I would just like to highlight what has been happening/going on behind the scenes this past month, in no particular order:
Our CA President, Craig Marceau, attended a summit with the police and other CAs in early March. The discussion focused on how the police and our community can work together to improve safety in public spaces, and how our community can help people in crisis to prevent crime and disorder.
GamePLAN is a strategy for a 25-year, $6 billion dollar investment in recreational facilities and programming for the City. We reached out to Council and asked that its approval be postponed. We engaged with the City in November 2023. Feedback was never provided, solicited, or shared with CAs. Our Neighbourhood Partnership Coordinator has just recently received information on the document and reached out to Recreation to ask about an engagement process. We are extremely concerned about the lack of engagement for this project. Council approved this on February 25. We intend to make sure CAs are included in future engagement.
We had brought the Marc and Mada development to your attention in the past. The intent is to build a 19-storey tower in Marda Loop on 33 Ave. The application was open for comments here: https://dmap.calgary.ca/?p=DP2024-08395. Our concerns are focused on the density impact to 33 Ave SW in terms of traffic. We have suggested that this level of density would be better in Currie, where it is already planned for and supported.
Sarina Homes made a presentation on their revised Richmond Green plans on February 3. They have indicated that the presentation will be made available online at their engage website, https://richmondgreenengage.ca/. We have specifically requested that a December shadow study be provided, as one was not provided during the presentation. The plans included an updated focal point for the café area. Our concerns continue to be the six-storey wall of development across the east side of the site, 400-unit density in that location, and ensuring no left turn at the end of Hampton Crescent because of the traffic impact.
Some residents have been asking why the RPCA is not sending out specific information and direction with regards to our Restrictive Covenants. The RPCA is happy to support the RCs because they form part of our Development Guidelines, but we are not a landowner, so have no legal standing.
If you would like more specific information and direction, then you can sign up for emails through the Restrictive Covenant Committee at [email protected].
Residents have also been asking for maps to try and understand what properties are restricted to one home and what properties allow for two homes. That information is already posted on our website under our Development Guidelines—on the right side of the page in green writing you will find two files on zoning. These are the maps which reflect the RCs. https://www.rutlandparkcommunity.com/development-guidelines.
Hopefully by the time you are reading this, we will have settled our insurance claim. We are unable to proceed with any engineering or repair work until the insurance claim is settled. The amount of the settlement will be significantly less than the costs of repairs and lost income, but a recently received engineering report indicates that deficiencies in the design and installation of the trusses were contributing factors.
The City has indicated that both engineering and capital conservation grants will be available to us once we have settled our insurance claim.
We are happy to report that Lloyd Sadd agreed to take on insurance coverage for our buildings when no other insurer was prepared to do so. It was extremely stressful and time consuming looking for coverage for a damaged building. We are glad to have secured coverage for both buildings.
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Leanne Ellis
Executive VP and Development and Traffic
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