Administration has recommended an 8.7% tax increase for 2024 citing increasing cost pressures. And no, cutting bike lane funding won't fix that. Plus, we dig into transit oriented development, the nighttime economy, and bike lane infractions on 102 Avenue.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Spring budget adjustments

• April 11, 2024: api.constantcontact.com/News-Release---City-releases-proposed-spring-operating-budget-adjustments.html?soid=1127191170163&aid=alnmT7jWI_I">City releases proposed spring operating budget adjustments
• Feb. 29, 2024: api.constantcontact.com/Media-Statement---Statement-on-2023-Financial-Results.html?soid=1127191170163&aid=G-7QpDyTZGg">Statement on 2023 Financial Results
• Nov. 28, 2023: City-Council-confirms-fall-budget-adjustments.html?soid=1127191170163&aid=3OvDaq0oLoM">City Council confirms fall budget adjustments
• Oct. 26, 2023: City-releases-fall-budget-adjustments.html?soid=1127191170163&aid=Q-fz_q-iXmc">City releases fall budget adjustments
• PIA Statement on Taxes and Payments Owed to the City of Edmonton
• Councillor Michael Janz: If the UCP reversed reductions, your property tax could be 7% lower
• edmonton.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=031c5f22-d456-4284-b7c3-e6f7241eb964&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English&Item=23&Tab=attachments">April 23 City Council meeting agenda

TOD analysis

• As Ottawa pushes for density near transit, research shows Edmonton has challenges

Bike lane infractions

• Bad driving or poor design? A downtown Edmonton intersection is a case study

Nighttime economy

• City plan looks to build dynamic, thriving nighttime economy in Edmonton
• edmonton.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=1748c7db-436b-4cd3-922f-e7ace16eb0b7&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English&Item=22&Tab=attachments">Executive committee report
• api.constantcontact.com/News-Release---City-of-Edmonton-invests-up-to--5-million-to-infuse-new-activity-and-vibrancy-into-the-downtown-core.html?soid=1127191170163&aid=2FhyNuEK1PM">City of Edmonton invests up to $5 million to infuse new activity and vibrancy into the downtown core

Hudson's patio

• Edmonton pub's popular Whyte Ave patio stuck in 'nightmare' bureaucratic limbo

Rapid fire

• 'I have a problem with all of it': Service Alberta minister sets sights on jumbo jugs of vodka
• OSFM parking lot post
• Hundreds watch eclipse at Edmonton observatory

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