPANY IS.

SO I'M THE CEO.

I'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR ABOUT 20 OR SO YEARS, RUNNING PUBLIC COMPANIES IN CANADA, AND WE'VE GOT OUR BOARD OF JACK CAMPBELL AND BILL DE JONG.

JACK IS OUT OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

BILL, LIKE ME, IS OUT OF CALGARY.

HE'S A SECURITIES LAWYER, AND WITH ME HERE TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT DOCTOR AMIT TRIPATHI, WHO IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS.

HE WAS PREVIOUSLY WITH INDIA'S, A FELLOWSHIP WITH THE ATOMIC ENERGY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA.

HE HAS FOUND MAJOR URANIUM DEPOSITS AROUND THE WORLD, LIKE MEDAWALA IN NIGER.

IT'S 138 MILLION POUND URANIUM DEPOSIT, AND WE'VE GOT OUR CFO, BASSAM MUBARAK, WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED IN OVER $2 BILLION WORTH OF OF TRANSACTIONS. WE'VE GOT THIS PROPERTY IN ELLIOT LAKE, AND HISTORICALLY, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 300 MILLION POUNDS OF URANIUM MINED OUT OF ELLIOT LAKE.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE URANIUM MINED HERE IS FORMED THE ENTIRE NUCLEAR FUEL INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES, WHERE THEY STILL GET 21% OF THEIR ENERGY FROM FROM NUCLEAR, AND WE'VE GOT OUR ACREAGE PROJECT, WHICH HAS GOT ABOUT 60 MILLION POUNDS OF RELATIVELY LOW GRADE URANIUM.

IF YOU INCLUDE THE RARE EARTH METALS THAT ARE PART OF THAT RESOURCE, IT BRINGS UP TO 107 MILLION POUNDS, AND WE THINK THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR EVEN MORE URANIUM AT ACREAGE, AND YOU KNOW, WITH OUR CORE RELOGGING PROGRAM THIS SUMMER, WE ARE HOPING THAT THESE ARE THE EARLY DAYS OF NEW WORK ON ON THE PROJECT.

SO BEYOND THE 107 MILLION POUNDS OF URANIUM EQUIVALENT, WE'VE ALSO GOT LAND JUST TO THE EAST OF THAT RESOURCE THAT HAS A HISTORICAL RESOURCE OF ABOUT JUST SHY OF 10 MILLION POUNDS.

WE CANNOT DISCUSS THAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET CANADIAN 43101 STANDARDS FOR DISCUSSING A RESOURCE, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY A HISTORICAL RESOURCE THERE AS WELL, WHICH IS PART OF OUR LAND.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT PRESENTING TO A CITY LIKE ELLIOT LAKE, WHERE URANIUM IS BEEN PART OF THE CITY'S HISTORY FOR SOME TIME, BUT IT'S A

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THE NUCLEAR FUEL THAT COMES FROM URANIUM, AND THERE IS HOPES CERTAINLY AMONGST MANY WESTERN DEMOCRACIES AND EVEN OTHER COUNTRIES THAT NUCLEAR BECOMES A BIGGER PART OF THE BASE LOAD ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF ALL OF OUR GRIDS THAT FEED ELECTRICITY AND THE CLEAN ELECTRICITY THAT WE NEED.

SO WE'RE A PUBLICLY LISTED COMPANY ON THE CANADIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE.

WE'RE A MODEST COMPANY.

WE'VE GOT A SMALL MARKET CAPITALIZATION OF JUST UNDER $18 MILLION.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT $25 MILLION IN CASH AND SECURITIES HOLDINGS, AND WE ARE BACKED BY TWO VERY, VERY LARGE SHAREHOLDERS COLIN CATTELL, WHO HAS FOUNDED COMPANIES IN CANADA LIKE NEWFOUND GOLD, WHICH IS MAYBE ONE OF THE CANADA'S BIGGEST GOLD DISCOVERIES OUT IN NEWFOUNDLAND.

HE'S BEHIND A COMPANY CALLED NEVADA KING, WHICH HAS GOT A NICE DEPOSIT OUT IN IN NEVADA, AS WELL AS MMCAP, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST FINANCIER OF URANIUM EXPLORERS AROUND THE WORLD.

THEIR POSITION IN RADIO FUELS ENERGY IS QUITE SMALL RELATIVE TO SOME OF ITS OTHER POSITIONS.

IT OWNS 20% OF URANIUM ENERGY CORP., WHICH IS A 5-$6 BILLION COMPANY.

I JUST WANTED TO COME HERE, INTRODUCE OURSELVES.

LET LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO BE IN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE.

WE'VE BEEN WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS. IT'S BEEN EXCEPTIONAL.

I WAS MENTIONING TO STEVE EARLIER IT'S NICE TO HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WHO SEEMS INTERESTED IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY NOT THE CASE IN MANY PLACES.

SO AND EVERYBODY WE'VE MET IN TOWN HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.

WE ARE TRYING TO USE AS MANY FROM USING ROB LOZIER AT SIGN RITE TO, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE CITY.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A VERY, VERY LIMITED PROGRAM THIS SUMMER.

WE'RE GOING TO RELOG ALL THE CORE.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO, ALONG WITH BRUCE ELLIOTT, HELP CLEAN UP SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME CAMPERS OUT ON OUR ON OUR MINING LEASE.

THAT IS NOT IDEAL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL AND LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK NEXT SUMMER WITH A MORE MEANINGFUL WORK PROGRAM AFTER WE DO THIS CORE RELOGGING PROGRAM OVER AT THE HANGAR.

SO I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.

MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS UP ON THE SCREEN.

I AM HAPPY TO TAKE PHONE CALLS FROM NOT ONLY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, BUT BUT ANY OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE, AND WITH THAT, I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. O'NEILL. NICE TO MEET YOU.

I'LL OPEN THE TO COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AND COUNCILLOR MANN.

THANK YOU. WORSHIP.

EXCUSE ME. THROUGH YOU.

WELCOME, MR. O'NEILL, TO ELLIOT LAKE IN THE AREA.

IF SO, A MODEST BEGINNING THIS YEAR.

ADDITIONAL WORK NEXT YEAR.

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR 5 TO 10 YEAR KIND OF PLAN? HOW DO YOU SEE THIS MAP MAPPING OUT AFTER THOSE FIRST TWO INITIAL YEARS? WELL, AS AN EXPLORATION COMPANY, WE ARE SOMEWHAT BOUND TO THE PRICE OF URANIUM.

UNLIKE BHP, WHO WAS HERE EARLIER AS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MINING COMPANY, THAT IS IN THE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF REVENUE, WE DO NOT HAVE REVENUE.

SO WE ARE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON RAISING MONEY IN THE MARKETS TO FUND THAT EXPLORATION.

OF COURSE, RAISING THAT MONEY IS A LOT EASIER WHEN THE PRICE OF URANIUM IS IS DOING WELL VERSUS WHEN IT'S NOT DOING WELL, AND FORTUNATELY, COMMODITIES, YOU KNOW, A HIGH COMMODITY PRICE TYPICALLY CURES A HIGH COMMODITY PRICE, AND A LOW COMMODITY PRICE TYPICALLY CURES A LOW COMMODITY PRICE.

SO THESE CYCLES ARE SOMETIMES VICIOUS.

WE DO TAKE THE POSITION THAT URANIUM SEEMS TO BE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION LONG TERM, ESPECIALLY WITH AN ACCEPTANCE, YOU KNOW, AMONGST THE MORE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT, THAT NUCLEAR COULD BE A SOLUTION TO THE BURNING OF CARBON AND TO THAT EXTENT, IT IS A VERY, VERY LOW GRADE DEPOSIT.

WE'VE GOT IDEAS, AND WITHOUT GETTING TOO, TOO FAR AHEAD OF MYSELF, AND I'M NOT A GEOLOGIST.

SO WHEN I START TALKING ABOUT THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, I COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.

THE ELLIOT LAKE URANIUM DISTRICT WAS DISCOVERED BEFORE THE ATHABASCA BASIN URANIUM DISTRICT WAS DISCOVERED IN SASKATCHEWAN, AND

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MOST OF THE URANIUM WAS MINED PRIOR TO THOSE DISCOVERIES.

SO WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ON POSSIBLY I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE THIS IS EXPLORATION.

THERE'S NO CERTAINTY IN EXPLORATION, BUT WE'VE GOT POSSIBLE IDEAS AS TO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HIGHER GRADE URANIUM, WHICH WOULD HELP WITH THE ECONOMICS OF THE PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S RELATIVELY LOW GRADE.

THERE'S OTHER IDEAS IN TERMS OF HYDROLOGY WORK, TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT IT FROM AN IN-SITU RECOVERY TYPE WHERE AS OPPOSED TO MINING TRADITIONALLY YOU YOU WOULD USE WATER TO, TO GET A SOLUBLE URANIUM, TAKE IT OUT.

IT'S VERY VERY LOW IMPACT, BUT THAT REQUIRES THE ROCKS TO BE AMENABLE TO THAT KIND OF WORK OF WHICH WE NEED TO DO STUDIES.

SO WE MAY DEPENDING ON AND ALL OF THIS WORK IS SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON THE PREVIOUS WORK.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ANSWERING QUESTIONS AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE GOING ALONG, AND IF THE QUESTIONS CONTINUE TO BE ANSWERED CORRECTLY, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT INTO FURTHER EXPLORATION AND FURTHER STUDY WORK.

PREVIOUSLY, THERE WAS A PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT REPORT DONE ON THIS BY PELE MOUNTAIN CIRCA 2013.

THE PRICE OF URANIUM HAD KIND OF GONE INTO THE TOILET AND RARE EARTHS WERE HAVING A CRAZE AND THEY PUT OUT A VERY POSITIVE PEA, BUT IT WAS USING RARE EARTH PRICES THAT ARE AT LEAST TEN TIMES HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY ARE TODAY AND WILL LIKELY NEVER.

SO IT WAS NEARLY AN UNREALISTIC PRELIMINARY ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT, BUT IN THAT TIME, THE PRICE OF OF URANIUM HAS GONE UP VERSUS WHAT THEY WERE USING IN THAT REPORT, AND THEY WERE USING A 1 TO 1 US TO CANADIAN DOLLAR RATIO, WHICH WITH THREE KIDS BEING EDUCATED IN THE UNITED STATES, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE, AND SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS GOING FOR THE PROJECT.

WE JUST HAVE TO REALLY DO THE WORK.

WE'RE JUST STARTING TO WRAP OUR I JUST CAME ON ON THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE DATA DIGITIZED.

SO WE SPENT 2 OR 3 MONTHS DIGITIZING ALL OF THE PREVIOUS DATA, GOING BACK TO 1953, A LOT OF THESE LOGS WERE HANDWRITTEN.

