PALLISER REGIONAL MUN ICIPAL SERVICES

JUNE GENERAL
PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
MEETING—
June 12, 2014
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN
Welcome to Palliser Regional
Municipal Services’ Annual
Spring General Meeting!
This year we are showing a look on
the plus side as will be shown in the
Financial Report.
The Regional Collaboration grant that
we received under the partnership with the Town of Drumheller
and Starland County brought to us new up to date aerial imagery of
some of the Palliser region. A second grant has been received to
expand to more areas throughout the Palliser Region.
The online GIS project is working with continuous updates, giving
the latest information for all areas. Hope everyone has had a glance
or opportunity to use this site.
Our board has changed somewhat after the last election and I
would like to thank Dale, Larry, Vanessa, Sharel, Brian, and Lawrence for their work with the board. To Brad, Garry, Justin,
Michele and Kari thank you for your continued work on all projects
brought forward by our members. To our 28 municipal members,
working together makes planning possible and a great benefit to us
all.
Thank you and have a great year.
J. Barrie Hoover
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PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
MEETING— 2014
MUNICIPAL MEMBERS & PRMS REPRESENTATIVES
County of Paintearth No. 18
Brian Bunbury
M.D. of Acadia No. 34
Bradley Neilson
Special Area 2
Bob Gainer
Special Area 3
Travis Foot
Special Area 4
Lawrence Letniak
Starland County
Barrie Hoover
Town of Castor
Tony Nichols
Town of Coronation
Mark Stannard
Town of Drumheller
Sharel Shoff
Town of Hanna
Larry Stickel
Town of Oyen
Dennis Punter
Town of Trochu
Val Warnock
Village of Acme
Dennis Kuiken
Village of Beiseker
Warren Wise
Village of Carbon
Richard Ekman
Village of Cereal
Tami Olds
Village of Consort
Calvin Ward
Village of Delia
Village of Empress
Chad Van Dam
Village of Halkirk
Dale Kent
Village of Hussar
Tim Muir
Village of Linden
Vanessa Van Der Meer
Village of Morrin
Village of Munson
Laura Cawiezel
Village of Rockyford
Leah Smith
Village of Standard
Ron Corbiell
Village of Veteran
Jerry Wipf
Village of Youngstown
Robert Blagen
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JUNE GENERAL
PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Barrie Hoover, Chairman
Starland County
Brian Bunbury, Vice Chairman
County of Paintearth No. 18
Lawrence Letniak
Special Area 4
Sharel Shoff
Town of Drumheller
Larry Stickel
Town of Hanna
Dale Kent
Village of Halkirk
Vanessa Van der Meer
Village of Linden
STAFF MEMBERS
Brad Wiebe
Chief Executive Officer/Director of Planning
Garry Wilson
Subdivision Planner
Jaiden Henry
Planning Intern
Justin Hill
GIS Coordinator
Michele Buchwitz
GIS Technician
Kari Bott
Executive Assistant
Safety Codes:
Cindy Woods
Linda Taylor
115 Palliser Trail
PO Box 1900
Hanna, AB T0J 1P0
Toll free: 1-877-854-3371
Phone: 403-854-3371
Fax: 403-854-4684
Emails: [email protected]
Website: www.palliserservices.ca
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JUNE GENERAL
PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
MEETING—2014
JUNE 12, 2014 AGENDA
PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMPANY LIMITED
FULL MEMBERSHIP AND JUNE GENERAL MEETING
AGENDA
Thursday June 12th – 4:00PM
Palliser Regional Municipal Services Boardroom, Hanna
Welcome & Introductions – Chairman, Mr. Barrie Hoover
Approval of Agenda
Approval of November 6th, 2013 General Meeting Minutes
Business Arising from the Minutes
Activity Review Reports
i)
Safety Codes/Building Activity, Year end 2013 and 2014 year to—Cindy Woods
ii) Planning Activity— Brad Wiebe
iii) Subdivision Activity— Garry Wilson
iv) GIS/Mapping Activity/PRISM Web based GIS development— Justin Hill
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PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
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JUNE 12, 2014 AGENDA
PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMPANY LIMITED
Financial Reports— 2013 Financial Audit Report
Monica Faupel, Endeavor Chartered Accountants
MGA Review Presentation— Jennifer Jabs,
Director of the MGA Review, Alberta Municipal Affairs
General Discussion— Other discussion items
Next Meeting – November 2014
Adjournment
**********DINNER, DOOR PRIZES & NETWORKING**********
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PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
MEETING— 2014
NOVEMBER 6, 2013 GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
FULL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Held in the Boardroom of Palliser Regional Municipal Services Ltd
at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday November 6, 2013.
