SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL

 

MINUTES


May 15, 2013  –  Council Chamber

 

 

PRESENT

S. Mandel, A. Sohi, B. Anderson, B. Henderson, D. Iveson, D. Loken, E. Gibbons, J. Batty,
K. Diotte, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici, L. Sloan, T. Caterina

ABSENT

None

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE

S. Farbrother, City Manager
A. Sinclair, City Clerk
M. Nathoo, Deputy City Clerk
M. de Guzman, Office of the City Clerk

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM

                                                                                                         PAGE

DECISION

 

1.          CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS                            2

1.1        Call to Order                                                                                          2

1.2        Adoption of Agenda                                                                            2

1.3        Protocol Items                                                                                      2

2.          ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS             2

2.1        Requests to Speak                                                                              2

3.          REPORTS                                                                                              3

3.1        Downtown Arena Capital Profile Approval                                   3

4.          BYLAWS                                                                                                5

4.1        Bylaw 16433 - A Bylaw to amend Bylaw 15962 to

             authorize the City of Edmonton to acquire arena

             land, and to design and construct a Downtown

             Arena                                                                                                       5

5.          PRIVATE REPORTS                                                                           5

6.          NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY

             NOTICE                                                                                                   5

6.1        Downtown Arena Master Agreement and Location

             Agreement - Amend or Remove Contingencies (J. Batty)        5

7.          ADJOURNMENT                                                                                  7

 

 

 

Carried

None

 

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Carried

 

 

 

 

First reading

None

 

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DECISION SUMMARY

ITEM

 

DECISION

1.

CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS

1.1

Call to Order

 

 

 

Mayor Mandel called the meeting to order at 1:35 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

1.2

Adoption of Agenda

 

 

Moved J. Batty - T. Caterina:

 

 

 

That the May 15, 2013, Special City Council meeting agenda be adopted with the following changes:

Additions:

  • 3.1 Downtown Arena Capital Profile Approval
  • 4.1 Bylaw 16433 - A Bylaw to amend Bylaw 15962 to authorize the City of Edmonton to acquire arena land, and to design and construct a Downtown Arena

 

 

In Favour:

Carried

 

 

S. Mandel, A. Sohi, B. Anderson, B. Henderson, D. Iveson, D. Loken, E. Gibbons, J. Batty, K. Diotte, K. Krushell,
K. Leibovici, L. Sloan, T. Caterina

 

1.3

Protocol Items

 

 

 

There were no Protocol Items.

 

 

 

 

 

2.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS

2.1

Requests to Speak

 

 

Moved L. Sloan - K. Diotte:

 

 

 

That City Council hear from the following speakers:

3.1 Downtown Arena Capital Profile Approval

·         J. Scherer, Speak Up Edmonton

  • L. Humphreys, Speak Up Edmonton

 

 

In Favour:

Lost

 

 

B. Anderson, B. Henderson, D. Iveson, K. Diotte, L. Sloan, T. Caterina

 

 

Opposed:

 

 

 

S. Mandel, A. Sohi, D. Loken, E. Gibbons, J. Batty,
K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

 

3.

REPORTS

3.1

Downtown Arena Capital Profile Approval

 

 

 

S. Farbrother, City Manager, made a presentation and answered Council's questions.
L. Rosen, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer; and
R. G. Klassen, General Manager, Sustainable Development, answered Council's questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moved J. Batty - D. Loken:

 

 

 

That Capital Project Profile #11-17-0099, Attachment 2 of the May 15, 2013, Financial Services and Utilities report 2013CF5172rev, be increased to $604,500,000 with:

a. a transfer of $25 million in budget for arena land from Capital Project Profile #09-16-2022

b. financing of $541,811,000 through debenture debt with funding sources as follows:

• $234,000,000 from Community Revitalization Levy and other City incremental revenues

• $45,000,000 from Municipal Sustainability Initiative funding increase for 2013

• $125,000,000 from ticket surcharge on hockey and non-hockey events held at the arena

• $137,810,000 from lease revenue for the Arena

c. $23,689,000 in third party funding; $25 million from the Province of Alberta’s Regional Collaboration Program for the Arena Building; and $7 million each from the Province of Alberta and the Government of Canada for the Community Rink.

 

 

Amendment moved A. Sohi - B. Henderson:

 

 

 

1.    That in Part b., first bullet, be amended as follows:

$234,000,000 be replaced with $279,000,000

2. That Part b., second bullet, as follows, “$45,000,000 from Municipal Sustainability Initiative funding increase for 2013”, be deleted.

