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[UPDATE on outcome at end of post.] The city needs a new policy for dealing with urban development along the edge of the river valley and ravine system. [Background here.] The latest draft came to City Council’s Executive Committee today. We have about 22km of such edges remaining in the city where development may occur… Read More
Today council spent the majority of our morning debating the question of the federal and provincial funding for the proposed Northeast LRT extension to Gorman. I questioned the need to have this conversation in private, but because of the sensitivity of working with other orders of government I reluctantly voted along with the rest of council… Read More
I may not be able to convince enough of my colleagues that municipal campaign finance reform is important, but the province gets it and I think the public will too.
Council’s Executive Committee, which I sit on, received a report outlining a strategy for reducing the environmental footprint of festivals and major events held on city lands, which arose from a formal inquiry I initiated last year after discussing some of the possibilities in this regard with festival and event organizers. I’m very pleased that… Read More
Mayor Mandel presented his annual state of the city address to a packed house at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the the Shaw Conference Centre. The text of his remarks is posted here. [UPDATE: video has been posted here.] Some of the highlights from my point of view included: The next generation puts a huge… Read More