Save our Parks
Speak out against RioCan's OVERdevelopment
of Glenmore Landing
Our MISSION
To stop Calgary City Council from privately selling public parklands to RioCan for the redevelopment of Glenmore Landing including:
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NOW - 15 structures over 5.72 hectares of land with height restrictions of 30 storeys
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There's a projected 15 year construction phase creating noise and light pollution, debris, overuse of our Glenmore Reservoir, damage to important habitat for our most biodiverse-rich area in this city.
UPDATE
Urban Systems/RIOCAN are only advancing the parcel of parklands to land use redesignation for now. Which means, please ensure all written submissions and oral presentations only involve the six towers on those parklands they're getting redesignation for. The City will dismiss the redevelopment of the existing plaza comments as it's currently not being brought forth. Is this fair? No. Does context matter? Yes. But we don't want to give the City an excuse to ignore our comments. Because the project in its entirety is not being brought forth to Council at this very moment, Council will not consider the entirety of this project at this juncture.
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Stats for those six towers: 1,165 Units, 2,563 Occupants, Heights: Tower 1 - 50m; Tower 2 - 65m; Tower 3 - 80m; Tower 4 - 96m; Tower 5 - 65m; Tower 6 - 65m
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How to fill out the City's submission form to write a submission that will be included in the package to Councillors ahead of Council's meeting on Dec. 3rd, 2024. Deadline for the written submission package is Nov. 26th, 2024 at 12:00 PM.
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Copy and paste this URL into your web browser:
https://forms.calgary.ca/content/forms/af/public/public/public-submission-to-city-clerks.html
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Fill out your information.
Select "Submit a comment"​
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What meeting do you wish to comment on? Use the drop down menu to select "Council"
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Date of the meeting: December 3rd, 2024
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What agenda item do you wish to comment on? The agenda is not released until a week before the Council meeting. Please write LOC2023-0130 Land Use Redesignation Bylaw 302D2024
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Are you in favour or opposition of the issue? Select "In Opposition"
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You can then provide your comment in the text box field or attach a document.
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How to Speak at Council December 3rd, 2024 at 9:30 am
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Where: City Hall in Council's Chambers
Address: 800 Macleod Trail SE
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For Requesting to Speak at Council on December 3rd, 2024, which we encourage you to do, please fill out the same form:
https://forms.calgary.ca/content/forms/af/public/public/public-submission-to-city-clerks.html
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*Note* You are allowed to fill this form out twice, once for a written submission and again to sign up to speak at Council.
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Fill out your information.
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And select "Request to speak"
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What meeting do you wish to comment on? Use the drop down menu to select "Council"
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Date of the meeting: December 3rd, 2024
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What agenda item do you wish to comment on? The agenda is not released until a week before the Council meeting. Please write LOC2023-0130 Land Use Redesignation Bylaw 302D2024
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Are you in favour or opposition of the issue? Select "In Opposition"
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Then you have the option to provide a comment in the text box field or attach a document.
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If you would like to have supplementary materials to go along with your presentation at Council. Please email cityclerk@calgary.ca
Each person after signing up will receive an email from the City Clerk's Office giving them a panel number. If you miss your panel number, please let them know by email and they can add you back into the queue, they are able to do this up until the last panel number. You will be able to follow the hearing via a web link:
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https://video.isilive.ca/play/calgarycc/live
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You can present in-person (preferred) or by telephone. Instructions will be emailed to you by the City Clerk's Office.
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Please remember that everyone gets 5 minutes to speak. Please practice and time yourself, time moves quickly when presenting. If you are over 5 minutes, you could be cut off.
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If you have more questions, please email us at cftpogl@gmail.com
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A new circulation package has been submitted to the City further expanding the Glenmore Landing Project with now over 8,000 people living and working there.
More Units
It now proposes 15 towers each 11 to 30 stories high, with more than 3,000 residential units.
more People
The project would add more than 8,000 people living and working in approx. 6 hectares next to the Glenmore Reservoir.
no Consultation
Reservoir.These changes represent a
new project, yet there has not been public consultation or notice to the surrounding community associations. Previous public engagement was tightly controlled with the developer alone, not with the City.
Density Analysis
Number of Units
Intensity Analysis / People
People + Jobs
initial application
1,922
2,667
3, 039
new circulation
package
3,205
7,049
8,047
*Numbers in table are Urban System's / RIOCAN's projected numbers, not using the City's occupancy metric
We are asking the City of Calgary to:
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Conduct serious, transparent public engagement for the Glenmore Landing redevelopment
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Share the results of any development studies and environmental impact assessments with the affected residents and businesses
CAlgary could be on the verge of another water crisis. We'll be the city of Blue skies and no water. the public demands answers.
SAVE OUR DRINKING WATER
OUR CURRENT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT UP-TO-DATE. HOW DOES THE CITY EXPECT TO HANDLE A PROJECT THIS SIZE? THIS COULD BE DISASTROUS FOR ALL CALGARIANS.
Current Perspective
Proposal Perspective
Current Perspective
renderings
Renderings of Proposed Development
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These renderings are being provided for illustration purposes only based on reasonable efforts to show what the proposed redevelopment will look like if built to maximum heights in accordance with the current application submitted to the City by RioCan;
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These renderings have not been prepared by or approved by, RioCan or any of its consultants; and
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The final design of the proposed redevelopment of Glenmore Landing, if approved by The City of Calgary, may be different from these renderings.
Understand our Concerns
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The private sale of public parklands to one of Canada's largest developers
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Lasting and devastating impacts on Glenmore Reservoir Parklands
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A great threat to the movement and the livelihood of our wildlife including at-risk species and increased death of migratory birds due to window strikes
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Traffic gridlock as up to an additional 4,499 people will live and work at Glenmore Landing - could be 6,000 using the city's occupancy metrics
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Pedestrian safety and impeded access for emergency vehicles
