Don Kochan – Mayor, Division 2
Hi everyone,
Municipal Development Plan (MDP) Terms of Reference (TOR): Council has passed the TOR for the development of a MDP. The MDP is a statutory plan that outlines the overall vision for a municipality’s future growth from a planning and development perspective and guides how and where the municipality will grow. Alberta’s Municipal Government Act (MGA), Section 632 requires the council of every municipality to adopt a MDP by bylaw and sets out what an MDP must include. The County’s existing MDP (the County Plan), was adopted in October 2013. Rocky View County and other Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) member municipalities are required to update their MDP to align with the Calgary Metropolitan Region Growth Plan (RGP) by August 15, 2025. For details on the TOR, please visit RVC’s website at www.rockyview.ca. It is expected that the MDP will be completed in 2024.
Service Level and Key Performance Indicators (KPI: In 2023 a review of the counties services and service levels is being undertaken to ensure that the services are in line with the expectations of RVC’s citizens and that they are provided in a timely manner. A service capacity review will also be part of this exercise to determine if there are the required resources to meet the service level needs. Once the service levels for the different department business functions have been established, key performance indicators will be developed to measure the success of RVC in providing the different programs and that they are done in a cost effective manner. Consultants have been retained to undertake this work and it is expected that this work shall be completed by the next budget cycle.
Range Road 33 Interchange Improvements: On December 22, 2020, Council directed Administration to negotiate a Cost-Sharing Agreement with the local Developers and Alberta Transportation. The interchange improvement costs are estimated at $40 million. The initial proposed funding model would be 20% Rocky View County, 40% Harmony/Bingham Crossing and 40% Province. However, the County was not successful in the request for funding from Alberta Transportation due to other competing priorities and approved provincial infrastructure projects.
On December 13th Council passed a cost sharing agreement with Harmony, Bingham and RVC for an amount of 24 million. RVC’s cost share of 6 million will come from the transportation offsite levy that the developers have contributed to. The agreement that was passed is to recognize the cost sharing required to start the process of identifying improvements that are eventually needed for RR33. The overpass is a regionally significant piece of transportation infrastructure for the County’s west side. In addition to residential users, the overpass is also extensively utilized to access services on both the north and south sides of Highway 1 which include, but are not limited to, all of Springbank’s schools including the Edge School and Parks for All Seasons; Springbank Airport; Mickelson National Golf Club, Callaway Park, Commercial Court and Emergency Medical Services deployed from Springbank Airport.
The objective for this project moving forward is to refine the design and look at some optimization of the interchange to get the most out of the upgrade as we possibly can. This will include looking at the provision of the roundabouts in place of the signals as an alternative to the original design.
As the county is still in the early stages of advancing the engineering design for the Highway 1/Range Road 33 Interchange, administration can commit that once a design has been selected that meets the requirements of Alberta Transportation, the County will provide that information to area residents and businesses for understanding and feedback.
Administration is committed that they will continue to involve the community and residents as the project moves forward. Administration are in the process of establishing a project team to carry out
the engineering work required and will continue to develop an engagement plan to ensure that they have consulted with the appropriate stakeholders. Detailed engineering for the project is anticipated to be completed by the third quarter of 2023.
New Virtual Services Available: Just a reminder to take advantage of Rocky View’s online customer service portal — my.RockyView.ca. The new portal makes County services, previously only available in-person or by telephone, more accessible and convenient for residents. The new portal requires residents to create an account to access the following county services online:
- Property assessment information
- Property tax payments and balances
- Tax certificates
- Utility payments, balances, and billing history
- Mortgage holdings Residents can visit my.rockyview.ca to sign up and get started.
Wishing everyone all the best in the New Year!
Don Kochan – Division 2 Councillor
kochandiv2@gmail.com
