LYNNWOOD LINK Lynnwood Community League Newsletter www.lynnwoodcommunity.com January - February 2010 Hello Lynnwood! vicinity of LRT stations will see a boost. Michelle has asked me to write a few words on the recent decision City Council made on West LRT. Car Transportation : There will undoubtedly be an impact on car transportation as commuters adjust Decision: After many months of consultation and de- their habits around the new train route, but obviously bate on West LRT, City Council agreed on December the plan is to encourage many of those commuters off 15th to support Administration’s recommendation for a the roads entirely and onto the LRT system. new LRT route. It will originate in Lewis Estates, travel along 87 th Avenue, go north on Meadowlark As our governments experience increasing pressure Road/156 th Street, and then to downtown via Stony to address the environmental impacts of a car de- Plain Road and 104 th Avenue. From downtown, the pendent culture, we can also expect that major public route will carry on over a bridge across the river, up infrastructure initiatives like LRT systems will be Connors Road, and on to Millwoods via 83, 75 and looked at as part of our collective response to environ- 66 th Streets. Detailed information on the LRT routes is mental change. available at www.edmonton.ca . Next Steps: The City will be consulting and working What does this mean for Lynnwood?: Once fully with communities on a variety of issues such as sta- complete, Lynnwood will have a station at Meadow- tion design and parking challenges as the construc- lark Mall that residents can walk to. The LRT network tion plan becomes more detailed. will allow Lynnwood residents train access to major The route has now been incorporated into city bylaws, city destinations such as the downtown core; the but the City of Edmonton will require the assistance of Misericordia, University and Royal Alex hospitals; the provincial and federal governments to fund the NAIT, Grant MacEwan University and the University several billion dollars that the expansion of the LRT of Alberta; and WEM, Southgate and Kingsway network is expected to cost. Without secured funding Malls. I’m personally very much looking forward to Edmonton will not see any LRT development for dec- grabbing my lawn chair and taking the train straight to ades. Even with some committed funds, West LRT the Edmonton Folk Music Festival at Gallagher Park! will have to compete with other LRT routes for scarce Property: Property impacts will become more clear infrastructure dollars. over the next few years as the City develops the de- Consider taking a moment to contact the Cabinet Min- tailed construction plans but it is not anticipated that isters responsible for the issues as well as your city Lynnwood will have expropriations. The trains will use councilors Karen Leibovici and Linda Sloan, your MLA a new low floor technology and consequently property Kevin Taft and your MP Laurie Hawn to let them know impacts across the route will be considerably less your thoughts on LRT and public infrastructure fund- than what would have been the case with the old style ing in Edmonton. of high floor trains. We can expect more proposals for mixed and higher Government of Alberta c/o Legislature Building 10800 density housing in and around our neighborhoods, 97th Avenue Edmonton T5K 2B6: both because of a number of City of Edmonton initia- Premier Ed Stelmach tives and because of entrepreneurs being attracted to Phone: 780 427-2251 Fax: 780 427-1349 the investment in public infrastructure. [email protected] It is also anticipated that property values in the 1 Con’t on page 3 Stuck in traffic for what felt like eons, I couldn’t help but notice the license plate on the car in front of me. It read BAA BAA. I was clueless as to why they chose this — until I looked at the vehicle the plate was attached to: a black Jeep. Robert Lalonde, Hampton, Virginia For Sale: Eight puppies from a German Shep- herd and an Alaskan hussy. Richard A. Harms INSIDE THIS ISSUE Someone in our neighbourhood put a huge sofa Lynnwood Exec Phone List ······2 out by the curb for trash collection. Since it was Presidents Pen ·····················3 in good shape, many motorists slowed down for West LRT update···················3 a look. But when they saw how enormous it Lynnwood Outdoor Soccer·······4 was, they’d leave. Eventually a compact car Parents & Tots ······················4 pulled up, and two men got out. This I’ve got to Volunteer Needed··················4 see, I thought. They removed the cushions, Yoga ···································4 turned the sofa upside down and shook it hard. OLOV Open House ················4 Then they picked up all the coins that tumbled Parents and Tots ···················4 out and