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Torture · 03-25-2021, 12:45 PM

I followed most of the hearing and am pro-guidebook. I live in Mount Pleasant and the Guidebook & North Hill Plan set the stage for a more vibrant Centre/4th street/Edmonton Trail with some reasonable density close to those main streets. It doesn't mean that every street is going to become apartment buildings. We need to stop sprawling, we need more diversity in housing types, we can't support the continued infrastructure costs of the suburbs (unless you want to pay more property taxes), the inner city is hollowing out (populations are actually lower than several decades ago in many inner city communities), and limiting sprawl will help to fight climate change.

Anybody that says they weren't consulted or engaged, frankly wasn't listening because the City's been working on this for 5+ years with hundreds of engagement sessions. Just because you don't like something, doesn't mean there wasn't engagement.

A large portion of the opposition was from a single community (*cough* Elbow Park *cough*) or based on misinformation from groups like Common Sense Calgary, Save Calgary, Alberta Proud, etc. There was also a significant portion of the opposition that was very "othering", frowning on having renters or folks of a different socio-economic class next door.
I ended up registering to speak in support of the guidebook because of all the nonsense, here's Klaszus of The Sprawl quoting me

https://twitter.com/user/status/1374565934669594626

Anyways, I would rather have seen it approved last night, but at least it's not dead. Punting it to the next election is irresponsible so hopefully they can figure out some amendments that make everyone happy and get this thing passed, it's an important step to develop the city in a more sustainable fashion.

03-25-2021, 12:45 PM	#28
Torture Loves Teh Chat! Join Date: Jul 2006 Exp:	I followed most of the hearing and am pro-guidebook. I live in Mount Pleasant and the Guidebook & North Hill Plan set the stage for a more vibrant Centre/4th street/Edmonton Trail with some reasonable density close to those main streets. It doesn't mean that every street is going to become apartment buildings. We need to stop sprawling, we need more diversity in housing types, we can't support the continued infrastructure costs of the suburbs (unless you want to pay more property taxes), the inner city is hollowing out (populations are actually lower than several decades ago in many inner city communities), and limiting sprawl will help to fight climate change. Anybody that says they weren't consulted or engaged, frankly wasn't listening because the City's been working on this for 5+ years with hundreds of engagement sessions. Just because you don't like something, doesn't mean there wasn't engagement. A large portion of the opposition was from a single community (cough Elbow Park cough) or based on misinformation from groups like Common Sense Calgary, Save Calgary, Alberta Proud, etc. There was also a significant portion of the opposition that was very "othering", frowning on having renters or folks of a different socio-economic class next door. I ended up registering to speak in support of the guidebook because of all the nonsense, here's Klaszus of The Sprawl quoting me https://twitter.com/user/status/1374565934669594626 Anyways, I would rather have seen it approved last night, but at least it's not dead. Punting it to the next election is irresponsible so hopefully they can figure out some amendments that make everyone happy and get this thing passed, it's an important step to develop the city in a more sustainable fashion. Last edited by Torture; 03-25-2021 at 01:01 PM.