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115 PALLISER TRAIL HANNA, AB T0J 1P0
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MUNICIPAL MEMBERS & PRMS REPRESENTATIVES
County of Paintearth No. 18 Brian Bunbury
M.D. of Acadia No. 34 Bradley Neilson
Special Area 2 Bob Gainer
Special Area 3 Travis Foot
Special Area 4 Lawrence Letniak
Starland County Barrie Hoover
Town of Castor Tony Nichols
Town of Coronation Mark Stannard
Town of Drumheller Sharel Shoff
Town of Hanna Larry Stickel
Town of Oyen Dennis Punter
Town of Trochu Val Warnock
Village of Acme Dennis Kuiken
Village of Beiseker Warren Wise
Village of Carbon Richard Ekman
Village of Cereal Tami Olds
Village of Consort Calvin Ward
Village of Delia Yvon Fournier
Village of Empress Chad Van Dam
Village of Halkirk Dale Kent
Village of Hussar Tim Muir
Village of Linden Vanessa Van Der Meer
Village of Morrin Janis Siemens
Village of Munson Laura Cawiezel
Village of Rockyford Leah Smith
Village of Standard Ron Corbiell
Village of Veteran Jerry Wipf
Village of Youngstown Robert Blagen
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Barrie Hoover, Chairman Starland County
Brian Bunbury, Vice Chairman County of Paintearth No. 18
Lawrence Letniak Special Area 4
Sharel Shoff Town of Drumheller
Larry Stickel Town of Hanna
Dale Kent Village of Halkirk
Vanessa Van der Meer Village of Linden
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Brad Wiebe Chief Executive Officer/
Director of Planning
Justin Hill GIS Coordinator
Garry Wilson Planning/GIS Technician
Jaiden Henry Planning Intern
Kari Bott Executive Assistant
Safety Codes: Cindy Woods
Donna Kittridge
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STAFF MEMBERS
Toll free: 1-877-854-3371
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Website: www.palliserservices.ca
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Welcome to Palliser Regional Municipal Services
November General Meeting.
2014 has been somewhat of a different year for Palliser Regional Municipal Ser-
vices. While subdivision activity is up slightly and also safety codes are catching up to
what we all expected, two positives. There has been some change to the staff,
Michelle Buchwitz has moved on and we have a new intern, Jaiden Henry learning the
ropes. Hope it is a long stay.
Last election brought three new members on the board making an interesting
year. With the building rejuvenation plus new furnaces the office is better heated
while costs are lower.
The GIS mapping is continuing forward with the new aerial pictures of the
Towns, Villages and other areas making more friendly experiences for everyone. With
more and more pieces added to the map it could make an interesting tool for visitors,
planners and residents looking for specific information on what is available in their ar-
ea of interest.
As for the office, Brad has brought forward the ROWE system. This is a sys-
tem that changes the way of doing business, meaning employees are not supervised, as
such, but they go on an agreed-on work plan and the time it takes to get it done. An-
other idea is that the employees can work their own schedule to get their work done.
This is an experimental project that we are waiting to see the results. We are asking
for any input from all of our Municipal Members and to keep an eye on their inter-
actions with Palliser to make sure that all needs are being served in a timely fashion.
All in all it has been a good year and we look forward to doing business with
each and every one for many years to come. We wish to thank the staff for their
dedication to PRMS.
If you have any questions for the board please let us know.
