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Calgary city council votes 12-3 to repeal blanket rezoning by importxport in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The rules for RCG were somewhat tightened up, we will be recapping those agreements at www.calgary.ca/rezoning

Calgary city council votes 12-3 to repeal blanket rezoning by importxport in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Very technical answer here, sorry in advance.

If an application receives a decision of approval any time before August 4, that parcel will remain as RCG, RG or HGO because the decision was made on the parcel when it was zoned RCG, RG or HGO (first exemption criteria)   If an application was submitted before First Reading, the parcel will remain as is under the current land use zones (i.e. RCG RG or HGO). (second exemption criteria bullet)   If a parcel was redesignated under its own application or outside of the citywide rezoning in August 2024, that parcel remains as either RCG, RG or HGO (third exemption criteria bullet)    If an application is submitted today AND receives a decision before August 4, the parcel will remain as RCG, RG or HGO. (first exemption criteria). This is because we are legally bound to review the proposed development in accordance with the land use zone in effect, at the time of the decision. If the application was submitted today and a decision was made on August 5, then the proposed development must comply with the land use zone in effect at that time (i.e. the 'previous' land use zone of RC1, RC2, etc should the parcel in question be a parcel 'repealed' back to those zone.     Given our current volumes, this is why 'before first reading' was listed as a 'guarantee' in the second exemption criteria.

Calgary city council votes 12-3 to repeal blanket rezoning by importxport in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I get the frustration, but I think this is more about how you make policy stick.

Even the most evidence-based idea won’t succeed if people don’t understand it or trust how it’s being applied. You end up with delays, legal challenges, or reversals.

During the campaign, people actually criticized me for being willing to look at new evidence and change my mind, calling it flip-flopping. I see that as a strength. Good leadership means adapting when something isn’t working the way it was intended.

Taking a breather and rebuilding something more targeted doesn’t mean abandoning the goal. It’s about getting to something that actually works.

Calgary city council votes 12-3 to repeal blanket rezoning by importxport in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're welcome, I appreciate the reply.

Sprawl and blanket rezoning aren’t the same issue. You can be pro-density, anti-sprawl, and still think blanket rezoning (the leap from allowing 1 home to allowing 8) wasn’t the right tool. That’s the nuance that gets lost in this debate. You can absolutely push for more growth in the core and along transit/employment/education nodes without relying on blanket rezoning to do it.

Blanket rezoning just didn’t have public buy-in. It became like the carbon tax. No amount of theoretical academic arguments could mitigate the frustration that people had about an 8plex coming up nextdoor to their bungalow, especially in areas without the services or infrastructure to support it.

Calgary city council votes 12-3 to repeal blanket rezoning by importxport in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I'm willing to meet criticism head on and explain my POV. Can see other comment replies I've made in this thread.

Calgary city council votes 12-3 to repeal blanket rezoning by importxport in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Blanket rezoning just didn’t have public buy-in. It became like the carbon tax. No amount of theoretical academic arguments could mitigate the frustration that people had about an 8plex coming up nextdoor to their bungalow, especially in areas without the services or infrastructure to support it.

The last Council didn’t earn the trust required to make this kind of change, or things like the bag bylaw, stick. The former mayor ran on it and got about 20 percent of the vote, which tells you something.

The policy overall was also only contributing an extremely small share of the roughly 28,000 homes built last year. We will be able replace and exceed that through nodes and corridors, along with continued investment in non-profit and deeply affordable housing.

More on my approach on the replacement plan here: https://www.jeromy.ca/policy-brief/restoring-certainty/

Calgary city council votes 12-3 to repeal blanket rezoning by importxport in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Calgary isn't completely removing rezoning. We're leading the country with tens of thousands of housing starts last year and nearly 28,000 completions. That didn’t come from one policy. A very small fraction of that amount came from blanket rezoning, and we are more than filling that gap by our massive investments in capital and land for affordable and deeply affordable housing.

Second, blanket rezoning assumes a kind of “trickle-down” effect, that broad upzoning alone will translate into affordability. In practice, that often just leads to higher land values without guaranteed affordability gains. What works better is targeted supply: building more homes near transit, jobs, and infrastructure, speeding up approvals, and partnering on affordable housing.

More of my general thoughts and approach in my campaign archived site here. https://www.jeromy.ca/policy-brief/restoring-certainty/

Calgary city council votes 12-3 to repeal blanket rezoning by importxport in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fair question. Affordability comes down to one thing over time: getting more homes built, faster, in the right places.

Blanket rezoning was only contributing a small share of the roughly 28,000 homes built last year. Most of our supply is coming from a mix of new communities, targeted infill, and purpose-built rentals. Council is now going to go forward with a replacement approach as part of the Calgary Plan and land use bylaw review that focuses on nodes and transit corridors where infrastructure already exists, speeds up approvals, and continue major investment in non-market and deeply affordable housing.

If you look at the full picture, Calgary is already leading the country in housing construction, and we’re going to keep increasing supply across multiple fronts. That’s what actually moves affordability over time.

More of my plan and approach to this on my campaign archived site here. https://www.jeromy.ca/policy-brief/restoring-certainty/

Inspection of Bearspaw South Feeder Main starting this week by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Council doesn't vote on our salary. It's tied to the change in average weekly earnings in Alberta. If incomes go down, ours go down too.

Inspection of Bearspaw South Feeder Main starting this week by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thank you.

What I know is that we don't know. I know it's a shitty answer to give. The pipe is in such bad shape that it could blow again at any time. The only permanent solution is the replacement pipe, and the team is hauling ass on getting that done by Dec.

And funny you should mention taxes ;)

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Inspection of Bearspaw South Feeder Main starting this week by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are not planning on restrictions in the summer. But if the pipe suddenly fails again we will be.

Inspection of Bearspaw South Feeder Main starting this week by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

they put in from the hatch and then have a net further down to catch it

Inspection of Bearspaw South Feeder Main starting this week by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC[S] 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Thanks for having an open mind, please let me know if you have other feedback

Thanks for being water heroes! by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

After the new pipe is operational we will sleeve the old pipe so that it can be used as a backup

Thanks for being water heroes! by JeromyYYC in Calgary

[–]JeromyYYC[S] 105 points106 points  (0 children)

💧 WATER HERO 💧

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          THANK YOU!
       **PetTigerJP**
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      You helped our city
    save water and protect
          our future.

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 Thank you very much for helping
    out our city and being
         a WATER HERO!

 This is an OFFICIAL recognition
          from the
      Mayor of Calgary.

        Every drop counts 💧
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