Council · Q1 2025
Council Meeting #03
Feb 25, 2025
Recorded present
Solomon Awa · Kimberly Smith · Harry Flaherty · Methusalah Kunuk · Kyle Sheppard · Romeyn Stevenson
Recorded absent
Amber Aglukark · Simon Nattaq · Samuel Tilley
DECISIONS AND ISSUES
- Council approved a livery licence for the proposed IQ Transit shuttle.
- Astro Hill access, traffic, snow clearing, parking and emergency access produced a detailed written question trail.
- The Governance and Priorities member selection was deferred so absent councillors could express interest.
DOCUMENTED QUESTIONS · WRITTEN MINUTES
What was the next step for the proposed shuttle service?
- Answer recorded
- Municipal Enforcement said council approval would be followed by an application meeting the livery-licence requirements.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
How frequently would the shuttle run and how long would a route take?
- Answer recorded
- The proponent estimated a 45-minute Apex-to-airport circuit and gave proposed weekday and Saturday hours.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Would signs be installed at shuttle stops?
- Answer recorded
- Administration said signage would be discussed during the application's final stages.
- Result or follow-up
- Signage remained for later discussion.
How many shuttle buses would operate?
- Answer recorded
- The proponent said one initially, with a possible second bus in summer depending on success.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
What exactly did the shuttle-service motion approve?
- Answer recorded
- Administration clarified that the request normally went through Taxi Review but came directly to council because of timing.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Had the development considered access to the post office along the south side?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said existing and proposed easements would preserve access through the site.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Could continued post-office access be formalized?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said an easement would be included and council could add continued access as a motion condition.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Could council receive the Astro Hill Traffic Impact Study?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said Engineering had reviewed it and councillors could review the large document.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Should road modifications be undertaken by the City or the applicant's transportation engineer?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said the applicant was responsible for water and sewer connections; the minutes do not record a direct answer allocating road-modification responsibility.
- Result or follow-up
- Road-modification responsibility was not directly resolved.
How would the Astro Hill walkways be delineated?
- Answer recorded
- Planning described parking rails and a guard rail.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Who would clear snow from the private walkways and trails?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said Nunastar was understood to be responsible.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
When would the Astro Hill Lookout building be constructed?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said civil work was complete and construction would begin that year.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Why was the road not opening as a throughway before the full development was finished?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said the master plan was an artistic rendering and the developer could confirm long-term opening plans.
- Result or follow-up
- The long-term opening plan was not confirmed in the minutes.
Where was the access easement on the survey sketch?
- Answer recorded
- Planning identified the proposed easement using the marked sketch.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Could council review the Traffic Impact Study?
- Answer recorded
- Planning said councillors could review it, while noting translation difficulty because of its size.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Where was the emergency-access gate on the survey sketch?
- Answer recorded
- The minutes list the question but do not record a separate answer.
- Result or follow-up
- No separate answer is documented.
Could City staff attend the FCM conference?
- Answer recorded
- Administration said staff would attend the separate CAMA conference.
- Result or follow-up
- Answered in the written minutes.
Would final Governance and Priorities terms return to council before members were selected?
- Answer recorded
- Administration said council could select members immediately, but the matter was ultimately scheduled for a future meeting.
- Result or follow-up
- Member selection was deferred to a future agenda.
Each entry is a concise paraphrase of the written minutes, not an exact quotation. Distinct requests for information count separately; comments and routine procedural prompts do not.
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RECORD RULE
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