Thanks
J. Barrie Hoover
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FULL MEMBERSHIP AND NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING
AGENDA
Wednesday November 26th – 4:00PM Palliser Regional Municipal Services Boardroom, Hanna
Welcome & Introductions – Barrie Hoover, Chairman
Approval of Agenda
Approval of June 12th, 2014 General Meeting Minutes
Business Arising from the Minutes
CEO Report— Brad Wiebe
Activity Review
i) Safety Codes/Building Activity, Cindy Woods
ii) Planning Activity, Brad Wiebe
iii) Subdivision Activity, Jaiden Henry
iv) GIS/Mapping Activity, Justin Hill
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PRISM Web Based GIS Presentation — Justin Hill
Financial Reports — Brad Wiebe
2015 Budget Recommendation
Election of Board of Directors
Note:
a) two acclaimed members of Urban Municipal Authorities who pay the highest
requisition: Town of Drumheller, Town of Hanna
b) two acclaimed members of Rural Municipal Authorities who pay the highest req-
uisition: Special Areas Board and County of Paintearth
c) three other representatives elected by the shareholders
d) such other Directors as elected
General Discussion
Next Meeting – June 2015
Adjournment
**********DINNER, DOOR PRIZES & NETWORKING**********
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FULL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Held in the Boardroom of Palliser Regional Municipal Services Ltd
PRESENT REPRESENTING
Monique Jeffrey Village of Consort
Bertha Zacharias Village of Veteran
Larry Stickel Town of Hanna
Dale Kent Village of Halkirk
Brian Bunbury County of Paintearth No. 18
Richard Ekman Village of Carbon
Richard Preston Town of Hanna
Brad Neilson M.D. of Acadia No. 34
Gary Peers M.D. of Acadia No. 34
Chad Van Dam Village of Empress
Ron Corbiell Village of Standard
Warren Wise Village of Beiseker
Leah Smith Village of Rockyford
Vanessa Vander Meer Village of Linden
Bob Gainer Special Area No. 2
Dennis Kuiken Village of Acme
at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday June 12, 2014.
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Sandra Kulyk Town of Coronation
Mark Stannard Town of Coronation
Paul Salvatore Town of Drumheller
Cindy Woods Safety Codes, Town of Drumheller
Tami Olds Village of Cereal
Kim Neill Town of Hanna
Carl Peterson Town of Trochu
Val Warnock Town of Trochu
Barrie Hoover Starland County
Charmain Snell Town of Oyen
Jennifer Jabs Director MGA Review, Alberta
Municipal Affairs
ABSENT REPRESENTING
Tony Nichols Town of Castor
Calvin Ward Village of Consort
Sharel Shoff Town of Drumheller
Tim Muir Village of Hussar
Laura Cawiezel Village of Munson
Dennis Punter Town of Oyen
Travis Foot Special Area No. 3
Lawrence Letniak Special Area No. 4
Jerry Wipf Village of Veteran
Robert D. Blagen Village of Youngstown
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STAFF
Brad Wiebe, Chief Executive Officer/Director of Planning
Garry Wilson, Subdivision Planner
Justin Hill, GIS Coordinator
Michele Buchwitz, GIS Technician
Jaiden Henry, Planning Intern
Kari Bott, Executive Assistant
Barrie Hoover, the Agency’s Chairman, called the meeting to order at
4:00 p.m.
1. Introductions
Barrie Hoover welcomed all members and thanked them for attend-ing. Round table introductions were made.
2. Approval of AGM Agenda
MOTION BY: Brian Bunberry, County of Paintearth No. 18
“That the June 12, 2014 agenda be accepted as presented.”
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3. Approval of November 6, 2013 Full Membership Meeting Minutes
MOTION BY: Larry Stickel, Town of Hanna
“That the minutes of the November 6, 2013 Full Membership Meeting be approved."
CARRIED
4. Business Arising from the Minutes
No business arising.
5. Activity Review
i) Safety Codes/Building Activity – Cindy Woods provided an in-formation update of the 2014 building permit activity in the Palliser region, and reported on the effects of a late spring start but indi-cated that activity is beginning to increase.
ii) Planning Activity - Brad Wiebe reviewed the Planning Policy Work Plan and outlined the ongoing projects from 2013 as well as the projects currently being reviewed in 2014 for the Town of Drumheller and the Villages of Munson, Veteran, Youngstown, Rockyford and Acme.
iii) Subdivision Activity – Garry Wilson provided the members with a detailed subdivision activity update and was pleased to indicate a 55% increase in applications for the first half of the year.
iv) GIS/MAPPING ACTIVITY/PRISM – Justin Hill reported that Pal-liser’s GIS department has been busy with the continued develop-ment of the Webmap and the addition of the cemetery mapping. The phase 2 grant application was recently approved and the aer-ial photography flights were flown in May. Justin displayed a sample of the draft images received and indicated that Palliser will be acquiring ortho-oblique images as well, which will provide 45 degree angle imagery from each quadrant north, east, south and west.
