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RE: LMP beach
Lydia Neufeld
@LydiaNeufeldCBC
No vote from city cmte on Urban beach @ Louise McKinney Pk - requisitioned to full council mtg. #cbc #yeg
Jun. 16, 2014
Lydia Neufeld
@LydiaNeufeldCBC
Counc McKeen says remove sand from dev proj for #yeg Louise McKinney Pk - save $800 thou. #cbc
Jun. 16, 2014
Lydia Neufeld
@LydiaNeufeldCBC
Counc McKeen suggests no sand for Louise McKinney Pk - cost for sand $800 thou.#cbc
Jun. 16, 2014
Lydia Neufeld
@LydiaNeufeldCBC
Counc Sohi - more rec uses in McKinney Park good for ppl who live in downtown #cbc #yeg #urban beach
Jun. 16, 2014
Lydia Neufeld
@LydiaNeufeldCBC
Counc Sohi - move away from beach call it "sand based rec experience". Supports plan for urban beach Louise McKinney Pk #yeg #cbc
Jun. 16, 2014
Lydia Neufeld
@LydiaNeufeldCBC
#yeg counc. cmte talking urban beach Louis McKinney Park. Counc Nickel wants to put proposal to bed. Counc Henderson wants go ahead. #cbc
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Urban beach idea to be dug up in 2019
Edmonton Journal
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Call it a sandbox, volleyball court or "sand-based recreational experience," but Edmonton's urban beach will get another hearing before city council in 2019.
The $1.4-million, 800-squaremetre amenity will be put on hiatus until then as Louise Mc-Kinney Park becomes the main construction access point for the Valley Line LRT bridge. But on Monday, city councillors on the community services committee discussed whether or not to resurrect the beach concept when council begins adding finishing touches to the park in five years.
Two of four committee members - Coun. Mike Nickel and Coun. Tony Caterina - wanted to toss the idea altogether. "It should be dead by now," said Nickel. Coun. Ben Henderson, another committee member, said the beach would create an amenity where one doesn't exist. Other councillors weighed in on the discussions, often quibbling with the "beach" label. In the end, the concept was given a stay of execution by Coun. Michael Oshry, who supported a motion from Henderson to refer it back to city council.
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