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Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan
4/6 I did not support that deal.
Since I was elected Mayor, Administration & my office have been working with CSEC to mitigate any additional costs. Two costs were identified: climate mitigation of around $4m and road/sidewalk right of way issues of $12.1m.
OK. Might be a silly question. Why were these issues not identified when they made the final deal in July 2021?
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They were identified during the standard design review process after the initial plans were submitted in August.
Here's the document that accompanied the application when it went in front of the Planning Commission in November:
https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings....umentId=186207
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On 28 July 2021, Council approved C2021-1164 with Recommendation 7 as follows:
7. Direct Administration to steward the development permit for the Event Centre through the standard process for projects of this magnitude, including but not limited to: application with Corporate Planning Applications Group (CPAG), detailed team review (DTR) comments, presentation to Urban Design Review Panel, circulation, and decision from Calgary Planning Commission.
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Development and Site Design
Design Progression
Following Administration’s review of the application, a number improvements were made to the proposed building and site design, including:- the inclusion of solar photovoltaic equipment;
- increased publicly accessible bicycle parking, both on-site and off-site;
- the inclusion of e-scooter parking, on-site;
- refinements to the building’s street interface and landscaping;
- increased active use frontage;
- increased glazing and permeability along the north and east facades;
- measures to reduce the visual impact of the mass, including refinement of the ‘ribbon’ feature;
- improved parkade screening; and
- measures to add interest to large wall areas.
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This document has the comments from the Urban Design Review Panel and responses from the design team:
https://pub-calgary.escribemeetings....umentId=186212
As I understand it, these sort of things are pretty common for any development application. The first application that's submitted will almost-certainly not be approved as-is, but you can't really predict what comments will be received until it's put out in front of the public.