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Originally Posted by Bunk
Council accepted Mayor Nenshi's proposal in the budget today to allocate capital funding that would mean that henceforth there will no longer be a direct resident assessment for 50% of sidewalk replacement. City will cover the whole cost.
Council will also be considering in two weeks allocating $10.2 million to reduce the amount of existing city-initiated "Local Improvement" assessments for sidewalk replacement. There is currently approximately $17 million in outstanding payments from existing local improvements. If approved, this will mean that likely anyone that has a current assessment will have their monthly payment be more than halved for the remainder (me included - I have 11 years left on a local improvement.)
Shout out to Ward 9 Alderman Gian-Carlo Carra for initiating the discussion on this policy several months ago. That led to the mayor proposing some availiable funding to address this.
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Hi Bunk! Thanks so much for the update!
Do you happen to know if a notice that has already been sent out will be converted, or will this only apply to new work going forward? That is, should we still petition to oppose it given the levy was calculated pre- new budget?
Thanks.