The City of Cold Lake has decided to look into a policy for mobile food vendors. Whether that means they implement a daily operating fee, or map out no-go areas was discussed at the Tuesday, June 20 corporate priorities meeting.
The City of Cold Lake has decided to look into a policy for mobile food vendors.
Whether that means they implement a daily operating fee, or map out no-go areas was discussed at the Tuesday, June 20 corporate priorities meeting.
One area of particular interest is Kinosoo Beach.
With the upcoming beach season, it could be a hot spot for a food vendor to park, however, whether that is fair to the current businesses in the area is yet to be determined.
See more coverage of this in next week's edition of the Lakeland Regional.
Council has tabled the debate on whether or not to dome the artificial turf field.
With the project pretty well ready to go, the city will be sending it to tender within the next few weeks.
CAO Kevin Nagoya stressed that the decision on whether to keep the running track, or add a dome to the facility can be done at a later time.
"We're pretty much ready to go," Nagoya said, adding he believes the dome is a wonderful idea, but whether or not that is the direction council wants to go is unclear.
Council agreed to send the project to tender and go ahead with the project as is. They will continue to discuss their options as the project progresses.
The pickleball courts will be getting a home at the Energy Centre after all.
Council agreed that the best place for eight pickleball courts is at Imperial Park. The city allocated $200,000 to develop pickleball courts in Cold Lake during their June 13 meeting.
Although council agreed that the courts should be at Imperial Park, where they should be placed was up for discussion.
Coun. Bob Buckle, for example, wanted to see them on the future home of the Reid Field House expansion. It would be temporary, but it would work for a few years.
Mayor Craig Copeland on the other hand, thought having the courts up by the baseball diamonds was the route to take.
The Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) for the City of Cold Lake will be conducting a study on the need for a commercial air service project.
Over 500 residents in and around Cold Lake will be sent a questionnaire about the need for air service in the area.
Copeland said council believes the service will be popular, they just need to find out how far people are wiling to travel, and how much they are expecting to pay.
Nagoya said now is the time for the city to conduct the study, so they can determine during even some of the tough economic times what the need for the air service will be like.
See next week's edition for more.
The community garden was up for discussion after Buckle brought it to administration's attention that it seemed as though the garden society was making Imperial Park their permanent home.
Buckle emphasized that he appreciated what the garden did for the community, describing it as "pretty remarkable."
The issue he had was if the city ever needed to ask them to relocate.
For example, if they were to use grant funding to purchase infrastructure that couldn't be moved. Although the garden is okay where it is now, that could change in a few years.
Buckle's concern was that council would have to remove the infrastructure, which could require tearing it down.
Coun. Chris Vining stressed how important it was for city administration to stay in contact with the group.
