Category: Urban Sprawl

Modernizing the MGA

June 1st, 2016 in 2013-2017 Term, A city with better housing & transportation choices, A fiscally responsible city, A profitable and prosperous city, Affordable Housing, Capital Region, Smarter Planning, Taxation, Transit, Urban Sprawl

Most people don’t realize that the actions of any municipality – whether it’s Edmonton or Evansburg – are governed by a piece of provincial legislation called the Municipal Government Act (aka the MGA). As far as documents go, they don’t come much thicker than the MGA – mainly because of the incredible complexity that comes… Read More

Calculating the real costs of our growth

March 18th, 2016 in 2013-2017 Term, A fiscally responsible city, A profitable and prosperous city, Smarter Planning, Taxation, Urban Sprawl

Yesterday, city administration released a report that estimates the expected costs and revenues the city’s recently approved ‘greenfields’ (i.e. new suburban developments) will generate over a 50-year term. These are called our ‘Urban Growth Areas’ and they are essentially the outer 3 corners of our city, and they are very large in scale. It should… Read More

The Important Role of Surplus School Sites

October 28th, 2014 in 2013-2017 Term, A city with better housing & transportation choices, Affordable Housing, Community Consultation, Urban Sprawl

Since late August and the release of the City’s census numbers, there has been a great deal of discussion around the fact that Edmonton is experiencing significant growth (here are reports discussing growth pressures from Aug 19 Executive Committee), and that many different approaches are needed in order to accommodate all the new citizens that… Read More