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General admission to leisure centres is slated to increase 55 cents from $11.95 to $12.50, while annual pool passes would jump from $20.34 to $24.15.

However, the January adult transit passes have already been printed, meaning any freeze would not go into effect until February at the earliest, Nenshi said.

“It would cost way too much money to reprint them, and you can’t sell them for a different price than what they’re printed for,” he said. “We’ll sell those ones and then in February we’ll bring that price down. But all of the rest of the fares … would not go up.”

Previously planned increases for transit fares and recreation passes will still happen in 2017, pending council’s approval of that year’s budget.

Non-profit organizations grappling with increased demand and/or dwindling donations and lost sponsorships would be eligible for a portion of the $5 million from the resiliency fund.

A recent survey by the Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations found 47 per cent of social agencies reported a decrease in total revenue, with 53 per cent seeing a drop in corporate donations.

Just nine per cent of the organizations surveyed in October expect their financial situation to improve in the next 12 months.

The remaining $15 million of Nenshi’s proposed resiliency fund would be allocated exclusively to affordable housing projects, such as seed capital to match funds from other orders of government, to bridge any gaps to start construction, or operational assistance for people in or in need of housing.

“I am going to leave it in the hands of the affordable housing community to figure out if they can leverage it,” said Nenshi.

He noted the emergency fund for non-profits and affordable housing would be administered within the city’s housing and neighbourhood business units in conjunction with community partners.