Take 5

Rob Carnie: One more thing before I let you go, City Manager Carmichael, and that is, let’s talk about the progress with the new signage for the 30 kilometer per hour school zones. 

I did see contractors erecting new signs at Saint Agnes School just recently, are all the signs at all the schools up now, or do we still have a few to go? 

Rob Carnie: Civic election, you mentioned (it). Of course there is a civic election coming up this fall. Let’s go over voter registration and mail-in balloting and free city transit on election day and everything that we need to know about the civic election coming up in the fall. 

Rob Carnie: Maryse Carmichael is the City Manager with the City of Moose Jaw. She’s on Take 5 with Carnie and Carmichael, the annual city survey, let’s talk about that. 

Maryse Carmichael: We want to hear from residents, this year’s survey is going to be called “Parties and Potential”.  

Rob Carnie: Let’s touch on Souls Harbor. They operate the Riverside Mission in Moose Jaw. Let’s clarify where we are with that whole situation.  

As most people know, they want to build a new facility and get out of the old decrepit facility they have on Manitoba Street. Where are we at with that situation? 

Rob Carnie: Community safety: let’s follow up on the meeting that we had. There were a lot of people showing up and talking about, mainly, the homeless people that are around Moose Jaw and some people fear for their safety. 

A lot of our homeless population are harmless people who just want to live life and get a bite to eat. But there are people in our downtown core that are upset, and some elderly people have come forward and said they fear for their safety. 

Rob Carnie: It's another edition of Take 5 with Carnie and Carmichael featuring Moose Jaw City Manager, Maryse Carmichael. Let's start with a #notoriously active Fall and Winter Rec Guide. I hate to say fall and winter in August, Maryse, but here we are, and the Rec Guide is out, and lots of opportunities for local people, local families to get involved across the City of Moose Jaw at all our great facilities. 

After getting direction from city council last week, a public meeting about homeless shelters is in the works, according to City Manager Maryse Carmichael. 

Despite the rejection of the Discretionary Use Application placed by the City of Moose Jaw for a new solid waste facility to be located north of the city in the RM of Moose Jaw last month, both sides are in talks to decide a suitable location for the future facility. 

As the Transportation Master Plan has been adopted by the City of Moose Jaw it has sparked discussions regarding the 4th Avenue Viaduct and the repairs needed to the structure. 

City Manager Maryse Carmichael says that repairs to the viaduct are a priority, but progress relies on cooperation with CPKC to go forward. 

Rob- Let’s start with the big issue right now, the big event in town, everybody’s talking about it. The Souls Harbor Rescue Mission, the owners and operators of the Riverside Mission, a public meeting about homelessness, addictions and future shelters will be taking place in the coming weeks.  

After a heated debate among City Councilors on Monday night on July the 8th in front of a packed house in council chambers — I’m reading from Discover Moose Jaw right now.