Month: October 2009

Inquiry: Open Data

October 14th, 2009 in 2007-2010 Term, A functional city, A profitable and prosperous city, Education & Innovation

Today I submitted the following formal inquiry to city administration. It will likely come back to Council’s Executive Committee early next year. Mack Male and others connected to Change Camp and Bar/Demo Camp have been advocating for this and I’ve been reading about other Canadian projects, like Vancouver’s. In local, national and sub-national governments around… Read More

River Valley and Ravine Setbacks – a.k.a “Top of Bank” [UPDATED]

October 8th, 2009 in 2007-2010 Term, A city with better housing & transportation choices, An environmentally responsible city, Smarter Planning

[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