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City council unanimously approved an amendment to Airdrie’s Dog Control bylaw to include an amnesty period.
The changes will result in an 80 per cent reduction of the City’s $250 fee for unlicensed dogs if owners pay within seven days, according to who??a staff report. ?.
The City ran an amnesty period in May to educate residents about licensing their dogs, increase the number of adherents to the bylaw and increase revenues.
The program was a success, resulting in increasing dog licenses from 5,500 to 7,072 up until October.
Since May, Airdrie Municipal Enforcement has issued 79 tickets as a result of dog owners not purchasing a dog licenses.
City staff estimates there are 10,000 dogs located in Airdrie.
The fee for licensing a dog is $30 for a spayed or neutered animal or $50 for an intact dog.
Arts funding
Airdrie City council tabled Creative Airdrie representatives’ request for funding for next year’s ARTember festival, Nov. 19.
Festival organizers asked for $21,000, including $6,730 worth of gift -in -kind requests, including free rental of a number of City facilities, including the Bert Church Theatre and Genesis Place field house, free transit, additional staff for Nose Creek Park events and the assistance of several City departments.
The request was put off to allow City staff time to complete development and drafting of a policy and funding model designed to streamline and better manage financial and gift-in-kind support of festival and event activities, which will be included in the proposed 2013 operating.
Last year, the city provided $5,370 worth of in-kind donations and $14,720 in cash. The second annual ARTember was also funded by Corporate Airdrie and through provincial grants.
The total budget for the event, which saw 26,500 participants, was $88,929. The event attracted 200 volunteers who put in about 4,000 hours and 800 artists and performers.
ARTember, which ran from Sept. 14 to 30, included more than 100 events and activities, which took place on each day of the 17-day festival.
Genesis Place project
Construction of Genesis Place phase threePhase III is just over 40 per cent complete, with a planned finish date of July 12, 2013.
The project, green-lighted by Airdrie City council during last year’s capital budget approval, is the last phase of the recreation facility and involves the construction of two ice rinks as requested by user groups.
The project, which has a budget of $20.2 million, was started last April.
According to a staff report, 52 per cent of the project’s contingency fund has been allocated, posing a chancerisk that the project may not be finished on time or o budget. the project. CLARIFICATION????
Staff identified another risk for the project: unfavourable weather, which could dealydelay the installation of steel for the north rink.
Public Works project
Staff is expecting renovations to the City’s parks and public works department building to be completed as scheduled on Dec. 24.
The $3.74-million project, which was started on July 20, will include a new concrete floor for the vehicle storage bay, a new exit ramp on to East Lake Hill and new office space.
Currently, the drywall is not on schedule not as advanced as it should be ON SCHEDULE???? aand the elevator vendor may put the project behind by about two weeks. HOW CAN IT BE SET TO BE COMPLETED ON TIME WHEN THERE ARE THESE SET BACKS?
The project was 51 per cent complete as of Oct. 31.
Parking concerns
Council supported a Traffic Advisory Committee (TAC) recommendation to install one-hour parking restriction signage along Second Avenue between Main Street and the entrance into the commercial complex containing Anna’s Café Europa.
The move was made after the owner, Thuy Nguyen, approached council on Oct. 15 requesting a 15-minute parking zone in front of the downtown business, saying parking spaces in front of her restaurant are often filled up, leaving no room for customers.
During the Oct. 15 meeting, Nguyen presented a number of letters from nearby business owners and a petition to council in favour of her request.
TAC reviewed the matter at its Nov. 14 meeting. It’s members made the decision to install the signage from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Mondays to Saturdays, which council backed upapproved.
Redesignation
Council unanimously approved a re-designation application that will see 3.48 -acres of land ion the northwest of Ravenswood be developed.
The parcel, which is located along King’s Heights Gate SE, contains a farmstead that will be transformed into a multi-family development with an overall density of about 24 units per acre.
The owner is in the process of moving the old farmhouse that is currently on the property.