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6. Introduction of the Municipal Internship Land Use Planner – Jaiden Henry
Barrie Hoover introduced Palliser’s most recent employee, Municipal Internship Planner, Jaiden Henry. Jaiden provided a summary of her educational experiences, the internship program and her role at Palliser.
Monica Faupel of Endeavor Chartered Accountants entered the
meeting at 4:35 pm.
7. Financial Reports – 2013 Audit Report – Monica Faupel, Endeavor
Chartered Accountants
Monica Faupel reviewed the results of the 2013 audit as per the at-tached financial report. Monica was pleased to report that there were healthy funds in the organization at year end. The safety code’s de-ferred revenue was reduced as permits were closed more quickly during 2013.
Monica Faupel of Endeavor Chartered Accountants exited the
meeting at 4:50 pm.
8. MGA Review Presentation – Jennifer Jabs, Director MGA Review, Alberta Municipal Affairs
Jennifer Jabs presented a power point outlining the preparation required for reviewing the Municipal Government Act, subsequent public consul-tation, drafting of new legislation and forming policies. Sessions were organized for engaging with Albertans over 3 days in each of 11 loca-tions and centered on Governance & Administration, Assessment & Taxation, and Planning & Development. With over 1500 participants, and the additional submitted written submissions, Jennifer indicated that they had received a good response to the review. Alberta Municipal Af-fairs will compile the results and begin introducing legislation by Spring 2015.
Jennifer answered questions and addressed concerns regarding the ag-gressive timelines for engagement and policy work, and encouraged an-yone wishing to provide feedback to Alberta Municipal Affairs to do so before June 13/14.
9. General Discussion - none
Door prize winners: Brad Neilson, Brian Bunbury, and Barrie Hoover.
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10. Next Meeting – November 2014; date to be announced.
11. Adjournment: 5:30 pm
MOTION BY: Brian Bunbury
“That the June general meeting be adjourned.”
CARRIED
Barrie Hoover invited everyone for the meal and socializing following the meeting.
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Barrie Hoover, Chairman
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Brad Wiebe, Recording Secretary
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A big ‘Thank You’ to those municipal representatives attending the PRMS November
General Meeting. We appreciate your input and support in our efforts to meet the professional
planning, GIS and Safety Codes municipal needs on a regional basis.
2014 has been a year of continuous financial and organizational improvement at Palliser
Regional Municipal Services (PRMS). Subdivision activity has continued to improve so far this
year while safety codes activity remains above average. Re-organization of our staff resources
and work requirements has allowed us to be more efficient and effective with the municipal
requisitions we receive annually. The 2015 budget represents the first time in many years that
we do not require a requisition increase to meet budgetary revenue needs. This has been the
result of diligence by the Board of Directors, administration and our municipal partners. The
strategic financial plan from 2011-14 was implemented to redevelop our financial basis to meet
the strategic priorities developed by the municipal members in 2011. We will continue to be
diligent with revenues and expenses to ensure we can provide the highest level of professional
services to our municipal partners within budget.
2015 brings the final year of the first 5 year cycle for the statutory plan review process.
This has been a big goal to aspire to, in addition to the regular day-to-day planning needs of our
members. There are a few member communities still in process, where the review has been
stalled due to other municipal priorities however; we hope to have any of the draft policies
moved to adoption in the coming year and to continue fine tuning these policies on a regular
basis in the coming years.
www.palliserwebmap.ca was released in 2013 to provide an online GIS mapping service
for the use of all our members across the region. The Webmap continues to be upgraded with
additional property and municipal information including the new aerial photos that were flown
in May 2014 and land use district mapping. If there are any suggestions for additional infor-
mation to better assist municipal operations please let us know and we can add it to future
Webmap improvements. We are pleased to welcome the M.D. of Provost as a Webmap sub-
scriber in 2014.