SO IT'S TAKEN A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A QUANTUM OF WORK INVOLVED IN JUST DIGITIZING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.

THE AREA WHERE THE CORE IS LEFT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MESS AND REALLY NOT TO STANDARD.

SO WE PLAN ON TAKING THE NEXT THREE MONTHS TO REALLY TAKE CARE OF THAT, CLEAN THAT UP AND JUST REALLY GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW.

WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF DESKTOP STUDY WORK THROUGH THE WINTER WITH THE IDEA OF POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, GETTING PERMITTED FOR SOME EXPLORATION DRILLING NEXT SUMMER IF THE WORK WE DO THIS FALL AND THIS WINTER JUSTIFY IT.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU I'LL WELCOME MR. O'NEILL. IT'S NICE TO SEE A NEW VENTURE COMING TO ELLIOT LAKE.

I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO ASK ONE QUESTION.

YOU ARE SAYING, LIKE SO THIS SUMMER YOU'RE DOING A CORE CHECKING OR SAMPLING.

IS THAT WHAT YOUR GOAL IS TO SORT OF.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, AND I WILL TRY MY BEST.

JUST TRY YOUR BEST A LITTLE BIT TO COME HERE I'VE BEEN AROUND URANIUM ALL MY LIFE BUT I STILL NEED IT.

SO WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE CORE OR WE BELIEVE WE HAVE ALL OF THE CORE OR MOST OF THE CORE.

WE WILL LIKELY KNOW THIS IN THE NEXT 3 TO 4 WEEKS.

WHEN YOU EXPLORE FOR URANIUM OR RARE EARTHS, YOU TYPICALLY ONLY SEND THE PORTION OF THE DRILL HOLE THAT YOU BELIEVE CONTAINS RARE EARTH OR URANIUM OUT FOR ASSAY.

THE ASSAYING COSTS AN AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE ASSAYING ROCK, THAT IS, YOU DON'T BELIEVE HAS POTENTIAL TO HOST THOSE MINERALS.

THAT SAID WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY TODAY, LIKE XRF GUNS AND CERTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY WORK, YOU CAN IDENTIFY PARTS OF THE ROCK THAT MAY BE AMENABLE TO HOSTING THESE METALS, AS WELL AS MAYBE OTHER METALS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN THOUGHT TO BE HOSTED THERE, AND IF WE DO IDENTIFY ANY MORE ROCK THAT IS POTENTIALLY THAT HAS POTENTIAL FOR HOSTING URANIUM OR RARE EARTHS, WE WOULD LIKELY SEND THAT OUT FOR ASSAYING.

FURTHERMORE, THIS WORK MIGHT HELP US UNDERSTAND WHETHER THE ROCK IS POSSIBLY AMENABLE TO IN-SITU RECOVERY T YPE OF MINING.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN POROSITY, PERMEABILITY AND THE LIKE.

THIS WORK WOULD NOT TELL US WHETHER THE ROCK IS AMENABLE FOR THIS, BUT IT WOULD CERTAINLY TELL US IF THE ROCK IS NOT AMENABLE FOR IT.

IF IT DOES APPEAR TO BE AMENABLE, THEN THERE WOULD BE A SERIES OF HYDROLOGY STUDIES REQUIRED TO SEE IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY BECAUSE THAT

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THAT WOULD HAVE A VERY, VERY MINIMAL FOOTPRINT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP, YOU MENTIONED PELE MOUNTAIN GOING BANKRUPT.

THE PROPERTY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS WORK WAS THAT OWNED BY PELE MOUNTAIN AT ONE TIME? THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT WAS, YES, WE'VE ACQUIRED A LITTLE BIT MORE GROUND TO THE EAST OF WHAT PELE MOUNTAIN HAD, AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LAND UP TO THE NORTH THAT I THINK WE WILL BE RELINQUISHING IN OCTOBER BUT IF I HAD TO THROW A NUMBER AND MAYBE PLUS OR -10%, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 80% OF WHAT WE HAVE IS FORMER PELE MOUNTAIN DEEDED ALL KINDS OF STUDIES AT ONE TIME.

WERE YOU ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION? WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE ACTUAL STUDIES THEMSELVES.

THEY DON'T ALL MEET 2024 43101 STANDARDS.

SO AS A PUBLIC COMPANY, WE COULD NOT RERELEASE THESE THESE REPORTS BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER MEET THE REQUIRED SECURITY STANDARDS FOR IT.

WE CERTAINLY DO HAVE THE BASIS.

A GROUP CALLED SLR IN TORONTO DID ALL OF THE STUDIES.

WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM.

IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE A GROUP WE COULD USE.

THEY'VE GOT FAMILIARITY WITH THE WITH THE PROJECT, BUT THE OLD REPORTS ARE NO LONGER VALID IN 2024--VALID FROM A PUBLIC COMPANY'S PERSPECTIVE.

I MEAN, THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THOSE REPORTS THAT ONE COULD GLEAN AND WORK WITH.

THEY'RE JUST NOT REPORTABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO YOU'RE GUIDING YOUR STUDIES ON TO HAPPEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, SO TO SPEAK, BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY READ FROM PELE MOUNTAIN, AND YOU'RE HOPING TO GO FURTHER FROM THERE? CORRECT, AND WHEN THE COMPANY WENT PUBLIC IN 2021, THEY WOULD HAVE USED SOME OF THE OLD DRILL DATA FROM PELE MOUNTAIN TO TAKE THEIR RESOURCE PUBLIC.

YOU NEED TO COME OUT WITH A NATIONAL INSTRUMENT, 43101 GEOLOGICAL TECHNICAL REPORT IN ORDER TO GO PUBLIC, AND THEY DID USE THE DRILL DATA FROM PELE MOUNTAIN IN ORDER TO PRODUCE THAT DOCUMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO BASICALLY YOU'RE COMING BACK TO ELLIOT LAKE.

WE ALL KNOW THERE'S URANIUM IN THE ROCK.

YOU'RE APPLYING NEWER TECHNOLOGIES IN HOPES THAT EXTRACTION TECHNOLOGY HAS IMPROVED AND YOU'RE REDOING CORE STUDIES TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.

CORRECT, AND WE'RE HOPING TO FIND, IDEALLY, AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE HIGHER GRADE URANIUM BECAUSE IT IS QUITE, QUITE LOW, AND YOU'D HAVE A HARD TIME IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF ELLIOT LAKE TO MINE URANIUM AT THOSE GRADES WITHOUT FINDING HIGHER GRADE ORE USING A NEW MINING METHOD.

OKAY, SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND WELCOME TO ELLIOT LAKE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REACH OUT, WE'RE VERY, VERY ACCESSIBLE.

PERFECT, AND RADIO FUELS CORPORATION.

EXCELLENT. OKAY. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. O'NEILL. APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY. THANKS.

OKAY. SO SEVEN INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF CORPORATE REPORTS.

[7. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF CORPORATE REPORTS]

SO INSTEAD OF STARTING AT ONE WE'RE GOING TO 7.5 FIRST WHICH IS THE LEASE OF HANGAR AT ELLIOT LAKE AIRPORT. SO WE'RE FOLLOWING A MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE LEASE OF A HANGAR AT ELLIOT LAKE AIRPORT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING A LEASE OF A HANGAR AT THE ELLIOT LAKE AIRPORT BE RECEIVED A MOVER.

COUNCILLOR LEFEBVRE.

SECONDED COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

MR. ANTUNES, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, YOUR WORSHIP. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

A BIT OF [INAUDIBLE] PALOOZA TONIGHT WITH A LOT OF ITEMS ON THERE, SO WE'LL TRY AND MOVE THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.

THIS IS A MEMO JUST TO TOUCH ON BYLAW THAT IS IN THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.

OF COURSE, WE HAD DOCTOR TRIPATHI AND MR. O'NEILL HERE PRESENTING JUST MOMENTS AGO.

SO THIS AGENDA INCLUDES A BYLAW TO ENTER INTO A LEASE WITH RADIO FUEL RESOURCES CORP FOR THE USE OF OUR VACANT HANGAR AT THE ELLIOT LAKE AIRPORT.

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COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER IT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED BY A MANUFACTURING FIRM FOR THEIR USES THERE.

THE LEASE IS A THREE MONTH WITH AN OPTION FOR THE TENANT TO EXTEND TO THE FULL 12 MONTHS.

MONTHLY LEASE COST 416667 PLUS HST AND THE ADDITIONAL 652 IN PROPERTY TAXES, AND OF COURSE, ALL UTILITIES WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TENANT.

THE OPPORTUNITY IS A WIN-WIN WITH RADIO FUEL RESOURCES HAVING THE ABILITY TO PLACE HAVE A PLACE TO CALL HOME IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE AND OF COURSE, WE'LL GENERATE SOME REVENUE FROM AN EMPTY MUNICIPAL FACILITY.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT UP TO THIS POINT RADIO FUELS HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER TO WORK WITH.

MR. O'NEILL, DOCTOR TRIPATHI AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN VERY FORTHRIGHT IN PROVIDING INFORMATION IN WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, AND EVEN AS FAR AS GOOD CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, WHEN THEY CAME IN WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE SQUATTING ON THEIR LAND, THEIR MAIN CONCERN WAS NOT TO DISRUPT PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEIR SAFETY IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

SO IN SOME OF THE DUE DILIGENCE WE'VE DONE WITH THE FIRM, THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD TO WORK WITH.

A COUPLE OF QUICK NOTES FOR COUNCIL, THERE WAS A FEW CHANGES TO THE LEASE AS SHOWN IN THE PACKAGE.

THE DOWNSIDE WHEN YOU USE A BOILERPLATE TEMPLATE FOR SOME OF THESE LEASES, SOME OF THE THINGS DON'T ALWAYS APPLY.

SO WE STRUCK UNDER SECTION 5.01 ITEMS TWO AND THREE.

ITEM TWO REFERS TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY REPLACE AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BOILER.

THERE IS NO BOILER IN THE HANGAR, SO WE STRUCK THAT FROM THE LEASE, AND THE ITEM THREE WAS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE.

THEY ARE ON FOR A THREE MONTH LEASE.

THEIR SECURITY DEPOSIT WAS ONE MONTH AND THEY PAID FIRST AND LAST.

SO THEY'VE PREPAID THEIR ENTIRE LEASE IN ADVANCE.

SO BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE IS ESSENTIALLY A NONSTARTER.

SO WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO THOSE TWO HAVE BEEN STRUCK AND MR. O'NEILL HAS INITIALED THOSE AND YOUR WORSHIP, THEY'LL BE READY FOR YOU TO INITIAL ON THE FINAL PAPERWORK AS WELL.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNES. OKAY.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

JUST ONE QUESTION.

