From the Inglewood CA newsletter:
"High-Density Residential / Hungerford (9 Avenue SE):
THE LOC/DC FOR the first Hungerford project went to CPC (Calgary Planning Commission) in November 2019. At that time, an amendment to the DC was put forward by Councillor Wooley in order to add a second building envelope.
The first building envelope (the original), had three separate heights, the highest point being 38m at the west end (at 8 St), and stepping down to the lowest height on the east side of the lot. The second (new) envelope, proposed by Councillor Wooley, has a lower podium (14m), but ends in a narrow 50m tower on the 8 St side. The land-use change and the DC with both building envelope options went to Council on December 16.
The Hungerford representative in attendance at the Committee meeting as well as at Council, indicated that they prefer the second building envelope (option) – the one terminating in the 50m tower.
The ICA spent a great deal of time researching and preparing a presentation in opposition to the project at Council on December 16, which, unfortunately was met with a contemptuous, disparaging, and disrespectful response from multiple City Councillors – a response considered to be in complete violation of their Code of Conduct.
As part of our efforts to measure the impact of a 50m tower on the Elbow/Bow River Confluence, particularly as it pertains to the importance of the site to First Nations and Métis people, the ICA is emphasizing heritage arguments that have not, to our knowledge, been raised before. There has been a historical aboriginal traverse through the Elbow/Bow River Confluence and Ramsay Escarpment for thousands of years; it is also the location of a Métis homestead of the well-known Roselle family.
The ICA feels that the Confluence area of Calgary ought to be recognized as a cultural landscape of unique heritage value, something which would help prevent the heritage buildings in the immediate area – including the Deane House, Alexandra School, McGill Block and Fort Calgary – from being dwarfed by a 50m tower on the corner. We have made a request for the Provincial
government to undertake a Historic Resource Impact Assessment (HRIA) to forestall any unintended consequences of insufficient City stewardship."