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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-08-21 Council (Special) MinutesCounty of Newell No. 4 Minutes of Special Council Meeting August 21, 1998 A special Council Meeting of the County of Newell No. 4 was held in the County Office at Brooks, AB on Friday, August 21, 1998 commencing at 2:30 p.m. Members Present Reeve M. Douglass Councillors W. Daniels V. Fabian N. Berg E. Stobbs J. Harbinson R. Steinbach M. Loewen B. Scheuerman C. Baksa Administrator M. Bowen 1. Notice of Special Meetins Notice of Special Council meeting is attached to, and forms part of, these minutes. 2. Waiver of Notice ~~ Waiver of Notice of Special Council Meeting is attached to, and forms part of, these minutes. 3. Report on Meeting with Minister of Municipal Affairs Reeve Douglass and Deputy Reeve Harbinson reported on the meeting with the Honorable Iris Evans, which took place on August 21,1998 at 9:00 a.m. They advised that the Minister would like the Town of Brooks and the County of Newell to consider hiring a mediator to assist with our Intermunicipal Development Plan with the Town of Brooks. Moved by Councillor Daniels that we agree to go into mediation on our Intermunicipal Development Plan with the Town of Brooks, if a mediator is chosen by September 3, 1998. Carried. Moved by Councillor Loewen that we forward a letter to the Municipal Government Board asking to delay the Preliminary Hearing on the Town of Brooks' appeal to our Municipal Development Plan until after mediation has taken place on our Intermunicipal Development Plan provided a mediator is in place by September 3, 1998. Carried. 4. Alberta Economic Development Authorit~Surve~ Discussion took place on the Alberta Economic Development Authority Survey. Councillors are to complete this survey and return it to the Administrator by August 26, 1998 at which time the responses will be consolidated and the questionnaire returned. 5. Review of the Stanley TransCanada Highway Access Management Study A review of this Study took place. Councillor Scheuerman left the meeting at 3:05 p.m. Councillor Fabian asked to be excused at 3:20 p.m. The following points were brought forth as Council's position regarding the accesses: The County feels that the access from the old S.H. 542,x' One Tree Road, to the #1 Highway should be closed. A service road sh~ld be built from the One Tree Road connecting with the Smith Trucking Road. More traffic would use the North Aqueduct Road to the PetroCanada intersection. This road would need to be rebuilt by the County. 2. The feeling was that the #1 Highway should be widened to three lanes r east bound traffic before and after the Cassils Road intersection. Orie we t side of the TransCanada Highway, a service road should be built running from the present overpass to the PetroCanada intersection. There is some dedication of road right-of--way for a service road on the SE 34-18-14-4 and in front of the College to Cassils Road. Council feels that the long-term solution would be an overpass at the PetroCanada intersection. This would provide for a ring road to the south side of Brooks which would accommodate the truck traffic and then around to the west side of Brooks. When the overpass is built, access from Cassils Road onto the #1 Highway could be closed to west-bound traffic. The second option Council would look at is widening the intersection at the #1 Highway and Cassils Road similar to the widening that took place at Lakeside. Council feels that the money would be better spent building the service roads. Moved by Councillor Stobbs that the meeting adjourn at 4:10 p.m. Carried. ,~ ~~ C ~ ~ REEV COUNTY ADMII~TISTRATOR County of Newell No. 4 Minutes of Special Council Meeting August 21, 1998 Addendum 5. Review of the Stanley TransCanada Hi~hway Access Management Study #1 "Later, the service road should be extended east to the PetroCanada intersection" should be added to the end of paragraph # 1. # 2 in point form and chronological order: # 1 Highway should be widened to three lanes for east bound traffic after Sutherland Drive to after the Cassils Road intersection. a service road on the south of the # 1 Highway to the PetroCanada intersection. this road would be built in two stages. a) first to Sutherland Drive with a merge lane continuing past Sutherland Drive connecting with the highway onto a third lane that will be built on the east bound side of the # 1 Highway. b) second from the college to the Aqueduct road where we have dedication of road right of way in place at this present time on the SE quarter of section 34-18-14-4 and in front of the college. an overpass at the PetroCanada intersection. This would provide for a ring road to accommodate truck traffic to the south side of Brooks and then around to the west side of Brooks and connecting with the Lakeside intersection on the #1 Highway. The second option Council would look at is widening the intersection at the # 1 Highway and Cassils Road similar to the widening that took place at Lakeside. Council fees that the Province's money would be better spent building the service roads. COUNTY OF NEWELL NO. 4 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TELEPHONES 362-3266 Main Office 362-8681 Main Office Fax 362-3504 P.W. Office & Shop 362-0412 Public Works Fax 362-7686 Shop Fax NEWEL`' August 21, 1998 M. Bowen County Administrator County of Newell No. 4 Box 130 Brooks, AB T1R 1B2 Dear Ms. Bowen: RE: Special Council Meetina P.O. BOX 130 707 - 2ND AVE. EAST BROOKS, ALBERTA T1R 1B2 ~, 'Would you please call a Special Council Meeting for August 21, 1998 commencing at 2:30 ~i ' p.m. to discuss the following: 1. Review of the Stanley TransCanada Highway Access Management Study 2. Alberta Economic Development Authority Survey 3. Report on meeting with the Honourable Iris Evans, Minister of Municipal Affairs (August 21, 1998 at 9:00 a.m.) Yours truly, M. Douglass, Reeve kaw COUNTY OF NEWELL NO. 4 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TELEPHONES 362-3266 Main Office 362-8681 Main Office Fax 362-3504 P.W. Office & Shop 362-0412 Public Works Fax 362-7686 Shop Fax NewEt~ WAIVER OF NOTICE //{q~~y//~1l'J/~~ 1/q p P.O. BOX 130 707 - 2ND AVE. EAST BROOKS, ALBERTA T1R 1B2 I hereby waive Notice of Special Council Meeting called for August 21, 1998 commencing at 2:30 p.m. to discuss the following: 1. Review of the Stanley TransCanada Highway Access Management Study 2. Alberta Economic Development Authority Survey 3. Report on meeting with the Honourable Iris Evans, Minister of Municipal Affairs (August 21, 1998 at 9:00 a.m.) ~ ~ ~ r. % r ~ ...-~ . ~~~-°'