City Council - Regular Meeting

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I know it. Sint, Joe. Oh, okay. Open the meeting in order. Linda, you have a list of attendees.

Mayor Crane here. Council Member Banser.

Here.

Easter here. Smit here. Randels.

Here. I now open the meeting. The only agenda item tonight is to hear from questions from citizens about the annexation south of the city. It is a voluntary annexation. So no one is being annexed who does not want to. Everyone who belongs to it has submitted a petition. So is there anyone who wants to take the word? Kijk, het bedrijfsgebied ligt achter de begraafplaats, tussen de begraafplaats en de golfbaan. Kent u Stringtown Road?

Oke, het ligt aan de westkant van de weg.

Dat is aan de westkant. De oostkant aan de oostkant van Stringtown Road. The 5 hectares on the south side of the cemetery, on the east side, fall under the annexation, just like the 27 hectares for the Rivercrest Golf Club, opposite the Community Foundation and Overpass Pizza. How many houses will be built? 78, 70 houses between the cemetery and the golf course. 70 cabins. 70 cabins. The total annexation covers about 226 hectares.

And is that also the area east of Springtown?

That includes the east and west side.

So that means that's the number. Families that need to be served by the municipality. Is that correct?

70. Yes.

And is your property commercial or residential? Where exactly?

To Carroll. Downtown road. Commercial land comes on the east side of the road. It is already designated for companies. On the west side of the road, opposite the golf course and the Community Foundation, there is commercial land. The building of the Community Foundation is currently also designated for companies.

Are you black? Oh, not black. Well, like Tingstown Road from 1974 back.

EHM, most of it will fall under our jurisdiction in the future.

And John Schrock, will he be annexed or not?

No. No, he has not signed for the parcel on the other side. Yes, if the annexation continues, yes.

Will the western road be city or provincial area?

The east-west road.

The west side to the west of Springtown. It lies to the west of Springtown.

The north side to the warehouse. The north side becomes provincial area. The south side becomes urban area.

Do you mean the west side?

No, I mean the south side.

Okay.

The south side of West Dixie Beer Road. West of Stringtown Road.

Dixie Bay Road itself. West of Springtown Road. Both under city jurisdiction.

Springtown is in the south. She asks for the street.

Dixie Bay itself. I thought you were talking about Dixie Bay, right?

It runs from east to west. That's right, okay. The south side of the east-west road will be municipal. The north side will be provincial, with the exception of EMTT's warehouse. She asks for the road itself.

I'm talking about the road. I'm talking about a road that runs from east to west.

Yes, yes. In the middle. Suppose there is a middle line. The southern half borders the cemetery and the residential area and falls within the municipal borders. The northern half borders on your property and the property of Aspar and we are going to count.

So who is going to maintain that road? Who is taking care of that road? We are taking care of the southern half and... Yes. So this is what happens. Okay. I know you are familiar with Pearl Street and Liberty Street. Okay. If you pass the nursing home on Liberty Street, the right side, the south side is provincial, the north side is municipal. Now the municipality and the province have always arranged it in the past in such a way that the municipality or the province honored the road asphalt. And that also applies to Pearl Street.

And cleaning up snow and stuff, right? We just solve it. Yes, yes, we always work.

Yes, but no, that's Aron. This is Erin Spolari. She is the advocate for annexations at Bennet Bening and Clary in Lafayette. Is that right?

That's right, okay.

Is that a typical road that is split?

Yes, on Pearl Street. If you drive out on Pearl Street, you come past the nursing homes and apartments. That on the left is County. That on the right is the city.

Yes, you. So if we can get 70 houses. How much are we going to expand our staff for the roads and all the other things that have to do with the waste collection? How much personnel are we going to take?

The pollution collection remains the same. That remains the same. Well, okay, yes, but... That will not be in the budget with the annexation and as it stands now, the city will not install infrastructure such as water and sewerage. Our electricity company will install the electricity, because according to the state law that is the task of the electricity companies. But the investors who do the development will pay the material costs.

I mean, I understand that. That's one thing. Let's say we get a storm like we had this summer a few times. There is a lot of damage in that residential area, to streets or floods, and so on. Who is going to solve that? Municipal workers?

Well, we would like to believe that it will be built in such a way that we don't have to worry about it. Just like in our neighborhood here, where all electricity is underground. So we haven't had any damage. We have installed rainwater drains and we haven't had any overflows. So, and if it is done well, and it will be, then it will be fine. So the answer is that we do not extend our staff. Police? Not at the moment.

Not at the moment. Police?

No, no. We currently have six agents and they operate that area. So we did not extend our staff when they set up the 40 lines.

