As the Better Calgary Campaign has not yet met and formally mobilized, we want to quickly share a few things you can do right now. The first step: read the agenda for the council meeting at http://agendaminutes.calgary.ca/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=71&doctype=AGENDA .
Key items on the agenda:
- City Manager's report: Southeast LRT Green Trip Proposal
- Notice of Motion: Fish Creek, Lacombe LRT Station Area TOD plan (Alderman Colley-Urquhart)
- Notice of Motion: Airport Trail Underpass (Alderman Stevenson)
- Notice of Motion: 2011 Budget Projections (Mayor Nenshi)
The second step: Let your alderman know what you want before the meeting starts.
The third step: Attend the meeting or part of the meeting or watch it online at http://www.calgary.ca/cws/councilwebcast_new.html and follow and participate in the #yyccc hashtag on Twitter.
It could be dull at times, so invite friends to join you! Also, check out www.civiccamp.org for their Blue Monday plan for the council meeting.
1 comment:
No doubt that the budget trim, SE LRT, and the airport tunnel are the biggies on tomorrow's Council agenda.
However, there's another that's at least as consequential as Fish Creek TOD. That's the downtown underpass guidelines.
This one's been nearly a decade overdue, two for the new 4 st SE underpass.
Upgrading the underpasses is high impact for Beltline and Centre City. It's a key element in "welding Beltline to downtown."
It may seem a little boring to the "planning from 50,000 feet" crew. But it's foundational urban design for centre city pedestrians and bicyclists. And it's big bang for the buck.
Rob Taylor
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