Rose's and the Angus Apartments demolition will have to wait until CityWorks crews have time to disconnect their services |
In reply the City Manager noted that the ability to disconnect the two buildings from the water system has been impeded by the current water situation, observing of the issues that the city is facing on water infrastructure.
"Very Good Question and yes that was our goal.
However, the folks that need to disconnect the services that are hooked up to the building have not been able to get to it because of other pressing water system matters.
And that is the reality of what we're dealing with right now, our staff get pulled off to deal with issues.
And I can say, even this weekend, staff were having to go and manually look after a number of components ... to make sure we have a system that's working."
He noted once the city crews have enough time to disconnect the buildings in question the work will commence. Adding that it's a priority, though not as as urgent a priority as some other things.
"It's ready to go, we just simply need to get enough time for our city works crew to get down there and do the disconnect. It's a priority, it's not as urgent a priority as some other things"
There was no timeline noted towards when the city may be able to address the demolition work.
I can’t figure out if we are making progress or not. At least the city has moved off blaming Covid for everything.
ReplyDeleteNevertheless it’s still an excuse.
There were over 40 working days between the September 11th council meeting and the November 14th council meeting.
ReplyDeleteDr.Buchan had two opportunities to update council in October during meetings.
Granted there are lots of spinning plates in the air, but that does not excuse his lapse in communication.
In fairness to Mr Buchan, he updates the mayor and council in response to questions, as happened at the end of this meeting. There isn't an agenda item called "updates" where the city manager has "opportunities" to say whatever he wants that he thinks might be of interest.
ReplyDeleteIf there is anyone who can find space in the agenda to proactively communicate it is the CAO.
DeleteAgenda sections such as late items or the round table could be used to update the community on boil water advisories, airport bus changes, and the status of the Angus and Belmont properties.
The round table is for council members to raise issues, provide updates, and ask questions. The onus is not on the CAO, it's on the council members that we elected to be accountable to the public.
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