Infrastructure Plan for Whale Cove
2024 / 2025
To develop infrastructure that meets the health and safety needs of the residents according to the priority described in this plan.
Marine
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Sea Lift Beach
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Renovate
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Clear beach for safer parking for boats in the community for safety reason for hunters and travelers. The dock approach is eroded, the current method of unloading is not efficient. NTCL requested to widen the loading dock by 30 feet because when there is east wind the barges have huge safely concerns
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Small Craft Harbour
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Renovate
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Expand harbour and wharf
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Sea Lift Beach
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New
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Relocate barge
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Small Craft Harbour
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New
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Establish new breakwater - Need to expand breakwater for small craft for boaters to prevent damage to boats and safety for boaters
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Municipal Vehicles
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Grader
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New
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Acquire new grader
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Pick up Truck
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New
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Acquire additional truck for Hamlet Office - SAO
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Dozer
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New
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Acquire new bulldozer
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Loader
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New
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Acquire new loader
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Schools/Daycare
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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School
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Renovate
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Community Demographics indicate that a school expansion will be required soon to properly accommodate the growth of the school population in the next few years.
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Playground - School
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New
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New school playground - Existing equipment are missing or falling apart and requires replacement
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School
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Renovate
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Expand School - Requires Gymnasium, currently using the community gymnasium because of health and safety issues the school needs a Gym attached to it
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Roads
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Roads - Territorial
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New
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Build road to Rankin Inlet
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Roads - Municipal
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Renovate
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Whale Cove Airport Road and Access Road to and over Wilson River (Akkuq)
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Roads - Municipal
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New
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A new road should be built from the community hall to the airport road minimizing traffic on the main road
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Sports and Recreation
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Swimming Pool
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New
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Without a swimming pool and swimming program people do not have the opportunity to learn valuable water survival skills. These skills are important for people who make at least part of their living harvesting fresh and salt water resources.
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Playground - Hamlet
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New
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Lack of safe places to socialize and play indoors for 8 months each year.
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Arena
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Renovate
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Renovate arena - There is a need to upgrade the lighting & heating system, the public washrooms and lobby areas Solar panels should be considered to reduce energy costs. In addition the public can only access the arena by stairs. More storage area within the building is also required.
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Water/Wastewater
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Utilidor
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New
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Establish Utilidor
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Wastewater Treatment
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Renovate
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Replace or repair sewage lagoon - Our current sewage lagoon is being repaired and is anticipated to be completed in November 2016
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Water Treatment Plant
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New
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Construction to start in 2023. Our community water plant doesn't meet the Canadian Drinking Water Quality Guidelines and therefore the Community has been on a BWA for the last three summers. This year a temporary Filterboxx WTP was put in place, however there were adverse water sample results, water output issues and system deficiencies. Basically the system as designed couldn't meet the demands of the community. A year round permanent water treatment plant is therefore urgently required by the community and should be given priority as recommended by the REHO.
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Municipal Infrastructure
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Parking Garage - Hamlet
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Renovate
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Renovate existing 5-bay garage by adding a cement pad/rubber on the floor.
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Parking Garage - Hamlet
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New
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Build new 5-bay garage to accommodate Hamlet vehicals and equipmnet. At present may remain parked outside which makes them susceptible to vandalsim and freezing in the winter.
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Hamlet Office
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New
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A New Hamlet office/ complex is long overdue. This new office complex would be a two storey building with sufficient offices for both Hamlet, community organizations and GN employees. The main floor would have indoor recreational areas, a canteen/fast food outlet, and a Council Chamber/general meeting area. The building should have solar power to reduce energy costs, and a back up generator so it could also be used as an emergency shelter.
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Parking Garage - Hamlet
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Remediate
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Excellent sites have been identified for a new parking garage and fire hall. Thes sites involve Lot 1, 5, and 7, Block 5. They are all contaminated and require remidiation. The old power plant on Lot 7 needs to be removed. The are is currently a health risk to the community.
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Fence - Snow
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New
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Snow fencing is required due to heavy snow accumulation problem around the community. particularly in the Itivia area.
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Workshop
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New
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Build new combined carpentry workshop
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Hamlet Office
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New
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Presently the Hamlet Office is in an old recycled school building which has inadequate office space. The GN and other organizations also depend on the Hamlet for their office needs.
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Fire Hall
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New
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The present fire hall is old and costly to maintain due to its poor structural condition. Existing Fire Hall no longer meets the qualitative and quantitative Capital standards. A new fire hall will also give us more parking bays for essential service vehicles, which will be lacking with the purchase this sealift of a new water truck. if it modestly renovated it could function as a parking garage. The new Fire Hall needs to park an ambulance the Hamlet acquired in 2021.