PRESENT
REPRESENTING
Monique Jeffrey
Village of Consort
Richard Ekman
Village of Carbon
Hermann Minderlein
Town of Oyen
Dennis Punter
Town of Oyen
Robert D. Blagen
Village of Youngstown
Gary Peers
M.D. of Acadia No. 34
Dale Kent
Village of Halkirk
Chad Van Dam
Village of Empress
Arlen Johnston
Village of Empress
Val Warnock
Town of Trochu
Paul Salvatore
Town of Drumheller
Cindy Woods
Safety Codes, Town of Drumheller
Tony Nichols
Town of Castor
Sharel Shoff
Town of Drumheller
Barrie Hoover
Starland County
Warren Wise
Village of Beiseker
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Tim Muir
Village of Hussar
Dennis Kuiken
Village of Acme
Larry Stickel
Town of Hanna
Vanessa Vander Meer
Village of Linden
Kim Neill
Town of Hanna
Jerry Wipf
Village of Veteran
Sandra Kulyk
Town of Coronation
Brian Bunbury
County of Paintearth No. 18
George Glazier
County of Paintearth No. 18
Howard Helton
Village of Morrin
Mark Stannard
Town of Coronation
ABSENT
REPRESENTING
Bradley Neilson
M.D. of Acadia No. 34
Bob Gainer
Special Area No. 2
Travis Foot
Special Area No. 3
Lawrence Letniak
Special Area No. 4
Tami Olds
Village of Cereal
Calvin Ward
Village of Consort
Dennis Thordarson
Village of Delia
Laura Cawiezel
Village of Munson
Leah Smith
Village of Rockyford
Ron Corbiell
Village of Standard
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JUNE GENERAL
PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
MEETING— 2014
NOVEMBER 6, 2013 GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
STAFF
Brad Wiebe, Chief Executive Officer/Director of Planning
Garry Wilson, Subdivision Planner
Justin Hill, GIS Coordinator
Michele Buchwitz, GIS Technician
Mr. Brad Wiebe, the Agency’s CEO, called the meeting to order at
4:00 p.m.
1.
Introductions
Brad Wiebe welcomed all members and thanked them for attending.
Round table introductions were made.
2.
Approval of AGM Agenda
MOTION BY:
Barrie Hoover, Starland County
“That the November 6, 2013 agenda be accepted as presented.”
CARRIED
3.
Approval of June 25, 2013 Full Membership Meeting Minutes
MOTION BY:
Dale Kent, Village of Halkirk
“That the minutes of the June 25, 2013 Full Membership Meeting be
approved."
CARRIED
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4.
Business Arising from the Minutes
No business arising.
5.
Activity Review
i) Safety Codes/Building Activity – Cindy Woods provided information on the 2013 building permit activity in the Palliser region
and reported a 1% increase of approximately $50,000 over the
last year. In 2012 most of the activity involved institutional construction however in 2013 more private development took place.
Discussion took place concerning safety code inspections.
MOTION BY:
Val Warnock
“That the Safety Codes/Building Activity Report be approved
as presented."
CARRIED
ii) Planning Activity - Brad Wiebe reviewed the 2013 completed
projects, the 2013 ongoing projects and the 2014 scheduled policy review projects. He reminded member municipalities that
should they require additional assistance with any planning related issues such as amendments, requests and questions, to contact the Palliser office.
MOTION BY:
Richard Ekman
“That the Planning Activity Report be approved as presented."
CARRIED
iii) Subdivision Activity – Garry Wilson provided the members with
a detailed subdivision activity update noting a decrease in applications from the previous year.
MOTION BY:
Sharel Shoff
“The Subdivision Activity Report be approved as presented."
CARRIED
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iv) GIS/MAPPING ACTIVITY/PRISM – Justin Hill reported that Palliser
has been very busy and making progress in several key areas. The
aerial photography grant has been approved, the Webmap has been
launched and the land use district maps for each municipality are being updated and will be added to the Webmap as an additional layer.
MOTION BY:
Mark Stannard
“That the GIS/MAPPING ACTIVITY/PRISM Report be approved
as presented."
CARRIED
6.
PRMS Organizational Structure Review – Brad Wiebe
Providing a copy of the PRMS brochure, Brad reviewed Palliser’s history, the structure of the organization and the municipal services offered,
for the benefit of the first time PRMS representatives in attendance.
