Bonnie Doon Mall Redevelopment | ?m | ?s

[archited]

This one should get a standing ovation from EDC

 

[Daveography]

@archited I'll be really interested to see the process and feedback on this one, as this will be only the second large-site TOD reviewed by EDC to date. If you'll recall, the first went very poorly...twice.

 

[quit]

I should probably go to this since we are strongly considering buying in this neighbourhood.

 

[BlueFrog]

I don't like the logo; looks waaay too much like the EPL lines (same colors, different order). Also, did anyone else notice the zombie-guy attacking the woman at 1:02 in the video? (Right-hand side).

The development, if built like in the video, looks awesome.

 

[MCXavierL]

Was anyone able to make it out to the presentation last night?

 

[Daveography]

@MCXavierL No, I was planning to but something came up and couldn't make it out.

 

[Daveography]

Won't share the letter as it's not technically public yet, but EDC provided support with a few conditions, mostly around ensuring development, public art, public and open space, and FAR are distributed somewhat evenly through the phasing.

 

[archited]

Of course it was necessary to say something.

 

[Daveography]

@archited It's a valid point with a large phased development.

Might be tooting my own horn again, but I feel like Holyrood helped set a bit of a precedent on this with 'the Gardens' where we pushed for some amendments to the DC2 to ensure public amenities would be spread evenly over the development. The risk is that if they are left to later phases of the project, there's a chance they may never happen if the project stalls, or if the bulk of the allowed FAR is used up in the earlier phases and the later phases never materialize.

 

[archited]

Very valid points, @Daveography! Horn-tooting -- good (although bicycle horns aren't typically as loud as car horns -- couldn't resist )

 

[quit]

Hopefully the pension fund organizations behind this make it less susceptible to failure than say Century Park.

 

[Daveography]

@westcoastjos I wouldn't say CP is a failure, just vastly delayed. But yes, the financial motivations are very different between the two, which makes BD much more likely to proceed at a steady pace.

 

[quit]

Next meeting I will go to for sure. We are just settling terms with the bank to buy a house in Bonnie Doon proper.

 

[Daveography]

C.1. Connect Bonnie Doon (Rezoning)
Brian Murray - BA Planning Group
D. Brown left the meeting at due to a conflict and did not return (7:45 pm)
MOVED: R. Labonte
Motion of support with conditions
The Committee recommends that the DC text:
● Ensures that public art contributions are calculated per phase, but not necessarily
implemented by phase (ie. can be implemented site-wide)
● Includes minimum soil depths for landscape over structure
● Provides stronger wording that ensures that the fundamental structure of the
development - including roadways, open space patterns, and the distribution of FAR
per block - as reflected in the site plan- is set at the outset and is not subject to major
modification over the duration of the project’s phasing.
● Ensures that public realm and open space is provided in each phase of development.
SECONDED: C. Holmes
CARRIED
FOR THE MOTION: W. Sims, M. Figueira, A. Zepp, R. Labonte, T. Antoniuk, S.
Kaznacheeva, J. Mills, D. Deshpande, C. Holmes, B. Nolan

https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/EdmontonDesignCommittee_Minutes_NOV20.pdf

 

[bodsbods9090]

@westcoastjos I wouldn't say CP is a failure, just vastly delayed. But yes, the financial motivations are very different between the two, which makes BD much more likely to proceed at a steady pace.

Wonder if a pension fund looks at buying CP and making it work better?