Yellowknife City Council has approved a natural resources extraction request from Nahanni Construction Ltd, with conditions.

The work is set to take place on a portion of privately-owned land located south of Giant Mine, on the west bank of Yellowknife Bay.

The area, which has now been officially designated as a quarry with regards to special management zone specifications, is being sought after by Nahanni Construction so it can remove anywhere from 275,000 to 325,000 cubic metres of aggregate material.

The companySA国际影视传媒檚 proposal states that its removal of material will result in the clearing and levelling of approximately 70 per cent of the total site area, while maintaining a natural buffer between the area to be excavated and protecting the nearby historic Martin Bode Cabin, which was constructed in 1939.

Approval of the motion at MondaySA国际影视传媒檚 council meeting came with several conditions, including SA国际影视传媒渢he development use of the natural resource extraction being permitted for 10 yearsSA国际影视传媒� and that SA国际影视传媒渁ll the necessary means and protections will be put in place during the natural resource extraction use to ensure no damage or negative impact occurs to the historic single detachment dwelling located on the subject property.SA国际影视传媒�

Mayor Rebecca Alty proposed another condition, which was presented originally at a previous Governance and Priorities Committee meeting, calling for a report SA国际影视传媒渄emonstrating the market need and supporting activities in this area is required to demonstrate existing resources are exhausted.SA国际影视传媒�

Alty said she made the amendment to be sure that the report was in compliance with the community plan.

The intention of the community plan is that municipal lands are to be left generally unaltered until an appropriate use is identified, effectively planned for, and the lands are reSA国际影视传媒恉esignated and zoned to facilitate the proposed use, according to information from the citySA国际影视传媒檚 agenda.

SA国际影视传媒淭he community plan policy is very specific and says that, unless lands within this designation are specifically redesignated, this is the condition,SA国际影视传媒� said Charlsey White, the citySA国际影视传媒檚 director of planning and development. SA国际影视传媒淪o the permitted use in this designation is a quarry, and to allow that to happen, this condition must be included to allow that permitted use for to move forward.SA国际影视传媒�

Coun. Robin Williams described the project as a SA国际影视传媒渂ona fide requirement of classification of quarry.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淪o if it doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 have this clause in there, therefore, under our zoning, bylaw, or community plan, (it) cannot be considered a quarry, therefore, it basically grinds to a halt,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

Coun. Niels Konge was not in favour of AltySA国际影视传媒檚 amendment, stating that the process, SA国际影视传媒渁s far as ISA国际影视传媒檓 concerned, is complete waste of money, time, and resources.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒淲hat weSA国际影视传媒檙e doing right now is weSA国际影视传媒檙e asking a developer to go out and hire an engineer to create a report so that the city can be satisfied that the resources are depleted in his type zoneSA国际影视传媒� so follow the money, whoSA国际影视传媒檚 paying for it? The developer is SA国际影视传媒� what do you think that report is going to say? ItSA国际影视传媒檚 a money grab. ItSA国际影视传媒檚 thousands of dollars that the developer is going to have to spend in order to appease the city.SA国际影视传媒�

The amendment was approved with Konge opposed. The motion, as amended, would be approved unanimously.