Yellowknife may stop reserving Tin Can Hill land for Aurora College campus
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Yellowknife City Council is considering ending an agreement to reserve land in the city's Tin Can Hill area for Aurora College's planned polytechnic university campus.
Tin Can Hill is a popular hiking and dog walking spot in Yellowknife. The city signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aurora College that established Tin Can Hill as the intended site for the proposed campus in 2022.
City councillors will discuss during a committee meeting on Monday afternoon whether to give Aurora College "immediate notice of termination" of that MOU. This would begin a 60-day notice period, after which the city could cancel the agreement.
City staff have recommended councillors end the agreement — writing that progress on the planned university campus has stalled and the city's need for "developable lands" have become more pressing.
An email from civic administration to Aurora College president Angela James, which is part of the agenda for Monday's meeting, points to the fact the transfer of land to the territorial government for development was originally supposed to be completed by the end of March 2023.
"Nearly two years have elapsed since the parties intended to transfer to site under the MOU and discussions regarding Tin Can Hill as a Yellowknife polytechnic university campus appear to have slowed significantly without a new timeline."
The email goes on to say the City of Yellowknife is committed to helping Aurora College secure alternative sites for a future polytechnic campus.
"From administration's perspective, you know we're in a land crunch in the city and we need to look at all the land available that is in city control now," city councillor Ben Hendriksen told CBC News ahead of the vote.
He said that if city council votes to end the agreement, it will allow the city to "look at other options for the land", but any changes at the beloved green space would be unlikely to happen anytime soon. "Do you sell the land? Do you not sell the land? Do you keep it as natural space.... That's all for the future," he said. "In the immediate, nothing changes."
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