IS THERE GOING TO BE ALSO AN INSURANCE OF $5 MILLION LIABILITY FACTORED IN INTO THIS LEASE? THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. YES, COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

MR. O'NEILL AND MYSELF, THEY HAVE BEEN TO THEIR CLAIM FOR WORKING LOCALLY.

EVEN THEIR INSURANCE BROKER IS LOCAL.

MR. O'NEILL HAS BEEN WORKING WITH BROKERLINK HERE IN TOWN.

WE HAVE RUN IT THROUGH OUR INSURER AS WELL.

SO THE INSURANCE COVERAGE IS ALL OUTLINED AND HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE TEAM AT BFL AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MY ONLY CONCERN HERE, THE OPTION FOR 12 MONTHS.

SHOULD WE NOT STILL INCLUDE THIS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION THING IF THEY ARE TO EXTEND 12 MONTHS OR YOU DO YOU ADD IT ON THE EXTENSION THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS WITH THE PROPONENT AS WE GO TO THE EXTENSION FOR THE 12 MONTHS.

RIGHT NOW, THE INITIAL WAS THREE MONTHS.

SO MAKING THEM GET IT SEEMED A LITTLE UNNECESSARY, BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN DISCUSS THAT WITH THE PROPONENT AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL IF NECESSARY FOR THE EXTENSION.

OKAY, I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. THAT IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. JUMP AROUND, JUMP AROUND.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 7.7.

SO SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC MEETING FROM JL RICHARDS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED REGARDING THE ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT APPLICATION AT 50 ROMAN AVENUE. AGAIN WE HAVE NIKITA JARIWALA AND WE'RE GOING TO LET NIKITA PRESENT HER SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND THEN ONCE COUNCIL'S ASKED ALL THEIR QUESTIONS WE'LL GO THROUGH THE MOTION.

NIKITA, WELCOME.

CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

PERFECT. WELCOME AGAIN.

THANKS. HOPEFULLY.

I HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF AN ECHO, BUT HOPEFULLY I THINK IT'S GOOD NOW.

SO JUST STARTING BY JUST GIVING, LIKE, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THIS APPLICATION.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THE ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT IS TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY FROM INSTITUTIONAL TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE DWELLING R2 IN ORDER TO

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SO THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED INSTITUTIONAL AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ROMAN AVENUE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED ALONG WITH FIVE OTHERS AROUND 1994 DURING AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, AND SO THIS APPLICATION IS TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THIS OTHERWISE UNDERUTILIZED LOT BY PROPOSING RESIDENTIAL INFILL.

SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS A CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL FUNCTIONALLY OPERATE AS A RENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUDES THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING TO A ONE STORY APARTMENT BUILDING WITH 21 UNITS, A SIX STORY APARTMENT BUILDING WITH 55 UNITS, AND 40 TOWNHOUSES AS WELL, AND I'LL ALSO ADD THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO SITE PLAN, CONTROL AND PLAN OF CONDOMINIUM PROCESSES.

SO NOW GETTING INTO THE SUMMARY OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO INCLUDING THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT WAS HEARD TODAY TILL DATE FOR WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS AND THREE ORAL SUBMISSIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR THIS APPLICATION AND SEVERAL ISSUES WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THOSE SUBMISSIONS.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW SOME OF THE SOME OF THE CONCERNS.

SO THE FIRST WAS THE COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY ON THIS PROJECT.

I CAN CONFIRM THAT THE CIRCULATION AND POSTING OF NOTICES WERE COMPLETED AS PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLANNING ACT.

IN THIS CASE, IT INCLUDED POSTING A NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER 20 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC MEETING.

THE CITY DID GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS REQUIREMENT AND HAD POSTED THE NOTICE TO THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS ON THEIR WEBSITE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. I CAN ALSO CONFIRM THAT THE DEVELOPER HAD PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED FIVE STORIES FOR THE CONDO AND TWO STORIES FOR THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND AN OPEN HOUSE THAT THEY HELD LAST YEAR.

HOWEVER, THIS WAS CHANGED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION CONSTRAINTS OF ADDING A SECOND STORY TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING, SO THE CONCEPT WAS THEN CHANGED TO SIX STORIES FOR THE CONDO APARTMENT BUILDING, AND THE SCHOOL BUILDING WILL REMAIN AT ONE, AND THE OVERALL NUMBER OF UNITS BEING PROPOSED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT REMAINS THE SAME.

THERE WAS A CONCERN REGARDING SERVICING CAPACITY, SO A FUNCTIONAL SITE SERVICING REPORT WAS SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION.

THERE WILL BE REQUIREMENTS DETAILED DESIGN PHASE.

ANY DEFICIENCIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN ANY UPGRADES THAT ARE REQUIRED WILL BE AT THE COST OF THE DEVELOPER.

THE NEXT CONCERN WAS RELATED TO INCREASED TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.

SO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT WAS SUBMITTED BY SUBJECT EXPERTS.

THEY CONCLUDED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A MINIMAL IMPACT TO THE EXISTING ROAD NETWORK.

ANOTHER CONCERN WAS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.

THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC AT THE PUBLIC MEETING LAST TIME AS WELL, BUT TO GET INTO IT, THE PHASING AND THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH THE DEVELOPER DURING THE SITE PLAN CONTROL PROCESS AND WILL THEN BE FURTHER NOTED IN THE SITE PLAN AGREEMENT AS WELL.

ANOTHER CONCERN WAS REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THE PROJECT AND THE LOSS OF GREEN SPACE.

SO TO REITERATE, IN THE OFFICIAL PLAN, WHICH IS THE PLANNING POLICY DOCUMENT IN ELLIOT LAKE, THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS PERMITTED AT THIS SITE.

THE TREES AND GREEN SPACE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY WILL BE REDUCED.

HOWEVER, PORTIONS OF IT WILL BE RETAINED AS WELL IN THE CURRENT CONCEPT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

A FORCED EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION AND THE BETTER QUALITY TREES ARE BEING RETAINED, WHEREAS THE POORER QUALITY TREES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED. ALSO, I WILL NOTE THAT A TREE CONSERVATION PLAN WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED AT SITE PLAN CONTROL TO ENSURE THAT THE TREES TO ENSURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING ON THEIR SITE PLAN IN TERMS OF RETENTION OF TREES IS MAINTAINED.

THE NEXT CONCERN WAS REGARDING PRIVACY.

SO THE CONFIGURATION SO THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION OF THE SITE PLACES THE SIX-STOREY STRUCTURE FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE EXISTING DWELLINGS.

WHEREAS IF THE SIX STOREY STRUCTURE WAS PLACED CLOSER TO ANY OF THE PROPERTY LINES, IT WOULD HAVE A MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE STREET AND NEIGHBORING DWELLINGS.

ITS CURRENT ORIENTATION IS BUFFERED BY PARKING AND TREES AROUND IT.

ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS THE CONTAMINATION THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE PHASE TWO ESA.

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THE SITE PLAN AGREEMENT WILL HAVE CONDITIONS WITHIN IT ADDRESSING THE REMOVAL OF THE MATERIAL THAT IS IN EXCESS AND IN CONTAMINATION.

ITS DISPOSAL WILL BE REQUIRED AT A REGISTERED SITE AND ADDITIONAL TESTING WILL BE REQUIRED AS WELL.

TO ENSURE THAT THE SITE IS CLEAN AND SAFE.

THE LAST TOPIC IS THE SITE PLAN PROCESS ITSELF.

I REALIZED THAT EVEN IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I HAVE REFERRED BACK TO THE SITE PLAN PROCESS A NUMBER OF TIMES.

SO SO EVEN TO BRING US TO TODAY.

THE FIRST PRE-CONSULTATION MEETING THAT WAS HELD WITH THIS APPLICANT FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.

IT WAS IN JUNE OF 2022.

SO BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITERATIONS OF THIS CONCEPT, TRYING TO BRING IT TO A POINT THAT BETTER, THAT MEETS WITH THE POLICY CONTEXT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, WHILE STILL, YOU KNOW, BEING FEASIBLE FOR THE APPLICANT AS WELL, AND QUITE A LARGE RANGE OF STUDIES WAS ALSO REQUIRED WITH THE ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED SO FAR.

SO IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS MOVING ON FROM TODAY IF THE ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT IS APPROVED TODAY, THEN THERE IS A 20 DAY APPEAL PERIOD.

IF THE 20 DAY APPEAL PERIOD IS CLEARED AFTER THAT STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT TO IDENTIFY ANY REMAINING STUDIES AND PLANS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO MOVE FORWARD.

ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED THEIR SITE PLAN CONTROL APPLICATION THE REVIEW CAN BE A THE REVIEW IS OFTEN AN ITERATIVE PROCESS WHERE SITE WHERE CITY STAFF OF VARYING DEPARTMENTS WILL REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND PROVIDE COMMENTS, AND THE APPLICANT WILL RESUBMIT OR UPDATE THEIR PLANS ACCORDINGLY, AND THEN ONCE ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS GET FINALIZED, THE SITE PLAN AGREEMENT IS PREPARED BY STAFF IN COLLABORATION WITH NATALIE, THE CLERK, AND THEN THE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED BY THE DEVELOPER AND THE CLERK, AND THE DEVELOPER IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE SECURITIES AS WELL.

THIS SECURITY THAT'S COLLECTED WILL ONLY BE RELEASED AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES COMPLETION OF ANY SITE PLAN CONDITIONS.

SO THAT'S ADDRESSING SOME OF THE TOPICS WE TALKED ABOUT OR THAT I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT, WHICH INCLUDES THE CLEARING OF CONTAMINATION, INCLUDING SUFFICIENT SERVICING. JUST TO NAME AND THE TREE RETENTION AND CONSERVATION AS WELL.

SO YEAH, THAT SUMMARIZES MY COMMENTS AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COULD YOU QUICKLY JUST GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THE APPEAL PERIOD? YEAH. SO THERE WERE RECENT CHANGES THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL WHICH HAVE CHANGED THE APPEAL RIGHTS FOR ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS. SO THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY APPEALS FOR ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS.

SO CURRENTLY, THE ONLY BODIES THAT CAN APPEAL ARE THE CITY, THE APPLICANT AND ANY REGISTERED OWNER OF THE LANDS, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS OUR APPLICANT, AND ANY PUBLIC BODY ONLY IF THE PUBLIC BODY HAD MADE A COMMENT.

AT THE PUBLIC MEETING.

YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO MAKE.

THEY WOULD HAVE HAD THE PUBLIC BODY WOULD HAVE HAD TO MAKE A COMMENT AT THE PUBLIC MEETING OR I GUESS AT SOME POINT, A WRITTEN SUBMISSION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC MEETING AND TODAY. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. MORE OF A COMMENT.

