Red Deer council, 1 September 2026

Resolved that Council of The City of Red Deer having considered the Consent Agenda from Legislative Services hereby approves the following Minutes & Reports:

Resolved that Council of the City of Red Deer having considered the report from Legislative Services dated September 1, 2026 re: Procedural Request - Additional Regular Council Meeting October 27, 2026 hereby approve the additional Regular Council Meeting of Tuesday October 27, 2026 commencing at 1:00 p.m.

Resolved that Council of the City of Red Deer having considered the report from Legislative Services re: Postponement Request – Removal of Deadfall in Wooded Areas hereby postpone the consideration of the Removal of Deadfall in Wooded Areas report to October 27, 2026.

Whereas the Downtown Business Improvement Area was formally disestablished effective May 27, 2026; Whereas the Downtown Business Association ceased operations for accounting purposes on February 28, 2026, and its final audited financial statements identified an amount payable to The City; and Whereas the former Downtown Business Improvement Area has outstanding costs related to tax under-collection, disestablishment, and wind-down activities; Therefore be it resolved that Council approve the allocation of the audited amount payable to The City by the former Downtown Business Improvement Area, as outlined in this report, toward: • BIA tax under-collection; • direct disestablishment costs; and • remaining BIA wind-down costs.

Resolved that Council of The City of Red Deer having considered the Consent Agenda from Legislative Services hereby approves the following Minutes & Reports:

Resolved that Council of The City of Red Deer having considered the report from Safe & Healthy Communities re: 2026 Budget Amendment – Building Safer Communities Fund hereby approve receiving the funding from Public Safety Canada’s Building Safer Communities Fund for April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2029 in the amount of $1,279,305.67.

Resolved that Council of The City of Red Deer, having considered the report from Financial Services dated September 1, 2026, re: Financial Reserves Council Policy Update, hereby defers consideration of the adoption of GP-F .2.0 Financial Reserves Council Policy, as presented in ‘Appendix A’, to a future Council meeting, until Administration provides Council with an assessment of the 2025 position of each reserve against each of the proposed policy provisions, with the assessment to be provided to Council.

Resolved that Council of The City of Red Deer having considered the report from Financial Services dated September 1, 2026 re: Financial Reserves Council Policy Update hereby adopts GP-F .2.0 Financial Reserves Council Policy, as presented in ‘Appendix A’.

FIRST READING: That Bylaw 3357/DD-2026 (Zoning Map Boundary Interpretation) be read a first time.

FIRST READING: That Bylaw 3357/FF-2026 (Site Exception for a Digital Facia Sign on 4840 51 St.) be read a first time.

Resolved that Council of The City of Red Deer having considered the report from Financial Services dated September 1, 2026 re: Municipal Consent and Access Fee Percentage Decision hereby increase MCAF (Municipal Consent and Access Fee) to 20% for Water, Wastewater and Electric Utilities and; Further be it resolved that Council direct administration that 25% of all MCAF revenue collected be transferred annually to The City’s Capital Projects Reserve (CPR).

FIRST READING: That Bylaw 3743/2026 (ATCO Gas Franchise Agreement) be read a first time.

SECOND READING: That Bylaw 3357/T-2026 be read a second time.

THIRD READING: That Bylaw 3357/T-2026 be read a third time.

WHEREAS C-5 zoning currently identifies Liquor, Beer and Wine Sales as a permitted use; WHEREAS C-5 zoning identifies Drinking Establishment and Microbrewery as discretionary uses; and WHEREAS economic development and community safety and well-being are priorities of Council; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT Council direct Administration to review the C-5 zoning bylaw and bring forward the workplan impacts for Council's consideration of a report regarding the potential addition of Cannabis Retail Sales as a discretionary use in the C-5 zoning district, with the workplan impact assessment to be brought forward no later than the end of Q4 2026; AND FURTHER THAT the workplan impact assessment include the following scope: 1. An assessment of opportunities to align cannabis-related zoning restrictions with existing alcohol-related restrictions, where appropriate and supported by the applicable regulatory framework; 2. A review of approaches taken by other municipalities respecting Cannabis Retail Sales, including separation distances from schools, daycares, medical facilities, drinking establishments, microbreweries, and liquor, beer and wine sales; 3. An assessment of potential minimum separation distances, including 150 metres, 200 metres and 300 metres, both as uniform standards and as differentiated distances based on the type of protected use, including consideration of a 300-metre separation from K–12 schools and future school sites; 4. An assessment of alternative methods for measuring minimum separation distances, including the current method of measurement and alternatives based on the cannabis retail site boundary, building face, public entrance, or shortest pedestrian route; 5. An assessment of the potential land-use classifications for Cannabis Retail Sales, including: a. discretionary use in C-5; b. permitted use where all applicable objective requirements are satisfied; and c. a separate sensitive-location category or overlay with additional standards near schools; 6. An assessment of the implications of each land-use classification and separation-distance option, including public notice requirements, conditions of approval, appeal rights, enforcement, and potential impacts on existing and eligible C-1, C-4 and C-5 locations; and 7. Maps and counts, where applicable, identifying eligible C-1, C-4 and C-5 locations and existing approved Cannabis Retail Sales locations that may be affected by the various separation-distance options.

SECOND READING: That Bylaw 3357/CC-2026 be read a second time.

SECOND READING: That Bylaw 3357/EE-2026 be read a second time as amended by: Striking '3357/2006' on Schedule A and replacing with '3357/2024'

THIRD READING: That Bylaw 3357/EE-2026 be read a third time.