Council is back from summer break. On Monday, at 9:30 am, there will be a meeting of the Community and Public Services Committee. The Committee will discuss Urban Gardens in public spaces, pesticide use, and the potential for fines and penalties for excessive vehicle noise.
On Tuesday, at 8:30 am, there will be a meeting of the Agenda Review Committee, followed by a 9:30 am meeting of the Urban Planning Committee. The latter Committee will review a report which lays out options for regulating designated driver services. The Committee will also receive a report about expanding the use of pedestrian through zones.
The Executive Committee will meet on Wednesday at 9:30 am to discuss the Prairie Sky Gondola agreement. If agreed to, the company would pay the City about $1.125 million a year to lease land and for a licence to operate the gondola. There didn’t appear to be anything in the report to address what would happen should Prairie Sky fold up shop, but the company must maintain a minimum of $5 million in a capital reserve fund over the term of the operation to ensure required maintenance can be paid for.