THIS ISN'T A RASH DECISION.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT'S JUST BEING DECIDED TONIGHT AS J.L.

RICHARDS. NIKITA, SHE EXPLAINED ALL THESE DIFFERENT REPORTS AND EVERYTHING, THE TRAFFIC REPORT, THE WATER SEWAGE REPORT AND SO ON AND SO ON AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE'S TELLING ME TONIGHT IS THE PROPONENT HAS DONE THIS.

HE'S COVERED THIS.

HE'S HE'S DONE WHAT WE'VE REQUESTED, AND WE'RE ELECTED UP HERE TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT, NOT PUSH IT AWAY OR SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PUT IT OVER THERE, BUT DON'T PUT IT HERE.

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YOU HAVE AN ABANDONED SCHOOL THAT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD EYESORE OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.

SO BASED ON THIS FINAL REPORTS, I HAVE NO PROBLEM RECOMMENDING THIS ZONING AMENDMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. FLINTOFF. THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

SORRY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR BOLT? THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

MORE OF A COMMENT. I'VE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR QUITE A WHILE.

EXCUSE ME, AND I AGREE WITH THE SCHOOL BEING UPGRADED, BUT I STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE BEING DESTROYED AND PUTTING A SIX FOOT OR A SIX STORY APARTMENT BUILDING UP THERE.

TO ME, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO LOOK PROPER, HAVING IT SUCH A BIG BUILDING UP THERE.

SO I'M GOING TO NOT BE.

EXCUSE ME. NOT BE IN FAVOR OF IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE. THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

I ALSO HAVE RESERVATIONS FOR THE TIMELINE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DO THIS PROJECT.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN LIKE TOMORROW MORNING.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE BULLDOZING AND STARTING THE WORK BY DOING THE SITE PLAN AND ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE ANY RENOVATION IS STARTED ON THE SCHOOL BUILDING.

WHEN DO THEY FORESEE THAT TO HAPPEN AND COULD CHANGES BE DONE TO THE WHOLE PROJECT IF THEY SEE THAT IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO GO AHEAD WITH IT? WHO'S THE QUESTION FOR? I GUESS THE DEVELOPERS ALSO I CAN START.

OKAY, AND I KNOW DANIEL IS ON THE LINE, SO HE MAY HAVE SOME THINGS TO ADD AS WELL.

YES. CERTAINLY.

CONSTRUCTION WOULD NOT BE STARTING RIGHT AWAY.

WE DO HAVE SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO COMPLETE WITH THE SITE PLAN.

THE SITE PLAN AGREEMENT PROCESS, WHICH COULD TAKE A FEW MONTHS TO GET THROUGH.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO ASSESS EXACTLY HOW LONG AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

IN TERMS OF HOW THE CONCEPT COULD CHANGE IF THIS PROPERTY IS REZONED TO R-2 THE CONCEPT COULD CHANGE FROM WHAT IT IS TODAY.

HOWEVER, IT WOULD STILL NEED TO ABIDE BY ALL OF THE SETBACKS AND PARAMETERS AS OUTLINED IN THE ZONING BYLAW.

SO CURRENTLY THE PROPOSAL MEETS WITH ALL OF THE R-2 ZONE PROVISIONS WITHOUT NEEDING ANY SITE SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS.

THEY IT WOULD BE WITHIN THEIR CAPABILITIES TO CHANGE THE CONCEPT AS LONG AS IT IS WITHIN THE R-2 ZONING PROVISIONS, IF THEY NEEDED TO MAKE OTHER SITE SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS.

THEY MAY BE THEY MAY BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A MINOR VARIANCE PROCESS.

IF THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES, THEN THEY MAY NEED TO COME TO ZONING AGAIN BUT SEEING AS IT'S TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET TO THIS POINT, I THINK THAT WE'RE WE EXPECT THAT THE CONCEPT WILL REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME, IF NOT EXACTLY THE SAME.

DANIEL, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ADDITIONAL IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION TIMING? YEAH, I LOOKING OVER ALL THE PLANNING IN THAT WITH THE TIMING IT'S STILL AN ECONOMIC DECISION.

I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE, BUT THAT'S A DEEPER INVESTMENT THAN I CAN DO RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S I'D PREFER TO DO IT IN PHASES FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT.

PART OF IT, TOO, IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL, SINCE IT'S ALREADY AN EXISTING BUILDING, COULD WE START WITH THE SCHOOL WHILE WE'RE PUTTING THE REST IN PLACE? THE SUBDIVISION AGREEMENT AND ALL THAT IN PLACE, THAT'S SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CITY WOULD APPROACH THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE LOOKED AT AND OUR ARCHITECTS AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION IF WE CAN START WITH THE SCHOOL ITSELF, GET IT ROLLING, AND WHILE WE'RE PUTTING THE REST OF IT IN PLACE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

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THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

IF I MIGHT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT MR. TRASK WAS ON THE PHONE ON THE CALL.

NOW, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE TONIGHT.

MR. TARASCO, YOU'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, AND AGAIN, ANOTHER COMMENT FROM A NEIGHBOR TONIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU SAY? ARE YOU WILLING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN THOSE KINDS OF COMMENTS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING FORWARD? AGAIN, NOT TO CHANGE THE FINANCES OF YOUR PROJECT.

I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT BECAUSE, AGAIN, AS YOU JUST INDICATED, IT NEEDS TO MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR OVERALL COMMENTS ARE WITH AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT COMING FORWARD TONIGHT.

I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT WITH THE ECONOMICS, I'M TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE LAND AS MUCH, USE AS MUCH AS I CAN WITHIN A CERTAIN BUDGET, SO I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.

IF WE START TAKING AWAY FROM THE PROJECT IT MAY NOT MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE TO DO THE WHOLE PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHERE IT'S A FINE BALANCING ACT OF HOW MUCH TO BUILD AND WHERE YOU'VE OVERBUILT OR UNDERBUILT, AND THAT'S A BALANCING ACT. WE STILL, YOU KNOW, WE TEST ALL OUR MODELS, AND THIS SEEMS TO BE THE RIGHT NUMBER TO MAKE THIS ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, THAT EVERYBODY CAN WALK AWAY HAPPY, THE HOMEOWNERS, BECAUSE PART OF THE COST VOLUME ALWAYS BRINGS PRICE DOWN.

THE LEAST VOLUME I DO, THE MORE COSTLY THE UNITS ARE GOING TO BE.

SO I HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THOSE CONSTRAINTS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO MAXIMIZE THE LOT I HAVE, BUT ALSO MEET BECAUSE EVERYBODY COMPLAINS ABOUT THE PRICE OF HOMES, BUT IF WE DON'T DO VOLUME, THE PRICE GOES UP.

SO I'M TRYING TO KEEP EQUILIBRIUM THERE.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MY QUESTION IS TO GO BACK TO THE REPORT ON CONTAMINATION AND THAT MIGHT BE FOR NIKITA.

WHAT EXACTLY WERE THE CONTAMINANTS AND WHAT IS THE PRESCRIBED REMEDIATION THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE PROPERTY? OR IS THERE ANY.

I CAN PROVIDE WHAT WAS IN THEIR CONCLUSION.

I AM NOT AN ENGINEER, SO I CANNOT.

I CAN ANSWER THAT.

OKAY. SORRY.

THE ONLY CONTAMINANTS WE FOUND SO FAR WAS IN THE AROUND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

THERE WAS AN OLD TANK THAT WAS REMOVED IN 2003, IF I REMEMBER, OR AROUND THE BEGINNING OF 2000.

IT WAS GIVING CLEARANCE, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS 20 YEARS LATER, THEY WANTED ANOTHER PHASE TWO DONE.

SO WE FOUND A LITTLE BIT OF CONTAMINANT LEFT.

WE THINK IT'S FROM THE OIL TANK.

SO WE ACTUALLY ALREADY HAD IT ALL REMOVED, AND SO WHEN WE SUBMITTED THIS, IT'S A CLEAN SITE.

THE ENGINEERS WENT BACK AND TESTED IT AGAIN AT THE LAB.

THE FILL WE USE HAS PROPERLY BEEN THE SORRY PASSED, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTAMINANTS THAT WE KNOW OF ON THE SITE CURRENTLY.

SO THE SURVEY INCLUDED THE BALL FIELD OR THE SOCCER FIELD AND THE BUSH.

YEAH. WE DID 20 SOMETHING TEST HOLES.

OKAY. IT'S ALL THE TEST HOLES ARE IN THE REPORT THAT WE DID.

YEAH. WE JUST DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE REPORT.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILLOR MANN. THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

I WAS TRYING TO DO SOME QUICK MATH IN MY HEAD ABOUT HOW MANY SCHOOLS ARE NO LONGER SCHOOLS IN ELLIOT LAKE, AND OBVIOUSLY ROMAN AVENUE, KEN MET SEVERAL THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY PART OF THE ORIGINAL ALGOMA DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD WHEN THEY WERE DECOMMISSIONED.

NOW, GOING ON 30 YEARS LEFT AN ABUNDANCE OF ESSENTIALLY GREEN SPACE FOR ALL OF THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS. I, TOO, DRIVE BY A SCHOOL THAT IS SLATED FOR SOME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE, BUT I STILL DRIVE BY IT REGULARLY AND THERE ISN'T A LOT BEING DONE TO IT, AND AS COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF SAID, IT'S REALLY NICE TO GET SOME OF THIS IMPROVED.

WE AS A COMMUNITY GET REALLY CHALLENGING DECISIONS TO MAKE ON OCCASION, AND THIS AGAIN BECOMES ONE OF THEM.

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YOU BUILD MORE.

YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S TAXES SHOULD TECHNICALLY DECREASE OVER TIME BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING MORE TO INVEST INTO THE POOL.

SO I THINK FOR THAT REASON, I WILL SUPPORT IT TONIGHT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ARE CLEARLY MINDFUL OF THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE VERY CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT FOR TONIGHT, I WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR BULL THANK YOU.

THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

CAN YOU PROVIDE.

I'M GETTING THE TIMELINE.

ALL LITTLE MIXED UP HERE.

WERE YOU GOING? TO DO THE SCHOOL FIRST, OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO THE UPPER PART AND THEN THE SCHOOL AFTER? BECAUSE I THINK THE PLAN IS.

GO AHEAD. SORRY WAS HE ADDRESSING ME OR? YEAH, SORRY. OKAY THE PLAN WAS TO DO THE SCHOOL FIRST AND THEN THE BUILDING AND THEN THE TOWNHOMES IN THE BACK.

SO THE BUILDING IS SITUATED RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY PRETTY WELL, AND THAT'S PURPOSELY DONE BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT.

SO WE WANTED TO KEEP IT AWAY AS FAR AWAY AS FROM EVERY ENTRANCE POINT AND AS FAR AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS AS WE CAN.

