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My challenge now is to make that happen, is to get that done. We would like this Board to consider, and |
know it is a difficult thing to do, but to perhaps waive the building permit fees or if we pay the fees, they
somehow come back to the project.
Mayor Donchess
| mean | think all we need is a resolution passed by the Board of Aldermen and we can waive the fees, |
believe, we can check with our legal counsel. It’s within the discretion of the Board of Aldermen. It’s a
great project so we are not really looking to get money out of it with fees on this. So | don’t think that'll be a
big problem.
Steve Bolton, Corporation Counsel
The closing the street you may need the Board of Public Works.
Mayor Donchess
Yes the street closing, so you want to close Ash Street for during the day for a period of time?
Mr. Nelson
We've already had a preliminary conversation with Public Works, the Fire Department, the Police
Department for sure, they are in the building all the time. So | think that there are some things that we can
put in place and we can manage it. We don’t intend to close it down for 2 weeks, we will maintain access
through. So that’s the second request to somehow manage that.
Mayor Donchess
Well that we can work on, I’m sure we can work something out there as well.
Mr. Nelson
So the last piece is just spread the word. We are at a point now where we are getting to the project. This
is going to happen in May. So we are essentially moving our membership essentially mid-April over to the
gymnasium and over across from the church and a few other places to make sure that the programs
continue throughout this process and then we are going to take over the world after that.
Mayor Donchess
So you were, of course, very instrumental in the Your Voice, Your Choice project which resulted in the
futsal court last year. Are you going to be open this year, is your building going to be open so that we can
again use PAL to kind of, as the center of that project this year ?
Mr. Nelson
After May 17" we can do whatever we want, back to operations.
Mayor Donchess
And before that maybe not?
Mr. Nelson
From April 6 to May 17 it will be difficult to use the center for community meetings. But as you know, we’ve
got strategies to make things happen. We talk to our neighbors.
