What ward to you live in?

[llama64]

Ward 8.

My main issue: build a wall to keep all you suburban wards out of my city.

[Ducay]

Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo

Ward #11.

My issues for the Ward:

1) The friggin' Ring Road....
2) Why Mr. Pincott went along with the Designer Bridges.
3) Getting the South and West portions hooked into the LRT via Bus.
4) Development of the former barracks land (Lincoln Park) needs to be community oriented, and higher density (Not million dollar homes).

My issues for the City:

1) Stop growing OUTWARDS.
2) Significantly improve transit service into the SE.
3) The friggin' Ring Road.
4) Designer bridges (stopping it from happening again)

Aside from point 1 of your issues, I'd wager to say you are a carbon copy of McIver


Jesus people, get over the bridge already (not bridges). Please don't fall pray to the Sun and make this an election issue....there are much better things to deal with (like a partial overhaul of the contracting system in general).

[mykalberta]

Looks like Ward 7

[frinkprof]

Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo

2) Why Mr. Pincott went along with the Designer Bridges.

...


4) Designer bridges (stopping it from happening again)

Do you not want bridges to be designed?

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by Shazam

She seemed to have run out of ideas and she's not very nice in person, but I'd still hit it.

Not sure how old that picture is, but she doesn't look like that in person.




Then again, I don't look like my picture either.....

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Jesus people, get over the bridge already (not bridges). Please don't fall pray to the Sun and make this an election issue....there are much better things to deal with (like a partial overhaul of the contracting system in general).

Actually it is bridges. There is a second one in the works. At least with the second one they have given local designers a chance to have a crack at it.

However, they have already committed 25 million to it before even firming up the design or putting it out to tender.

The issues surrounding the bridge are many; location, is it even needed, etc. But the more important concern is that they bypassed all their own protocols that are to be followed for large projects. We were committed to this by one single staffer, before council even voted on it.

[frinkprof]

Originally Posted by First Lady

Actually it is bridges. There is a second one in the works. At least with the second one they have given local designers a chance to have a crack at it.

However, they have already committed 25 million to it before even firming up the design or putting it out to tender.

Are you aware of how the St. Patrick's Island Bridge is being funded and managed?

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

Are you aware of how the St. Patrick's Island Bridge is being funded and managed?

Actually no. It has been very difficult to find. I would appreciate any light you could shed on this.

[frinkprof]

^Managed by Calgary Municipal Land Corporation as part of the East Village Revitalization. I trust you are familiar with CMLC and East Village.

The bridge project will be funded by land sales in the East Village. Ergo, those who are directly benefiting from the construction of the St. Patrick's Island Bridge will be directly paying for it.

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

^Managed by Calgary Municipal Land Corporation as part of the East Village Revitalization. I trust you are familiar with CMLC and East Village.

Yes, I am. Though I would like still like to learn more.

The bridge project will be funded by land sales in the East Village. Ergo, those who are directly benefiting from the construction of the St. Patrick's Island Bridge will be directly paying for it.

Thanks for that.

How was the cost determined prior to tendering?

[frinkprof]

^I'm not sure if "cost" is the right word so much as "funding," in that X dollars were allocated to the project as a ceiling for the final cost, which could end up being less. Probably to give bidders a ballpark when coming up with designs.

A little hazy on this though, accounting and its terminology isn't a strength.

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

^I'm not sure if "cost" is the right word so much as "funding," in that X dollars were allocated to the project as a ceiling for the final cost, which could end up being less. Probably to give bidders a ballpark when coming up with designs.

A little hazy on this though, accounting and its terminology isn't a strength.

Well, I think they kind of set the bar when they "allocate" the funds.

It was in 2008 they set out to spend 25 M to "design" two bridges, so we can guess roughly 12.5 per bridge.

We now know the "Peace bridge" totals 24.5 M. (Design & construction)

The island bridge seems to be less complex from a construction point, though admittedly I have no experience in this field.... I'm purely guessing.

http://www.calgarymlc.ca/submissions...submission-29/

I think it will be better received because it is in an area that lacks access, it has gone through the bidding process for design. Does that include the bidding on construction? I don't think it does, as I understand it that would be the next step.

[frinkprof]

Originally Posted by First Lady

Well, I think they kind of set the bar when they "allocate" the funds.

It was in 2008 they set out to spend 25 M to "design" two bridges, so we can guess roughly 12.5 per bridge.

We now know the "Peace bridge" totals 24.5 M. (Design & construction)

The island bridge seems to be less complex from a construction point, though admittedly I have no experience in this field.... I'm purely guessing.

That's not correct.

$25M from MSI (Municipal Sustainable Infrastructure) provincial grant for design of two, construction of one.

$0.5M to design St. Patrick's Island Bridge
+$24.5M to design and construct Peace Bridge
------------------
$25M

Then the construction of the St. Patrick's Island Bridge will be funded by land sales in the East Village

Anyway, this is kind of getting off topic, so back to wards. What does everyone think about the ward system and boundaries in Calgary? Should there be less? More? Different boundaries?

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

Anyway, this is kind of getting off topic, so back to wards.

Yah, sorry. Thanks for the info.

What does everyone think about the ward system and boundaries in Calgary? Should there be less? More? Different boundaries?

I would like to see some coordination between municipal, provincial and federal.

Surely they could find a way to share data.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by frinkprof

Anyway, this is kind of getting off topic, so back to wards. What does everyone think about the ward system and boundaries in Calgary? Should there be less? More? Different boundaries?

I don't have any issues with the current wards. Provincial ridings, on the other hand, are complete BS.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by First Lady

Not sure how old that picture is, but she doesn't look like that in person.




Then again, I don't look like my picture either.....

Look at that GILFy goodness. It might even be a GGILF.

[WilsonFourTwo]

Originally Posted by Slava

^ are you in favour of the ring road going through weaselhead and Lakeview or you only want it to go through the reserve? Just curious as ward 11 is fairly divided on that depending on where you live in the ward.

I'm probably going to get burned at the stake for this but, I'd be OK with it going through Weaselhead.

I would really, really, really prefer that not happen, but if it's the only way to get the road built by 3050 AD, so be it. That said - I'm a spiteful little miscreant, and insist that the roadway be built to make it damn near impossible to get into that Casino.....

I live about 250m from the Glenmore/37th Street intersection.

[WilsonFourTwo]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Aside from point 1 of your issues, I'd wager to say you are a carbon copy of McIver


Jesus people, get over the bridge already (not bridges). Please don't fall pray to the Sun and make this an election issue....there are much better things to deal with (like a partial overhaul of the contracting system in general).

But the expenditure of public funds (at a significantly higher than normal cost) on something that (arguably) unnecessary IS an election issue.

I could care less that the bridge design is (imo) ugly as hell, but I have huge problems with zero public consultation (until poop hit the fan), paying twice as much as necessary, and being told that property taxes are being increased.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by WilsonFourTwo

But the expenditure of public funds (at a significantly higher than normal cost) on something that (arguably) unnecessary IS an election issue.

I could care less that the bridge design is (imo) ugly as hell, but I have huge problems with zero public consultation (until poop hit the fan), paying twice as much as necessary, and being told that property taxes are being increased.

Paying twice as much as necessary? According to who, Rick Bell? The other bridge that went through all of your desired channels is going to cost the same amount.

[moncton golden flames]

ward: 10

issues: politics