OKAY, I'M ALL FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, BUT I'M JUST HAVING A HARD TIME WITH A SIX STORY BEING THAT HIGH UP IN THE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR SEIDEL. THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

SO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS NOTHING REALLY.

WELL, IT'S NEW TO ELLIOT LAKE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, EIGHT AND NINE STORIES IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA ON WASHINGTON AVENUE.

THAT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 70S.

SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING TOO MUCH WRONG WITH THIS.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE TAX YOU KNOW, MUNICIPAL TAXES WE'RE GOING TO GAIN FROM THIS IS I THINK IT'S A WIN SITUATION FOR US.

SO I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

JUST A QUESTION, THE METALS, LIKE WHEN THEY DID THAT PHASE TWO ENVIRONMENTAL THE ONE THAT YOU THAT WE REQUESTED THAT WAS DONE JUNE 16TH, 2023, THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE METAL LEVELS WERE HIGH, BUT THEY'RE SAFE.

IS THAT WHAT I'M READING? LIKE I'M NOT A GEOLOGIST OR ANYTHING, BUT I'VE READ THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT IT'S SAYING THAT WHEN THEY TAKE THE EARTH OUT OF IT, IT HAS TO GO TO A REGISTERED SITE.

WHERE WOULD THAT SITE BE? LIKE THE DIRT? I GUESS THE QUESTION IS FOR YOU OR SOMEBODY, MR. TARASCO, IS THAT WHO YOU'RE ASKING? YES. DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? MR. TARASCO, DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? I DID, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER AS OF YET.

OKAY. ACCORDING TO TULLOCH'S REPORT, THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE HIGH, BUT THEY'RE WITHIN THE ENOUGH THAT IT WOULD STILL PASS. IS THAT QUESTION GOING OVER TO NADIA NOW? NIKITA, SORRY.

THE METALS, THE PHASE TWO REPORT.

SO I THINK WE'VE I DON'T THINK THAT.

THIS REPORT, SO I CAN ONLY GIVE MY HIGH LEVEL CONCLUSION, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY THEY DID NOT FIND ANY EXCEEDANCES EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE THAT WERE LISTED, AND THEN THOSE COUPLE THAT ARE LISTED ARE THE ONES THAT THE REMEDIATION IS REQUIRED FOR, AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT DANIEL IS SAYING THAT THE FIELD MATERIAL WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED, SENT TO A REGISTERED SITE, ADDITIONAL TESTING.

SO I KNOW THAT THERE IS THERE ARE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS THAT ARE SPECIALISTS IN THIS.

I COULDN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT A REGISTERED SITE MEANS AT THIS TIME, BUT CERTAINLY I COULD GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF THAT IS

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OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO IS EVERYBODY PREPARED TO VOTE? I'LL READ THE MOTION.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THE REZONING OF 50 ROMAN AVENUE FROM INSTITUTIONAL I TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE DWELLING R-2, AND THAT BYLAW 1836 THE ZONING BYLAW BE AMENDED TO AFFECT THIS DECISION.

A MOVER COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

SECONDED COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

ALL IN FAVOR? ONE IS OPPOSED.

OKAY, SO THAT IS CARRIED.

OKAY. YEAH.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU BOTH, NIKITA AND MR. TARASCO, FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING, AND YOUR PART IS OVER SO YOU CAN SIGN OFF AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING. THANK YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU. SO LET'S GO BACK IN ORDER. WE'LL GO BACK TO 7.1.

THIS IS WHERE I MUST DECLARE COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF CORPORATE REPORTS.

ITEM 7.1 A REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF 17 FOREST PLACE.

THAT THE REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DATED AUGUST 4TH, 2024 BE RECEIVED, AND THAT COUNCIL ENTER AN AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE WITH JOZSEF JOZSA FOR THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS 17 FOREST PLACE, AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE BYLAW BE PASSED AND THAT THE FUNDS BE TAKEN OUT OF THE LAND SALES PURCHASE RESERVE.

COULD I HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER? COUNCILLOR BULL AND COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

MR. ANTUNES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THIS IS RELATIVELY COULD BE RELATIVELY QUICK.

WE HAD BROUGHT ANOTHER ONE OF THESE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.

SO A QUICK SUMMARY FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME.

THE BLOCK OF TOWNHOMES NUMBER 13 TO 23 FOREST PLACE, WERE DESTROYED BY A FIRE IN 2016.

ESSENTIALLY, SINCE THAT TIME, THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REBUILD.

THEY'VE BEEN PAYING TAXES ON VACANT LAND, ON AN AREA THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO REBUILD UNLESS ALL LOTS WERE PURCHASED AT ONCE.

TWO OF THOSE PROPERTIES WERE OWNED BY THE MUNICIPALITY, WHICH WAS 15 AND 19.

THIS UNIT HERE IS 17 FOREST PLACE.

SO WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPERTY, WE WOULD GET THE FULL BLOCK IN THE CENTER.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE LANDOWNERS TO REPURCHASE THESE LOTS AND CONSOLIDATE THE PROPERTY INTO ONE, WHICH ESSENTIALLY WOULD GIVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE CLERK'S OFFICE PROPERTIES TO SELL FOR REDEVELOPMENT, AND IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE A MULTI-DWELLING UNIT DEVELOPMENT.

SO FAIRLY SIMPLE.

STAFF DID GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH COUNCIL SEVERAL WEEKS AGO OF PURCHASING 23 FOREST PLACE.

CERTAINLY JUST THE WAY TIMING WORKED, 17 WAS WELL, IN THE WORKS.

THERE WERE JUST MORE LEGAL HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH BECAUSE OF AN ESTATE AND WHATNOT.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY SHOULD COUNCIL APPROVE THIS BYLAW LATER ON THIS EVENING? THE MUNICIPALITY WOULD OWN FOUR OF THE SIX PROPERTIES IN THIS BLOCK AND WORKING WITH THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO ACQUIRE THE BALANCE AND WE HAVE SET A THRESHOLD FOR PRICING.

SO THIS ONE THE MUNICIPALITY WOULD BE PURCHASING IT FOR $8,500.

IT'S 0.5 OF AN ACRE.

THE LAST PROPERTY WAS 0.9 OF AN ACRE, WHICH WE PURCHASED FOR $15,500.

SO RATIO WISE IT WORKS OUT PER ACRE ABOUT THE SAME COST.

SO IT'S A FAIR OFFER FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND GIVES THE MUNICIPALITY, AGAIN, STOCK WHICH WE CAN SELL FOR MULTI-DWELLING UNITS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS.

IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

SO THAT'S GETTING US ONE STEP CLOSER TO OWNING THAT BLOCK COMPLETE, AND THEN IT'LL BE VERY MARKETABLE.

YES, SIR. THROUGH YOU, MR. CHAIR, ABSOLUTELY. OKAY, WELL, THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.

WE'LL HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR?

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BACK TO MARIJUANA.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ITEM 7.2 REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF PART SEVEN OF PIN 316230096 ON PLAN 1R-4129, MUNICIPALLY KNOWN AS LOT NUMBER 14 ON FOX DRIVE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DATED AUGUST 6TH, 2024 BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY JUST IDENTIFIED. LOAN IS NOT NUMBER 14 FROM ABR SEAMLESS TO JEFF ROSE AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE AGREEMENT BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL AND PASSED AS A BYLAW AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING OF COUNCIL.

A MOVER, COUNCILOR LEFEBVRE SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MANN.

MR. ANTUNES.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

A PROPERTY SALE THAT WAS DONE DURING MY EARLY DAYS WITH THE MUNICIPALITY.

ESSENTIALLY, WE SOLD THE PROPERTY, AND IN THE TIME WITHIN THE BUILD COVENANT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY DID PASS AWAY.

WE DID REACH OUT TO OUR STAFF, DID CONNECT WITH COUNCIL TO GET DIRECTION AS FAR AS REPURCHASING THE PROPERTY BACK, BUT WE FOUND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY OWNER TO TRANSFER THE AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE TO A NEW PROPERTY OWNER.

THIS DIRECTION WAS GIVEN BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2023.

OF COURSE, OUR COURT SYSTEM TAKES QUITE A WHILE FOR ESTATE PROCESSES TO TAKE PLACE.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ESTATE TO GET TO THIS POINT.

ESSENTIALLY ALLOWING THE TRANSFER OF THE PROPERTY TO MR. ROSE. ALL THE INITIAL CONDITIONS WILL CARRY FORWARD ON THE AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE.

EVERYTHING FROM THAT, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ASSIGN THE PROPERTY WITHOUT APPROVAL OF COUNCIL.

THEY WILL ENTER INTO SITE PLAN CONTROL.

THE PURCHASER WILL CONSTRUCT A MINIMUM OF 1000 SQUARE FOOT STRUCTURE AND CONNECT TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO ALL THE SAME ITEMS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BUILD COVENANT TIME, WHICH WILL BE ADJUSTED, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO BACK IN TIME. SO THE COST OF ADDING THE BUILD COVENANT SHOULD BE BORNE BY THE CITY.

WE CAN'T HAVE THEM BUILD ANYTHING THERE YET, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED WITH WITH HYDRO AS OF YET.

SO STAFF HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT THE TIME THAT BE PLACED ON THERE BE JANUARY OF 2027.

THAT WOULD GIVE THE HOPE IS TO HAVE THE HYDRO CONNECTED THIS YEAR.

SO THAT WOULD GIVE THE PROPONENT TWO YEARS AS IF THEY'D BEEN ENTERING INTO THE AGREEMENT TODAY ANYWAY, WHICH I THINK IS VERY FAIR.

MR. ROSE IS VERY MOTIVATED.

IS AN EXISTING BUSINESS OWNER IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE COMMUNITY EXPAND THEN AGAIN TAKE CARE OF ISSUES THAT WERE PERTAINING TO A VERY UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE WITH THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY OWNER.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNES.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE.

OPPOSED. THAT'S CARRIED.

7.3 REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING CIP APPLICATION FOR PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT GRANT FOR MULLEN WATERFRONT SERVICES.

MAY HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DATED AUGUST 6TH, 2024, BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE APPLICATION BY MULLEN WATERFRONT SERVICES FOR THE PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT GRANT UNDER COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

MOVER COUNCILLOR LEFEBVRE.

SECONDED COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

MR. ANTUNES.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. WE ARE JUST BLASTING THROUGH THESE! THE WE DID BRING ANOTHER ONE OF THESE TO COUNCIL A LITTLE WHILE AGO AS PART OF OUR NEW COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PROPONENTS APPLY FOR THE PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT GRANT IS BY RIGHTS AND BY THE OUTLINE OF THE CIP, SOMETHING THE COUNCIL APPROVES.

