City of Winnipeg Governance Review: Have your say

DO NOT MAKE LIFE, ACCESS TO SERVICES, TO CITY AMENITIES DIFFICULT FOR THOSE WHO NEED PRIVATE VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION.

parking on Inglewood St.

Several transport trucks,trying to turn on Inglewood,have very little room to turn,AS private parking on this street makes it very difficult..Last week a Coke Cola truck,slid out,and had to drive up over on to the BLVD to avoid a parked car(several) this happens often!!..A short area with no parking would help!!! We all have parking at the back..Several of the cars parked on our street are NOT residents.,but from the mall on the other side of portage ave,

Reduce the current EPC Model from 7 members +2 to just 7 members and prevent all future mayors adding 2 additional members

All appointed positions must come from the 7 positions of the EPC. No additional councillors are to be appointed to serve in the Mayor's Inner-Circle. This will reduce the temptation to stack the voting deck in the Mayor's favour. This will ensure that City Hall has a democratic process that is truly transparent and more accountable when governing the affairs of the city. The citizen's representative from each Ward will truly have a voice for ALL issues that are presented to Council.

Mayor appoints Deputy Mayor only . ALL Councillors participate in SPCs and elect a chair of each SPC to sit on EPC.

This allows for a more democratic council. Time limits to serve on each SPC would be another complimentary consideration.

City School

Annual trips to other cities by the entire City Hall leadership team. Mayor, all councillors, and department leaders together. Become a team. Go to one Asian / South American city, to one European city, to one North American city each year. Study and meet with leaders in those cities. "What is working? What is not? What can we implement in Winnipeg? How come we haven't tried __XX__ ? Oh, look how they solved that problem! Oh, so THAT'S what happens to vibrancy, business and tourism when you invest in densification and good design and don't just build cheap suburbs." What we've been doing for the past 75 years hasn't exactly worked great. So let's get inspired by other places and start improving Winnipeg's quality of life.

Add transparency to the City budget and expenses: It would be great to have online public access to all CoW expenses.

Add transparency to the City budget and expenses: it would be great to have online public access to the data on all current expenses vs. budget. I would like to see how what was spent on a particular city's district (e.g. Transcona, River Heights) as well as categories (e.g. infrastructure - schools, infrastructure - roads etc.). If this data is published regularly (e.g. bi-weekly or monthly). I want to see how my tax dollars are spent to make sure high priority issues and needs are addressed first. Also, it is important to monitor how particular expenses align with the election promises and programs. This would give the City of Winnipeg citizens more public control and visibility.

Dashboard showing progress on policy indicators

While the city has many policies in place to provide advice, there is no real link between the city budget and those policies, and especially to their intended outcomes. Could we have something similar to the United Ways MyPeg that would allow citizens to look at key city policies to see what progress is being made on key indicators (year over year, compared to policy targets) etc, and what budget lines relate to the policy and its indicators (again along with year over year comparisons). I think that would make it much easier to identify what policies we are making progress on, where we need help, and what actions are underway to reach those policy goals.

valid explanations without coverups re: failed "rapid transit" rollout (now being revisited) and environmental destruction entailed

Rapid Transit is a bust!