Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

[trtcttc]

I recall hearing that they need a 2/3 majority in order to repeal a bylaw, so they might not have the votes and may have to amend rather than repeal.

That's probably why they are doing this. The appeal people get to tell voters we tried, the city gets to keep HAF, and the desired outcome was always amend.

 

[lemongrab]

It's probably would strengthen the appeal. It's a small percentage of the city that participate but people that spoke at council and wrote in are overwhelmingly against rezoning.

Depends on what's counted...there was definitely a big push to email your councillor in the lead up to the vote, and I don't think those would be counted in the 6100. I bet there were a lot of people like me who sent a supportive email to their councillor but did not make a formal submission; I'm sure that's true on the other side too, but I bet a lot of those emails were from the same people that did send submissions.

It's natural that big changes get loud opposition and quiet support. I bet the push to repeal will be a lot more even this time around though.


It is funny that they rounded 62% up to "nearly 70%" in the motion

Last week, administration provided a recap to council following the 12 days of hearings that saw 736 speakers present to city council. Out of those speakers, there were 458 who were opposed (62.2 per cent), and 227 supported the idea (30.8 per cent).

https://calgary.citynews.ca/2024/05/14/calgary-blanket-rezoning-approved-city-council/

Apply those same ratios to the 6100 and you get 3782 opposed vs 1879 supportive. Which sounds an awful lot less impressive.

 

[jdpv]

Apologies if this has already been discussed, but does anyone know what the plan is with 128 7 Ave SE? I've seen a bit of activity (inside the building) over the past few months, but I can't find any info online (not on DMAP).

View attachment 695373

Found it.

Building permit BP2024-21738
Type of work: Improvement
Project: Frost Punk - Tv Studio-No Seats
Estimated Construction Value: $1,750,000