The final week of meetings before city council's summer break is packed with discussions about the zoning bylaw, a proposed development in Rossdale, a possible tax incentive for carbon capture projects, and much more.
There is a public hearing scheduled for June 30 and a city council meeting scheduled for July 2 and 4.
Here are key items on this week's agenda:
- Edmonton's zoning bylaw could be changed at a public hearing on June 30. Taproot has made sense of the proposed changes in a separate article.
- Council is scheduled to debate a rezoning application for a development in Rossdale. Gene Dub, a local developer and architect who designed Edmonton City Hall and other notable buildings, has proposed to build three residential buildings with up to 490 rental units in Rossdale. Each building would use a sloping design to increase in height from one to 17 storeys. Dub said he believes the development won't be at risk of flooding, even as updated forecasting models suggest two of the three buildings would be in water in the event of a hundred-year flood.
- Council is set to debate whether it should introduce a tax incentive for carbon capture facilities as part of its efforts to capture more of the region's industrial development within Edmonton's boundaries. Under the draft bylaw, projects that would be eligible would be new or expanded facilities that capture at least 300,000 tonnes of carbon annually and have at least $75 million in capital costs. The 10-year exemption to municipal taxes would not exceed $2.4 million per year per project, according to the draft bylaw, which council is set to debate on July 2.
- At a council meeting on July 2, council is scheduled to review several reports from committee meetings. Council will be asked to approved changes to the complete streets policy and the environmental impact assessment report for a bike skills park in the river valley. Council is also set to debate changes to enforcement during parking bans, introducing incentives for major industrial developments, and putting money behind the ArtsCommon 118 development on Alberta Avenue.
- Administration has worked with developers in the Lewis Farms area on a plan to widen roads sooner than expected in order to address traffic congestion. Pending council approval, developers would be responsible for paying to widen 215 Street southbound between 100 Avenue and 92 Avenue; Whitemud Drive westbound between Lewis Estates Boulevard to east of 215 Street; and Webber Greens Drive westbound from the commercial area to east of Suder Greens Drive. Developers would also fund pre-grading for the north side of Whitemud Drive between 215 Street and 231 Street.
- At a public hearing on June 30, council is scheduled to review rezoning applications in Windermere, Strathearn, Queen Alexandra, Inglewood, and two on the same block in McKernan.
Meetings stream live on YouTube on the Chamber channel and River Valley Room channel.
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