7.
PRMS Web based GIS Presentation - Justin Hill gave a short visual
presentation of the Web based GIS mapping system that is now available to the online public at www.palliserwebmap.ca.
8.
Election of Board of Directors
The Board of Directors consists of:
a)
Two acclaimed members of Urban Municipal Authorities who pay
the highest requisition: Town of Drumheller and the Town of
Hanna.
Sharel Shoff will represent the Town of Drumheller on the
Board of Directors.
Larry Stickel will represent the Town of Hanna on the Board of
Directors.
b)
Two acclaimed members of Rural Municipal Authorities who pay
the highest requisition: Special Areas Board and County of
Paintearth No. 18
Lawrence Letniak will represent the Special Areas Board on the
Board of Directors.
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Brian Bunbury will represent the County of Paintearth No. 18 on
the Board of Directors.
c)
Three other representatives elected by the shareholders:
Tony Nichols nominated Dale Kent of the Village of Halkirk as a
representative on the Board of Directors. Dale Kent agreed to let
his name stand.
Val Warnock nominated Vanessa Van der Meer of the Village of
Linden as a representative on the Board of Directors. Vanessa Van
der Meer agreed to let her name stand.
Dale Kent nominated Barrie Hoover of Starland County as a representative on the Board of Directors. Barrie Hoover agreed to let
his name stand.
The Board of Directors for 2013- 2014 consists of Sharel Shoff (Town of
Drumheller), Larry Stickel (Town of Hanna), Lawrence Letniak (Special
Areas Board), Brian Bunbury (County of Paintearth No. 18, Dale Kent
(Village of Halkirk), Vanessa Van der Meer (Village of Linden), and Barrie
Hoover (Starland County).
Brad asked that the new board meet in his office for an organizational
meeting at the conclusion of the annual general meeting.
9.
General Discussion
Discussion took place regarding the M.D. of Provost not being a municipal
member.
Questions were asked regarding the CNR land development.
Brad noted that meeting minutes would be available on the website once
approved.
Door prize winners: Gary Peers, Arlen Johnston, Vanessa Van der Meer
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JUNE GENERAL
PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
MEETING— 2014
NOVEMBER 6, 2013 GENERAL MEETING MINUTES
10. Next Meeting – June 2014; date to be announced.
11. Adjournment: 5:30 pm
MOTION BY:
Vanessa Van der Meer
“That the November general meeting be adjourned.”
CARRIED
Brad Wiebe invited everyone for the meal and socializing following the
meeting.
______________________________________
Barrie Hoover, Chairman
______________________________________
Brad Wiebe, Recording Secretary
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BUILDING PERMITS
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BUILDING PERMITS
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BUILDING PERMITS
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PLANNING
Municipal Statutory Planning Activity Update
In accordance with the PRMS Strategic Business Plan, a strategy was developed whereby
PRMS will be accountable for the delivery of a complete planning policy review for each member
municipality every 5 years with the necessary updates and policy development as part of requisition based services. The new program has been in implementation since January 2011. The policy
review process is in addition to any municipal planning related issues (ie. Amendments, requests,
questions). Please continue to contact our office for assistance regarding municipal planning and
development matters.
The 2014 Planning Policy Work Plan is scheduled to include:
2013 ongoing Projects to complete:
Town of Trochu
- Municipal Development Plan (drafted)
- Land Use Bylaw (drafted)
Village of Cereal
- Land Use Bylaw (drafted)
Village of Consort
- Municipal Development Plan (drafted)
- Land Use Bylaw
Starland County
- Land Use Bylaw (1st reading of Council June 12, 2014)
2014 Scheduled Policy Review Projects:
Town of Drumheller
- Municipal Development Plan review
- Land Use Bylaw (phase 1 completed—phase 2 in progress)
Village of Munson
- Land Use Bylaw
Village of Veteran
-- Land Use Bylaw—initial meeting with Council—draft in progress
Village of Youngstown
- Land Use Bylaw (drafted)
Village of Rockyford
- Land Use Bylaw—initial meeting with Council—draft in progress
Village of Acme
- Land Use Bylaw scheduled for 2015—review requested and will
begin Fall 2014
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SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY
2014 SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY
(January— May 31, 2014)
At the beginning of the year it appeared as if the 2014 Subdivision activity
would remain similar to the reduced activity of 2013 as the first application of the
year did not arrive until the end of January. Perhaps after applicants recovered
from the holiday season and resigned themselves to the fact that winter would not
subside, a few more applications were made. By early February Palliser Regional
Municipal Services had received five (5) applications; more than double the number
of the previous February, and the submissions have continued at a steady rate.
