Interesting, but convoluted read. If I read the article correctly I think this is what happened?
- Proposal approved by Rockyview Council in Sept 2021, given the scale and proximity to Calgary it would require a Regional board approval.
- Calgary has a veto at the regional board and would have vetoed it on regional impact grounds, but the developer offered concessions not part of the original approval to pay for road, transit and recreation impacts. As a result Calgary didn't veto the proposal.
- Rockyview Council members who voted against the original proposal at Rockyview Council complaining of "backdoor dealings" of Calgary to approve it - even though their Council already approved it.
That all sounds fairly.... reasonable. Ultimately, sprawl-inducing and painfully car-oriented of course, but the process sounded like it actually extracted better public value and mitigated some of the impacts to the region that otherwise wouldn't have been compensated for. Am I understanding this correctly? I don't really get what the complaint is.