The next step is the planning phase, where boundaries for the park will be defined and funding from the federal government will be confirmed.
Councillors Tim Cartmell, Karen Principe and Jennifer Rice were opposed to moving forward at this juncture, with the 10 other councillors voting in favour at a city council meeting Tuesday.
“I don’t see a problem to be solved here,” said Cartmell. “I don’t know what we gain and I’m concerned there’s something that we lose.”Cartmell, councillor for Ward pihêsiwin, said he has apprehensions about the entire river valley potentially being designated a national park. “I don’t know about the other jurisdictions but the City of Edmonton has been an excellent steward of the ravines and the river valley for, from my understanding, more than 40 years,” he said.Other councillors said they heard concerns about the proposal from their constitutents, including Coun. Rice, who said it’s not clear currently who exactly will be in charge of the park if it’s created.But city manager Andre Corbould was adamant that wouldn’t happen.
“Absolutely not, and it’s not even being discussed,” said Corbould when asked if there was any possibility ownership of the river valley could be transferred to the federal government.Moving to planning means that, as long as Parks Canada okays it, there will be a broad conversation where the boundaries of the park would be refined, the governance model would be created and budgets would be confirmed.Ward Anirniq Coun.
Parks Canada has three goals with the national urban park initiative — conservation, accessibility and reconciliation — and Rutherford said the federal funding could also help the city reach its goals on those fronts.“We talk about how important the river valley is and it is important, but I don’t think we are doing as much as we could do on the conservation side that we could potentially do in partnership with federal dollars,” she said.
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