A revised County Plan will be made public later this month.
During a presentation to council April 30, Richard Barss, the county’s project manager, said the plan should be complete by May 24 and come before council for first reading May 28.
The process to update the municipal development plan, dubbed the County Plan, began last year. The document was last updated in 1998 and is in need of review and updates, according to previous staff reports. The new plan will provide direction for the next 10 years.
Since June 2012, a series of workshops and online surveys have been available to the public. Last month, the county released its draft County Plan and asked for feedback.
Barss is now using the feedback he collected to make changes to the draft and will bring it to council May 28. An open house will be held the following day, May 29 and a public hearing will be held June 25.
Barss told council changes will have to be made to the Land Use Bylaw in order to implement the County Plan. These changes include the size of parcels to allow for the subdivision of agriculture first parcel out, an update of definitions to ensure consistency between the County Plan and the Land Use Bylaw and formally recognizing the Master Site Development Plans and County Policy as development planning tools.
Council accepted Barss’ report as information.
Funding approvals
Council unanimously approved $800,000 in funding for four regional facilities.
The county will supply funding for the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre, the Springbank Park for All Seasons (to assist with funding needs for the year such as a new waterline), Airdrie Group of Amenities and Chestermere Regional Community Association. The money comes from the county’s Community Recreation Funding model.
The groups received the following funds:
• Spray Lake Sawmills Recreation Park Society: $98,350 for lifecycle replacements.
• Springbank Park for All Seasons: $320,000 for operational and program needs and an additional $80,000 for new waterline in collaboration with Rocky View Schools.
• The City of Airdrie: $155,192 as per the joint recreation cost sharing agreement.
• Chestermere Regional Community Association: $147,490 for lifecycle replacement needs.