drove off. Skating in Lynnwood ··············5 Rhonda L. Arm Sledding Safety ·····················6 Lynnwood Open House···········7 Calendars ····························8 Flashlights used by my National Guard unit can withstand almost anything. And to prove it, they Picture-Perfect Frames come with a lifetime warranty. Nevertheless, If you’re always straightening picture frames on nothing is indestructible, which is why the war- the wall, cut some flat, pieces of cork, all the ranty also cautions, “Void with shark bites, bear same thickness, and glue them to the back of attacks and children under the age of five.” the frame. The cork will grip the wall and stop it Carmen Hill from sliding. It will also prevent the frame from marring the wall. Found at www.readersdigest.ca/ Taken from www.rd.com/all-jokes.do homegarden Advertising in the Link Lynnwood Residents and Businesses Business card size $20.00 1/4 page (5 1/2” by 3 1/2”) $40.00 Report ALL crime and suspicious behavior 1/2 page (5 1/2” by 8”) $50.00 Full page $80.00 to police at 780-423-4567 Non Lynnwood Residents and Businesses Business card size $25.00 1/4 page $45.00 1/2 page $75.00 Full page $100.00 Distribution: approximately 850 residents Deadline for next issue: March 01st Lynnwood residents - contact me to advertise in our Community Tidbits section; $2 per line. Articles are always welcome at no charge. Ph. Marion at 780-483-8697 2 Wising you all the best in 2010! Another reminder if you want to be on the Lynnwood Community email update list, just send me an email at [email protected] Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Michelle Years. Christmas seemed a lot less stressful when I President was a kid, and seemed really simple. Little did I Lynnwood Community League know! The changing of the decade seemed so much [email protected] less exciting after experiencing a new Millennium. We can't even figure out how to say our own date...it's very strange. Continued from page 1 I wanted to pass on a huge THANK YOU to Nancy Minister of Transportation MacDonald who was instrumental in making sure Luke Ouellette the city looked at other viable options for the LRT, Phone:780 427-2080 Fax: 780 422-2722 and spent hundreds of hours fighting for the commu- [email protected] nity of Lynnwood, so that we had our concerns heard. Nancy has shown that she is very tenacious Minister of Infrastructure and stands up for her community in ways that I can't Jack Hayden imagine having the energy for. The community is Phone: 780 427-5041 Fax: 780 422-2002 indebted to Nancy for her commitment to this LRT project since the spring of 2008 and for her future Minister of Municipal Affairs involvement with the planning from a community Ray Danyluk perspective. The LRT will still be a huge impact on Phone: 780 427-3744 Fax: 780 422-9550 the community, but we can now have confidence [email protected] that more factors were considered with respect to communities, than the first proposal in 2008. There Minister of Environment will both be positive and negative effects of the LRT Rob Renner being so close, but we will deal with the changes as Phone: 780 427-2391 Fax: 780 422-6259 they come. Thank you just doesn't seem like enough [email protected] words to say, Nancy, for your tireless efforts. They Government of Canada c/o House of Commons, haven't gone unnoticed and I’m extremely grateful Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 for your dedication to this community. (postage free) The Lynnwood Canucks Hockey Teams were both Prime Minister in the Confederation Christmas Tournament, which Stephen Harper kept them extremely busy with 5 games each in 4 Phone: 613 992-4211 Fax: 613 941-6900 days! I'm not sure who was more tired, the kids or [email protected] the parents but it was another great way to spend Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communi- the holidays. Hockey is already 1/2 way done and ties the boys have improved dramatically. If you are in- John Baird terested in Lynnwood Hockey for your child next Phone: 613 991-0700 Fax: 613 995-0327 year, come out to watch one of our events/practices [email protected] on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 6:30 - 7:30 pm, weather permitting. The kids have a great time Minister of Environment playing true Canadian hockey on the outdoor rink Jim Prentice and you can meet some of the parents that you just Phone: 819 997-1441 Fax: 819-953-0279 might spend every Saturday and Sunday with next [email protected] year! If you have any questions, comments or concerns Soccer registration will already be coming up in Feb- about the issue, please feel free to contact me at ruary and I have the Casino Credits for those who [email protected] worked the Lynnwood Children's Playground Society Thanks, Casino.