There are not so many people living there. Sorry, but there are not so many people living there because houses are going to be built. Then people will come. But we have been removed from that for years. Yes, what?

We have been removed from that for years. They will not all come at the same time. So, are you making sure that it will cost you more money?

No, I'm worried about the service. I hear from time to time, and you told me yourself, that we don't have time or money, whatever, to do things that have to be done. Or if we don't have it for all those other people who live there now and come there, what will happen if more people come?

Well, if it is done well, and that will be the case, it shouldn't be a problem for the city.

I think we all have to see what that good construction exactly means.

Well, we're going to do it right. So Brian is going to build his infrastructure, right? The bank too. So? Yes, Carol will be there then, right? Yes. Yes. And that's a good thing, because that's the only way the province won't get any extra money without TIF.

No, but they will be able to use the roads and our services.

EHM, we will be responsible for the roads.

Would this? Yes, exactly. But I mean, they will use our ambulance brothers and all our other services and we will not get anything for the next 20 years.

That is not necessarily true.

The only thing we get is what is now being given.

The province will not get any more. if they get their maximum tax deduction and the city. Also, we don't get any more if it's not right. Is that true, Erin? You are on the side of what I want to advise you about. I know that the annexation has taken place in the right way. Yes, that is true. I would like to answer questions. If you have reached your maximum tax deduction, you will not receive any extra money. If there are still 50 or 100 houses, you will not receive any extra money.

We have to maintain the roads where these people drive on and our service and ours.

Roads, we have maintained our roads, that's what we do.

Yes, but the roads, I mean, the province includes more than just roads. And the only road you're talking about is the one from Coenten to the 74. That's the city area.

That's all we're looking at.

But do they use the rest of our road too?

Who are?

Those 70 people, 70 houses.

They will... ...keep using the roads as they always did. But where do those 70 people live? Do they come here or do they move out of the city? There will be more people who have to pay the shopkeepers in the city. But that's an extra group of people, as Linda already said. I'm glad that you came tonight with two, three or four people to ask this question. That's a plus point for us. Let's see.

You don't want growth. Which growth? We need growth. Without growth, we'll go backwards.

Well, I understand that, because you do want to grow, but you also want to ensure that the infrastructure is there. And I'm talking about people, not something else. Get ready for it.

Yes.

EHM, you know, I'm looking at the corner of my house where I have a rainwater supply.

Where do you live? Where?

Corner of Niant and Washington.

Okay.

And my rainwater supply.

You live on the northwest corner. Do you live on the northwest corner? Yes, okay. Okay.

And that has to be repaired, but that hasn't happened yet. I've been there about six weeks ago and then he complained about it. He said, that street has already been paid twice. And nothing has been done to ensure that the rainwater can flow through it. Resumption. So I didn't know you had filed a complaint about it.

Yes.

Another question, and you already know. I'm worried about the safety of the outskirts of the neighborhood. It will grow slowly, I understand. But more people will come to live. It is now dangerous.

We are planning to do something about it. Yes.

But... I hope you keep giving that... priority. Yes, absolutely. Thank you.

Certainly. Yes.

I'm curious, are the utilities also being built underground? Yes.

That is correct. Yes. Yes. I have all kinds of questions. Are there plans from the municipality to build our utilities underground in the future? Well, with electricity it is very difficult, because then you usually have to obtain inheritance and people are not willing to give up to go through it. But as soon as we get the chance and it's achievable, we put the pipes absolutely underground. Yes, and it is difficult if you have an infrastructure that is more than 100 years old. If we would, for example, break open sewage, like the sewage at your house that is 3.6 meters deep, then we would have a hole that is wider than 9th Street or Washington Street. And you just can't do that as long as the sewage is still in use. We just got a subsidy of $ 750,000. We added 300. So we have $ 1.5 million with which we are going to replace the water pipes in 2nd Street. And hopefully we can request the same subsidy via the office for community and rural businesses and... ...go from 2nd Street to 3rd Street and 4th Street. And soon we won't have dirty water anymore. But if you have leads that are 70, 80, 90 years old, then they are...

They are older than us.

Yes, someone... Anders. AMTT Ryan, AMTT Reynolds and Ryan Elmore. Ryan owns PrimeCat41 and he is a farmer. They are two of the applicants that will be annexed in AMTT, on the north side of Dixie Bay, west of Stringtown Road, and Ryan on the east side. Brian owns quite a bit of land there and has been an entrepreneur for a long time. We welcome new companies, especially. So? Does anyone else have anything else? Does the council still have any questions? Ik beantwoord al uw vragen.

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