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We’re still overdue for a grown-up conversation with our Province about how we’re going to properly fund city building. With only six to eight cents of every tax dollar while managing 60% of Canadian public infrastructure, big cities like Edmonton cannot continue to grow, thrive and prosper without some clarity about what we are responsible for and what is, or should be, the role of each order of government.
Today, Executive Committee will discuss a number of important reports that could have a deep and lasting impact on our city’s shape and form. It’s no secret that Edmonton is undergoing tremendous growth and Council is exploring a number of tools to help manage this change, and capitalize on the opportunity. Infill is at the… Read More
Policy in brief Without pitting new neighbourhoods against old, it is time for Edmonton to make adjustments so that it can meet the growing demand for infill housing. Building a more compact and more efficient city means high-rises in a few areas — like downtown and around LRT stations like Century Park and Strathearn —… Read More
[Update, April 20, 2012: City Administration sent an email (quoted below) to the Blue Quill Community League yesterday indicating that the Skyrattler site is being put on hold for further review. I continue to press for more community involvement in decisions affecting all these sites, and will demand meaningful community input into the options for… Read More
On February 4 council approved amendments to the zoning bylaw allowing widespread secondary suites in a 9-to-2 decision. I was among the 9. There was considerable debate about whether to require owner occupancy of a property as a condition of receiving a secondary suite development permit. A vote on requiring this initially passed 6 to… Read More