I live on Akins Drive and support low-income housing developed equally throughout St. Albert. It appears that residents outside the Akinsdale area feel a need to comment on rezoning land that will detrimentally affect my family. Other areas should offer their park lands if they feel the need to help solve this problem.
Akinsdale has more than its share of low-income housing. It needs more community amenities commensurate with its population not more population.
With respect to the Protestant school board having the right to sell their land to property developers, they of course do not have that right, otherwise we would not be discussing this issue. One must be very careful when zoning land as you may get stuck with that decision.
The proper resolve is for the school board to donate the land to the city and for the city to develop the parkland in the community's interest.
Wayne Richardson, St. Albert
