TOWN OF HIGH LEVEL REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 13, 2020 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers "We will strive to improve our community's quality of life by providing a safe, sustainable environment through planning, communication and cooperation, both locally and regionally." REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Council Chambers January 13, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. AGENDA Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA 2.1 Regular Council Meeting Agenda for 2-4 January 13, 2020. 3. PUBLIC HEARING None. 4. PRESENTATION None. 5. DELEGATIONS 5.1 S/Sgt Denis Delaronde RCMP Report 5.2 Carrie Demkiw Consideration of Early Childhood Development 6-18 Mackenzie Coalition for Childhood Development impacts in municipal decision-making. 6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 6.1 Regular Council Meeting minutes of 20-27 December 9, 2019 7. DELEGATION BUSINESS 7.1 RCMP Report 7.2 Mackenzie Coalition for Childhood Development - Consideration of Early Childhood Development impacts in municipal decision-making report. 8. MAYOR’S REPORT 8.1 Review of the Mayors Report 9. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS 9.1 Committees on which Councillors are 31-32 appointed: 2 Deputy Mayor Langford Reports from various committees on which Councillor Anderson Councillors are appointed. Councillor Forest Councillor Jessiman Councillor Morgan Councillor Welke 10. ADMINISTRATION REPORTS 10.1 Actions Resulting from Council/Committee Action List review. 34 Meetings 10.2 Capital Project Status Report Capital Project Status Report review 35 10.3 Report - November 2019 Financial Summary Nov 2019 Financial Summary review. 38-39 11. ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRIES None. 12. OLD BUSINESS None. 13. NEW BUSINESS 13.1 AUMA President’s Summit on Municipal Council discussion re attending. 41-43 Finances, Jan 22-23, 2020, Edmonton 13.2 Assessment Review Board – 2020 Training Council discussion. 44-45 Dates 13.3 Kraft Hockeyville 2020 Council discussion re Kraft Hockeyville 2020 46-59 Application. 13.4 Northern Alberta Elected Leaders meeting, Council discussion re Deputy Mayor Langford’s 60 Jan 28, 2020, Sexsmith attendance. 13.5 Tolko Community Presentation Council discussion. 61-66 13.6 RFD: FireSmart Revenue and Expense Council discussion. 67-70 Budget Numbers 14. CORRESPONDENCE FOR ACTION None. 15. CORRESPONDENCE FOR INFORMATION 15.1 High Level Forests Public Advisory Committee meeting minutes, Oct 1/2019 72-75 15.2 High Level Mackenzie House – WSP Monthly Status Report – Dec 2019 76-81 15.3 Municipal Affairs, 2019-2020 Fire Services Training Program Grant 82 15.4 Municipal Affairs – Additional Municipal Sustainability Initiative, Dec 4/2019 83 15.5 Peace Library System’s 2020 Budget 85-98 15.6 AB Transportation – re Hwy 35 and 58 smoke, and partnering re waterline. 99-100 15.7 Regional Economic Development Initiative Board meeting draft minutes, Oct 29/2019 101-103 15.8 Municipal Affairs – Municipal Census Data changes, provincially developed population estimates 104 15.9 Municipal Affairs – Grans in Place of Taxes re GOA Ag and Forestry 105 3 16. NOTICE OF MOTIONS None. 17. QUESTION PERIOD None. 18. IN CAMERA 18.1 Citizen concern - Property Valuation for the 2020 Tax Year Personal Privacy - Per FOIP, Part 1, Division 2, Section 17(1) 18.2 Northwest Fire Intergovernmental Relations - Per FOIP, Part 1, Division 2, section 21(1)(a) 18.3 RFD: Extraordinary Circumstances – Salaried Staff Compensation Economic and other interest of a public body - Per FOIP Part 1, Div 2, section 25(1)(c)(iii) 19. ADJOURNMENT 4 DELEGATIONS 5 Council Meeting Presentation/Delegation Completed requests to make a public presentation must be received by 12:00 noon on the Wednesday immediately prior to the scheduled meeting. Presentations are a maximum of 5 minutes in duration. Presentation Information Preferred Date January 13, 2020 Name of Presenter(s) Carrie Demkiw Organization Represented Mackenzie Coalition for Childhood Development Topic Early Childhood Development Specific Points/Concerns Region’s Early Development Instrument results Action Requested of Council Consideration of Early Childhood Development impacts in municipal decision making. Are you providing any supporting documentation? If yes, the documentation must accompany this request. Supporting documents may be e-mailed to: [email protected] or [email protected] Contact Information Contact Person: Carrie Demkiw Mailing Address: 10802 Rainbow Blvd Daytime Telephone Number: 780-841-5657 Alternate Telephone Number: 780-841-5669 E-mail Address: [email protected] NOTE: All presentations are heard at a public meeting. The personal information on this form is collected under the authority of Section 33 (c) of the Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The personal information will be used to contact