CALGARY -- The City of Calgary is exploring an incentive program for how neighbourhoods are rebuilt using hail-resistant materials to protect against severe weather events in the future. City administration presented a report to the city priorities and finances committee (PFC) meeting on Tuesday with a number of recommendations, including implementing a resilient roofing rebate program. “We need to look at how we build our communities, how we build our homes so they are more resilient and able to deal with these extreme weather patterns that are becoming more and more normal,” said Ward 5 councillor George Chahal. The incentive would provide home owners with a $2,000 rebate towards the cost of upgrading the roof of their homes with hail-resistant materials. Chahal said the average cost of using stronger materials is approximately $6,000.