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Two weeks after city-wide zoning changes were approved, a trio of Calgary councillors want to know whether Ottawas promised funding had any influence over the decision to make blanket land-use changes.

Three members of Calgary city council are calling for investigations into the way a contentious upzoning plan was handled.

A city committee heard seven applications to build new communities on Calgary's outer edge, but only four were recommended and given initial approval.

Calgary city council's decision comes in the fourth week of meetings on the issue, including an historic public hearing that saw more than 700 speakers address councillors.

After a 16-day long meeting of council and a marathon public hearing, Calgary's city council has voted in favour of changing the city's land use bylaw to rezone residential areas for higher-density housing.

The event centre committee met privately on Monday for an update on the $1.2-billion project, with renderings of the site out this summer.

The event centre committee met privately on Monday for an update on the $1.2-billion project, with renderings of the site out this summer.

On Monday, Calgary's Event Centre Committee is set to meet for the first time since February to privately discuss preparations for a development permit.

On Tuesday, Ward 8 Coun. Courtney Walcott put forward a notice of motion asking Alberta Municipalities to explore allowing permanent residents to vote in local elections.

A Calgary councillors motion that seeks to lobby the provincial government to allow permanent residents to vote was approved Tuesday.