That with respect to Report C2024-1097, the following Motion Arising be adopted: To improve the perceptions of safety on Calgary Transit and to grow ridership, Council direct Administration to initiate education and awareness campaigns in 2025 including but not limited to the following topics of awareness: Commitments since 2022 related to budget, hiring, deployment of Transit Peace Officers based on the District Model, implementation of the Public Transit Safety Strategy, and information on what is coming next; Transit text line 74100 and emergency help phones; Fare evasion consequences, similar to the work of Fare is Fair; and Support for vulnerable populations through the Community Outreach Team.
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.