you regarding your request and may be included in the Agenda, as part of your presentation, which is also posted to the Town’s website. If you have any questions regarding the collection or use of this information contact the Municipal Secretary, 10511-103 Street, High Level, AB T0Z 1H0 - or call (780) 841-4008. Completed forms should be submitted to the following: Municipal Clerk Town of High Level 10511-103 Street High Level, AB T0H 1Z0 Fax: 780-926-2899 E-mail: [email protected] 6 From: Carrie Demkiw <[email protected]> Sent: October-16-19 4:35 PM To: Sandra Beaton <[email protected]> Cc: Val Crosby <[email protected]>; Sandra Friesen-Peters <[email protected]> Subject: Town Council Delegation Request Dear Mayor and Council, On behalf of the Mackenzie Coalition for Childhood Development, I would like to request to be a delegation at your November 25th Council meeting to present our region's Early Development Instrument results to the Town of High Level Council. The EDi results highlight areas where we do well in supporting early childhood development and where growth is needed in our region. This presentation will both share our regional results in comparison to Alberta's and highlight ways that the Town of High Level currently supports and can continue to support Early Childhood Development in our community. We are hoping we could have 20 minutes for the presentation and questions and answers. Coalition members Val Crosby (Executive Director of The Village, previously known as the Parent Link Center) and myself, Carrie Demkiw (Regional Manager of Regional Collaborative Service Delivery), will be delivering the presentation on the Coalition's behalf. I have attached the Powerpoint Presentation and Handouts for Council members. Please confirm if you can accommodate us on November 25th and if you require any further information. Thank you so much, take care, Carrie Carrie Demkiw Regional Manager Northern Lights Regional Collaborative Service Delivery 780-841-5657 (T) [email protected] (E) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 MACKENZIE EARLY CHILDHOOD COALITION TRUMENT ELOPMENT INS 16 EARLY DEV 20 RESULTS MACKENZIE ALBERTA REGION Vulnerable Vulnerable PHYSICAL HEALTH & 13% WELLBEING 15.1% At Risk Gross and fine motor skills (e.g. 10% At Risk holding a pencil, running, motor 10.9% coordination), energy levels for activities, independence in looking after own needs, and daily living On Track On Track skills. 77% 74% 9.9% 15.1% SOCIAL COMPETENCE Curiosity, eagerness to try new 14.9% experiences, ability to control own behaviour, respect, cooperation, 19.8% following rules, and ability to play and work with other children. 65.1% 75.2% 10.9% 17.2% EMOTIONAL MATURITY The ability to think before acting, 14.9% impulse control, ability to deal with feelings at an age-appropriate level, 19.3% and empathy for other people's feelings. 63.5% 74.3% 11% 14.6% LANGUAGE & COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 15% Early writing skills, reading awareness, 14.1% age-appropriate literacy and numeracy skills, ability to understand similarities and differences, and memory 74% 71.3% 15.2% COMMUNICATION & 21.9% GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Skills to communicate needs and wants 16.2% in socially appropriate way, symbolic use of language, storytelling, and age- 56.7% 16 appropriate knowledge about life and 21.4% the world around. 68.7% ALBERTA EARLY DEVELOPMENT INSTRUMENT ABOUT THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT INSTRUMENT "The Early Development Instruments (EDI) was developed at the Offord Centre of Child Studies at McMaster University to measure children's ability to meet age-appropriate developmental expectations at school entry" (EDI, 2017). The instrument is completed by kindergarten teachers and measures children's development in five areas: physical health and wellbeing; social competence; emotional maturity; language and cognitive development; and communication skills and general knowledge. "The EDI is designed to be a tool to increase the mobilization of communities and policy makers in order to have a positive impact on children's development in their local areas. Understanding the state of children's development at the population level, that is for all children, is foundational to mobilizing stakeholders toward change" (EDI, 2017). CONTACT INFORMATION MACKENZIE COALITION FOR CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS Fort Vermilion Irene van der Kloet AHS, Addictions & Mental Health [email protected] Chinchaga Adult Learning Council 780-927-3327 Fort Vermilion Support Services FVSD, Community Literacy Engagement High Level High Level FCSS Sandra Friesen-Peters La Crete Adult Learning Council [email protected] 780-841-4032 La Crete Support Services Brighter Futures Society La Crete Parent Link Centre Mary Driedger Northern Lights Regional Collaborative Support Services [email protected]