Will developers produce parking without minimums?

Iveson's State of the City address was this week and we've got the Cliff's notes. Meanwhile City Council peeks over the edge of the Precipice of regulating parking and contemplates jumping. City admin suggests that we shouldn't bid on the commonwealth games, and it's not a Bluff to improve our negotiating position. Finally, when Jon D opens his mouth there's no talking him down off that Cliff.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Intersection Closure

• Major downtown road closed for month as LRT construction ramps up

Iveson-Trudeau

• Prime minister to meet with mayor on visit to Edmonton Friday

Telephone Historical Centre

• Edmonton telephone museum hangs it up

State of the City

• State of the City Address
• From Edmonton's NDP stronghold, Iveson offers olive branch to Kenney government
• Facebook Live recording
• Mack's Twitter thread

Parking Regulations

• Comprehensive Review of Parking Regulations in Zoning Bylaw 12800
• Elise Stolte: Council can't ignore the massive subsidy behind 'free' parking
• Committee endorses plan to eliminate Edmonton's minimum parking requirements

Commonwealth Games

• Commonwealth Games Bid
• Edmonton confirms it won’t bid for Commonwealth Games

Dziadyk Motions

• Executive Committee: May 6, 2019

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