The City of Yellowknife has laid out what the city manager calls an SA国际影视传媒渁mbitiousSA国际影视传媒� agenda for the coming year amid the uncertainty of the ongoing pandemic, although not on pace with last year.

On Jan. 17, the citySA国际影视传媒檚 Governance and Priorities Committee reviewed a memo from the administration with updates to the CitySA国际影视传媒檚 2019-2022 Objectives Action Plan. Introduced in 2019, the goals in this plan are divided into four categories: the economy, government efficiency and accountability, quality of life and land development and growth.

Of the 79 objectives that make up the plan, seven are complete, 51 are SA国际影视传媒渙n trackSA国际影视传媒� or SA国际影视传媒渙ngoing,SA国际影视传媒� 19 are delayed, one is SA国际影视传媒渙n holdSA国际影视传媒� and one is cancelled. Projects that are delayed include a renewal of the municipalitySA国际影视传媒檚 tourism strategy, which has fallen behind because of the pandemic, and the plan to revitalize downtown.

Completed goals include amendments to the citySA国际影视传媒檚 building bylaw designed to promote energy efficiency, and the community plan for addressing climate change.

The memorandum also laid out the municipalitySA国际影视传媒檚 top priorities for the year, along with timelines for the completion of each. Projects that are expected to be completed by the end of the year include an overhaul of the citySA国际影视传媒檚 business licence bylaw and construction of an arbour.

City manager Sheila Bassi-Kellett said that although the work plan for 2022 is SA国际影视传媒渁mbitious,SA国际影视传媒� it will still be a step down from last yearSA国际影视传媒檚 pace.

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Bassi-Kellett said that even if some of the projects the city is pursuing might not seem like priorities, SA国际影视传媒淭here are pressures to advance things where we donSA国际影视传媒檛 always have the latitude to say, SA国际影视传媒榃eSA国际影视传媒檙e going to press pause on that one,SA国际影视传媒橲A国际影视传媒� she said.

She cited the construction of the new aquatic centre as an example. It requires significant oversight SA国际影视传媒渢hat we canSA国际影视传媒檛 necessarily outsource or put on the backburner.SA国际影视传媒�

Although most leisure travel to the NWT is currently prohibited, Bassi-Kellett said itSA国际影视传媒檚 also important to prioritize projects like the new Visitor Information Centre so they can be ready for when tourism opens up again.