Economic Standing Policy Committee finishes week of deliberations
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Independent
The Economic Standing Policy Committee of city council adjourned on Friday after five days of deliberations leaving $31 million unallocated for the next elected council to make use of after this fall’s municipal election.
While most initiatives funded in this upcoming 2022-2031 Capital Improvement Program cycle were modest and relatively inexpensive to fund, there were a few which stood out as having a larger impact on the city in the years to come.
The recommendation that city council fund from the CIP a green bin program was approved by Economic SPC over the next fours years for about $3.5 million per year ($14 million in total) to cover operating costs, but it will also trigger a $10.6 million investment in a new organics sorting facility through City borrowing, and eventually a $7 per month additional utility charge by 2023 for every residential dwelling in the city.
Economic Standing Policy Committee finishes day three of deliberations
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Yes
The Economic Standing Policy Committee forged ahead with some heavy lifting on some proposed community capital projects during its third day of deliberations. Despite the early exit of Coun. Joe Mauro, remaining committee members recommended that funding be approved for Fire Station No. 3 relocation to 16 Avenue South by a unanimous vote after Coun. Jeffrey Coffman proposed instead of allocating the $28.5 million originally requested for the move in the 2022-2031 CIP cycle that $4.8 million be spent on purchasing property for the site and for completion of a functional study on the newly proposed fire hall.
Author of the article: Eric Volmers
Publishing date: Dec 11, 2020 • December 11, 2020 • 5 minute read • Artist Chris Cran poses for a photo at Trepanier Baer Gallery on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia Photo by Azin Ghaffari /Azin Ghaffari/Postmedia
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In 1993, Chris Cran got a great deal on 100 enamel-coated steel plates.
He bought them at a going-out-of-business sale at a strip-mall camera store in Calgary’s Beltline. The plates, which were used for photo-finishing, usually went for about $40 apiece. Cran bought his for $2 each, piled them at the back of his studio and promptly forgot about them.
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery will be hosting a virtual launch of the exhibition catalogue for “Daughters of Uranium” by Mary Kavanagh today at 5 p.m. Guests are invited to join the SAAG for a conversation with Kavanagh and authors Christina Cuthbertson, Lindsey Sharman and Jayne Wilkinson to talk about the gallery experience, as well as the new publication. “Daughters of Uranium” explores the legacies of nuclear production, cultures of militarization and ecological end times. Direct from the chemical sciences, the term “daughters of uranium” refers to the radioactive decay of naturally occurring uranium, while evoking generations born into an uncertain future.