Comments on: Beyond ECCA http://www.doniveson.ca/2009/07/13/beyond-ecca/ Edmonton City Councillor, Ward 10 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:19:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: don http://www.doniveson.ca/2009/07/13/beyond-ecca/comment-page-1/#comment-7191 don Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:25:37 +0000 http://www.doniveson.ca/?p=478#comment-7191 Walter: the city-generated reports did not contemplate any expansion of activity at the airport, given the ERAA and lease restrictions it operates under. So no to your question, but it's not clear how that would be feasible, much less who would pay for it. The height restrictions are embodied in the city's Zoning Bylaw under the section 810, the <a href="http://webdocs.edmonton.ca/InfraPlan/zoningbylaw/ZoningBylaw/Part2/Overlays/800_City-Wide_Master_Overlay.htm" rel="nofollow">Airport Protection Overlay</a>. Walter: the city-generated reports did not contemplate any expansion of activity at the airport, given the ERAA and lease restrictions it operates under. So no to your question, but it’s not clear how that would be feasible, much less who would pay for it.

The height restrictions are embodied in the city’s Zoning Bylaw under the section 810, the Airport Protection Overlay.

]]> By: Walter Schwabe http://www.doniveson.ca/2009/07/13/beyond-ecca/comment-page-1/#comment-7158 Walter Schwabe Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:08:53 +0000 http://www.doniveson.ca/?p=478#comment-7158 Councillor, is there a report among those paid for by the city and offered during the public hearings that provided voters with an alternative plan? One that would see sustainable development, transportation and growth happen while keeping the ecca intact and operational for comparison? Also, is there a CoE bylaw that specifically addresses height restrictions that you are aware of? Thanks. Councillor, is there a report among those paid for by the city and offered during the public hearings that provided voters with an alternative plan? One that would see sustainable development, transportation and growth happen while keeping the ecca intact and operational for comparison? Also, is there a CoE bylaw that specifically addresses height restrictions that you are aware of? Thanks.

]]> By: Terwilliger, Greisbach, Lewis Estates and other "world class" developments http://www.doniveson.ca/2009/07/13/beyond-ecca/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Terwilliger, Greisbach, Lewis Estates and other "world class" developments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:57:59 +0000 http://www.doniveson.ca/?p=478#comment-675 Sooooooo, we're going to make the taxpayers make-up for the lost economic activity for the years when the entire site is being dug up for cleanup, and pay for the cleanup itself. We're gonna make the taxpayers pay for the roads, the sewers, the utilities, the developers are going to want in there. The taxpayers are going to have to pay to deal with the traffic problems when the "world-class" strand board developments start being slapped up. And of course there's the bill to keep the snow plowed, and the pot holes filled when the site is eventually developed. All the while whistling happilly with our fingers in our ears and our eyes closed, assuming that the medivac and issues will automagically be resolved because they're all someone else's problem. Explain to me again how we're gonna make out like bandits with $500 million in the bank. Or should we all just pack up and move to Leduc or Calgary? Sooooooo, we’re going to make the taxpayers make-up for the lost economic activity for the years when the entire site is being dug up for cleanup, and pay for the cleanup itself. We’re gonna make the taxpayers pay for the roads, the sewers, the utilities, the developers are going to want in there. The taxpayers are going to have to pay to deal with the traffic problems when the “world-class” strand board developments start being slapped up. And of course there’s the bill to keep the snow plowed, and the pot holes filled when the site is eventually developed. All the while whistling happilly with our fingers in our ears and our eyes closed, assuming that the medivac and issues will automagically be resolved because they’re all someone else’s problem.

Explain to me again how we’re gonna make out like bandits with $500 million in the bank. Or should we all just pack up and move to Leduc or Calgary?

]]> By: Catherine LeBlanc http://www.doniveson.ca/2009/07/13/beyond-ecca/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Catherine LeBlanc Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:11:33 +0000 http://www.doniveson.ca/?p=478#comment-659 Thank you for your thoughtful analysis and courageous decision. I am a 46 year old high school science teacher who was among the young Twitterers advising City Council to vote to close the Muni for many of the reasons that have been already stated, sustainable development of the downtown with a public transit oriented community being high on the list. I have lived in Edmonton since the tornado of '87 and made a very careful decision in the plebisite in 1995 to move things to the International. It was logical to me then, looking at the information, and logical now, emotional attachment to the Muni by some folks aside. Please do not regret your decision in light of the recent backlash in the Edmonton Journal Letters to the Editor or from some disgruntled sounding MLA's (who are perhaps seeing their jaunts from the Leg to Calgary & elsewhere from the Muni curtailed?)or by some callers to Radio programs such as this morning's CBC Radio One "Talk to the Mayor". Change is going to take time and so there may not be much to show the nay-sayers in a year or two, but further down the road, we should have something to be proud of. That said, doing something immediately will go a long way to putting finality to this decision. Work that can be done on the LRT should be fast tracked if possible. Runway 16-34 should be closed as soon as possible and a firm date announced as soon as possible. The Environmental clean-up should start immediately, so that citizens can perhaps glimpse the future possibilities should a plebiscite come forward at the next election. Again, thanks for your efforts. (By the way, I am also in favour of the motion to develop a high-speed public transit link to the International ASAP). Thank you for your thoughtful analysis and courageous decision. I am a 46 year old high school science teacher who was among the young Twitterers advising City Council to vote to close the Muni for many of the reasons that have been already stated, sustainable development of the downtown with a public transit oriented community being high on the list. I have lived in Edmonton since the tornado of ’87 and made a very careful decision in the plebisite in 1995 to move things to the International. It was logical to me then, looking at the information, and logical now, emotional attachment to the Muni by some folks aside.

Please do not regret your decision in light of the recent backlash in the Edmonton Journal Letters to the Editor or from some disgruntled sounding MLA’s (who are perhaps seeing their jaunts from the Leg to Calgary & elsewhere from the Muni curtailed?)or by some callers to Radio programs such as this morning’s CBC Radio One “Talk to the Mayor”.

Change is going to take time and so there may not be much to show the nay-sayers in a year or two, but further down the road, we should have something to be proud of. That said, doing something immediately will go a long way to putting finality to this decision. Work that can be done on the LRT should be fast tracked if possible. Runway 16-34 should be closed as soon as possible and a firm date announced as soon as possible. The Environmental clean-up should start immediately, so that citizens can perhaps glimpse the future possibilities should a plebiscite come forward at the next election.

Again, thanks for your efforts. (By the way, I am also in favour of the motion to develop a high-speed public transit link to the International ASAP).

]]> By: Brian Gould http://www.doniveson.ca/2009/07/13/beyond-ecca/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Brian Gould Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:37:22 +0000 http://www.doniveson.ca/?p=478#comment-657 Karen Leibovici, but I haven't a clue why. Karen Leibovici, but I haven’t a clue why.

]]> By: EG http://www.doniveson.ca/2009/07/13/beyond-ecca/comment-page-1/#comment-655 EG Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:50:44 +0000 http://www.doniveson.ca/?p=478#comment-655 I want to know who was the lone councillor who voted AGAINST the motion for rapid transit to EIA... that councillor needs to be voted out of office. I want to know who was the lone councillor who voted AGAINST the motion for rapid transit to EIA… that councillor needs to be voted out of office.

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