NOT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVES AS WITH OTHER ITEMS IN THE CIP.

MULLEN WATERFRONT SERVICES DID PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT 17 TIMBER ROAD A LITTLE WHILE AGO DID PUT THROUGH AN APPLICATION, AND ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A STRAIGHTFORWARD APPLICATION FOR THE PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT GRANT WHERE THEY WILL SEE THE CHANGE AGAIN.

WE WENT THROUGH THIS IN THE LAST MEETING, BUT THE CHANGE IN THE ASSESSMENT VALUE OR IN THE TAXES BETWEEN WHAT IT IS TODAY AS AN EMPTY LOT AS TO WHAT IT WILL BE ONCE THE

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IT'S PHASED IN OVER FOUR YEARS ON A SLIDING SCALE, DECREASING BY 25% EVERY YEAR, WHICH WOULD HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER PAYING THE FULL ASSESSMENT AMOUNT IN YEAR FIVE.

SO GREAT INCENTIVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS OWNER WHO IS BUILDING A BRAND NEW FACILITY, A BRAND NEW STRUCTURE IN THE MUNICIPALITY TO HAVE A BIT OF AN EASE IN WITH THE COSTS INVOLVED.

SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNES.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. NO QUESTIONS.

JUST THIS IS GOOD NEWS.

WE JUST DID ONE OF THESE NOT TOO LONG AGO AND THIS IS THE SECOND ONE.

SO I THINK OUR FIRST YEAR HERE, I DON'T I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE DID ANY.

SO THIS IS DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING AND KEEP IT GOING.

MR. ANTUNES THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

OKAY. LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED.

THAT IS CARRIED.

7.4 REPORT FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING SUPPORT OF 2025 ONTARIO SNOWMOBILER OVAL RACERS WINTER SNOWMOBILE EVENT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE REPORT OF THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DATED AUGUST 6TH, 2024 BE RECEIVED AND THAT COUNCIL SUPPORT THE ONTARIO SNOWMOBILE OVAL RACERS APPLICATION TO FEDNOR TO HOST AN EVENT IN ELLIOT LAKE IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025, AND THAT SHOULD THE APPLICATION TO FEDNOR BE SUCCESSFUL, THAT COUNCIL SUPPORT THIS EVENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

RENTAL OF THE ELLIOT LAKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR A FEE OF $1 AND THAT SHOULD THE APPLICATION TO FEDNOR BE SUCCESSFUL, THAT COUNCIL SUPPORT THE EVENT THROUGH A $5,000 SPONSORSHIP TO BE ADDED TO THE 2025 BUDGET.

A MOVER COUNCILLOR MANN SECONDED COUNCILLOR BULL.

MR. ANTUNES.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY PRESENTING ITSELF TO THE CITY.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DESIRE TO HAVE PROPONENTS STEP FORWARD AND PUT ON EVENTS, AS OPPOSED TO HAVING THE MUNICIPALITY AND STAFF GO THROUGH THE MUNICIPALITY, GO THROUGH THE EXPENSE AND STAFF GO THROUGH THE WORK OUTSIDE OF OUR BAILIWICK OF OF PUTTING ON THESE TYPE OF EVENTS.

WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE BY A PROPONENT THAT IS WORKING WITH THE ONTARIO SNOWMOBILE OVAL RACERS WHICH IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION, AND THEY WANT TO PUT ON AN EVENT IN ELLIOT LAKE, AND THIS EVENT IS IT STARTED OFF AS ESSENTIALLY A SNOWMOBILE OVAL RACE, AND BECAUSE OF ELLIOT LAKE'S REPUTATION FOR MOTORSPORTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, BUT THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT MOUNT DUFOUR DID WITH THE HILL CLIMB OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, WHICH I THINK SAW--I EMCEED IT SO I SHOULD REMEMBER--I THINK IT WAS 160-180 PARTICIPANTS TAKE PART IN THAT.

CREATED SOME BUZZ, SOME EXCITEMENT.

SO BETWEEN THE PROMOTION OF TOURISM IN THE CITY AND WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING, WE'RE GETTING THESE FOLKS COMING TO THE DOOR AND KNOCKING AND ASKING QUESTIONS, AND AGAIN, THIS MODEL IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.

WE PROVIDE A SPONSORSHIP, WE PROVIDE A FACILITY, AND WE STEP BACK AND SUPPORT IT AND PROMOTE IT, BUT NOT HAVE STAFF THERE AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING, POURING WATER ON AN ICE TRACK TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE KNOW.

THE OTHER THING IS WINTER.

OUR DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON TOURISM ATTRACTION, AND WINTER IS ALWAYS AN INTERESTING ONE FOR THE MUNICIPALITY.

IF WE HAVE A WINTER LIKE LAST YEAR, WE HAVE A TOUGH TOURISM WINTER.

IF WE HAVE A GREAT SNOW WINTER, WE TRY AND MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES QUITE LITERALLY.

IN THIS CASE, MAKE MONEY WHILE THE SNOW FALLS, I GUESS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT THIS EVENT, DURING POTENTIALLY A DOWNTIME WILL DRAW PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE AND THIS DIDN'T GO TO STANDING COMMITTEE BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE.

OUR MEETING WITH THE PROPONENT AND FEDNOR WAS ONLY ABOUT A WEEK AGO, AND THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE THEIR DOCUMENTATION IN BY THE END OF AUGUST, BECAUSE OF COURSE, JANUARY IS GOING TO COME VERY, VERY QUICKLY.

ESSENTIALLY, STAFF ARE PUTTING THIS FORWARD TO COUNCIL AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE AHEAD LIES ON FEDNOR'S SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM.

FEDNOR DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH DUE DILIGENCE ON THIS PROGRAM, AND WE WOULD BE LEVERAGING THE WORK THAT FEDNOR WOULD BE DOING TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE IN THE FINANCIALS AND THAT PART OF IT.

SO IT'S FEDNOR IS GOT TIGHT PURSE STRINGS AT TIMES, AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO LEND THE MONEY, CERTAINLY THEY'VE, THEY'VE FILTERED OUT ANY CHALLENGES THAT THE PROPONENT WOULD HAVE.

THE EVENT WOULD TAKE PLACE ON THE WEEKEND.

FIRST WEEKEND, SECOND WEEK EXCUSE ME OF JANUARY.

THEY WOULD HAVE TWO TRACKS SIDE BY SIDE IN THE GRASSY AREA SHOWN IN THE REPORT THAT WENT TO COUNCIL.

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THEY WOULD HANDLE EVERYTHING ELSE.

WE WOULD SHOW UP AS ATTENDEES AND SUPPORTERS.

STAFF OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE INVOLVED TO WHATEVER EXTENT STAFF NEEDED TO BE, BUT AGAIN, NOT LEVERAGING OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREWS AND EVERYONE ELSE TO DO THAT.

SO AGAIN, GREAT ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THE BIG PLUS OF THIS OVER THE DRAG RACES THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE IS THE DRAG RACES.

THEY WERE ABLE TO CAMP AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH MEANT THEY DIDN'T COME INTO THE MUNICIPALITY.

IT'S PRETTY DARN COLD IN JANUARY, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE CAMPING AT THE AIRPORT.

THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO COME TO THE MUNICIPALITY AND OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS FOR HOTELS, FOOD, LODGING, SUPPLIES.

SO AGAIN, THIS STAFF WOULD ARGUE, WOULD OFFER A GREATER ECONOMIC IMPACT THAN OTHER EVENTS.

OUR FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS.

AS I SAID, $5,000 FOR COUNCIL TO BUDGET IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET CYCLE, AND THEN OF COURSE, THE RENTAL OF THE AIRPORT. SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNES. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILLOR MANN.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. THROUGH YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNES, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

I SEE LOTS OF POSITIVES COMING OUT OF THIS FORMAT, AND POTENTIALLY THIS FORMAT CAN EVEN BE USED FOR OTHER SEASONAL RACING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, LOOKING FOR OTHER PROPONENTS TO COME FORWARD.

HERE'S SOMEONE THAT'S KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR, LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR RECENT SUCCESSES AND SAYING, WE WANT TO BE PART OF YOUR AREA.

SO FINGERS CROSSED AND I HOPE THIS WORKS AND MEANS WE GET SOME WINTER THIS YEAR TOO.

THANK YOU. COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS IF THE WEATHER IS NOT FAVORABLE AT THAT TIME? WILL THEY BE ABLE TO RESCHEDULE IT LATER ON IN THE WINTER? THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP, THAT IS THE FANTASTIC THING FOR ALL OF US THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE STREET DANCE AND SEE CLOUDS FORMING AND GO WONDER HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO LOSE IF PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP.

I HATE TO SAY NOT OUR PROBLEM, BUT NOT OUR PROBLEM.

WE CAN WORK WITH RESCHEDULING, BUT AS A PROMOTER, THAT'S A RISK THEY TAKE FOR COMING IN.

SO THE MUNICIPALITY IS NOT ON THE HOOK FOR PUTTING ON THE EVENT, BUT AGAIN, WE WILL WORK WITH THE PROPONENT.

IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER WEEKEND, WE WANT TO DO IT, BUT I WANT TO REASSURE COUNCIL THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A WINTER AND THEY'VE SPENT X NUMBER OF DOLLARS TO GET TO THE POINT AND COME JANUARY 10TH, IT'S GREEN GRASS AGAIN, NOT NOT A COST TO THE MUNICIPALITY FOR DOING THAT.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THE $5,000 THAT WE WANT TO BUDGET FOR THIS? IT WON'T GET IT UNTIL THE EVENT IS DONE? THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE'VE PUT IN IS THAT OUR $5,000 SPONSORSHIP WILL BE RECEIPT BASED.

AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO TIE INTO WHAT RECEIPTS? BUT AGAIN, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD TO EXPEND THE MONEY TO PUT ON THE EVENT FOR US TO SUPPORT IT.

SO VERY MUCH LIKE FEDNOR, WE WOULD OFFER OUR SPONSORSHIP THEORETICALLY ONCE THE EVENT HAS HAPPENED.

OKAY. COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. THROUGH YOU TO MR. ANTUNES. IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD EVENT.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO, AS MR. SHERWOOD, IS HE ACTUALLY, HE APPLIED FOR THE FEDNOR GRANT YET, OR IS HE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT ON THE $5,000 THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP? THE $5,000 ISN'T A MAKE OR BREAK FOR HIM FOR THAT.

THAT'S JUST US PUTTING SOME SKIN IN THE GAME TO SHOW WE ARE SUPPORTING.

THE FEDNOR APPLICATION IS DUE TO BE DONE BY THE END OF AUGUST.

THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE EXPEDIENCY OF GETTING THIS TODAY.

ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT HELPS OFFEND NOR APPLICATION, ESPECIALLY FROM A THIRD PARTY, IS TO HAVE COUNCIL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE EVENT.

IF HE PUT IN, THAT'S AFTER WORKING WITH THE VERY GREAT TEAM AT FEDNOR FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THAT'S ALMOST NEAR THE TOP OF THE PILE.

SO IF THERE WASN'T A COUNCIL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE EVENT, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THEY'D HAVE BEFORE THEY THEY MOVED ON TO A PHASE TWO.

SO THAT'S THIS IS PART AND PARCEL.

WE'VE, LIKE I SAID, WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

MR. SHERWOOD IS VERY AGGRESSIVE AND IT'S A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT'S BEEN TRYING TO GET A LOT OF PIECES TOGETHER BEFORE THE END OF AUGUST FOR HIS APPLICATION.

OKAY, AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THE MOUNT DUFOUR.

WE SUPPORT IT, BUT THEY RUN IT OR THEY THE ARTS ON THE TRAIL NOW OR PRETTY MUCH RUNNING THEIR OWN SHOW.

SO THEY'LL LITERALLY BUILD THE TRACKS, THE GRANDSTANDS, THE WHOLE BIT.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'LL BE SOME CITY STAFF AND HOPEFULLY IT'S A SUCCESS.

THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

YES, SIR. WHICH IS THE MODEL THAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING, AND I THINK IT'S WHAT WE SHOULD STRIVE TO BE DOING.

I MEAN, WE'RE WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC TEAM AT THE CITY.

I HAVEN'T WORKED WITH PEOPLE AS DEDICATED AS THIS.

I THINK THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY DEDICATED TO THESE TYPE OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY, BUT HANDING THE KEYS TO PEOPLE THAT DO THIS EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND, OR

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SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MODEL TO FOLLOW, AND AFTER ARTS ON THE TRAIL AND THE DUFOUR HILL CLIMB, I THINK WE'RE SETTING A GOOD PRECEDENT FOR THIS WORKING AND SETTING A MODEL TO SUPPORT IT.

OH I AGREE.

YEP, THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNES.

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? HOW LONG HAS THE ONTARIO SNOWMOBILE OVAL RACERS BEEN DOING THIS TYPE OF STUFF, AND IS THERE OTHER VENUES THAT THEY USE? THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP, I HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW THE TIMEFRAME.

I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY TYING THIS IN WITH THE CITY OF SAULT STE.

MARIE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A BIT OF A MINI CIRCUIT.

SO THE FEDNOR APPLICATION IS US IN THE SOO.

I CAN SAY THAT THE TOURISM COORDINATOR, TOURISM MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SAULT STE.

MARIE WAS ON THE CALL WITH FEDNOR, WITH ME AND MISS MCEWEN FROM FEDNOR AND MR. SHERWOOD AND THE SNOWCROSS PORTION OF THIS HAS BEEN HOSTED IN THE SOO BEFORE.

THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT.

SO IT'S GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE.

SO THE SNOWMOBILE OVAL RACERS ARE NOT FOR PROFIT AND VERY VOLUNTEER BASED, VERY MUCH LIKE A NORTH SHORE CRUISERS TYPE OF PRODUCT, BUT WORKING WITH THE SNOWCROSS FOLKS, WHICH ARE A FOR PROFIT, THEY'VE KIND OF GOT EVERYTHING DIALED IN.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF PIGGYBACKING OFF OF EACH OTHER TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE EVENT.

OKAY, ONE OTHER QUESTION.

SO IT'S AN ICE TRACK IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT THROUGH YOUR WORSHIP.

IT'S A SNOW OVAL.

I DON'T THINK IT'S FULLY ICED.

I THINK THERE IS POWDER TO IT.

SO IT'S I MEAN, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, I'VE WATCHED THE VIDEOS ONLINE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE DOING, BUT MY WIFE WON'T LET ME DO SOMETHING.

WELL, MAYBE SHE WILL. I'M INSURED, BUT IT'S A SNOW TRACK COURSE, AND THEY WOULD RACE AROUND IN AN OVAL.

IT'S ABOUT 300FT IN DIAMETER.

SO THEY WOULD RACE AROUND THE OVAL AND IT'S TIME TRIALS, AND THEN THE SNOWCROSS IS A BIT MORE EXCITING, BUT AGAIN, A LOT OF IT IS WEEKEND WARRIORS, VERY MUCH LIKE THE SNOW, THE HILL CLIMB, FOLKS THAT WANT TO COME OUT AND PUT THEIR EQUIPMENT TO THE TEST AND HAVE SOME FUN WITH THEIR TOYS, AND THE SETUP OF THIS TRACK WON'T INTERFERE.

I KNOW THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT, BUT IF THERE IS SOME, IT'S NOT ON THE TARMAC AND IT'S NOT ON THE GATEWAY THERE? THROUGH YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. YES, SIR.

THE CONCEPT IS THE TRACK ITSELF WOULD BE IN THAT FIGURE ONE THAT'S SHOWN IN THE REPORT.

LIKELY FOR THE DAY OF THE EVENT.

AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE LIKELY WOULD DO A NOTAM FOR THE RUNWAY BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE AROUND AND EQUIPMENT.

FOR THE SATURDAY, SUNDAY, BUT AGAIN, THE NICE THING OF THIS EVENT BEING IN THE WINTER IS OUR WINTER TRAFFIC IS MUCH DECREASED AT THE AIRPORT, BUT NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T PUT PROVISIONS IN PLACE, THAT IF WE SOUGHT TO RECEIVE A HELICOPTER OR SOMETHING ELSE, THAT WE COULDN'T DO THAT AS WELL.

OKAY, AND I GUESS ONE LAST QUESTION.

IT'S PROBABLY NONE OF OUR BUSINESS, BUT IS THIS LIKE A LIQUOR LICENSE TYPE OF EVENT OR.

WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THAT.

TO IN DEPTH RIGHT NOW, THE IDEA OF, OF THE BULK OF THE COSTS AND THE APPROVAL FROM FEDNOR IS TO PUT ON THE EVENT, BUT KNOWING MR. SHERWOOD AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD HE IS EVERY ATTENDEE THAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH.

HE'S GOING TO FIND A WAY TO GRAB THEM BY THE ANKLES AND SHAKE OUT EVERY LAST NICKEL IN THEIR POCKET.

SO I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A BEER TENT AVAILABLE, BUT PASSES FOR THE PITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, SO HE'S TRYING TO MAKE IT A REAL EVENT COPYING THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN OTHER LOCALES AS WELL.

OKAY, WELL, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING.

I THINK IT DOES STEM FROM OUR TWO SUCCESSFUL HILL CLIMBS, AND THAT'S AN IDEA THAT'S SORT OF STEMMED LOCALLY AND THE WORD'S GETTING OUT, I AGREE. SO AWESOME WORK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILOR BOLT? THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

JUST A COMMENT.

I THINK WE'VE HAD THE SNOW RACES HERE.

THERE WAS ONE DOWN AT THE OLD DOG PARK BACK IN, DON'T QUOTE ME ON WHAT YEAR IT WAS, BUT I KNOW WE HAD THE, N OT THE SNOWCROSS OR THE SNOWCROSS.

THE RACE WITH THE HILLS AND WHERE THEY GO AROUND THE.

THERE WAS ONE DOWN THERE.

IT WAS WELL ATTENDED, AS I RECALL, BUT TOOK THE CITY QUITE A FEW LOADS OF SNOW TO HAUL IN THERE TO GET IT GOING, BUT BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING, AND I KNOW BACK IN THE DAY. THERE USED TO BE RACES ON HORN LAKE GOING AROUND THE TRACK AND THAT.

SO I THINK IT'LL BE A GOOD EVENT, AND AS LONG AS MOTHER NATURE HELPS OUT, WE'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? NONE ARE OPPOSED.

THAT IS CARRIED.

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MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT FOR 80 DIEPPE AVENUE BE RECEIVED, AND THAT'S IT. A MOVER.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE. SECONDED COUNCILLOR MANN.

MR. ANTUNES.

YOUR WORSHIP, WE'VE REACHED THE FINISH LINE IN OPEN SESSION, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

THIS EVENING COUNCIL WILL SEE, AND IN THE AGENDA THAT THERE IS AN AGREEMENT TO ENTER INTO ASSIGN AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION WITH RC GENERAL CONTRACTING AND SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATION LAND HOLDING, INC..

THIS IS FURTHER TO OUR SPECIAL MEET THAT WE HELD ON THE SEVENTH, WHERE COUNCIL APPROVED THE ASSIGNMENT AND AGREEMENT OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE FOR THE PROPERTY 80 DIEPPE.

WE NEEDED THE MOTION FROM COUNCIL TO ALLOW TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND TODAY IS THE FORMALIZATION OF THAT PROCESS.

SHOULD COUNCIL PASS A BYLAW TODAY? I DO HAVE I DID SHARE AN EMAIL THIS EVENING WITH THE CITY SOLICITOR WHO'S WORKING ON THIS PROJECT THAT IF THIS DOES GET PASSED THIS EVENING THE PROPONENT, THE NEW OWNERS SRFN LAND HOLDING INC., WILL BE WAIVING THEIR ZONING CONDITION PROBABLY AS EARLY AS TOMORROW, AND WE SHOULD SEE THE CLOSING WITHIN TEN BUSINESS DAYS OR SO, TOUCH WOOD, ALL GOING WELL.

SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ANTUNES. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? COUNCILLOR MANN.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP. JUST A COMMENT.

I HAD SAID IT AT THE SPECIAL MEETING LAST WEEK.

I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE AREA AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SERPENT RIVER FIRST NATIONS, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE AREA AND TO ELLIOT LAKE AND TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TRANSACTION CLOSING AND THE BEGINNING OF FINALLY, AFTER LOTS OF DISCUSSION AT THIS TABLE THROUGH THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN A LARGER CAPACITY STARTING IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, COUNCILLOR MANN.

DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

NO. OKAY.

I AGREE, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STEPPING STONE MOVING FORWARD AND MORE THAN HAPPY TO GET THIS GOING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY.

SO LET'S HAVE A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S CARRIED.

OKAY. NOW THAT'S ALL DONE.

SO WE'RE ON TO NUMBER EIGHT.

THERE IS NO PRESENTATION OF COMMITTEE REPORTS.

THERE'S NO OUTSIDE BOARD OR COMMITTEE REPORTING, NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

THERE'S NO PETITIONS, AND NUMBER 12 IS CORRESPONDENCE.

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I'M GOING TO LET MISS BRAY TAKE OVER FOR NOW.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP THROUGH YOU.

SO AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR SUPPORT.

ONTARIO FACES CRITICAL HEALTH CARE CHALLENGES, INCLUDING LONG WAITLISTS, DOCTOR SHORTAGES AND EMERGENCY ROOM CLOSURES.

