A message from Lynn Parish, Rossdale Community League Vice President regarding the proposed gondola.

The conditional lease agreement for the Prairie Sky (PS) gondola will be before City Council for a vote on August 15. This agreement gives PS the ability to lease land for the gondola towers and potentially other commercial ventures if they are able to satisfy regulatory requirements such as rezoning.

The gondola impacts Rossdale because two towers will be situated here , one in North Rossdale and one by the power plant.

I listened to the debate and presenters when the issue was before Executive Committee last week. Issues I heard raised included viability, concern about disrespect for the indigenous burial ground, noise, parking, disruption of the river valley and the legal structure of the agreement itself. To date there has been no detailed impact assessment on the gondola so much is unknown. PS did acknowledge there would be parking in Rossdale.

The Rossdale Community League has written to Council to express concern about the lack of information and consultation.

Given the impact to Rossdale, If you wish to let Council know how you feel by Monday- positive or negative - you can email councillors at

council@edmonton.ca

Or individually as follows:

aaron.paquette@edmonton.ca
amarjeet.sohi@edmonton.ca
andrew.knack@edmonton.ca
anne.stevenson@edmonton.ca
ashley.salvador@edmonton.ca
erin.rutherford@edmonton.ca
jennifer.rice@edmonton.ca
jo-anne.wright@edmonton.ca
karen.principe@edmonton.ca
keren.tang@edmonton.ca
michael.janz@edmonton.ca
sarah.hamilton@edmonton.ca
tim.cartmell@edmonton.ca