From the Saskatoon Regional Growth Summit, Andy Haden

1. The Capital Region Board
Regional Planning in Alberta’s
Capital Region
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2. Introduction
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Origins
Participating municipalities
Mandate
Outcomes
Achievements
Challenges
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3. Origins
• Edmonton Metropolitan Regional Planning
Commission, to 1994 (mandatory)
• Capital Region Forum, 1995-97 (voluntary)
• Alberta Capital Region Alliance, 1997 -2007
(voluntary)
• Capital Region Integrated Growth
Management Plan (2007)
• Capital Region Board Regulation, April 15,
2008
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4. Participating Municipalities
• Twenty-five named in Regulation
• Cities of Edmonton, St. Albert, Fort
Saskatchewan, Spruce Grove and Leduc
• Counties of Strathcona, Leduc, Parkland,
Sturgeon and Lamont
• Towns of Devon, Stony Plain, Morinville,
Beaumont; 11 other Towns & Villages
• Reduced to twenty-four, 2010
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5. Participating Municipalities
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6. Mandate
• Capital Region Growth Plan
• Comprehensive, integrated regional land use
plan for the Capital region
– Population and employment projections
– Identification of :
• Priority growth areas
• Land supply for residential, commercial and industrial
purposes
• Agricultural land
• Buffer areas
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7. Mandate
• Density of development
• Development and location of infrastructure
• Identification of corridors for recreation,
transportation, utilities and intermunicipal transit
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– Policies regarding environmentally sensitive areas
– Policies for co-ordination of planning and
development among participating municipalities
– Specific actions to be taken by participating
municipalities to implement the land use plan
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8. Mandate
• Also:
• Regional Intermunicipal Transit Network Plan
for Capital Region
• Plan to co-ordinate geographic information
services for the Capital Region
• Plan regarding social and market affordable
housing requirements for the Capital Region
• Completion, March 31, 2009
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9. Outcomes
• Growth Plan prepared by:
– Interim Chair
– Plan Committees
– Elected officials - Mayors, Reeves Councillors
– Municipal administration
– CRB staff
– Consultants
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10. Outcomes
• March 31, 2009 – Growth Plan submitted to
Government
• June 11, 2009 – Government response
• October 31, 2009 & December 31, 2009 –
Growth Plan Addenda submitted to
Government
• March 31, 2010 – Growth Plan came into
effect
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11. Outcomes
• Capital Region Growth Plan
• March 31, 2010
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Land Use Plan
Intermunicipal Transit Network Plan
Housing Strategy and Implementation Plan
GIS Strategy and Implementation Plan
October/December 2009 Addenda
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12. Outcomes
• Capital Region Growth Plan
• Plans that came into effect March 31, 2010,
plus
• June 17, 2013
– Integrated Regional Transportation System Study
– Integrated Regional Transportation Master Plan
– Thirty Year Transit Service Plan
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13. Achievements
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Capital Region Growth Plan
Unprecedented scope of work
Twenty four municipalities talk to each other
Twenty-four municipalities, one voice
Influence on Government
Long-term planning, second regional ring road
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14. Challenges
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Twenty-four municipalities
Consensus sometimes elusive
Agricultural lands
Priority Growth Areas – PGAs
Interpretation and Implementation
Growth Plan update 2014 - 2015
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15. Capital Region Board
• Website:
• www.capitalregionboard.ab.ca
• HadenPlan Consulting
• hadenplan@gmail.com
• 778-425-4100
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16. Capital Region Board
• Questions, comments,
discussion
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