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Land - Development/Planning
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New
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Whale Cove has no supply of crushed gravel. A supply of crushed gravel is important to maintain existing roads in town, and to and from the town to the airport, and to build a new sub division to accommodate a legal survey completed in 2024. The survey provides one commercial lot, and about 30 residential lots. This is all toward the Nunavut 3000 plan as we are expecting 30 units by 2030.
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Airports
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Terminal
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New
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Construction to start 2022. A New Airport Terminal is needed. Our terminal building is one of the oldest in the Territory and has surpassed its life expectancy/cycle. It is run down, expensive to maintain and an eye sore. Fencing is also required to meet the security/safety regulations of Transport Canada.
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Terminal
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New
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Relocate Airport. Two sites have been identified as possible sites for the new airport. Surveyors from the consultants have already surveyed the sites. Use for land where the existing airport is will be determined. Construction to start 2022.
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Snow Removal Equipment
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Renovate
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Airport operations has no D6 Cat for maintaining the airstrip & the 10K road to the community.. The airport is the lifeline of the community. It is the only method of resupply and travel including medical travel in and out of the community. For aircraft/ passenger safety it must be maintained properly and available at all times.
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Housing
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Public Housing - Elders
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New
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Senior Housing - Our Community needs multiplex housing suitable for elders with minor disability/mobility issues.
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Public Housing
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New
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The community requires additional new public housing units to accommodate 37 individuals and families on the Housing Association's waiting list.
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Municipal Operations
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Equipment - Municipal
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New
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An emergency standby generator - During the winter months it is common for power outages throughout the community. An emergency standby generator would allow the community to have basic power during the power outages to ensure that pipes wont freeze
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Quarry - Gravel
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New
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Aquire a source of gravel to meet airport, housing, land development, economic development and hamlet roads..New supply of crushed gravel for the hamlet to upgrade and improve the roads,land development,housing and for economic development, Nunavut Airports has 4.4 million they received to resurface the runway by replenishing the availability of gravel through contracting a crushing operation. The hamlet would like to take advantage of his opportunity by receiving assistance to acquire 2,500 cubic metric of crushed material.
Aggregates are pit run and screened only. At present, the hamlet has no gravel supply.
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Commercial Facilities
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Commercial Office Space
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New
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Build government offices for non-hamlet use
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Hotel
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New
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Build new hotel to handle increase tourism
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Commercial Office Space
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Renovate
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Renovate surplus buildings
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Commercial Office Space
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Renovate
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Retrofit Old Hamlet office for commercial use
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Conference Center
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New
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Build conference centre
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Commercial Office Space
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Renovate
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Renovate surplus buildings
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Traditional Economy
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Traditional Foods Processing Facility
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New
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Build country food processing facility
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Arts and Crafts Facility
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New
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Art Center
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Community Freezer
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New
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Complete as of March 2022
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Power
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Alternative Sources
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New
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Alternate energy sources
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Social Gathering Centers
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Community Hall
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Renovate
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Repair heating and sprinkler system in community hall, doors, lock system, emergency lighting, and other general repairs.
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Youth Center
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Renovate
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Youth Centre requires renovations
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Wellness
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Community Wellness Hub
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New
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Health Care and Wellness Facility
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Solid Waste
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Signs
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New
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Signage at the solid waste site - To help promote the segregation of waste
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Landfill
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New
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Renovate the existing landfill site. Apparently 10 million is approved for this project to start in 2025-2026.
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Recycling Center
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New
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Recycling metal and plastics
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Petroleum
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Tank Farm
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Renovate
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IncreaseHeating fuel/ Diesel and Gasoline Storage Capacity
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Health
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Health Center
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Renovate
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Present Health Centre is too small to accommodate present and future community needs. It lacks adequate staff, office/treatment rooms, storage area including morque - see attachment
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Other
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Asset
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Action Required
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Problem Summary
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Other
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New
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Identify quarry sites for rock crushing.
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Other
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Renovate
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Visiting Area and Morgue for Deceased.
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Other
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New
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Elders transportation vehicle
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Other
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New
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Obtaining mental health specialist and wellness coordinators - The issue that Whale Cove faces is retaining these professionals. Our community is willing to structure having a fly in and fly out professional to assist with probation individuals and also to help with wellness social problem's within the community. This will also allow our community to assist with suicide prevention.
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