Mr. Chairman, the city of Yellowknife does have bylaws, but also they have a capital site development plan that we have to follow to. Those are some of the requirements necessary in order to satisfy the city.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
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Kevin O'Brien Kivallivik
Mr. Chairman, do you have this scope of work that will take place over this $500,000, a general breakdown of what areas are to be paved?
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
I do not know, Mr. Chairman, the geotech has been done. We do not have the results of the geotech work yet. I do not know what the details will be. I will ask Mr. Hamilton to respond.
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David Hamilton
Mr. Chairman, the extent of the capital site paving program takes into account the capital site from the highway on the outside of the access to the main site. It includes the whole site in front of the building, the parking lot and access to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. The whole capital site is under a jointly-managed development plan that has been approved with the Government of the Northwest Territories through the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, the city of Yellowknife and the government as partners in the whole development site. There are certain bylaw building restrictions within the site. It includes the whole site, any construction that is beside the site such as the RCMP building, Department of National Defence, and any of the city buildings that surround the site. This development plan calls for certain things that have to be carried out to comply with the jointly-managed plan of the city and of the government. Mr. Chairman, one of the items we are complying with is the need for the upkeep and access for emergency vehicles within the city plan, and within the city bylaws and their building construction needs which vary differently from community to community in the north.
Mr. Chairman, the city also has a bylaw that says any parking lot that has designated parking for disabled and handicapped people has to be paved. Mr. Chairman, we were identified that the capital site under the joint management was only one of two people not complying with that bylaw, ourselves and the Wal-Mart store or one of the stores that did not have parking paved. We are endeavouring to comply and also to enhance the site and ensure the site is in its best condition for the next 100 years that this building will be here and on this site. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Kevin O'Brien Kivallivik
Final comment, Mr. Chairman. It seems that we appear to be spending a fair bit of money on paving various areas and parking lots and whatever else. It is not my intention to oppose this, but I have some reservations with it when I think that we are still landing on gravel runways in the eastern Arctic. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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An Hon. Member
Good point. Good point.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. O'Brien. I gather that is a comment rather than a question, Mr. O'Brien. I will now recognize Mr. Ootes.
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An Hon. Member
He has defected.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, has the city of Yellowknife written to the Legislative Assembly on the aforementioned bylaw requesting pavement by the Legislative Assembly by the city of Yellowknife?
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Chairman, the city of Yellowknife have inspectors that inspect the site for safety for vehicles. One of the things that they did say was our roads are not in condition to take care of those vehicles. So we have been cited, saying that we are not abiding by their bylaws.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I understand now that under the Yellowknife bylaws, the Legislative Assembly has been cited for not keeping up with their code for the road access. Is that correct?
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Yes, we have been cited for signage violation and also for disabled vehicles parking.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
But, it has not been cited for the actual paving. It has been cited for handicapped access which could be just a ramp and the signage. We all understand about signage because I guess we are going to be driving around on those signs. Is that correct? Am I reading this correctly? Has it been cited for the handicapped access which could just be a ramp built and signage has nothing to do with the paving?
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Chairman, we have been cited because we do not have paving for disabled people in our parking lot.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Gargan. I am on total region, $540,000. I recognize Mr. Erasmus.