As the first half of spring arrived a further eleven (11) applications were received
which is fairly typical of the onset of construction season. To date, we have received twenty-nine (29) applications — a 55% increase in subdivision activity by
comparison to the 16 applications in early June of 2013.
The following Table I, entitled “Subdivision Applications by Municipality”
shows the total subdivision activity for the current year as well as the previous 7
years, 2007 – 2013, up to June 1st of each year. The numbers inside the brackets
indicate the numbers of parcels while the numbers in front represent the number of
applications per municipality. This Table would indicate that the application numbers are higher than the previous five years of 2009 to 2013 and approaching activity rates of the exceptional years of 2006 to 2008. The number of parcels, per application (shown in the brackets) is also higher than the previous three years shown
on this table. This would translate to a 33.3% increase in the number of parcels
created as of this time last year and a 44.4% increase over 2012.
Table II “Number of Lots per Classification by Municipality” is a breakdown of
the types of subdivisions being applied for, showing the number of parcels created
per municipality by classification. As shown in Figure 1 Urban residential type parcels, at only 6, and country residential, farmstead separations and agricultural at
16 is a complete turn-around from last year, which was an anomaly. The number
of parcel or lots applied for is up over last year and up 48.8% on average over the
years 2011 to 2013. For this current year the 38 urban / 16 rural split of parcels
created or a 27% to 73% ratio.
Eleven (11) of the twenty-eight (28) communities serviced by Palliser Regional Municipal Services (PRMS) have experienced subdivision activity to date, which is double that of last year, and greater than the other previous four years. The rural
member communities of Starland County and County of Paintearth each have four
(4) and all of the Special Areas has two (2) applications with the non-member municipality, the M.D. of Provost, having seven (7) applications to date. The Town of
Drumheller has five (5) applications, the Village of Acme has two (2), while the Villages of Carbon and Consort and the Towns of Castor, Coronation, and Hanna each
have one (1) application, as urban municipalities.
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SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY
Table I SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS BY MUNICIPALITY
January—May 31, 2014
Municipality
M.D. Acadia
Acme
Beiseker
Carbon
Castor
Cereal
Consort
Coronation
Delia
Drumheller
Empress
Hanna
Halkirk
Hussar
Linden
Morrin
Munson
Oyen
Paintearth
Rockyford
Special Areas
2007
2008
3(3)
3(3)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2(2)
1(1)
1(2)
N/A
2(6)
1(24)
1(41)
2(22)
2(8)
2(3)
1(2)
7(17)
1(2)
1(1)
1(1)
1(2)
2(2)
5(15)
3(9)
1(2)
1(1)
2(2)
3(36)
1(7)
1(1)
N/A
4(20)
1(1)
1(1)
1(2)
1(2)
1(3)
1(1)
5(23)
1(1)
1(1)
1(1)
2(2)
N/A
7(7)
4(5)
1(2)
6(7)
1(1)
3(3)
1(9)
3(3)
1(2)
4(4)
6(6)
6(7)
3(3)
5(7)
1(3)
1(1)
2(2)
3(3)
1(19)
4(4)
3(3)
4(4)
Standard
N/A
1(1)
Starland
Trochu
Veteran
Youngstown
Gadsby**
M.D. Provost**
9(9)
1(2)
8(10)
10(10)
2(2)
5(21)
2(4)
3(3)
8(8)
7(8)
TOTALS
45(66)
47(154)
16(56)
23(81)
16(47)
19(24)
16(18)
29(54)
6(6)
2(31)
1(1)
3(3)
1(2)
1(1)
** Non member Municipality (#) number of parcels created are shown in the brackets
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SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY Table II NUMBER OF LOTS PER CLASSIFICATION BY MUNICIPALITY
Country
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Municipality
Residential
Farmstead
Separation
Agricultural
Urban
Residential
Industrial
Commercial
Public/
Recreational
M.D. Acadia
6
Acme
Beiseker
2
1
Carbon
Castor
Cereal
1
2
Consort
Coronation
Delia
Drumheller
1
17
4
1
Empress
1
Hanna
Halkirk
Hussar
Linden
Morrin
Munson
Oyen
2
Paintearth
1
1
Rockyford
1
Special Areas
1
Standard
2
2
M.D. Provost**
3
2
1
TOTALS
6
7
2
Starland
Trochu
Veteran
Youngstown
Gadsby**
** The 2014 totals are to May 31, 2014
** Non member Municipality
24
1
1
1
11
3
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PALLISER REGIONAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES
SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY
Subdivision Activity—Rural/Urban By Parcel (lot)
YEAR
RURAL
URBAN
2014
16
38
2013
14
4
2012
13
11
2011
23
24
2010
30
51
2009
9
47
2008
30
124
2007
28
38
Average
20
42
Subdivision ActivityRural/Urban
By Parcel (lot)
73%
Urban
Rural
** The 2014 totals are January - May 31, 2014
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GIS Technical Report
The GIS side of Palliser Regional Municipal Services continues to be busy and
is actively engaged in the development of our Webmap. In addition to work on the
Webmap, Palliser is also beginning to work on developing the new Cemetery Map
that will soon be added to the Webmap. As well, we have been actively working on
our Aerial Photo grant and will soon be receiving new 2014 images.