We look forward to continued positive working relationships with our valued municipal
members in the core service areas and any additional regional projects or services we can assist
with.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
- Brad Wiebe RPP, MCIP -
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The 2014 Planning Policy Work Plan includes the following projects:
2014 Scheduled Policy Review Projects:
Town of Drumheller - Municipal Development Plan review - drafted
- Land Use Bylaw (phase 1 completed – phase 2 in progress)
Village of Munson - Land Use Bylaw (drafted)
Village of Veteran - Land Use Bylaw (drafted) - 1st rdg of Council Nov 25th
Village of Youngstown - Land Use Bylaw (adopted)
Village of Rockyford - Land Use Bylaw (drafted)
Village of Hussar - Land Use Bylaw (adopted)
Special Area No. 3 - Settlement ASP near Oyen (adopted)
MD of Provost - Shorncliffe Lake ASP (in progress)
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Municipal Statutory Planning Activity Update 2014 has been a busy year for planning policy projects. In accordance with the PRMS
Strategic Business Plan, a strategy was developed whereby PRMS will be accountable for the de-
livery of a complete planning policy review for each member municipality every 5 years with the
necessary updates and policy development as part of requisition based services. The new pro-
gram has been in implementation since January 2011. The policy review process is in addition to
any municipal planning related issues (ie. amendments, requests, questions). Please continue to
contact our office for assistance regarding day-to-day municipal planning and development mat-
ters.
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Ongoing Projects to complete:
Town of Trochu - Municipal Development Plan (drafted)
- Land Use Bylaw (drafted)
Village of Cereal - Land Use Bylaw (drafted)
Village of Consort - Municipal Development Plan (drafted)
- Land Use Bylaw
Starland County - Land Use Bylaw (drafted) - 1st reading of Council TBD
2015 is the final year of the first statutory planning review cycle. This year we will
be working to ensure all of the PRMS member municipalities have updated and current
planning policies. The 2015 work plan will include the following communities for plan
review:
Village of Acme - Municipal Development Plan (2002-04)
- Land Use Bylaw (2004)
Village of Carbon - Municipal Development Plan (2002-734)
- Land Use Bylaw (2009)
Town of Castor - Municipal Development Plan (2010)
- Land Use Bylaw (2010)
Town of Coronation - Municipal Development Plan (2009)
- Land Use Bylaw (2009)
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Other projects in progress include the following. These were not
2014 projects but due to scheduling delays they have not yet been
completed:
2014 SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY
(January— October 31, 2014)
Table 1 entitled “Subdivision Applications by Municipality” shows the total yearly subdivi-sion activity for the previous 7 (seven) years of 2007 to 2013 inclusive. The last column shows the total applications to the end of October of this current year, 2014. The numbers inside the brackets indicate the numbers of parcels or lots while the numbers in front repre-sent the number of applications per municipality. Even though there are still two (2) more months to go in this current year, the activity is already greater this year for both applica-tions and the number of lots created in comparison to last year, 2013. The subdivision appli-cation numbers for this year are comparable to the years 2009 and 2010, even though the number of lots created by these applications is considerably lower.
As noted at this springs’ interim AGM (Annual General Meeting) the subdivision activity has picked up quite substantially with the warmer weather and construction season taking stride. The rising price of land could also be a contributing factor to the increased activity. To date there are 49 subdivision applications with a total of 77 parcels which is a 25% increase for applications over last year at this time and a 40% increase in the total number of lots/parcels. Keeping in mind that there are still two more months left in the year for people to make ap-plications with past history showing that on average there could be another five (5) to six (6) applications received prior to years end.
The amount of applications this year would be similar to that of four years ago in 2010 where the number of applicants to this date is virtually the same; but the number of parcels created this year over 2010 is down by 38%.
Table 2 - “Number of Lots per Classification by Municipality” is a breakdown of the types of subdivisions being applied for, showing the number of parcels created per municipality by classification. Urban Residential type parcels (27) are the most being created which is gener-ally typical of most years and then followed by Farmstead Separations (17). These are fol-lowed by Commercial properties (13) being created and Country Residential parcels (10), then Public/Recreational (4) and finally Agricultural and Industrial (1).
Eleven (11) of the twenty-eight (28) or 39% of the communities serviced by Palliser Regional Municipal Services (PRMS) have experienced subdivision activity so far to date which is identi-cal to this time last year. Of the four (4) rural member communities Starland has twelve (12) applications, followed by the County of Paintearth with six (6), and the Special Areas has a total of four (4) applications. The M.D. of Provost, a non-member, has twelve (12) applica-tions as shown in Table 1 which is the same number as to this time last year. The Town of Drumheller currently has six (6) applications, one more than it had last year, while the Towns of Hanna and Castor and the Village of Acme each have two (2) applications, and finally, the Town of Coronation and the Villages of Carbon and Consort each have one (1) application.
