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Your turn: Rossdale, Westmount, and Stony Plain
This week's batch of calls for public engagement includes a public hearing for new special zones in Rossdale, feedback opportunities on a rezoning application in Westmount, and community parties about municipal development in Stony Plain.
Council allocates $925K for winter day spaces
Edmonton city council has voted to fund daytime shelter spaces for another winter after a city report found that more than 6,600 people visited such spaces last season.
Edmonton Arts Council makes case for budget increase
The head of the body that distributes grants to Edmonton artists will be asking for a funding increase this fall when city council deliberates on the next four-year budget.
On the agenda: Budget adjustment, transit garage, community halls
This week, council is set to make some adjustments to the final year of the 2023-2026 capital budget, examine options for building the southeast transit garage to its original scope, and hear an update on the state of community league facilities.
Your turn: Leduc annexation, Vision Zero, quality of life
This week's batch of calls for public engagement includes open houses about Leduc's proposed annexation of land in Leduc County, requests for feedback about street safety in several Edmonton neighbourhoods, and a survey about quality of life in Edmonton.
On the agenda: Day spaces, economic development, parking
This week, Edmonton city councillors will discuss day spaces for vulnerable Edmontonians, a review of economic development agencies, and potential changes to city-owned parking.
Mayors seek federal funding for downtowns at Edmonton conference
Mayors of Canada's largest cities are calling for the federal government to focus on infrastructure, homelessness, and organized crime and extortion in its next budget to support stronger downtowns and economic growth.
Your turn: Climate, leisure access, and pipeline route
This week's batch of calls for public engagement includes Edmonton's annual climate change and energy perception survey, feedback on the leisure access pass program, and open houses about the proposed Yellowhead Pipeline.
Proposed BRT on Whyte Ave would remove parking, travel lanes
The City of Edmonton has released two configuration options for one of its bus rapid transit routes down Whyte Avenue and in the University of Alberta area, both of which would remove street parking from most of the corridor, reduce vehicle travel lanes to one in each direction, and allow emergency vehicles to use the BRT lanes.