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For earlier materials see Table of Contents

January 13th

2nd look at Council meeting

Parking & Grants

So how many parking spots ‘Grandfathered’ if/ when these now vacant properties developed---Council (following staff’s recommendation) said none – treat as new development (#1 below)– The downside is making City Core into a shopping mall

Should downtown be treated same as a mall in suburbs?

Developing downtown Prince Rupert

 

 

More on this later

 

As these businesses ‘empty’ when bylaw passed – treated as new

Grandfathering and New DPA etc

So if anyone wants to open up this old restaurant (2) or put offices into old RCMP building (1) – or even a new business in Highliner –(which I am told has 94 hotel rooms and 30 apartments + all those businesses) will have to provide off-street parking do you really think the Highliner presently has 130 parking spots?

 

 

How many dedicated parking spots does City Hall have?

And how many parking spots does City Hall have?

My point is the present Official Community Plan prides itself on reducing complex planning documents to very few categories --- this ‘one size fits all’ approach may not be in Rupert’s best interest – thus a 3rd Ave snack bar does not need same parking as a MacDonald’s out on highway

 

 

Above includes ‘partnering agreement’ which is different from Council grants

So how much $$ will Golf Course Club get from City in 2010

At Council meeting ‘they’ made a point in discussion of library grant that everyone had to feel the pain of cuts this year – and the golf course was brought up several times as only getting $72,500 grant this year --- but a careful reading of material could be interpreted as them getting more than requested

 

I asked about this at City Hall but those I asked were of opinion City had cut Grant from 120T to $72,500 – More later

From the background material in Council agenda package

So how much are we paying to 200 member golf club?

 

 

 

Parking? After thought

I suspect the mall (both malls?) would not even have sufficient parking spaces to meet present parking bylaw --- but that is what happens when apply horse and buggy development concepts to ‘Green/ Sustainable’ rhetoric

Created by LG on 13/1/2010

Last updated on Wednesday, January 13, 2010