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Metrics
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Census Completion Rate (%)
Community Development Planning Permits and Licensing Issued
Public Engagement, Jan. 2015 - June 2016
Safety Codes Permits Issued
Safety Codes Permitting and Inspections
Vendors Added by Month Count
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Mandate
Provides professional land use planning and development services advice to meet the needs of our internal and external stakeholders.
Department Key Services
- Long range statutory planning (5-10 years), Census, projections and research
- Land development planning, subdivisions and enforcement
- Construction permitting and inspections
Strategic/Council Initiatives
Goal 1: Building a Responsible Government
- Objective: Implement business delivery modes that enhance customer service for residents throughout the Region.
- Objective: Ensure consistency and continuity of policies and procedures relating to Planning and Development.
Goal 2: Building Balanced Regional Services
- Objective: Strengthen regional service delivery quality.
Goal 4: Building an Effective Land Strategy
- Objective: Improve evidence-based land planning.
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Strategic Initiatives:
- Create statutory tools to advance land planning
- 2017 Population Forecasting
- Conduct supporting studies for improved land planning
- Updated Municipal Development Plan
- Updated Fringe Area Study
- Area Structure Plan
- Downtown Area Redevelopment Plan
- Regional Action Strategy
Achievements (Aug 2015 – Sept 2016)
- Compliance team established
- Safety Codes Award
- 2015 Census completed and the results accepted by Alberta Municipal Affairs as the official population
- Improvement in urban shadow population count
- 100% of population enumerated for census 2015
- Certificate of Appreciation from GoA Province – Wild Fire
- Property Demolition Process updated
- Urban service area boundary expanded
Major Business Initiatives (2017)
- Updated Land Use Bylaw to include current policy and procedural clarification
- Revising Safety Codes Bylaw
- Conduct comprehensive land use survey
- Streamlining Permit and Business Licensing process
- Support culture and employee wellness initiatives
