THIS WEEK IN EDMONTON

• This morning, at 9:30 am, there will be a City Council Public Hearing. On the agenda are several zoning amendments, including an extension of a construction deadline for a property in Queen Alexandra, and allowing low-rise multi-unit housing builds in Belgravia, Grovenor, and Ellerslie.
• On Tuesday, at 8:30 am, there will be an Agenda Review Committee meeting. Ironically, no agenda is available for this meeting yet. Also on Tuesday, at 9:30 am, there will be a City Council meeting. On the agenda is the Spring 2023 Supplemental Capital Budget Adjustment. Rather than taking our suggestion and removing the $100 million in bike lane funding from the budget, Administration is proposing adding $25.7 million to an already excessive budget. Highlights include an additional $2 million for the Scona Pool demolition project, $375,000 for garbage cans, benches, upgraded CCTV cameras, and procuring/installing Indigenous art at the Telus Transit Station, and $8.7 million for the Imagine Jasper Avenue project. If the meeting does not wrap up on time, additional time has been allotted at 9:30 am on Wednesday.
• Soundtrack Music festival is happening Friday and Saturday at Kinsmen Park. The lineup includes Nelly, Third Eye Blind, Ashanti, Everclear, and others. Proceeds from the festival go to the Kinsmen Club of Edmonton and support various local Edmonton charities. One-day general admission tickets start at $129.50. 

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