Office of the Councillors
Councillor E. Woolley

July 25, 2019

Glenda Cole, Q.C.
City Manager
City Manager’s Office
The City of Calgary
Floor 10, Municipal Building – N2-9, 800 Macleod Tr. S.E.
P.O. Box 2100, Station M, Calgary, AB Canada T2P 2M5

Dear Ms. Cole,
I would like to sincerely thank you and the City of Calgary negotiating team for all of the hard work put into
the terms and conditions for the development and construction of a new Event Centre.
There are many good components in the terms and conditions. The process in which the terms and
conditions were brought to Council and the limited time for review is disappointing.
By this letter, I am asking that the negotiating team make a formal request to Calgary Sports and
Entertainment Corporation (CSEC) for an extension of the engagement period and provide a response to
this request to Council by Tuesday, July 30th, 2019 at 1:00pm. I propose that Administration bring forward
the Council directed engagement plan (approved by Council on March 4th, 2019) to the September 5th, 2019
Event Centre Assessment Committee Meeting and that final consideration be brought to the September 30th,
2019 Combined Meeting of Council to make a final decision.
I believe that a short and meaningful engagement period is fair and appropriate and will allow citizens and
Council the adequate time to review and consider the terms and conditions.
Sincerely,

Evan Woolley
City of Calgary Councillor, Ward 8
Cc: Councillor Jeff Davison, Chair of The Event Centre Assesment Committee
Michael Brown, President & CEO of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation
Barry Munro, FCA, Ernst and Young
Mayor Naheed Nenshi
City Council
Administrative Leadership Team