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Last summer, I worked with the City and residents to effect a temporary opening of Byron Avenue between Redwood and Golden to pedestrians by restricting the street to local-only traffic with barriers to discourage through-traffic. That was well-received by many for creating additional space for exercise and I saw it well-used by walkers, joggers and cyclists. The measure was temporary and was removed in the autumn to accommodate snow-plowing.

(This post is a 15-minute read but is probably the most important I have written. Can’t read it now? Consider bookmarking it and returning to it when you have some time.)

Cities grow.

On Wednesday night, I'm hosting an open house to which residents are invited to hear from the NCC about their proposal for an "embassy row" on the open parcel of land between Burnside and the SJAM parkway.

As you may be aware, the proposed development at Byron Place / Churchill / Highcroft has been approved by Planning Committee. As part of that proposed development, there is a parkette component and the developer and the City are ready to consult with the community about how you want that space to look, feel and function. The public art piece, Tree of Life by artist Jennifer Stead will not be disrupted by the parkette and will be incorporated into any design agreed upon by the community.

At a joint meeting of the planning and agriculture and rural affairs committees this week, I voted against a motion to focus on the Tewin lands as our next tranche of urban boundary expansion lands. I've received a few questions on why, and thought it would be worthwhile to try to unpack a very complicated issue beyond the headlines.

For those following the progress of this development, there are new ew material is available on Devapps.

The applicant, in response to comments received to date, has submitted revised plans and made significant changes to the design of the building. The applicant described the project updates and statistics as follows:

Councillors this morning received this morning a briefing on vaccination progress. Click the .pdfs below to view those documents.

This week, Councillors and the media were sent the following notice about upcoming parks and rec master plan consultations. The survey here will be open until February 5.

Over the last six years, I've frequently been asked questions related to how the city is planned and the infrastructure we need paid for. Cycling advocates in particular wonder how and when funding decisions get made, and according to what priorities.