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This post follows others on this issue catalogued here. The private/public Oilers arena project moved ahead today at Council with a multi-point motion seeking more information and further assurances, but most importantly directing senior City staff to ‘enter negotiations on the development of a downtown arena’ referencing the ‘framework’ outlined in today’s report (downloadable here).… Read More
[I wrote the piece below for the Edmonton Examiner last month but am just now finally getting around to posting it here. It follows up from a previous post on Lego urban design from last year and a video on transportation choice illustrated with Lego that we did during the last campaign. The City’s blog… Read More
Finally had a moment to post this old news: Yesterday City Council finalized our budget for next year. It is fairly consistent with administration’s proposal which I outlined in a previous post, with a couple of significant changes. The 2% dedicated levy for neighbourhood reconstruction and maintenance was lowered to 1.5% for 2011 out to… Read More
Just a quick post to link you to City administration’s proposed 2011 operating budget, based on previous council’s guidelines set out in the spring. The way this works is that over the next month or so Council will work from this as a starting point and add, subtract and modify until we’ve exhausted debate, and… Read More
[UPDATE: This post was written when it looked like the deal had fallen through. It has since been revived for 2011-2013, a decision I did not support.] I think the race falling through is a good thing on the whole. Council took a gamble on Indy in late 2007, and it didn’t pay off. The idea… Read More