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Fred's avatar

Thank you for your continuing important and detailed reports. Impressive. Yes, of course there should be visual designs and information! posted. It should also indicate who to give input to, time frame, hearing dates. Appreciate others comments here as well.

Irony: shoddy or "put- you- off work(?) gets detailed attention by you. Love how much you care. Fred

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Brian Palmquist's avatar

Fred, thanks for reading. I hope the irony you mentioned is gone after the next civic election so we can return to admiring our city

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Colman's avatar

Great article

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Brian Palmquist's avatar

Thanks for reading, Colman

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Stephanie Davis's avatar

There is not enough forethought as to what these changes will cause.

It just infuriates me that there is no public input.

Shape the city is a waste of time.

You have made so many good points. What needs to be done is vote this clown and his cronies out of office.

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Brian Palmquist's avatar

No argument from me😒

Thanks for reading

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Michael Thomas Conlon Sismey's avatar

I am continually astounded at the lack of hard numbers attached to so much of what comes out of the City Planning office. And I get the same response from the City as you do. Even when they go into massive detail its almost never about the question you were asking about. Thousands of words used and still they manage to say absolutely nothing at all.

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Brian Palmquist's avatar

A quick reader noted the specific proposal I was referencing does, in fact, have ground level commercial, so I amended my words to suit, BUT not before noticing that the sign, which is what the public sees, has no mention of this fairly significant variation. I rest my case!

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Kread's avatar

Wow. Unbelievable. This is quite new. A development I am just completing was the opposite. Microscopic details required. This must be new policy prompted by the panic over the 'housing crisis' or what have you. I am constantly surprised at how easily the Council is duped. The speculators are making out like bandits. Over the decades, progressive Councillors have been very cautious of developers' rationale for things. Not any more. All on the bandwagon.

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Brian Palmquist's avatar

It's hard not to be cynical about this quality of communication from the city to its residents.

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