City to Purchase Properties to Mitigate Flooding Issues
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City to purchase properties to mitigate flooding issues Moncton Times & Transcript (Print Edition)·David Gordon Koch CA|October 21, 2020·08:00am Section: A·Page: A2 Items on the agenda at Moncton City Council this week included flood mitigation, new appointments to committees, and support for l’Université de Moncton. With the Moncton region in the orange phase of recovery from COVID-19, journalists attended the meeting virtually. 3+ Corporation Councillors approved several recommendations from a private meeting that took place on Oct. 13, including the extension of an agreement with 3+ Corporation, the economic development agency. A staff report said the move would “extend the current terms and budget related to the Service Level Agreement with 3+ for 2021” but contained few details. The motion carried unanimously. Flood mitigation Council approved a recommendation from staff, also from the private session in October, to purchase four properties as part of flood mitigation efforts. The purchases will “accommodate the construction of a storm water detention basin along Frontenac Street, consistent with the 2018 Neighbourhood Flood Mitigation Study for this area,” according to the staff report. Frontenac Street is located near Elmwood Drive and Lewisville Road. The motion was carried unanimously. Université de Moncton Denis Prud’homme, the new president and vice-chancellor at the l’Université de Moncton, spoke to council about the impacts of grant money provided by the City of Moncton. During the university’s last major fundraiser campaigns – in 1994, 2004 and 2018 – the city contributed a total of about $4.6 million, he said. The money has supported initiatives including scholarships, an integration fund for international students, and bursaries for athletes, according to Prud’homme. He noted the university faces a deficit and fewer international students amid the pandemic, and it recently announced tuition hikes. Traffic bylaw On second and third reading, council approved a bylaw amendment that would require a permit for hauling oversized and overweight loads. The motion carried unanimously. Ticketing Council voted to award a contract for a “hosted admissions ticketing solution” to the Scottish ticketing company Red61. The company will provide a system primarily oriented toward general admission ticket sales at Magnetic Hill Zoo, Resurgo Place and the Moncton Coliseum, according to a staff report. The city will have a five-year contract with an option to extend by two years. A contract with the current service provider, AudienceView, expires at the end of the year. Red61’s bid scored highest in an evaluation of nine firms that submitted proposals, according to the report, which didn’t include details about the fee schedule. The motion carried unanimously. Appointments Council approved several appointments brought forward by Mayor Dawn Arnold. The appointments include Coun. Susan Edgett to the Moncton Industrial Development board, Deputy Mayor Shawn Crossman to Downtown Moncton Centre-ville Inc. and Coun. Pierre Boudreau to Marché Moncton Market. Debbie Jeffrey was appointed to the Accessibility Committee, Carole Chan and Maeve Murphy to the Enhancing Democracy Implementation Committee and Frances LeBlanc and Maxime Gauvin to the Planning Advisory Committee. The motion carried unanimously. Municipal election Half of Moncton City Council now plans to run in municipal elections slated for May 10, 2020. Coun. Susan Edgett is the latest to state that she plans to reoffer. Mayor Dawn Arnold, Deputy Mayor Shawn Crossman, and councillors Bryan Butler and Charles Léger previously said they would stand for re-election, and Coun. Pierre Boudreau said he’s likely to run. RCMP update Benoit Jolette of Codiac RCMP, in an update on police activities in September, told council that Mounties responded to 3,604 calls and the “total number of prisoners” was 203. Police conducted 77 checks to ensure people were abiding by court-ordered conditions, and there were four people arrested for breach of conditions, he said. Police issued 215 traffic-related tickets in the Moncton area, Jolette said. He said there were 83 motor-vehicle crashes, including 32 injuries and no fatalities. There were 75 alcohol- related driving offences, he said. .