EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MINUTES

May 20, 2014 – River Valley Room

PRESENT

D. Loken, E. Gibbons, A. Knack, S. McKeen

ABSENT

D. Iveson

ALSO IN ATTENDANCE

B. Anderson, T. Caterina, B. Esslinger, B. Henderson, M. Nickel, M. Oshry, A. Sohi, M. Walters
S. Farbrother, City Manager
M. Nathoo, Office of the City Clerk
N. Rajan, Office of the City Clerk

ITEM	PAGE	DECISION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS 2 1.1 Call to Order 2 1.2 Adoption of Agenda 2 1.3 Adoption of Minutes 2 1.4 Protocol Items 2 2. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS 3 2.1 Select Items for Debate 3 2.2 Requests to Speak 3 2.3 Requests for Specific Time on Agenda 4 3. COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 4 4. REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING REPORTS REROUTED/POSTPONED BY AGENDA REVIEW COMMITTEE 4 Implementing Components of the Goodridge Corners Neighborhood Area Structure Plan - City as Landowner Perspective 4 Land Enterprise Options 4 5. STATUS REPORT 4 5.1 Parking Management Evaluation 4 6. REPORTS 5 6.1 NorQuest College Downtown Campus Public Space Licence 5 6.2 Acquisition and Divestiture of Edmonton Canada Safeway Locations - Existing Restrictive Covenants 5 6.3 Subdivision and Development Appeal Board Chair Report Recommendations 6 7. RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 6 7.1 Sale of Surplus School Sites - Neighbourhood and Housing Needs (B. Anderson) 6 8. PRIVATE REPORTS 8 9. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE 8 10. ADJOURNMENT 8	Carried Carried See Minutes See Minutes See Minutes None None None See Minutes See Minutes See Minutes Carried Carried Action Carried Action None None

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 Adoption of Minutes 2

1.4 Protocol Items 2

2. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS 3

2.1 Select Items for Debate 3

2.2 Requests to Speak 3

2.3 Requests for Specific Time on Agenda 4

3. COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 4

4.          REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING
             REPORTS REROUTED/POSTPONED BY AGENDA REVIEW
             COMMITTEE                                                                                          4

Implementing Components of the Goodridge Corners

Neighborhood Area Structure Plan - City as

Landowner Perspective 4

Land Enterprise Options 4

5. STATUS REPORT 4

5.1 Parking Management Evaluation 4

6. REPORTS 5

6.1 NorQuest College Downtown Campus Public Space

Licence 5

6.2 Acquisition and Divestiture of Edmonton Canada

Safeway Locations - Existing Restrictive

Covenants 5

6.3 Subdivision and Development Appeal Board Chair

Report Recommendations 6

7. RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES 6

7.1 Sale of Surplus School Sites - Neighbourhood and

Housing Needs (B. Anderson) 6

8. PRIVATE REPORTS 8

9. NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY

NOTICE 8

10. ADJOURNMENT 8

Carried

See Minutes

None

See Minutes

Carried

Action

Carried

Action

None

DECISION SUMMARY

ITEM

DECISION

CALL TO ORDER AND RELATED BUSINESS

1.1

Call to Order

Councillor D. Loken called the meeting to order at 9:31 a.m.

1.2

Adoption of Agenda

Moved A. Knack:

That the May 20, 2014, Executive Committee meeting agenda be adopted.

In Favour:

Carried

D. Loken, E. Gibbons, A. Knack, S. McKeen

Absent:

D. Iveson

1.3

Adoption of Minutes

Moved E. Gibbons:

That the May 6, 2014, Executive Committee meeting minutes be adopted.

In Favour:

Carried

D. Loken, E. Gibbons, A. Knack, S. McKeen

Absent:

D. Iveson

1.4

Protocol Items

Ellerslie Academy Junior High (D. Loken)

Councillor D. Loken, on behalf of Executive Committee, welcomed the students from Ellerslie Academy Junior High School.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND RELATED BUSINESS

2.1

Select Items for Debate

The following items were selected for debate: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and 7.1

2.2

Requests to Speak

Moved S. McKeen:

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

6.3 Subdivision and Development Appeal Board
Chair Report Recommendations

· E. Solez, Edmonton Federation of Community
Leagues

7.1 Sale of Surplus School Sites - Neighbourhood
and Housing Needs (B. Anderson)

· S. Richardson

· T. Madden

· C. Penner

· P. Steffler

· P. D. Schalin

· N. Dunwald, Blue Quill Community League

· B. Kossowan, ACT for Community

· N. Shakhova

· K. Wagar, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

· L. Robinson

· R. Gupta, Rohit Group of Companies

· J. Calvert, Terwillegar Riverbend Soccer Association

· H. Ferguson

· J. Bruggeman

· S. Venner

· K. Peeling

· J. Bradshaw, Ridge Community League

In Favour:

Carried

D. Loken, E. Gibbons, A. Knack, S. McKeen

Absent:

D. Iveson

2.3

Requests for Specific Time on Agenda

There were no requests for any items to be dealt with at a specific time.

COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES

There were no Councillor Inquiries.

REPORTS TO BE DEALT WITH AT A FUTURE MEETING – NONE
REPORTS REROUTED/POSTPONED BY AGENDA REVIEW COMMITTEE

Implementing Components of the Goodridge Corners Neighborhood Area Structure Plan - City as Landowner Perspective

Rerouted to: June 10, 2014, City Council meeting

Land Enterprise Options

Rerouted to: June 10, 2014, City Council meeting

STATUS REPORT

5.1

Parking Management Evaluation

Moved A. Knack:

That the revised due date of June 17, 2014, be approved.

Transportation Svcs.

Due Date: Jun. 17, 2014

In Favour:

Carried

D. Loken, E. Gibbons, A. Knack, S. McKeen

Absent:

D. Iveson

REPORTS

6.1

NorQuest College Downtown Campus Public Space Licence

P. Ohm, Sustainable Development, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved S. McKeen:

That a licence for use of a public space in conjunction with the NorQuest College Downtown Campus expansion, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the May 20, 2014, Sustainable Development report CR_1229, be approved and that the agreement be in form and content acceptable to the City Manager.

Sustainable Dev.

In Favour:

Carried

D. Loken, E. Gibbons, A. Knack, S. McKeen

Absent:

D. Iveson

6.2

Acquisition and Divestiture of Edmonton Canada Safeway Locations - Existing Restrictive Covenants

P. Ohm and M. A. McConnell-Boehm, Sustainable Development; J. Johnson, Corporate Services (Law); and S. Farbrother, City Manager, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved A. Knack:

That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

That the Mayor, on behalf of City Council, write a letter to Sobeys' Chief Executive Officer requesting a meeting to discuss the negative impacts that grocery store covenants have in the City of Edmonton, and how those impacts go against Sobeys' corporate goals of sustainability and community involvement.

In Favour:

Carried

D. Loken, E. Gibbons, A. Knack, S. McKeen

Absent:

D. Iveson

6.3

Subdivision and Development Appeal Board Chair Report Recommendations

S. Mackie, Sustainble Development, made a presentation.

E. Solez, Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues, made a presentation and answered the Committee's questions.

S. Mackie, Sustainable Development; J. Johnson, Corporate Services (Law); S. Farbrother, City Manager; and A. Sinclair, City Clerk, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved A. Knack:

That the May 20, 2014, Sustainable Development report CR_1074, be received for information.

Sustainable Dev.

In Favour:

Carried

D. Loken, E. Gibbons, A. Knack, S. McKeen

Absent:

D. Iveson

RESPONSES TO COUNCILLOR INQUIRIES

7.1

Sale of Surplus School Sites - Neighbourhood and Housing Needs (B. Anderson)

W. Trocenko and T. McCargar, Sustainable Development, made a presentation.

S. Richardson; P. Steffler; C. Penner; P. D. Schalin;
N. Dunwald, Blue Quill Community League; B. Kossowan, ACT for Community; N. Shakhova; K. Wagar, Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation; L. Robinson; R. Gupta, Rohit Group of Companies; J. Calvert, Terwillegar Riverbend Soccer Association; H. Ferguson;
S. Venner; and J. Bradshaw, Ridge Community League, made presentations.

S. Richardson; N. Dunwald; J. Bradshaw; H. Ferguson;
S. Venner; R. Gupta; P. D. Schalin; L. Robinson; K. Wagar; and B. Kossowan, answered the Committee's questions.

Documents provided by C. Penner; N. Dunwald; R. Gupta; and J. Bradshaw were distributed to Members of the Committee and copies were filed with the Office of the City Clerk.

W. Trocenko, T. McCargar and P. Ohm, Sustainable Development; and M. Nathoo, Office of the City Clerk, answered the Committee's questions.

Moved S. McKeen:

1. That Executive Committee recommend to City Council:

That Administration implement a program that will ensure installation of signs on all surplus school sites indicating:

· future redevelopment plans

· the size of the municipal reserve parcel in hectares and acres

· the size of the school/building envelope being developed in hectares and acres.

First Place Program - Creation of Single Sites with Single Uses on Surplus School Sites

2. That Administration prepare a report on the feasibility of the creation of a single site with a single use in Brookview (Bulyea) and Blue Quill, by changing the Seniors Housing Site to a First Place Development Site, as described in the First Place Program, and that the report be brought back at the same time as the reports on the Blue Quill/Brookview Consultation - Surplus School Site Implications requested at the October 15, 2012, City Council Public Hearing.

3. That Administration include in the report an examination of the feasibility of the creation of single sites with single uses in other First Place Neighbourhoods that have more than one surplus vacant school building site.

Sustainable Dev.

Due Date: To Be Determined

In Favour:

Carried

D. Loken, E. Gibbons, A. Knack, S. McKeen

Absent:

D. Iveson

PRIVATE REPORTS - NONE

NOTICES OF MOTION AND MOTIONS WITHOUT CUSTOMARY NOTICE

Councillor D. Loken asked whether there were any Notices of Motion. There were none.

10.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 3:07 p.m.

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Chair City Clerk