ADOPT,
AS AMENDED, Moved by Councillor Keating, Seconded by Councillor Chu, that
Councillor Keating’s Revised Motion, NM2014-15, be adopted, as
amended, as follows:
WHEREAS
all developable lands, including Municipal Reserve (MR) lands, are charged
development
levies (acreage assessments);
WHEREAS
acreage assessment levies are imposed by Calgary City Council to help fund
infrastructure in respect to traffic signs and road markings, fire stations,
EMS stations, recreation facilities, and library facilities;
WHEREAS
currently acreage assessments are levied consistently regardless of a
developer
status
(e.g. not for profit), land use category (e.g. MR) or types of development (e.g.
recreation);
WHEREAS incorporated non-profits rely on a mix of revenue sources including
but not limited to government grants and philanthropic donations; these
organizations not only need to raise monies to build facilities and
infrastructure, but they also have to pay acreage assessment levies when
leasing MR lands;
NOW
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT on MR lands Council direct Administration to
explore options including the costs/cost recovery implications that
would establish a reimbursement program that would provide certain types of
incorporated not-for-profit organizations in a Lease or Leasing License with
an acreage assessment levy reimbursement;
AND FURTHER BE IT
RESOLVED that Council direct Administration Report back to Council no later
than October, 2014; and further that the In Camera discussions remain
confidential pursuant to Section 27(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information
and Protection of Privacy Act.
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