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** Non member Municipality (#) number of parcels created are shown in the brackets
Table I SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS BY MUNICIPALITY
January 1 — October 31, 2014
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Municipality
M.D. Acadia 6(13) 3(3) 1(1) 3(24) 1(2) 4(4)
Acme 1(1) 2(4) 2(6)
Beiseker N/A 1(71) 1(24) 1(1) 1(24)
Carbon 2(42) 1(1) 1(2)
Castor 2(8) 3(31) 2(2)
Cereal
Consort 2(30) 1(1) 1(2) 1(2) 1(1) 1(1)
Coronation 3(4) 2(7) 3(7) 4(18) 1(2)
Delia 2(4) 1(1)
Drumheller 14(26) 7(18) 9(55) 6(24) 4(12) 8(25) 5(12) 6(25)
Empress 3(9)
Hanna 5(35) 3(5) 3(10) 2(6) 3(5) 1(1) 2(4)
Halkirk 1(1) 1(1) 1(3)
Hussar N/A 1(1) 1(1) 1(1) 1(2)
Linden 2(28) 3(10) 2(3) 1(2) 1(1)
Morrin 1(4) 1(9)
Munson 1(2) 1(2) 1(3)
Oyen 1(4) 1(1)
Paintearth 9(9) 10(11) 8(8) 4(4) 3(11) 8(8) 1(2) 6(6)
Rockyford N/A 1(1)
Special Areas 30(34) 16(19) 13(15) 9(9) 13(16) 15(18) 3(3) 4(4)
Standard N/A 1(1) 1(1)
Starland 19(24) 8(8) 4(4) 7(7) 3(3) 7(7) 7(7) 12(12)
Trochu 2(4) 4(33) 1(2) 1(19)
Veteran 1(1)
Youngstown
Gadsby** 2(3) 3(3)
M.D. Provost** 16(21) 20(20) 13(15) 10(29) 4(6) 10(10) 12(12) 12(13)
TOTALS
118(254) 90(286) 59(129) 47(124) 38(101) 60(121) 37(46) 49(77)
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Table II NUMBER OF LOTS PER CLASSIFICATION BY MUNICIPALITY
Country
Residential
Farmstead
Separation
Agricultural Urban
Residential Industrial Commercial
Public/
Recreational Municipality
M.D. Acadia
Acme 6
Beiseker
Carbon 2
Castor 1 1
Cereal
Consort 1
Coronation 2
Delia
Drumheller 1 19 4 1
Empress
Hanna 1 1 2
Halkirk
Hussar
Linden
Morrin
Munson
Oyen
Paintearth 2 1 1 2
Rockyford
Special Areas 1 2 1
Standard
Starland 2 9 1
Trochu
Veteran
Youngstown
Gadsby**
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TOTALS 10 17 3 27 3 13 4
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** The 2014 totals are to October 31, 2014 ** Non member Municipality
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Municipality
M.D. Acadia 6 (5.1) 3 (3.3) 1 (1.7) 3 (7.9) 1 (1.7) 4 (10.8)
Acme 1 (1.1) 2 (5.3) 2 (4.1)
Beiseker N/A 1 (1.1) 1 (2.1) 1 (2.6) 1 (1.7)
Carbon 2 (2.2) 1 (1.7) 1(2.0)
Castor 2 (1.7) 3 (3.3) 2 (4.1)
Cereal
Consort 2 (1.7) 1 (1.1) 1 (2.1) 1 (2.6) 1 (1.7) 1 (2.0)
Coronation 3 (2.5) 2 (2.2) 3 (5.1) 4 (6.7) 1 (2.0)
Delia 2 (1.7) 1 (2.6)
Drumheller
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(11.9) 7 (7.7) 9 (15.3) 6 (12.8) 4 (10.5) 8 (13.3) 5 (13.5) 6 (12.2)
Empress 3 (3.3)
Hanna 5 (4.2) 3 (3.3) 3 (5.1) 2 (4.3) 3 (5.0) 1 (2.7) 2 (4.1)
Halkirk 1 (1.1) 1 (1.7) 1 (2.1)
Hussar N/A 1 (1.1) 1 (2.1) 1 (2.6) 1 (2.7)
Linden 2 (1.7) 3 (5.1) 2 (4.3) 1 (1.7) 1 (2.7)
Morrin 1 (0.9) 1 (2.1)
Munson 1 (0.9) 1 (1.1) 1 (1.7)
