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Here are some of the current issues that may concern
the lives of Ward 3 Residents.
Metis Trail Special Development
Agreement
 As alderman of Ward 3, Helene
has worked diligently with various developers to have $75 million
dollars front ended to the City of Calgary for development of the extension of Metis Trail from 80th Ave to Stoney Trail. The media has claimed
this project to be a historic moment in the the partnership between
both developers and the municipal government to building new
communities (Read Press
Release).
Metis Trail/ North East LRT Pedestrian Overpass
 On
July 23, 2007, City Council passed Helene's Notice of Motion to have a pedestrian
overpass to be built across Metis Trail. This project will be a
cost-sharing project between Remington Development Corporation and
The City of Calgary. Remington Development has agreed to pay 2.5
million dollars of the 5.8 million required. This project will link the new Westwinds
C-train station with the development adjacent to Metis Trail.
Locations such as Bell Canada headquarters, and Rotary Challenger Park will become more accessible
upon the completion of this project. This project will begin in
early 2009 (Read
CTV News Transcript,
Read Notice of Motion).
North
East Centre of Communities
Before
Helene became Alderman for Ward 3, she was already committed to
 bringing together the communities North of McKnight to share a
vision in building a recreation and community centre that would
service the communities of Martindale, Taradale, and Saddle Ridge as
well as residents from
all over the city. As Alderman for Ward 3, Helene has continued her
support for this project by voicing the needs of the North East
Centre of Communities Society on city council. Helene, with support
from city council has approved $2 million dollars to have concept
plans created while the city is also considering to provide $37.5
million dollars in total, 7 of which will be allocated for a new
library at this facility. Helene has also been in contact with a
number of businesses to help the NECCS gather support and funding.
Recently Helene was proud to have asked 13 businesses to contribute
over $15,000.00 in donations and hundreds of dollars in prizes for
the NECCS First Annual Golf Tournament. On top of her efforts to
gain support from businesses, she has made available $1,500.00 from
her Ward 3 allotment of the Council Strategic Initiatives Fund (CSIF)
to platinum sponsor this event. We are confident Ward residents
share Helene's excitement and anticipation for this facility to be
built.
NEW Vista
Heights Fire Department Headquarter- COMING SOON 2009
A new fire headquarters is being planned
to be built in the community of Vista Height at 1755-18th Ave N.E.
This state of the art facility will be focused in being a vehicle
repair shop and will meet the silver level of the LEED environmental
design standard as well as utilize other innovative technologies to
make this facility "green." Helene was pleased to attend the open
house on June 13th to hear constituent concerns on the project
(Click the following for the design plans:
1,2,3,4,5,6).
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