Calgary mayor calls special council meeting to discuss rezoning plebiscite
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Calgary councillors will debate whether to hold a plebiscite on city-wide zoning changes in a special meeting late Wednesday afternoon. The special meeting is a last-minute request from the mayor.
Calgary councillors will debate whether to hold a plebiscite on city-wide zoning changes in a special meeting late Wednesday afternoon.
The special meeting is a last-minute request from the mayor.
A notice of motion from councillors Dan McLean, Andre Chabot, Sonya Sharp, Sean Chu, Peter Demong and Terry Wong proposes cancelling a planned public hearing in April and instead putting the question of zoning changes to a plebiscite in 2025.
However, committee members also asked administration whether a plebiscite could be held at an earlier date, before the municipal election next year.
Officials say a standalone plebiscite is possible in the next six or seven months but could cost as much as $5 million.
The cost of holding a plebiscite in conjunction with the municipal election would be about $50,000.
If a special meeting was not called for 4 p.m. Wednesday, it would have been discussed next week.
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