THESE ISSUES IMPACT LOCAL HEALTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THE ONTARIO MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND THE ASSOCIATION OF MUNICIPALITIES OF ONTARIO HAVE COLLABORATED ON A DRAFT RESOLUTION URGING THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS THESE HEALTH CARE DEFICIENCIES.

BY ADOPTING THIS RESOLUTION, COUNCIL CAN HELP HIGHLIGHT THE URGENT NEED FOR MORE HEALTH CARE RESOURCES, AND THERE IS A PROPOSED RESOLUTION PREPARED THAT I'LL LET YOU READ OUT.

OKAY. SO I'LL NEED A MOTION.

WHEREAS THE STATE OF HEALTH CARE IN ONTARIO IS IN CRISIS, WITH 2.3 MILLION ONTARIANS LACKING ACCESS TO A FAMILY DOCTOR, EMERGENCY ROOM CLOSURES ACROSS THE PROVINCE, PATIENTS BEING DE-ROSTERED, AND 40% OF FAMILY DOCTORS CONSIDERING RETIREMENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND WHEREAS IT HAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY CHALLENGING TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN AN ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE THROUGHOUT THE HEALTH SECTOR ACROSS ONTARIO, AND WHEREAS, THE NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE UNIVERSITY SAYS COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN ONTARIO ARE SHORT.

MORE THAN 350 PHYSICIANS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 200 FAMILY DOCTORS AND HALF OF THE PHYSICIANS WORKING IN NORTHERN ONTARIO, ARE EXPECTED TO RETIRE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, AND WHEREAS ONTARIO MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THROUGH RESPONSIBILITIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH, LONG TERM CARE, PARAMEDICINE AND OTHER INVESTMENTS.

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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNCIL OF CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE URGE THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO TO RECOGNIZE THE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE IN THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE AND ALSO ONTARIO TO FUND HEALTHCARE APPROPRIATELY AND ENSURE EVERY ONTARIAN HAS ACCESS TO PHYSICIAN CARE? MAY I HAVE A MOVER? COUNCILLOR LEFEBVRE. SECONDED COUNCILLOR MANN.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S CARRIED.

OKAY. NOTICES OF MOTION.

THERE ARE NONE. COUNCIL REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[14. COUNCIL REPORTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

EVERY FOUR YEARS, THE WORLD GATHERS TOGETHER FOR THE OLYMPICS.

THIS YEAR IN PARIS, FROM JULY 26TH TO AUGUST 11TH, 2024, OVER 10,000 ATHLETES COMPETED IN OVER 30 SPORTS IN THE 33RD OLYMPIAD. ELLIOT LAKE HAS BEEN PROUDLY REPRESENTED IN PAST OLYMPIC GAMES, AND ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THERE WAS A PRESENCE IN PARIS FROM ELLIOT LAKE.

FORMER LONG TIME RESIDENT AND TEACHER AT VFJ, DANIEL ROBITAILLE, WAS IN PARIS AND PARTICIPATED AS AN OFFICIAL IN THE OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING COMPETITION FROM AUGUST 7TH TO THE 10TH.

WHILE A RESIDENT IN ELLIOT LAKE, DANIEL WAS VERY INVOLVED IN WEIGHTLIFTING FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE, WE WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE DANIEL'S INVOLVEMENT IN ELLIOT LAKE AND ALSO HIS RECENT DUTIES ON THE WORLD STAGE AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS.

THANK YOU. OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, THE CITY HAS SERVED AS A SUBJECT FOR TWO TELEVISION SHOWS.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, I'D LIKE TO THANK CROSSROADS FOR SELECTING ELLIOT LAKE TO BE FEATURED IN AN EPISODE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK STILL STANDING NOT ONLY FOR SELECTING US, BUT ALSO FOR PUTTING ON A GREAT SHOW ON FRIDAY NIGHT AT VFJ.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENING WITH JOHNNY AND THE TEAM, AND IT WAS ALSO COMPLIMENTARY AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, A REALLY GOOD SHOW.

I'M SORRY I MISSED IT.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE MANY INTERVIEWS IT TOOK TO PUT THESE EPISODES TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ANNOUNCING THE DATES OF THE EPISODE.

CORRECT? I BELIEVE SO.

I BELIEVE MR. ANTUNES MIGHT HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU YOUR WORSHIP. ONCE WE DO HAVE THE DATE WE WILL ANNOUNCE IT, BUT THE PERSON THAT DID EMCEE THE SHOW DID SAY, JUST TURN ON CBC NOW AND JUST LEAVE IT ON AND EVENTUALLY YOU'LL COME ACROSS THE EPISODE, BUT THEY WILL REACH OUT TO US, THE PRODUCERS WILL LET US KNOW AND WE'LL SHARE IT WITH COUNCIL AND OF COURSE, THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. EXCELLENT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

THERE IS AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSIT STUDY.

STAFF HAVE RECEIVED THE INTERIM TRANSIT STUDY REPORT FROM THE CONSULTANTS.

THIS REPORT WILL BE COMING TO THE NEXT PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, AND THE ELLIOT LAKE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE IS WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE PARTNERS ON A PLAN FOR TICKETING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE CITY OF ELLIOT LAKE SOCIAL ACCOUNTS FOR FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING THE COMMUNITY CELEBRATION HERE IN TOWN.

THE NHL PRESEASON GAME AND TICKETING, AND ONE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

I'LL ACTUALLY HAND THIS OVER TO MISS KLUKE FOR AN UPDATE ON THE RUBEN YLI-JUUTI CENTRE.

MISS KLUKE.

THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

SO, CONTRACTORS ARE WORKING STEADY.

THEY'RE MAKING STEADY PROGRESS ON THE REUBEN LEE CENTER.

IN MAY, WE ENCOUNTERED A SETBACK DUE TO AN ERROR WITH THE INITIAL CONCRETE POUR, WHICH REQUIRED THE CONTRACTORS TO CUT OUT AND REPOUR THE CONCRETE TO MEET THE REQUIRED DEPTH OF THE DEEP END.

THIS ADJUSTMENT HAD RESULTED IN A DELAY OF APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 WEEKS.

DESPITE THE SETBACK, THE CREW IS NOW ADVANCING WELL WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE LINERS IN BOTH POOLS.

IN THE COMING WEEKS, THEY WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF FILLING THE POOLS AND CONDUCTING THOROUGH LEAK TESTS.

FOLLOWING THIS, THEY WILL.

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ONCE THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL AND MEET OUR STANDARDS, STAFF TRAINING WILL WITH THE CONTRACTORS WILL COMMENCE TO ENSURE SMOOTH TRANSITION TO THE NEW SYSTEMS. BARRING ANY FURTHER AND FURTHER ISSUES, AND IF EVERYTHING PROCEEDS ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE POOL WILL BE READY TO OPEN IN EARLY FALL.

SO THAT'S THE UPDATE.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

GOOD NEWS. IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THE ROOF? I COULD PASS THAT OVER TO MR. DOYLE. YEAH.

SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

WELCOME, MR. DOYLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, YOUR WORSHIP.

THE ROOF, ROOF WENT OUT FOR TENDER.

I THINK IT WAS AROUND JULY, MIDDLE OF JULY OR SO.

SO WE DID GET SOME RFPS BACK.

SO ALONG WITH MYSELF AND TULLOCH, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE RFP NOW TO SEE AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SOME COMPARISONS AND SEE WHERE WE SIT IN PROBABLY THE NEXT FEW DAYS ON IT.

OKAY. EXCELLENT.

BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL, AND AFTER I TALKED TO MR. DEBORTOLI ABOUT IT, AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.

PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL REPORTS? NO. OKAY.

THERE ARE NO ADDENDUMS THIS EVENING.

INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF BYLAWS.

[16. INTRODUCTION AND CONSIDERATION OF BY-LAWS]

WE HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 2474 BE PASSED.

A MOVER COUNCILLOR LEFEBVRE SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S CARRIED.

16.2 BYLAW 2476 BEING A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE ENTERING INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH RADIO FUELS RESOURCES CORP.

FOR THE LEASE OF A HANGAR AT THE ELLIOT LAKE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 2476 BE PASSED? A MOVER COUNCILLOR BULL SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S CARRIED.

BYLAW 2477 BEING A BYLAW TO AUTHORIZE THE ENTERING INTO AN ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH 1000602533 ONTARIO, INC, AND SRFN LAND HOLDING, INC.

FOR 80 DIEPPE AVENUE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 2477 BE PASSED? MOVER COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

SECONDED. COUNCILLOR MANN.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S CARRIED.

16.4 BEING BYLAW OR BYLAW 24 DASH 78 BEING A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NUMBER 1836 TO REZONE 50 ROMAN AVENUE FROM INSTITUTIONAL I TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIPLE DWELLING.

R-2 ZONE MAY HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 2478 BE PASSED.

A MOVER COUNCILLOR SEIDEL SECONDED COUNCILLOR LEFEBVRE.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S CARRIED.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS FOR CLOSED SESSION THIS EVENING.

[17. CLOSED SESSION]

A REPORT FROM THE OMBUDSMAN.

IT'S A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE DECEMBER 18TH.

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STANDING COMMITTEE CLOSED SESSION MEETING.

WE HAVE A MEMO FROM THE MANAGER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

TWO MEMOS ABOUT ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND A REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF CLERKS AND PLANNING SERVICES FOI ACCESS REQUEST FOI-03-24. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT COUNCIL PROCEED INTO CLOSED SESSION AS PER THE PROVISIONS UNDER SECTION 239 OF THE MUNICIPAL ACT, AT THE HOUR OF 8:59 P.M., A MOVER COUNCILLOR MANN SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S CARRIED. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO RETURN TO OPEN SESSION AT THE HOUR OF 9:45 P.M.? MOVER. COUNCILOR LEFEBVRE SECONDED.

COUNCILLOR SEIDEL.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S CARRIED.

SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE RECORDS AS DETAILED IN ACCESS

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RECEIVED ON JULY 15TH, 2024, AND THAT THE RECORDS BE RELEASED UPON PAYMENT OF THE FEE OF $48.

A MOVER COUNCILLOR LEFEBVRE.

SECONDED COUNCILLOR MORRISSETTE.

ALL IN FAVOR? CARRIED. CONFIRMATORY BYLAW.

[18. CONFIRMATORY BY-LAW]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT BYLAW 2479 BE PASSED? COUNCILOR LEFEBVRE.

COUNCILLOR FLINTOFF.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT'S CARRIED.

ADJOURNMENT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION THAT THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT THE HOUR OF 9:46 P.M.? MOVER COUNCILLOR LEFEBVRE SECONDED COUNCILLOR MANN.

ALL IN FAVOR? THAT IS CARRIED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.