Don Kochan – Division 2
Hi everyone, the following Division 2 information is for your use:
Division 2 Open House – An open house for Division 2 was held at the Springbank Heritage Club on May 24th at 6:00 pm. Over 70 people attended and exchanged information with the RVC departments of agriculture, municipal enforcement, transportation, planning, communications, finance and the recreation department. I appreciate the time the residents had taken to attend and certainly enjoyed the many conversations I had with those that attended.
Costco Subdivision Development Appeal Board (SDAB) Hearing – The SDAB have reached their decision on the Costco DP and have ruled to uphold the Development Authorities decision to allow the development. For full details on the ruling, The Board Order can be found online here. The applicant will now be required to meet the conditions of approval imposed by the Development Authority before the Development Permit can be issued. There is also the possibility that the SDAB’s decision may be challenged to the Court of Appeal and if such a challenge is made, timelines are unknown for an outcome on that process.
Development Permit Application Awareness – The County has implemented a significant service improvement and updated the process for the notification of residents regarding recently approved applications, providing a clearer process and greater access to information for the public to obtain documents related to development permit decisions.
As of May 30, 2023, copies of all development permit Notice of Decision (with attached conditions) for approvals within the appeal period, will be accessible online through the County website at www.rockyview.ca/approved-development-permits. Along with this updated process, you will continue to receive email notifications within the existing Development Permit Application cycle. If you believe you are impacted by any of the decisions, you may obtain a Notice of Appeal by completing a form and paying a fee of $350.00 if you are the owner/ applicant or $250.00 if you are an affected party. Click here for more information on the Subdivision and Development Appeal Board, and instructions on obtaining a Notice of Appeal. Under provincial legislation, your appeal must be filed within 21 days.
RAVE – the RCMP are introducing a Community Watch Advisories for Alberta on a web based communications platform for real-time alerts. Recently, RAVE is now being offered on a wider, more public scale for individuals to sign up for. Users can choose which detachments they wish to get alerts from as well. This is a great rural crime watch initiative and RVC’s Enforcement Team will work with that group to draft up messaging to get the word out to the broader County and our residents, businesses, etc. Please contact RVC’s Enforcement Department for more details.
Harmony News – Congratulations to Harmony since they were recently recognized with three awards at the 2022 BILD Calgary Gala. For a sixth time Harmony was named BILD Calgary’s Community of the Year – Calgary Region plus it was awarded Show Home Parade of the Year, and Best Broadcast Video.
Harmony will once again be hosting the 2023 Iron Man triathlon in 2023. As well, Harmony is sponsoring its first professional golf tournament in July at Mickelson National.
CL Ranch – Rocky View County’s CL Ranch received the Location of the Year Award at the Global Production Awards recently held in Cannes, France. Located near the western boundary of RVC, the permanent set is the backdrop to several high profile film and TV series including Fargo, Heartland and others. The town’s two intersecting streets showcase buildings from the 1850’s to the 1930’s. Most of the buildings have finished interiors. Congratulations to Teresa and Marshal Copithorne for this prestigious award.
Springbank Dry Dam –The Province has advised that there will be there will be 24 hours 7 days per week construction beginning May 31, 2023.
For any questions, please contact Springbank-project@gov.ab.ca or the Community Liaison at SR1. communityliaison@gov.ab.ca You may also get updates to the dry dam being built at spring bank by visiting the following link www.rockyview.ca/news/article/2081/sr1-springbank-dam-road-impacts. For a virtual tour of its design follow this link – https://youtu.be/HSi0iF3ECj0
Springbank Area Structure Plan (ASP) – Following the presentation of the Springbank ASP project to the Governance Committee on April 4, 2023, the Project Team has revised the draft ASP to better align with community input and regional planning policy. The revised draft ASP will be available for review on the County website (rockview.ca/SpringbankASP) on Friday, June 16. Accompanying the ASP will be information materials that guide residents through the key aspects of the document. This will include:
- A video explaining the concept of Open Space Residential development.
- Graphics showing what Open Space Residential could look like if planned within the proposed locations of Springbank (Twp Rd 245 and Twp Rd 242).
- Information sheets explaining the Regional Growth Plan, Servicing, Transportation, and other items
Several public engagement opportunities to obtain feedback on the revise draft ASP such as an open house, online survey, coffee chats and 1:1 meetings are going to occur starting June 28th. The County website has been updated with this information, and notifications have been sent out to the community by mail, email distribution lists, and social media notifications. Adverts will also be placed within the Rocky View Weekly newspaper, together with signage at the Springbank Heritage Club. Administration is planning a presentation of the final draft plan to Council by November this year.
Take care!
Don Kochan – Division 2 Councillor
kochandiv2@gmail.com
