Restore Edmonton's Democracy: Rescind. Rethink. Redo

I'm concerned with the current infill developments which has serious flaws. Therefore, I am support this petition.

I am so tired of City Council and Development Board. We don't have a voice when it comes to what we want to see in our neighborhoods. I do support responsible urban growth but this is getting out of hand. Absolutely no rules in place for developers. It needs to stop!

A massive new build is going in across the street from me. It removes trees and green space and dwarfs the houses on either side. It is ludicrous overbuild in what is otherwise a quiet residential area.

Unmanaged densification is destroying our environment. Removing uncounted mature trees, and tearing down perfectly good and well-built homes- without requiring recycling of materials - all have steep environmental costs that don’t seem to be considered. The poorly built, slapped together replacements may house people in the short term, but these builds definitely won’t last 50, 60, 70 years. Who counts the costs of these actions?

Concerned that all trees are removed from private property to build 8 units. No room left for parking. Since McKernan was once a lake how will these basement suites handle a flood?

I also disagree with narrowing of streets, especially the bus routes, with warriors pillars and large speed bumps. I also disagree with the installation of bike paths on both sides of the road which further narrows the road when our neighborhood doesn't have that large of a biking population. Too many units on 1 property cause neighborhood parking issues. No provision for low mobility neighbors and potholes is more of an issue than speed.

Consaultations help build framework for community trust.

While I absolutely support growth and increasing density (especially as it relates to increasing affordable housing) overall, rezoning should be done thoughtfully, transparently, and with meaningful community input to ensure related infrastructure and services is or will be put in place to support the increased population. Long-term, failing to do so is a disservice to both old and new residents alike.

Rushed blanket rezoning suggests that decision-makers in government & administration couldn't achieve their desires through the normal democratic processes. So, whose interests are being served?

This new rezoning will destroy McKernan Community

I grew up in the university area and am sad to see it being transformed by high priced infill projects. These are not helping with affordable housing and are destroying the character of the city (variety of housing and history). There is a better solution.

The city is out of control with the changes to the zoning bylaw and some change need to happen. Our community does not want or need any of the 8 plex buildings that are going up. Change needs to happen before our community is forever changed.

This petition speaks for itself.

I support this 1000%. This bylaw is ruining our mature neighbourhoods.

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This new “rezoning” is ruining our city. We should be proud of our older neighbourhoods and helping to preserve them not tear them apart and make them more modern by jamming multiple infills on one lot, building multi family buildings amongst established single family homes and especially ruining them by putting commercial properties on residential lots. This city is turning into a “cookie cutter” city with new modern builds and tearing down the older beautiful homes that have character and charm. Leave our neighbourhoods alone.

This plan was never presented in an acceptable fashion. The ramifications of it are tremendously far reaching. Parking has gone from a household with likely one or two cars, to 8 homes on one lot with the potential of 16 cars. The development that has already happened is irreversible and the bylaw change has the ability to destroy neighbourhoods. Overall it is a massive betrayal of trust by the City.

The rapid, ill-advised transformation of our neighborhood is intensifying traffic congestion and many of the new builds are unduly large and unsightly, especially because of the disappearance of genuine landscaping (for example the use of fake ‘grass’ and the removal of mature trees).

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This is putting excess strain on our mature neighbourhoods and infrastructure.