Councillor’s Update – Rocky View County – Don Kochan – Jul 2022

Hi everyone,

Following is an update on Council matters for your use:

Council Strategic Alignment: Council underwent a session on governance alignment in the early part of June. A facilitator was used to assist in determining what strategic possibilities, priorities Council should be considering as we move forward. Council will be working with administration to develop an action plan on identifying some of the key priorities and how they will be delivered. This exercise should be completed by the fall.

Customer Satisfaction Survey: the feedback from the residents are in and the consultant has finalized their report. The consultant’s report including key findings and recommendations will be presented to Council on July 12 and the information will be available on the website shortly after with a summary of the findings as well as the full report. This information will assist Council with strategic decision making around long-term planning, priority setting, budgeting, communication activities, and issue management in matters of importance to our community.

Springbank Area Structure Plan (ASP): Administration is in the process of producing an Engagement Summary Report prior to preparing amendments to the ASPs. The project team hopes to finalize the Engagement Summary Report before the end of June. Then, once the revised draft ASP(s) are completed, the team will hold another public engagement event to present the revised draft ASP(s) together with explanations and information on the amendments made to seek public feedback and input prior to a public hearing; that engagement event will likely be in the fall, and will most likely occur through another open house and written feedback opportunities.

Administration is still awaiting a decision from the Minister of Municipal Affairs on the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board Regional Growth Plan, which will affect how we plan Springbank.

Springbank Off stream Reservoir (SR1): For anyone wishing to follow the construction progress you can obtain information regarding upcoming construction activities and traffic impacts/detours when available via a project email provided by the province. You may register for the updates at springbank-project@gov.ab.ca.

The work is being completed by Graham Construction & Engineering Inc. and Vinci Infrastructure. Inquires may be directed to Hubert LeMiere of Vinci Construction at 1-306-209-2121 or Hubert.LeMiere@ vinci-construction.com

Costco: Administration recently met with representatives from Costco and Renco developments to discuss working towards meeting the conditions of the DP, which in part are developed from the Master Site Development Plan (MSDP) and Conceptual Scheme (CS) of Bingham Crossing, no conditions are being added since MPC’s referral to administration. Costco’s professionals will be working on redesigning architectural components of the building, pedestrian thorough fares connecting this phase to the village center phase, improving landscaping to break the massing of parking lots, and orientation for view sheds.

Once submitted administration will evaluate the resubmission against the (MSDP) and CS) to determine if they meet the policies within these documents.

Enjoy your Stampede functions!