C2024-0593

That with respect to Confidential Verbal Report C2024-0593, the following be adopted: That Council: Request the Mayor to request a decrease in the amount of $6.2 million from the Government of Albertas property tax requisition for 2024 to offset provincial cuts to the Low Income Transit Pass program to Calgarians, of which The City of Calgary already pays $31.8 million (84% of the program cost of $38 million); Request the Mayor, pursuant to section 366 of the Municipal Government Act, ;to request the Alberta Government pay a grant amount equivalent to the full amount of property taxes that would be owed on Provincially owned properties within The City of Calgary ;(as ;if not exempt) to cover a portion of the $6.2 million shortfall in provincial funding for the Low Income Transit Pass program to Calgarians; Direct Administration to continue the Low Income Transit Pass program within the 2024 budget and returning to Regular Meeting of Council on 2024 June 18 on options on adjusting the program based on available funding; Adopt Confidential Recommendations 4 and 5; and Direct that the confidential presentation and closed meeting discussions be held confidential pursuant to Section 21 (Disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, to be reviewed by 2025 April 30. ;