That with respect to Report C2024-1097, the following amendments be adopted: That Recommendation 3 be amended by inserting a new Recommendation 3.b, as follows, and renumbering other bullets accordingly: Approve the parking fee schedule set out in Distribution Attachment 4I and, Cover the resulting loss of $560,000 using the 2025 tax base; and Exempt the parking fee schedule in Distribution Attachment 4I from being guided by the User Fee Policy (Council Policy CP2024-02) and Calgary Parking Policies (Council Policy CP2024-01)
Motion C2024-1097 bundles three council directions: 1) re-create a Finance and Budget Committee to do detailed reviews of operating budgets and oversee service planning each four-year term, 2) reverse the 2023 transit fare freeze so fare changes can resume and move $3,000,000 into the Primary Transit Network, and 3) ask the provincial government to waive Section 358.1 of the Municipal Government Act to avoid shifting tax burden between residential and non‑residential property classes.
These steps increase council oversight of how money and services are planned, could restart changes to transit fares while directing new funds to transit network improvements, and seek temporary provincial relief to prevent tax-class shifts while assessment values rebalance.