PRISM –The Palliser Webmap www.palliserwebmap.ca continues to be one
of our main projects. One major hurdle we have been working on overcoming is making sure we have a process in place to ensure that the data shown
on the Webmap is always current. The layer that has the most frequent
changes is the parcel layer. This layer not only changes in its physical geometry with each subdivision, but it also changes in attribute owner information
each time a property title changes hands. Since features such as mail merge
depend on always having accurate address information, we have been working
to develop a process by which the information contained on the map is always
up to date. In order to do this, we have been building a parcel update tool
which will allow much of this process to be automated.
In addition to building this parcel update tool, we are continuing our
efforts to add data to the website and to add infrastructure layers for all our
members.
Many of our members have already had these layers added and
have had training and site visits and are beginning to use the Webmap. For
our members who have not yet had this done, we will be making arrangements shortly.
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CEMETERY MAPS— Recently we have started to develop the Cemetery layers which will be added to the Webmap. We will be starting with the
Cemetery here in Hanna as a test case where we will be developing a prototype
and a data design. Once the design is finished and a prototype map developed we
will move to develop similar maps for all of the cemeteries in our region.
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY— Lastly, we have been very engaged in
working to acquire new aerial imagery. Early in this process we were looking to be
able to provide new 2014 imagery to all of our municipalities that are Town sized.
We are pleased to announce that we managed to expand this project to include
our villages. New 2014 10 cm top down aerial imagery will be provided for all of
our Towns and Villages. These flights took place in late May.
In addition to the standard top down perspective that all of our Towns and
Villages will be receiving, we will also be acquiring a new Digital Elevation Model
that will allow for contour generation. From this the Webmap will not only be
able to deliver length measurements of a line, but also slope and relief measurements.
Palliser will also be acquiring ortho-oblique images for the Towns of Castor,
Coronation, Drumheller, Hanna, Trochu and Oyen. These are aerial images taken
at 45 degree angles allowing building frontages to be visible. These 45 degree angles will be available from each quadrant North, East, South and West.
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Prms welcomes new staff member
The Municipal Internship Program for Land Use Planners is designed to attract recent post-secondary
graduates to the field of municipal planning. Its objective is to assist in the training and development of
competent, well-rounded municipal planners. It is expected that upon successful completion of the program, interns will be better prepared to enter the municipal planning field in Alberta’s municipalities.
For all of those who have not
had the chance to meet her yet, we
would like to introduce and welcome
the newest member of the Palliser
staff, Jaiden Henry.
JAIDEN
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She joins us through the Municipal Affairs Internship Program for Land
Use Planners and has been with us
since the beginning of May. Jaiden
was born and raised in Hanna so is no
stranger to the area. She also worked
for the Special Areas parks department for five summers while attending
post-secondary.
Jaiden graduated from JC Charyk Hanna High School in 2008 and from
there moved to Lethbridge and studied Engineering Design and Drafting Technology at Lethbridge College. After receiving her diploma in 2010, she was still
interested in attending school and enrolled in the Regional and Urban Planning
Degree program at the University of Saskatchewan. She has just recently graduated and is excited to start her planning career in the municipal sector.
Outside of work and education, Jaiden is an avid sports fan and enjoys
hockey, baseball, dance, swimming and golf as well as camping, movies, travelling and reading.
We look forward to providing Jaiden with a full range of experiences in
community planning and you will most likely see her at upcoming meetings with
the Palliser member municipalities.
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