Westmount Lives Local!
I was glad to see a big turnout at the Live Local event on Sunday, September 18. Lots of kids, parents and community members had fun trying out the corn and apple tarts. The rink was buzzing with activity when I arrived, and was just getting busier as 4:00 pm rolled around.
Thanks to everyone who helped make our event a great one!
EFCL Works with Board on School Closures
The EFCL is reporting that they are working with the School Board on the School Closure issue. I have copied the article from their website for your convenience. Please use the comments section to voice your opinion on the issue. Every opinion counts and will not go unnoticed.
The EFCL is entering discussions with the Edmonton Public School Board on the controversial issue of school closures. Last fall, the school board agreed to a two-year moratorium on school closures, after the federation and many members of the public expressed their dissatisfaction with the current review process. It appeared to the EFCL that not enough focus was being placed on ways to keep schools open and viable.
The federation fully recognizes that this is a very difficult issue. The bottom line to much of this is the declining numbers of young families in mature neighborhoods, which is an issue the federation is reviewing in concert with the city‘s recently-announced Community Revitalization task force.
The federation is hosting a meeting with the public school board on April 19 to kick start discussions on this topic. Meanwhile, the federation is also attempting to meet with the Minister of Education to promote community usage of any new schools that are built. A number of our newer leagues are looking at sharing space, rather than building a hall and the local school is an obvious option.
Information for concerned citizens who wish to stop School Closures
To the Trustees of the Edmonton Public School Board
To the Trustees of the Edmonton Public School Board
c/o David Colburn, Chair
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Dear Trustees,
We, the undersigned representatives of school councils, community leagues and other community organizations, call upon the Edmonton Public School Board to adopt a moratorium on further school closures.
Closures result in hardships faced by students and their families. They also hurt communities and property values, as residents with children face a strong incentive to move out of neighbourhoods without schools. Maintaining the buildings, without childrens schooling, does not solve these problems.
We understand that the Board faces financial pressures; however, school closures are not an acceptable solution.
We call on the Board to adopt a moratorium immediately, and then to initiate a process that engages the municipal and provincial governments, and other stakeholders, to develop acceptable solutions.
Yours truly,
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David Thompson |
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West LRT to Lewis Estates (Update)
Tuesday, September 7
Lewis Estates to 156 St/Stony Plain Road (right click to download)
Wednesday, September 8
Meadowlark to Grant MacEwan University (right click to download)
Where the project is at today
Get Involved
For more information about past workshops, information sessions and City Council decisions, visit West LRT Project History.
More Info on new meeting dates and times coming soon
For more information contact
Future LRT General Inquiries
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More detailed Information can be found here
http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/ets/lrt_projects/west-lrt.aspx
WCL Response to Rogers Letter
WCL Response to Rogers Letter
We the Residents of Westmount Edmonton have reviewed the letter from Rogers Communications that was written to answer our questions from the Cell Phone Tower Open House meeting. The reason we have chosen to write a response to this letter and send it to you is to show our dis-satisfaction with the responses to our questions.
Please see the attached PDF to read WCL letter.
This letter was sent to Laurie Hawn and Tony Clement back in June of this year. We continue to actively monitor the Rogers Cell phone tower proposal for new developments to this day.
Thank you to all of you who have voiced your concerns on this issue.
More Information
For more information please follow the link to the Rogers Tower Wordpress site
http://rogerstower.wordpress.com/
West LRT Open Houses
Attend one of our Open Houses to learn more and share your thoughts.
4:00-9:30 PM on Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Lewis Estates to 156 St/Stony Plain Road
4:00-9:30 PM on Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Meadowlark to Grant MacEwan University
Location: Fantasyland Hotel, Ballroom
West Edmonton Mall (17700 - 87 Avenue)
To accommodate different schedules, the same presentation will be offered at 4:30 PM and 7:00 PM, followed by Q&A.
Materials and presentations from the Open Houses will be posted on http://www.edmonton.ca/LRTprojects as of the dates of the specific meetings.
For those residents who cannot attend these Open Houses, a survey will also be available online until Friday, September 10.
Feedback from this round of consultation will help us to finalize our concept plan, which will be presented to City Council on December 8, 2010.
Thank you for your interest in the project,
LRT Projects Information Centre
780-496-4874
West LRT road widening shot down
A suggestion to widen Stony Plain Road to accommodate more lanes of traffic alongside the planned LRT line was soundly rejected by area residents Thursday.
"Proposal to widen Stony Plain Road without reopening the whole LRT route choice debate has all the appearance of a bait and switch tactic," Grovenor resident Don Gibson told the transportation and public works committee.
"I urge the committee not to polarize this planning process by such an infuriating tactic."
The west LRT route will travel along Stony Plain Road and 104th Avenue from 156th Street to Grant MacEwan University. City staff were asked for ideas on how to deal with the traffic that would be displaced once the line is built.
One scenario would see the road widened to accommodate three or four lines of traffic, as well as the LRT. It would mean some buildings along Stony Plain Road would have to be torn down.
"We have no intention of leaving our current location. Nor will we accept any changes to our site," said Bruce Clark from St. Paul's Anglican Church, located at 145th Street and Stony Plain Road.
"St. Paul's along with the Grovenor Community League agreed to the Stony Plain route based on both the corridor and the alignment being two lanes of traffic."
Committee members also opposed the road widening. Coun. Don Iveson said it wasn't in the LRT plan when he voted on it.
"The motion I voted for, the key word was displace, because that's what we spent the whole time talking about ," he said.
City transportation officials say the proposal to expand to road to four lanes of traffic is now off the table. They are still looking at a three-lane option but the issue is to be discussed by councillors next week.
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Mobile Cellular Tower in Westmount
Mobile Cellular Tower in Westmount
Rogers Communications Inc. is planning to erect a 30m (98.5 feet) tall mobile cellular tower in the Westmount neighbourhood.
The location of the tower will be in the Groat Plaza Mall For more information, see http://rogerstower.wordpress.com.
Westmount Community League is opposed to the proposed location of this tower, and has suggested that a more appropriate location be found. See our letter to all three levels of government, and Rogers Communication.
Update: See the League’s latest letter to Rogers and Industry Canada, which provides an update on the community-wide opposition to the proposed location of the tower, including opposition from our MP, our MLA, our two schools’ parents associations, the hundreds who have signed petitions and joined a Facebook group, and the letter of non-concurrence from the City of Edmonton.
More Information
For more information please follow the link to the Rogers Tower Wordpress site
http://rogerstower.wordpress.com/
Neighbourhood Crime Map
Click the link below to begin
http://crimemapping.edmontonpolice.ca/
