This Week at City Hall

Monday, April 6
Community Investment Review Board (12:15 pm): Review of funding recommendations for various community groups.
City Council (5:30 pm): Considering a concept plan for the Greens on Gardiner which appears to be an attempt to make this eastern sprawl less odious, a special tax levy for back alley maintenance, and a request by Councillor Fougere to review the Regina Road Network Plan with regards to Southeast Regina and the rapid expansion thereof. Also, there is a schwack of budget-related stuff on the schedule. I think a lot of it will be tabled until the April 20 meeting so that everyone has time to go over it. But hey, this is my first time through a Regina budget process so maybe I'm totally wrong. Oh... and for the record, "tabled" is city hall speak for "put-off until". Yeah, maybe you knew that already, smartguy. Me, months went by as I blinked mystified at such fancy lingo. If only there'd been a guy with a blog back then to hep me to the city-hall slang.

Tuesday, April 7
Finance and Administration Committee (12:15 pm): Considering the budgets for Warehouse District and Downtown Business Improvement Districts, a recommended taxi metre rate increase, a request for a $34,425 tax abatement on a property owned by Souls Harbour and Rescue Mission, and a request to expand the City Square Master Plan consultancy budget beyond $500,000 so as to accomodate detailed study of transit and traffic issues related to the Wow Project. (The Wow Project is a proposal to create a festival plaza of 12th Ave north of Victoria Park.)
Green Ribbon Community Climate Change Advisory Committee (1:15 pm)

Wednesday, April 8
Paratransit Advisory Board (5:30 pm)

As always, full meeting agendas and reports can be downloaded from the city's website.