October 2006
Why Winnipeg needs a Municipal Green Party - Now
Check the Voting Record of Current Mayor and City Councillors on:
Urban Sprawl
1. Plan Winnipeg Amendment - Waverley West — January 26, 2005
Yeas: Mayor Katz, Councillors Angus, Clement, De Smedt, Eadie, Lazarenko, Lubosch, Magnifico, O'Shaughnessy, Pagtakhan, Steeves, Thomas (12)
Nays: Councillors Benham, Gerbasi, Smith, Wyatt (4)
The Greens believe the city does not need a new, car-dependent, mega-suburb the size of Manitoba's second largest city, Brandon, in the south-west corner of Winnipeg.
Kate Sjoberg analyzes the "need" in her paper, "3,000 acres of Phony Demand: Consideration on Waverley West", Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, October, 2005.
2. Subdivision and re-zoning between the Perimeter Highway and Camp Manitou Road, on the north bank of the Assiniboine River (Chipman subdivision) — January 25, 2006
Yeas: Mayor Katz, Councillors Clement, De Smedt, Eadie, Lazarenko, Magnifico, Pagtakhan, Steeves, Swandel, Wyatt (10)
Nays: Councillors Benham, Gerbasi, Lubosch, Smith, Thomas (5)
Council's approval of this subdivision means that residential development leapfrogs outside the west Perimeter Highway. The land is on the north bank of the Assiniboine River, between the Perimeter and Camp Manitou Road (the boundary with the R.M. of Headingley). Access to the development will be down a 1.3 km. cul-de-sac. The Fire Department recommended two permanent accesses but the majority on Council voted otherwise. Expect the Chipman subdivision to trigger more ex-urban residential development westward in Headingley.
Olywest Project
Olywest Project - Economic Incentive Package — November 23, 2005
Yeas: Mayor Katz, Councillors Clement, De Smedt, Eadie, Magnifico, O'Shaughnessy, Pagtakhan, Steeves, Swandel (9)
Nays: Councillors Benham, Gerbasi, Lazarenko, Lubosch, Smith, Wyatt (6)
The Olywest proposal is for a $200-million, 300,000 sq. ft. hog processing plant in St. Boniface Industrial Park. The province and the city are contributing $30-million in loans and other assistance.
Residents living down-wind and neighbouring businesses in St. Boniface Industrial Park were not given sufficient notification or information. Traffic disruption, noise and odour problems have yet to be addressed to the satisfaction of people living and working in the area. A number of the nearby businesses operating under conditions of high air quality standards have expressed serious concerns about their long-term viability.
Civic Environmental Committee (CEC)
Executive Policy Committee Notice of Motion re renewing the mandate of the CEC
Moved by Councillor Benham, Seconded by Councillor Smith
Debated by City Council, December 14, 2005
Resolution 1. City Council reaffirm its support for the Civic Environmental Committee.
Yeas: Councillors Benham, Gerbasi, Lazarenko, Lubosch, Smith, Swandel, Thomas, Wyatt
Nays: Mayor Katz, Councillors Clement, De Smedt, Eadie, Magnifico, O'Shaughnessy, Pagtakhan, Steeves
Yeas 8, Nays 8. The motion is lost.
Resolution 2. City Council extend the existing mandate, policy assistant, budget and membership of Civic Environmental Committee.
Yeas: Councillors Benham, Gerbasi, Lubosch, Smith, Thomas, Wyatt
Nays: Mayor Katz, Councillors Clement, De Smedt, Eadie, Lazarenko, Magnifico, O'Shaughnessy, Pagtakhan, Steeves, Swandel
Yeas 6, Nays 10. The motion is lost.
Resolution 3. City Council cooperatively develop, as soon as possible, a renewed mandate, budget and membership for the Civic Environmental Committee that reflects a shift from the developing environmental objectives, strategies to establishing priorities and plans for implementing these strategies and monitoring progress towards meeting the City's environmental objectives.
Yeas: Councillors Benham, Gerbasi, Lazarenko, Lubosch, Smith, Thomas, Wyatt
Nays: Mayor Katz, Councillors Clement, De Smedt, Eadie, Magnifico, O'Shaughnessy, Pagtakhan, Steeves, Swandel
Yeas 7, Nays 9. The motion is lost.
The City of Winnipeg's official mandate for the Civic Environmental Committee can be found at www.winnipegcec.org/about_us/official_mandate.html
The Civic Environmental Committee ceased to exist January 1, 2006.
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Source of voting records: City of Winnipeg Hansard