 

 

In Favour:

Carried

 

 

S. Mandel, A. Sohi, B. Anderson, B. Henderson, D. Iveson, D. Loken, E. Gibbons, J. Batty, K. Diotte, K. Krushell,
K. Leibovici, L. Sloan, T. Caterina

 

 

Motion as Amended, put:

 

 

 

That Capital Project Profile #11-17-0099, Attachment 2 of the May 15, 2013, Financial Services and Utilities report 2013CF5172rev, be increased to $604,500,000 with:

a. a transfer of $25 million in budget for arena land from Capital Project Profile #09-16-2022

b. financing of $541,811,000 through debenture debt with funding sources as follows:

• $279,000,000 from Community Revitalization Levy and other City incremental revenues

• $125,000,000 from ticket surcharge on hockey and non-hockey events held at the arena

• $137,810,000 from lease revenue for the Arena

c. $23,689,000 in third party funding;
$25 million from the Province of Alberta’s Regional Collaboration Program for the Arena Building; and $7 million each from the Province of Alberta and the Government of Canada for the Community Rink.

Financial Svcs. and Utilities 

 

 

 

In Favour:

Carried

 

 

S. Mandel, A. Sohi, B. Anderson, B. Henderson, D. Iveson, D. Loken, E. Gibbons, J. Batty, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

 

 

Opposed:

 

 

 

K. Diotte, L. Sloan, T. Caterina

 

4.

BYLAWS

4.1

Bylaw 16433 - A Bylaw to amend Bylaw 15962 to authorize the City of Edmonton to acquire arena land, and to design and construct a Downtown Arena

 

 

 

L. Rosen, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, answered Council's questions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moved J. Batty - D. Loken:

 

 

 

That Bylaw 16433 be read a first time.

 

Distribution List

 

 

In Favour:

Carried

 

 

S. Mandel, A. Sohi, B. Anderson, B. Henderson, D. Iveson, D. Loken, E. Gibbons, J. Batty, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

 

 

Opposed:

 

 

 

K. Diotte, L. Sloan, T. Caterina

 

5.

PRIVATE REPORTS - NONE

6.

NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE

 

 

A. Sinclair, City Clerk; and S. Farbrother, City Manager, answered Council's questions.

 

 

 

 

 

6.1

Downtown Arena Master Agreement and Location Agreement - Amend or Remove Contingencies (J. Batty)

 

 

 

Councillor J. Batty requested permission to make a Motion without Customary Notice to amend or rescind the motions passed at the April 10, 2013, City Council meeting on the Downtown Arena Master Agreement and Location Agreement Approval.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moved K. Leibovici - D. Loken:

 

 

 

That Councillor J. Batty be allowed to make a Motion without Customary Notice to amend or rescind the motions passed at the April 10, 2013, City Council meeting on the Downtown Arena Master Agreement and Location Agreement Approval.

 

 

In Favour:

Carried

 

 

S. Mandel, A. Sohi, B. Anderson, B. Henderson, D. Iveson, D. Loken, E. Gibbons, J. Batty, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

 

 

Opposed:

 

 

 

K. Diotte, L. Sloan, T. Caterina

 

 

Moved J. Batty – S. Mandel:

 

 

 

1. That the following motion passed at the April 10, 2013, City Council meeting, regarding the Downtown Arena Master Agreement funding sources, be rescinded:

“That the City of Edmonton use
$3 million of Municipal Sustainability Initiative funding and that it be leveraged over a 20 year borrowing period to raise a portion of the $100 million, and that the final signing of the agreements is contingent upon receiving confirmation from the Province, with respect to funds against which the City can apply for the balance of funds required.”

2. That Part 1 of the motion passed at the April 10, 2013, City Council meeting regarding the Downtown Arena Master Agreement, be amended by deleting the words, “in principle, subject to Provincial Funding confirmation”, so that Part 1 of the motion now reads:

“That the Master Agreement between the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Arena Corporation for the development and operation of the Downtown Arena, be approved, and that the content be acceptable to the City Manager.”

Financial Svcs. and Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


City Manager

 

 

In Favour:

Carried

 

 

S. Mandel, A. Sohi, B. Anderson, B. Henderson, D. Iveson, D. Loken, E. Gibbons, J. Batty, K. Krushell, K. Leibovici

 

 

Opposed:

 

 

 

K. Diotte, L. Sloan, T. Caterina

 

7.

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 3:32 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chair                                                                          City Clerk