Regina Construction IV

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Sandra Masters, mayor of only the desirable areas of Regina.

As a realist, it's a fair statement. If you were in the market for a new house, would you pick a place listed for $50,000 in North Central? Affordable way to get into the market, right?

The first stage of trying to fix a problem, is to recognize it and not pretend it doesn't exist. Areas of our city have major issues... crime, homelessness, gangs, drug use, run down housing, etc. I'm not saying she's doing a good job addressing issues, but I don't think it would go over well if she said "I don't know why people say that there is a lack of available, affordable housing, there is plenty of availability in North Central and North of the General Hospital!"

Very "let them eat cake"

[StealthGirl]

Yeah, she makes a real push for more sprawl in her statements.

[Newstart]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

I just think it’s weird for the mayor to be saying it. Especially when she’s responsible for making this city desirable and the fact her words mean something and have real consequences. Also, it’s straight up suggesting the people living in those areas are unsavoury. It’s very dehumanizing. I may not want to live in those areas but others might. Do they not matter? This mayor is extremely out of touch and only represents the most privileged in this city.

Weird for a Mayor to speak the truth?

Or weird that the Mayor doesn’t wave her magic wand and fix the decades of problems created by the last several mayors? So in 2007 when McLeans wrote the North Central Article that was Fiacco. And then 5 yrs later that was Fougere for 8 yrs. Mayor Masters has been in for what? 2 yrs and 3 months and it’s somehow soley her fault/requirement to wave the magic wand and fix it all?

That quote is fact. Straight fact of Regina. It’s a straight fact of decades upon decades of poor management and policies.

[TMB14]

Originally Posted by Festivus

The new rebuilds (north and south) are not P3s, but are joint-operations between the Public and Catholic boards. They will be very close in design to the P3s, however, as those followed modern school design standards (as did other recent non-P3 builds, such as Connaught, Sacred Heart, etc).

Architecturally, at least on the exterior, those non-P3 schools look leaps and bounds better than the P3's. The P3 builds have exteriors that look like stacked up shipping containers or almost a prison vibe going on.

I know what matters is what happens inside the buildings, but in the case of Harbour Landing, it's bursting at the seams.

I'm just happy knowing that when the time comes that my kids will be going to a newly built and hopefully well-designed school in Lakeview.

[StealthGirl]

Originally Posted by TMB14

Architecturally, at least on the exterior, those non-P3 schools look leaps and bounds better than the P3's. The P3 builds have exteriors that look like stacked up shipping containers or almost a prison vibe going on.

I know what matters is what happens inside the buildings, but in the case of Harbour Landing, it's bursting at the seams.

I'm just happy knowing that when the time comes that my kids will be going to a newly built and hopefully well-designed school in Lakeview.

The stacked up shipping containers are so-called portable classrooms. The idea is that when the school population drops, in theory, those classrooms can be moved out. The problem with having so much of a school as portables is that these classrooms do not have water and, while they house a lot of students, the required bathrooms for the school is based on permanent structure, not permanent structure plus portables. WS Hawrylak was really lacking bathrooms and eventually transformed their music room into a row of individual washrooms.

In Harbour Landing, had council made developers stick to the original development plan and the planned density, the school likely would've been alright, but changing on the fly and upping density so developers could make more money, ended up in a mess.

[The mayor]

https://www.620ckrm.com/2023/02/15/r...deral-funding/
Regina-based Protein Industries Canada receives 150 million dollars in federal funding

[Newstart]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

I am not surprised that you don’t understand why it’s inappropriate of the mayor to say these kind of things about the city she leads. I don’t care to try to help you understand considering your history of not being able to learn new things.

good god the arrogance that pours out of you is unbelievable!

I cannot wait for you to run for Mayor in the next election, clearly you are the vaulted leader of all and have the solutions, pull, and power to wave your magic wand and solve all the problems of the City with poise and grace that hasn't been seen in 20 years!

[Dougler306]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

But also I hope you understand the irony of your reply suggesting I am the arrogant one when the mayor, who is supposed to represent everyone in this city, suggests that certain areas are undesirable. She is supposed to be a cheerleader for the city. A real estate agent on steroids who can find the good in even the shittiest part of town. Especially since she has control over at least attempting to make these areas more desirable. Also, someone with that kind of power saying these things can result in a drop of property values for those areas. It amazes me that you don't understand any of this.

