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What criteria do you think is most important when determining where and how we grow?
- Minimizing City Funded Costs for Infrastructure (54%, 53 Votes)
- Market Demand, Diversity and Consumer Choice (25%, 25 Votes)
- Distance to Transit, Community Services and Employment (20%, 20 Votes)
- Maintaining Calgary’s Competitive Advantage within the Region (1%, 1 Votes)
Total Voters: 99
Our new post talks about the benefits of new communities. What do you think?
- They’re great, I live in one now (59%, 27 Votes)
- They’re an important part of the city, but not for me (37%, 17 Votes)
- I hope to live in one in the future (4%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 46
Would you support a fixed term limit that would cap how long Aldermen are able to serve?
- Yes – New ideas are essential and that means new faces, more often (48%, 19 Votes)
- No – Voters always have the chance to change their representation at election time (30%, 12 Votes)
- Maybe – It would depend on the length of the term (13%, 5 Votes)
- Don’t care – Terms don’t matter, we should talk about doing away with the Ward system instead (9%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 40
Would you support a city policy that would restrict the construction of front drive attached garage homes in new communities in order to plant more public trees along roadways?
- NO: Consumers have a strong preference for front drive attached garage homes and this choice should not be restricted based on the City’s desire to plant trees in a specific location. (65%, 41 Votes)
- MAYBE: Require developers to plant trees in front yards where possible. It would not negatively impact housing options but still meet the City’s goal of gaining more trees in a visible location. (21%, 13 Votes)
- YES: Prioritizing public trees is necessary to ensure a healthy environment and provide an appealing pedestrian realm. Homebuyers will simply have to adjust to fewer options and/or pay more. (14%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 63
Do you think City Council should consider drafting a private tree bylaw?
- No, it’s not the City’s business, they are on private property (51%, 50 Votes)
- Maybe, but only in certain circumstances (e.g. redevelopment, infill or new construction) (35%, 35 Votes)
- Yes, all private trees should be protected to ensure we preserve our tree canopy (14%, 14 Votes)
Total Voters: 99
What is your biggest challenge when it comes to Red Tape at City Hall?
- Level of responsiveness in removing barriers or handling issues (35%, 6 Votes)
- Length of time required to move through a process/permit/approval, etc (29%, 5 Votes)
- Consistent application or policy or requirements (24%, 4 Votes)
- Additional costs incurred due to repetitive or overly onerous requirements (12%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 17
What do you think Council's priority
should be for 2012?
- Transportation Projects (28%, 7 Votes)
- Land Use and Planning (24%, 6 Votes)
- Reducing Red Tape (24%, 6 Votes)
- Secondary Suites (12%, 3 Votes)
- Recreation and Community Centres (12%, 3 Votes)
Total Voters: 25
As Calgary City Council deliberates the new budget
and prioritizes spending for the next three years, what do you think they should focus on?
- Prioritize spending? They should be reducing taxes not increasing them (46%, 16 Votes)
- Supporting Transportation needs such as increased Transit, Cycling Strategy and Snow Clearing (20%, 7 Votes)
- Supporting Services like Police, Fire and EMS (14%, 5 Votes)
- Supporting the Science Centre, Libraries, and other social or cultural services (20%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 35
To settle the issue of secondary suites, city council should:
- Hold a non-binding public vote on the issue (41%, 24 Votes)
- Hold a series of public consultations to gage public support (29%, 17 Votes)
- Hold a standard council vote (30%, 17 Votes)
Total Voters: 58
Having no front garages would (or could) impact on the snow removal streets. We need to allow for garages especially in areas that have not back lanes.
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Clearly the city better get back to doing business instead of wasting everyone’s time on ridiculous polls! Read your own bylaws you prohibt front drive garages already in most communities if there is a back lane. If there isn’t a back lane what the hell are people supposed to do?? You have way to many people putting their fingers in the pot and not nearly enough people doing actual work.
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The ward system does pit one ward against the others, I have also lived in a city that did not use the war system and when voting the number of people on the list was crazy. I really do not know what system is better but maybe having a party system would work. At least the mayor needs to be more than just one vote, we elect him/her to be the mayor but then we do not give them anymore power than the council members.
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there should be no limit to terms as this would simply increase the number of lucrative pensions we would have to maintain the longer an alderperson stays in position the less pensions are needed or perhaps as it takes two terms to aquire your pension perhaps there should be a one term limit to eliminate alderpersons pensions
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