Last week, city council unanimously approved the Edmonton Economic Action Plan which aims to support 121,000 net new jobs by 2030. An update on the implementation of the plan is due back in Q1 2022.
Council also approved the revised Community Energy Transition Strategy, agreed to spend $12 million on emergent COVID-19 recovery needs in 2021 including $1.3 million to support the vaccination clinic at the Edmonton Expo Centre, gave final approval to the property tax freeze this year, and decided not to increase the transit cash fare from the current $3.50.
Here are some of the notable agenda items coming before city council for the week of April 26-30:
- On April 26, executive committee will discuss the Exhibition Lands Implementation Strategy which includes the demolition of the Coliseum within the next four years.
- Executive committee will also review the 2020 Investment Committee Annual Report which shows the City of Edmonton had financial assets totalling $3.1 billion as of Dec. 31, 2020.
- On April 28, community and public services committee will review a planned pilot project that would allow for the consumption of alcohol in seven public parks from May 28 until Oct. 11. The pilot at Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Whitemud, Hawrelak, Government House, Victoria, Gold Bar, and Rundle parks will cost $10,000 for communication and signage.
- On April 30, utility committee will consider the Waste Reduction Roadmap which outlines "how the City of Edmonton will stabilize residential waste generation rate per person over the next three years (2021 to 2024) and ultimately reduce residential waste generation per person by 20% over the term of the 25-year waste strategy."
- Utility committee will also receive a progress report on mandatory three-stream waste separation in the multi-unit sector. A business case will be presented on June 25 but rollout of the program is not expected to begin until Q2 2023.
Meetings are streamed live on city council's YouTube channel.