You despise our mayor but I can almost 100% guarantee you supported Steven's and LeBlancs lawsuit against our new city manager. I'll agree, just like our mayor, they don't understand they represent the entire city and its citizens regardless of there ward. They were prepared to throw ever negative view point at her and then some (marginalizing women in power). It was emberassing for the city and a sad attempt to push there personal agenda. Not to mention she probably hates this city now and cant wait to leave. What a great way those 2 councilors represented regina to the rest of the country....

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Luckily no one in Canada outside of Regina is caring about Regina city hall politics and its drama. Toronto has it covered lol.

[The mayor]

Originally Posted by Newstart

Weird for a Mayor to speak the truth?

Or weird that the Mayor doesn’t wave her magic wand and fix the decades of problems created by the last several mayors? So in 2007 when McLeans wrote the North Central Article that was Fiacco. And then 5 yrs later that was Fougere for 8 yrs. Mayor Masters has been in for what? 2 yrs and 3 months and it’s somehow soley her fault/requirement to wave the magic wand and fix it all?

That quote is fact. Straight fact of Regina. It’s a straight fact of decades upon decades of poor management and policies.

So true the Mayor is doing a great job the previous councils where awful useless as toots on a boarrrrss three new Housing in Initiatives for lower income people which is great she’s getting things done Mayor Pat was ……perfect

[StealthGirl]

So because previous councils didn't solve it, we can't hold this council responsible for doing nothing about it either? No, previous councils ignored it and this council voted unanimously to look into doing something with it (when the vote didn't involve spending money) and then it conveniently got left out of the budget where it would've been voted down anyway. We can't do anything about council that is no longer there but we can ask the current council to deal with city issues that affect the city now.

[The mayor]

https://www.620ckrm.com/2023/02/22/s...ment-facility/
Business leaders are looking to make Regina’s downtown more livable, more entertaining, and more vibrant.

A survey of members of the Regina Chamber of Commerce shows nearly 70 percent of the people who responded want to see a multi purpose event centre in the downtown area.

76 percent agree a project like that would rejuvinate the downtown core.

[spictacular mcluvin]

You left out...

"There has been various proposals over the years for a facility like this downtown, including a ball field for the Regina Red Sox.

The survey had 144 responses."

A ball field would do absolutely nothing for the downtown area other than sit empty for over 300 days per year IMHO.

[StealthGirl]

Originally Posted by spictacular mcluvin

You left out...

"There has been various proposals over the years for a facility like this downtown, including a ball field for the Regina Red Sox.

The survey had 144 responses."

A ball field would do absolutely nothing for the downtown area other than sit empty for over 300 days per year IMHO.

So 6.8% of the Chamber members bothered to respond to the survey. What a joke!

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by spictacular mcluvin

You left out...

"There has been various proposals over the years for a facility like this downtown, including a ball field for the Regina Red Sox.

The survey had 144 responses."

A ball field would do absolutely nothing for the downtown area other than sit empty for over 300 days per year IMHO.

Actually the Red Sox only have 28 regular season home games per year. What a joke.

I like how they call it a multi-purpose facility. They also used that description for Mosaic Stadium before reverting to just a football stadium.

[Stormer]

Victoria Ave Vet Clinic redevelopment is coming along. This photo is from Oct. There are about a half dozen recently re-developed retail businesses along that stretch of Vic.

[Stormer]

Poor quality concept render for a new arena. Looking for one with better res. This is from @WayneMantykaCTV on Twitter.
Can't seem to post. Here is link: https://twitter.com/WayneMantykaCTV/...7SmX32eow&s=19

[one_brick_at_a_time]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Poor quality concept render for a new arena. Looking for one with better res. This is from @WayneMantykaCTV on Twitter.
Can't seem to post. Here is link: https://twitter.com/WayneMantykaCTV/...7SmX32eow&s=19

Connecting to the other shots posted. (No hi quality shots found yet).

https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...252642&page=10

[gecho111]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Poor quality concept render for a new arena. Looking for one with better res. This is from @WayneMantykaCTV on Twitter.
Can't seem to post. Here is link: https://twitter.com/WayneMantykaCTV/...7SmX32eow&s=19

I saw that picture in the March 1 Executive Meeting Agenda Packet on page 119
http://reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/default.aspx

It was also low resolution there. The caption read "Artist's Rendering Only; not intended to be indicative of a final design". So it will probably look nothing like that anyway, they just wanted to show the space it will occupy.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

Also, the Chamber itself only represents a tiny portion of the city population. Is this a democracy or do only those with the financial power get a say?

“But the plans were on display…”
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”