Don Kochan – Division 2
Hi everyone, the following Division 2 information is for your use:
Council Organizational Meeting – On October 17th Council had its organizational meeting and the following boards and committees is what I have been assigned to:
1) Council – Deputy Reeve
2) Governance Committee – Chair
3) Subdivision Development Appeal Board (SDAB) – Chair
4) Enforcement Appeal Committee – Chair
5) Public Presentation Committee – Vice Chair
6) Recreational Governance Committee – Member
7) Agricultural Service Board/ ALUS – Member
8) Calgary Metropolitan Regional Board – Member
9) Emergency Management Committee – Member
10) Spring Bank for all Seasons Board – Member
11) Town of Cochrane Intermunicipal Committee – Member
12) City of Calgary Intermunicipal Committee – Member
13) RVC/Airdrie/Calgary Trilateral Joint Planning Area 1 Committee – Member
Springbank Area Structure Plan (ASP) – Administration has completed the engagement Summary report and is in the process of modifying the draft ASP to reflect the results. Community feedback was very constructive and helpful for administration on the What We Heard Report, so administration, at the Chair’s discretion, has opted to defer the Springbank ASP report to the January 16th Governance Committee to ensure correct statistics and accurate representation. The Draft ASP was to be presented to the Governance Committee on November 21st however with the many changes and to ensure completeness of capturing the community feedback extra time was requested therefore the ASP will be presented in January to the Governance Committee. The website will be updated to reflect this.
Springbank Community Centre – The County has launched a web page South Springbank Community Events Center | Your View (rockyview.ca) on the South Springbank Community facility project that will provides background, timelines and details on how the community can be further engaged in the development of the community centre and future phases. The community centre was identified as a priority due to the displaced renters from the old hall that was decommissioned. There will be a lot more opportunity for the community to be engaged in this project. We are just at the beginning stages and once we move forward with some site studies, we will have a clearer picture of timelines.
Petro–Canada relocation proposal – An Area Structure plan (ASP) and Land Use Redesignation application for the property located at 33019 Township Road 250 (subject property) has been presented to administration. The subject property is located at the southwest corner of Range Road 33 and Township Road 250. The proposed land use application will seek a land use redesignation of the subject property to redesignate the lands from the current Special, Public District (S-PUB) to the proposed Commercial, Highway District (C-HWY) to permit the future development of an integrated energy centre. The redesignation is being requested to allow for the potential relocation of Petro Canada’s existing Jumping Pound integrated energy centre located at the northwest junction of Highway 22 and Highway 1. The potential relocation of Petro Canada’s Jumping Pound facility is a result of potential planned improvements by Alberta’s Ministry of Transportation and Economic Corridors (ATEC) to the highway interchange at Highway 22 and Highway 1. Petro Canada intends to develop the subject property similar to what exists at the existing Highway 22 and Highway 1 location. These applications are currently within the initial review portion of the application, once the Planner assigned is satisfied the information provided is enough to circulate the files they will have the notices drafted and mailed out to area residents along with a sign being posted on the property to notify area residents of the proposal. Landowners within 1.6km of the subject parcel will be directly mailed a notice in accordance with Council Policy C-327 (Circulation and Notification Standards).
During the circulation the County will be seeking responses from applicable agencies and area residents on the proposal. These comments will then be redacted, where necessary, and shared with the applicant so they can determine how they would like to proceed with their application. Should the applicant wish to proceed to Council without major changes to their application the Planner assigned to the files will draft the Council report and prepare it for internal reviews prior to a Public Hearing date with Council being determined. Should the application proceed through this process a final Council meeting date will be determined and a Public Hearing notice will be sent to the residents within 1.6km of the subject parcel as well as notices posted on the County website.
If you would like to provide comments on the application, please send them to Bernice Leyeza at BLeyeza@rockyview.ca
Don Kochan – Deputy Reeve – Division 2 Councillor – kochandiv2@gmail.com
