Thank you to Bylaw and Cowboy's for solving the noise issue collaboratively - u/djkelly
Not sure why Councillor Kelly's (u/djkelly) post was removed from r/Calgary, but here it is verbatim.
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I share Premier Danielle Smith's appreciation that a compromise was achieved. However, as one of the councillors present at this meeting with the Deputy Premier, I need to be clear that we elected officials had next to nothing to do with the compromise being achieved. All credit goes to the tent operators and Community Standards Chief Pleckaitis.
As I explained at the meeting, council cannot direct his work without changing the bylaw to take responsibility for setting noise exemptions away from the Chief's role, and the majority of council decided on Tuesday we had no interest in that level of unprecedented micromanagement.
Again, thank you to the tent operators and the Chief for continuing the conversation and reaching a solution that hopefully works for neighbours and party-goers.
I'm looking forward to a fun and safe Stampede for all.
(Also, it's important to note for whomever wrote the post for the premier, that the Calgary Stampede was never at risk of not "going forward". This bylaw exemption is only related to a small number of party tents in central and west downtown. It's a mistake that is easy to make.)