January 8, 2020 

• The City of Edmonton came to GRC to give a presentation on the City Plan and heard comments and feedback from Committee members. The City Plan directly informs how Edmonton plans to grow – setting population and density, transportation, and urban planning goals. Read More. 

Advocacy

• Urban Planning Committee - Open Option Parking & Expedited Infill Permit Program - CHBA – ER spoke at the City of Edmonton's Urban Planning Committee meeting in support of Open Option Parking. Administration is moving forward with this option, bringing it to City Council Public Hearing in June 2020. This option will allow industry the ability to determine the right amount of parking for each project, removing requirements to build to costly parking minimums. Read more.

• We also recognized the work done by IDEA and the City of Edmonton in creating the Expedited Infill Permit Program, but noted that it does not address the root issue of infill permit timelines and offered to work with the City to find a more workable solution

• City Plan - CHBA-ER has been directly engaged with the City Plan team, and has shared our member’s feedback and comments with them. Our efforts to ensure industry’s needs are accurately represented in the City Plan will continue throughout the entire process. Read more.

• Zoning Bylaw Review - CHBA-ER has been working directly with the Zoning Bylaw Team to provide specific feedback on issues with the current Bylaw and what an ideal Bylaw would look like for our industry. We will be sharing the feedback we have received with the Zoning Bylaw team at the end of January.