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On Saturday April 24th we will have a table in Centennial Square, joining dozens of organizations striving to make our communities more sustainable. The walk begins at Noon at the BC Legislature, and arrives at the square around 1:15 for speeches from Vicky Husband and Ross Crockford, and music by Oliver Swain and Friends, and the Ecclestons. [...] During the committee meeting Katie Josephson, the City of Victoria Director of Communications, outlined an engagement plan, which included a baseline survey of Victoria residents. That appears to be in action, with a phone survey by Ipsos Reid, with a caller ID from Quebec [...] The Johnson Street Bridge petition campaign is over – the oversight and engagement continues. What are the next steps for council and the City of Victoria? Will they seek independent expertise for costs on bridge refurbishment? What is the date for a referendum, and…what is the question to be put to voters? [...] johnsonstreetbridge.org Volunteers will be collecting petitions until Noon, then conducting a final count. At 2 pm we will leave the campaign office to deliver to Victoria City Hall at 2:30 pm. A number will be announced to the public and media. [...] In a Christmas Eve email Geoff Young responded to the many letters he has received over the City of Victoria’s comparison of Johnson Street Bridge repair vs replacement numbers. The document “Johnson Street Bridge: By the Numbers” was published by the City of Victoria just prior to the December 10th Council meeting – Article and Videos – during which Councillor Young introduced a motion to seek independent consultation on the current plans to replace the bridge. [...] Dressed for the weather with a wooly toque and rain jacket, Neils Lind stops by the campaign headquarters to drop off petition forms. Lind is one of the volunteers campaigning to force the city to hold a referendum before borrowing $42 million to replace the Johnson Street Bridge. [...] The official counter-petition still requires another 1700 signatures to force City Council to reconsider the borrowing of $42 Million to replace the Blue Bridge, or call a referendum. This is a full community effort – with 13 days to go, and the Christmas and New Year holidays intervening, it is important those who wish to sign get their forms into the campaign office, or City Hall. Ed Wortman is a retired bridge engineer who specialized in restoring historical structures and was in charge of the restoration program of Portland Oregon’s historical bridge restoration program. Sharon Wortman is Portland’s unofficial bridge historian and has written three editions of The Portland Bridge Book. She is also helping direct the 2010 Festival of Bridges: Celebrating Portland’s Historical Bridges. [...] The only way for citizens to express an opinion about the city’s plan to borrow $42 million for this new bridge is by signing petitions through the alternative approval process, a process controlled by the city, but under which citizens have to do all the work. [...] In the midst of the Blue Bridge counter-petition process, questions arise about information the City is distributing. Sam Williams, a Victoria writer, has dissected the latest ‘information’ sheet provided by the City of Victoria on the Blue Bridge replacement program. [...] |
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