Greetings! Sharing my News Update…
Seaman Sports Park “Pathway” is open for use: The Northwest Foothills Recreation Board is pleased to announce that our pathway project is open for use. Since 2010, our recreation board, volunteers, donors and partners have planned and built Phase 1 Outdoor projects in the park, including two regulation ball diamonds, a parking lot and access roads. As we continue, now, to develop Phase 2 Outdoor facilities, our latest endeavor features this 1.2 km long, 2 m wide, leveled, shale-surface pathway in a beautiful mountain-view setting. Enjoy the pathway for walking, running, biking, snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing! No horses or motorized vehicles are permitted on the pathways or park grounds. Dress for the weather. Please keep pets on a leash and under control at all times, and please clean up after yourself and any pets.
Seaman Sports Park is located directly south of Highway 549, approximately 0.8 km east of the intersection of Highway 549 and Highway 22. At the park, you will have access to a parking area and seasonal washroom facilities. The park, driveway, parking lot, pathway and grounds are not maintained in the winter. Please note that park-users enter and use the park at their own risk.
Thanks go to Foothills County Council, Community Services, Agricultural Services and Public Works, for their work to prepare for the pathway and build it out in 2021 (and of course for all the other previous projects). We are grateful to the Seaman family for their continued support, for the contributions of volunteers and for all other donors, including support from the Crescent Point Community Grant Committee and the Scott Seaman Foundation via the Calgary Foundation.
The Northwest Foothills Recreation Board, serving Foothills County Divisions 3, 4 and 5, will be sharing more news about Phase 2 as it becomes available. We hope the community enjoys this facility while working together towards the next phase of the Seaman Sports Park!
Park photos can be viewed on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/NWFoothillsRec
A Window into the Planning World at Foothills County: Planning staff have been very busy working to provide services to residents, completing plans, intermunicipal tasks and Council priorities. During our Council Meeting on December 22, 2021, the department presented a report which shared recently completed, current and proposed next tasks. Here is a summary of this information.
Recently completed projects: Aldersyde area water and wastewater servicing studies, annexations with the Towns of High River and Black Diamond, keeping of Backyard Hens on parcels less than 3 acres, Home-based Business categories overhauled, and amendments to Inter- municipal Development Plans with Wheatland County and Vulcan County. Land Use Bylaw amendments were made in relation to: Cannabis, Low Intensity Industry District, Multi-Use Development Permits and Change in Use Permits, redesignating lands with Commercial Rural and Industrial Rural zoning to newer land designations, and review and amendment of Screening Standards and Highway 2A Industrial Corridor Design Standards.
Projects currently under way – in consultation or investigation phases: Business Licences and Bylaw, associated work with the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board, Intermunicipal Committees, Land File Room organization, miscellaneous Land Use Bylaw amendments, annexation with Calgary should they decide to go forward, rezoning of Direct Control #2 parcels within the Highway 2A Industrial Lands to a General Industry district, Foothills Crossing Area Structure Plan – located east of Hwy 2 near High River, Joint Use and Planning Agreements with School Divisions, High River Airport land use amendments, Land Use amendments for municipally acquired Flood Hazard Lands, a new Planning and Development Database, newspaper Ads re-design and cost analysis, review of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) as it relates to the Department’s current practices, review of the Hamlet of Naptha boundaries, repeal of Direct Control Districts created for lands annexed by the Town of Okotoks in 2017, review of Temporary Uses, amendment to the Special Events Bylaw, Context Studies for the Calgary Metropolitan Region Growth Plan – Joint Planning Areas 3 and 4 with Okotoks and High River, and researching Tourist Home and Short-term Rentals topics.
Projects being considering: Federal and Provincial jurisdiction development, Flood Hazard Protection Overlay District amendments, rezoning of parcels in vicinity of Hazard Lands, Subdistrict “A” amendments, procedures for Development Permit applications in Direct Control Districts, adoption of Offsite Levy Bylaws for developments serviced from Aldersyde water systems, Mobile Home District rezoning in Hamlets, Secondary Suites Phase 2, updating Intermunicipal Development Plans, amendments to Municipal Development Plan 2010, and more tasks as capacity allows.
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With Best Regards,
Suzanne
Suzanne Oel – Division 4
