A strategic plan is the guiding document that outlines Council’s priorities and the actions it will take to achieve them. Strategic Plan 2023-2026 served as a roadmap for Council and Administration to move toward a shared vision for the future, that would see our local economy grow, our infrastructure maintained and our community safe and healthy.
Council’s Strategic Plan calls for the Town to position itself for opportunities by having studies, plans and concept designs ready to go when future calls.
The 2025 budget included several initiatives to meet this goal.
Riverview Outline Plan update
Council conducted a review of the 2005 Riverview Outline Plan, and requested a revised concept plan and associated costs for additional residential development within Riverview.
The purpose of the updated Riverview Outline Plan is to provide guidance on the future subdivision and development of the plan area in a manner that is consistent with the Town’s statutory plans, Land Use Bylaw, master plans and other policies affecting the development of property. It sets the parameters for more detailed plans of subdivision, that could accommodate up to 91 residential lots in a range of sizes.
See the draft Concept Plan here.
See the draft Concept Map here.
Cost to date: $47,310.00 from the Council Priority Reserve.
What happens next? Council has moved the Riverview Draft Plan to the 2025 Service Level Review meeting for discussion.
Lochearn Park Residential Infill Concept
The 2017 Recreation Master Plan identified an overabundance of playgrounds and recommended that Lochearn Park be repurposed. Lochearn Park is in close proximity to the Willam Jessop Park on 57 Avenue and 57 Street for the local children and residents to continue to use a park if Lochearn Park was repurposed.
Council's Strategic Plan identifies both a need for more housing, and calls for a review of playgrounds and greenspaces for best use. To both these ends, Council explored what a residential infill project could look like at this site.
Cost to date: A portion of $80,000. (Total cost for three concept plans: Main Steet Corridor, School Site and Lochearn Park).
What happens next? Council has moved the Lochearn Park Residential Infill Concept Plan to the 2025 Service Level Review meeting for further discussion. If Council chooses to pursue this infill development, there are several decision-points to cross:
- Re-zone the park to Residential from Municipal Reserve land-use zone.
- This is a legislated process that will require, at minimum, direct notice to adjacent property-owners, comments from adjacent agencies and a Public Hearing.
- If the land is re-zoned, Council would then decide whether to offer the land for sale to a developer, or to install the utilities and subdivide the lots for sale.
School Site Concept Plan
This project arose from the 2024 Service Level Review meeting. Funding was allocated in the 2025 Budget.
Wild Rose School Division has identified that Ecole Rocky Elementary will be eventually be replaced with a new elementary school at the Lochearn/Pioneer School site. If the land is no longer needed for education, it will return to municipal ownership.
Cost to date: A portion of $80,000. (Total cost for three concept plans: Main Steet Corridor, School Site and Lochearn Park).
What happens next? Council has accepted the School Site Draft Concepts as information.
Main Street Entrance Concept Plan
This project arose from the 2024 Service Level Review meeting. Funding was allocated in the 2025 Budget.
In support of planning for future developments between 50th Street and Highway 11, and in light of the Alberta Transportation Highway 11 Functional Study and its proposed changes to the highway’s cross-sections and access points, the Town saw an opportunity to propose Main Street Entrance Concepts.
The rationale behind a Main Street Entrance concept plan supports many aspects of Council's Strategic Plan economic, tourism and social goals, such as:
- Creating a strong first impression
- Driving downtown engagement
- Bolstering and leveraging existing wayfinding
- Creating a unified sense of place
- Supporting improved circulation
- Ensuring safe interactions between pedestrian and vehicular users, and
- Fostering strong community identity, reflecting on the Town’s shared history
Cost to date: A portion of $80,000. (Total cost for three concept plans: Main Steet Corridor, School Site and Lochearn Park).
What happens next? Council has moved the Main Street Corridor Concept Plan to the 2025 Service Level Review meeting for further discussion.
