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Council briefs: July 23

Jul 24, 2018 | 4:18 PM

The proposal for a 21-unit two-storey town house development in Glendale has been shelved for up to three months.

City council opted to table the matter so administration could prepare a site guidance document.

The development is proposed for 22 Gunn Street, however it faces neighbourhood disapproval and would require city council to redistrict the land from A1 Future Urban Development and R2T Residential (Town House).

The site was provincial property prior to 2000, which is when the province decided the land was surplus to its needs. The City then designated it A1 to ensure that public consultation would be need to be undertaken prior to any future development.

In 2001, the then-owner proposed a 48-unit apartment. In 2002, a 24-unit apartment building and a 33-unit town house development were proposed. In 2015, a 16-unit town house was proposed. 

Each application was circulated to residents, however all of them were ceased by the developer prior to council consideration and the land was subsequently sold to a new landowner.

 

— Roundabouts

The Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan containing the conceptual plan for a future commercial development on the city’s east side had to be amended Monday.

The plan, at Ross Street and the future connector road (20 Avenue), contained a reference to a roundabout in the designs.

Because The City is working on a review of roundabouts, that reference had to be removed for the sake of transparency.

A report on the roundabout review is expected to hit council’s desks this fall.

 

— Asset Management

Council also approved a grant application for $50,000.

The money would go towards The City’s development of a comprehensive Corporate Asset Management Framework. It is available through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Council has already approved $150,000 for this project through the operating budget — $50,000 in 2017 and $100,000 in 2018.

 

— Portable signs

Council also tabled further discussion on distance setbacks are they relate to portable signs and dynamic signs.

The matter had been tabled for up to three months, but administration requested up to eight more weeks in order to evaluate all of council’s options.