08-13-2020, 05:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-13-2020, 05:32 PM by danbrotherston.)
(08-13-2020, 04:06 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(08-13-2020, 03:36 PM)dtkmelissa Wrote: Though not my ideal, I do wonder if the best way forward right now is to encourage council to consider a slow build out of the program, starting in the (more dense and overall walkable) core/central neighbourhoods and expand that out slowly over the next several years. Still thinking on this of course, but it's just one idea I had to try to find a way to move forward.
That could be good value indeed. But the funding would likely have to come out of general revenues, which means that it would be shared by all property owners in the city. Or is there a way to have only the downtown wards' property owners pay for this? Or would this be small enough that it would be acceptable to distribute across all properties?
Yes, you can have an area rated billing for sidewalk clearing...we already have this in fact...I've been paying for city sidewalk clearing for years as I live in the downtown core clearing area.
The bonus part is in the less idiotically wasteful urban areas, it's even cheaper.