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#81 Bingo

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:21 PM

No it's not.  Everyone rides bikes.

 

I think they are removing parking to put in bike lanes.



#82 nerka

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:23 PM

Reading through the many correspondence attachments.  Lots of letters opposed but quite a few in support as well. Some very well written letters of support.

 

Like others here I puzzle over when power poles became the benchmark height for developments


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#83 Nparker

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:24 PM

5th floor = "urban confinement"



#84 Nparker

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:25 PM

Can't have a developer turn a profit.


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#85 Nparker

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:25 PM

The DINK makes sense!


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#86 todd

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:26 PM

Acronyms  :mad:.


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#87 Nparker

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:27 PM

She's praising bike lanes. The mayor needs to hear no more.



#88 On the Level

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:31 PM

Oh......I heard a young woman state Bike Bike Walk Bike Bike...young couple.  

 

Now an elderly woman in support.......

 

Is this true! 



#89 Nparker

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:33 PM

Andrew Reeve is making a good argument in support of this project.


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#90 nerka

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:33 PM

My gosh, three sane speakers in a row


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#91 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:36 PM

Can't have a developer turn a profit.

 

Yes, that guy had lots of sneering.  Wonder if he'll turn a profit when he sell his Fairfield home.


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#92 Bingo

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:36 PM

Andre wants the bike lanes to be on Vancouver Street, so he makes sense.


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#93 todd

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:36 PM

Needs to be vibrant.



#94 Nparker

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:38 PM

Seems to be a real demographic shift with this proposal; I've never seen so many "younger" people in support of a project.


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#95 Bingo

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:39 PM

He likes Pic a Flick and likes more trees and likes the project.


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#96 Nparker

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:43 PM

No to density = yes to urban sprawl. I couldn't have said it better myself. 


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#97 Bingo

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:44 PM

Good!  They're going to take a 5 minute break, and I'm done.



#98 todd

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:45 PM

Entrepreneurship.



#99 nerka

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:46 PM

Quite the young-old split in support/opposition for the project.  I pray I don't turn into a reflexive NIMBY over the next 20 years.


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#100 Nparker

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Posted 08 December 2016 - 09:48 PM

Lots of people see this project as the future. I think that's what also scares a lot of the opponents - they fear change and they fear the future.


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