02-18-2019, 02:41 PM
(02-17-2019, 10:46 PM)the_councillor Wrote: This argument isn't lost on me. I suppose I disagree with the distinction between what is the "City's" and what is the "Resident's". In my mind, we are one. We're owned, controled, and voted in by the residents to be caretakers of our city, with a mission to make it the best we can. I don't see parks and trails as "city" property, it's everyone's property, same as roads community centres, libraries, and yes sidewalks.
Yes, the sidewalk is on the boulevard, so it is actually also "city property" (or "everyone's property"), the same as roads, community centres and libraries. So the question is, why do we make the distinction and download the responsibility for clearing those to the people who live in the houses next to the sidewalks?
As jeffster pointed out, this is not the 50s any more. More people are working, there are more single-parent families and more older people. And our expectations for making the city accessible to everyone are also (I hope) higher than they would have been in the 50s.
In any case, I think everyone (?) can hopefully agree that the current bylaw/enforcement is not achieving its goals, so what next?