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Foxtail Barley Enforcement 2021
At the September 2020 City Council meeting, I worked with Councillor Jeffries on a motion that reads as follows:
That Administration report back with a strategy for a coordinated foxtail response in the upcoming growing season. This may include working with land developers, lot owners, Parks Division, Community Standards Division, and the Fire Department to ensure that the many sources of foxtail can be dealt with proactively in 2021.
We received a report back in March 2021 outlining the Administrations plan to enforce Foxtail Barley proactively for the 2021 season. Due to time constraints in March, the report was only considered by the Standing Policy Committee on Planning, Development and Community Services in April. This blog post provides an update of the measures proposed.
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City Council in Brief - February 2021
In brief, this post highlights four items of public interest that were discussed during the February 2021 City Council meeting.
Highlights include:
- information on a PACE Financing program that provides financing for home owners to undertake home energy retrofits, renewable energy installations and water conservation projects.
- progress on the permanent outdoor festival site at Friendship Park.
- finalization of the bylaw to prohibit businesses from conducting conversion therapy.
- Platinum Certification that was provided to the City of Saskatoon in recognition of our high quality of data reporting.
Other items that were discussed during the meeting include:
- Knox United Church;
- The Business License Bylaw;
- Support for VIDO's Pandemic Research Centre Proposal;
- City Council Travel and Training Expenses for 2020;
- City Council Car Allowance for 2020;
- Reporting back from GPC Subcommittee regarding the Governance Review of Controlled Corporations;
- 14th Street East Bikeway, Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Improvement Project;
- Request to Investigate the Potential of Optimist Park as the Location for a Consolidated City Centre School; and
- Councillor Kirton's Notice of Motion on Collision History on Circle Drive Between College Drive and Attridge Drive.
