It's Monday which means the City Council Meeting starts at 6pm.
There will be several presentations made to council including one by the RCMP and one by Citizens for a Livable Cranbrook regarding the success of Trash to Treasure.
The City received a lot of correspondence including letters from the Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Premier, Gordon Campbell.
Of particular interest was a letter from of the Columbia Institute regarding a Free Trade agreement being signed with the European Union. This would mean that local municipalities would not be able to give priority in tenders to Canadian companies. This would be distressing considering that many of these companies could be local providing and securing employment opportunities for local people. I will be interested to hear if this letter generates any discussion among the mayor and council.
The letter can be read at:
http://cranbrook.ihostez.com/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=887
As well, two bylaws are being given final reading.
There has been concern expressed over the bylaw which would extend the PLA for up to 8 years on large developments. Most other communities only allow a PLA for 6 months. The city feels that we must be creative given the economic downturn. Let's see what happens tonight.
The agenda for tonight's meeting can be found at the City of Cranbrook website
http://www.cranbrook.ca/
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