County of St. Paul No 19

Public Works Meeting

AGENDA

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Date:
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Board Room

1.
Call to Order

2.
Minutes Approval

3.
Addition to Agenda and Acceptance of Agenda

4.
In Camera

In Camera

Item to be presented at the meeting as per Section 20 and Section 27 of the FOIP Act. 

4.1
In Camera

5.
Road and Bridge Construction

5.1
Road and Bridge Construction

  • Working on N & K
  • Will start Miller as N & K gets closer to completion
  • Northern Valley under construction - 1st mile complete
  • Tendering out Lafond Road
  • Laurier Lake Slide - Rapair started
  • Moosehills Road Slide - (Land purchased).  Amec and staff are working on solution and grant application.  Working on industry partners.
  • Lindbergh Slide - Planned for repair ASAP.
  • BF 01013 (Riverview) - needs replacement

5.2
Work Requested

  • Iron Horse Trail - Dealing with water drainage and culvert repairs
  • Stoney Lake Parking Lot - Winter 2018
  • Seed Cleaning Plant - Fall 2017
  • Elk Point Ag Society - Fall 2017

6.
Oiling

6.1
Oiling

7.
Dust Controls - Ongoing

8.
Gravel & Crusher

8.1
Gravel and Crusher

  • Currently crushing gravel at Batty Lake Pit (Approximately 30,000 yards).  Testing for more gravel in fall/winter.
  • Conducting Gravel Testing North of Batty Lake
  • Moving to CN Pit next

9.
Parks

9.1
Boat Launches

  • Lac Bellevue - Application submitted
  • Laurier Lake - Pads ordered

10.
Subdivision and Hamlet

10.1
Subdivisions and Hamlets

  • Ashmont Sidewalks - repair ASAP
  • Mallaig Sidewalk -repair ASAP
  • Laurier Lake and Waterton Subdivision Gates

11.
Other

11.1
Drainage Issues Throughout the County

  • Camp Lake - Approved for Construction
  • Laurier Lake - Beaver Gizmo installed
  • SW 7-57-10-W4 - Water on Range Road 110, plan to build up after freeze up
  • Beaver Bounty Suggestion 

11.2
Water and Sewer

  • Lafond Waste Transfer Station - Nearly complete, awaiting power

11.3
Rodeo Supper

The Annual St. Paul & District Chamber of Commerce Rodeo Kick-Off Supper will be held August 28.  Tickets are $45.00 or $330 for a table of 8.  

11.4
Road Cancellation - Road Plan 8322925 in NW/NE 33-55-5-W4

This road plan was tabled at the August Council Meeting.  Councillor Ockerman reviewed the road cancellation with staff and it is being brought back to Council for cancellation - 

Road Plan 8322925 in NW/NE 33-55-5-W4 is being presented to Council for cancellation.  The new road has been built (Northern Valley Road) .  The area to be cancelled is highlighted in yellow. 

 

Section 24 of the M.G.A. allows Council to close and cancel any part of a road described in a surveyed road plan if it is no longer required for use by the travelling public owing to the existence of an alternate route.

11.5
National Advanced Certificate in Local Authority Administration (NACLAA)

As part of her Internship, Kaitlyn Kenney is interested in taking some courses in the National Advanced Certificate in Local Authority Administration Program. Coursework for the upcoming semester commences in September 2017. 

The cost per course is $795.00. 

The County has previously authorized Interns in the past to take NACLAA course training. 

11.6
Assessment Services Contract

This item is being brought forward from the August Council Meeting. 

In September 2014, The County entered into an agreement with Accurate Assessment Service to provide assessment services to the County for both general assessment and industrial assessment properties.  This agreement expires March 2018.  The agreement provides for both parties to extend the agreement for a period of 3 years at rates specified in the agreement.  The Modernized Municipal Government Act proposes changes that will see Designated Industrial Assessment centralized by Municipal Affairs.  We have received a letter from the Provincial Assessors requesting municipalities to determine if they are interested in continuing to provide assessment function for Designated Industrial properties under a hybrid approach during the expected three year transition process.

We have had no communication from Municipal Affairs since the ARMAA Zone meeting that was held in April regarding this matter.  It has been communicated by the Province when centralization was announced that municipalities will not bear the cost of assessment for these types of properties, but will be requisitioned by the Province the cost of these assessments which will be taxed to the owners of these properties.

 

11.7
Joint Retainer for Proposed Mallaig Extension and Edwand Booster Station

For the Spedden-Ashmont water line extension project, the County and the Highway 28/63 Commission jointly retained Brownlee LLP to act on their behalf in connection to the funding agreement between the Commission and County.

A similar arrangement may prove beneficial for the forthcoming Mallaig Extension and Edwand Booster Station Project. 

All of the represented clients must consent to joint representation. 

11.8
National Trade Corridor Fund - Expression of Interest

The National Trade Corridors Fund (NTCF) provides funding for projects that:

  • Support the fluidity of Canadian trade to improve supply chain performance
  • Increase the resilience of the Canadian transportation system in a changing climate and ensure it adapts to new technologies and future innovation
  • Address unique and urgent needs in Canada's territorial North related to transportation safety and economic and social development
  • Leverage investments from multiple partners as we work with provinces, territories, municipalities and the private sector

 

The amount of funding provided under NTCF will take into consideration other sources of funding (including funding from other Canadian government entities) available to the recipient and will be subject to the eligibility expenditures, and maximum amounts payable for the program.

The maximum contribution amount requested per project must not exceed $500,000,000. The maximum level of total Canadian government funding (municipal, provincial, territorial and federal) authorized by this program's terms and conditions must not exceed 100% of total eligible expenditures for any project.

To ensure that NTCF funding commitments are the minimum necessary to complete eligible project activities, Transport Canada's maximum contribution will be up to 50% of the total eligible expenditures for a project, with the following exceptions:

  • Public-private partnerships (P3) projects where the maximum contribution will be up to 33% of the total eligible expenditures
  • Transportation projects in the Territories, where the maximum contribution will be up to 75% of the total eligible expenditures
  • Projects with Federal Crown Corporations where the maximum contribution will be up to 100% of the total eligible expenditures.

11.9
The Great Trail Cross-Canada Connection

11.10
Signage - Hearing Impaired

12.
Adjournment

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