As we outlined yesterday, the look of the downtown area is in for a bit of a significant makeover, with the City of Prince Rupert recently submitted an RFP with BC Bid for an initiative called the Prince Rupert Gateway Project.
That concept for downtown redevelopment, which is part of the Rupert 2030 vision planning, would see the redevelopment of a one block stretch of Third Avenue West from McBride to 1st street, which as it evolves could include the creation of a pedestrian mall.
Today, the City provided for its own talking points for the proposed development, described as the Area of Priority Development, expressing their excitement for the new vision for the downtown region.
Today's announcement from the city also took note of the commitment of the financial institution to the proposal.
“The Credit Union is committed to building sustainable communities through working alongside community partners. The Gateway Project is a natural alignment for us to not only create a new facility for our members, clients, and staff, but to contribute to the revitalization of Prince Rupert’s downtown core as part of the Rupert 2030 vision.”
The bids close for interest in the proposal on September 1st
You can review the city's announcement here.
Update: Tuesday afternoon saw both Mayor Brain and Councillor Blair Mirau make use of their social media fields to expand on the announcement.
More notes of interest from City Council can be found from our archive page.
Where is the costing on this. The mayor starts these projects with little public knowledge of the cost implications. I cannot think of any other city in the province that considerers a police station as a focal part of enhancing their downtown core.
ReplyDeleteThe city has never provided the taxpayers with a costing of the land swap/ purchase of the property designated for the new police station. Nor have they provided any options they had rather than the choosen location. This should not be a secret now the deal is supposedly done. No need for confidentiality on a done deal except to hide from the taxpayer poor deal they got.
These items prior to be putting out for expression of interest should discussed at council along with possible cost implications prior to initiating any action. Hopefully one of the councilors will question rather than patting Lee on the back.
again a very poor attempt to land a cheap shot on the mayor.
ReplyDeleteRFP stands for request for proposals: that means the developers will provide the estimated costs for them to make a decision on. there's no costing yet because the RFP has not been responded to yet.
PS. The RCMP station deal costing was made public when the city had to do a budget amendment:
https://www.thenorthernview.com/news/prince-rupert-rcmp-detachment-and-local-church-to-move-in-a-partial-land-swap-deal/
PPS. the other RCMP location options have already been made public and rejected - Moose Tot Park and/or the McBride tennis courts comes to mind.
https://www.thenorthernview.com/news/city-of-prince-rupert-opposes-referendum-and-moose-tot-park-location-for-emergency-service-buildings/
you are entitled to complain about wanting more information, but stop neglecting the facts in your complaints
The "formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)" between the city and Northern Savings, referred to in their joint media yesterday, should be made public.
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