St. Albert city council has given administration approval to, if absolutely necessary, expropriate a 32.2-hectare piece of land on the city’s north end as part of the development of Fowler Way.

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Topics as varied as St. Albert’s fibre network and a possible expansion of the Servus Place fitness area were up for discussion during the April 9 committee of the whole meeting.

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City administration is heading into the final phase of a two-year wholesale update and modernization of St. Albert’s land-use bylaw and this round of changes are around parking minimums, landscaping and downtown building uses.

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City council is poised to approve a handful of adjustments to the city’s 2024 budget on Tuesday, which will reduce this year’s property tax increase to 5.3 per cent, rather than the 5.5 per cent increase that was approved when council passed the budget in December.

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St. Albert city council has voted to squash the $20.8 million borrowing bylaw for Millennium Park at second reading, bringing the project to a halt.

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In an attempt to counter-act an ongoing trend of builders and developers challenging the city’s permitting process and trying to skirt building safety code requirements, a new bylaw, called the Safety Codes Permit Bylaw, was unanimously approved by council on April 2 containing a range of new fines.

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If all goes according to plan, some 80 streetlights downtown will be adorned with artistic banners year-round starting in 2025, as part of a new pilot public art project.

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There are roughly 2,300 rental units in some phase of development in St. Albert, according to the city, as the rental vacancy rate remains low, demand increases and prices sit at the second highest in the Edmonton region.

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St. Albert city council’s standing committee of the whole will receive another update on administration’s ongoing work to substantially update the city’s land use bylaw on Tuesday, while also getting an opportunity to discuss a new report on what would be involved in establishing a take it or leave it facility similar to the Hodge Podge Lodge in Sherwood Park.

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Small dogs and their owners will have a place to sit in the shade this summer as council has approved the use of up to $40,000 to build a canopy-like structure with benches in the small dog area of Lacombe Lake Park.

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