Oyen 1 (0.9) 1 (2.7)
Paintearth 9 (7.6)
10
(11.1) 8 (13.6) 4 (8.5) 3 (7.9) 8 (13.3) 1 (2.7) 6 (12.2)
Rockyford N/A 1 (2.7)
Special Areas
30
(25.4)
16
(17.7)
13
(22.0) 9 (19.1)
13
(34.2)
15
(25.0) 3 (8.1) 4 (8.2)
Standard N/A 1 (2.1) 1 (2.6)
Starland
19
(16.1) 8 (8.8) 4 (6.8) 7 (14.9) 3 (7.9) 7 (11.7) 7 (18.9)
12
(24.5)
Trochu 2 (1.7) 4 (4.4) 1 (2.1) 1 (2.6)
Veteran 1 (0.9)
Youngstown
Gadsby** 2 (1.7) 3 (3.3)
M.D. Provost**
16
(13.6)
20
(22.2)
13
(22.0)
10
(21.3) 4 (10.5)
10
(16.7)
12
(32.4)
12
(24.5)
TOTALS 118 90 59 47 38 60 37 49
SUBDIVISION APPLICATIONS BY MUNICIPALITY
(%) – percentage of total yearly activity in brackets
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Subdivision Activity—Rural/Urban By Parcel (lot)
SUBDIVISION BY TYPE RURAL URBAN
2014 32 45
2013 27 19
2012 39 82
2011 35 66
2010 45 79
2009 37 92
2008 55 231
Subdivision Activity-Rural/UrbanBy Parcel (lot)
Urban
Rural
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2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
URBAN
RURAL
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SUBDIVISIONS BY TYPE
8 year average 38 (61.4%) 24 (38.6%)
YEAR RURAL URBAN
2014 32 (41.6%) 45 (58.4%)
2013 27 (58.7%) 19 (41.3%)
2012 39 (32.2%) 82 (67.8%)
2011 35 (34.7%) 66 (65.4%)
2010 45 (36.3%) 79 (63.7%)
2009 37 (28.7%) 92 (71.3%)
2008 55 (19.2%) 231 (80.8%)
2007 80 (31.5%) 174 (68.5%)
8 year average 44 (35.4%) 99 (55.7%)
YEAR RURAL URBAN
2014 31 (63.3%) 18 (36.7%)
2013 26 (70.3%) 11 (29.7%)
2012 36 (60.0%) 24 (40.0%)
2011 22 (57.9%) 16 (42.1%)
2010 28 (59.6%) 19 (40.0%)
2009 36 (61.0%) 23 (39.0%)
2008 53 (58.9%) 37 (41.1%)
2007 71 (60.2%) 47 (39.8%)
PER APPLICATION
PER PARCEL (LOT)
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
CR&FS 37 26 40 20 26 21 27
Residential 217 72 58 38 57 10 27
Agricultural 4 5 3 2 10 1 3
Industrial 19 15 8 6 19 9 3
Commercial 7 11 13 34 7 4 13
Institutional 2 0 2 1 2 1 4
Total 286 129 124 101 121 46 77
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CR&FS
Residential
Agricultural
Industrial
Commercial
Institutional
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NUMBER OF LOTS BY CLASSIFICATION
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GIS Report
Since our last AGM, the GIS department has been kept very busy. In addition to the day to
day mapping services, considerable time has been spent working on internal projects, most of which
relate directly to our Webmap. We have completed the internal mapping area of the website, with
every municipality now having a user name and password. Each internal site has an updated Parcel/
Title mapping, Land Use Layers, Civic/Rural Address layers, Lot/Block/Plan information, elevation/
contour data and Infrastructure mapping.
In addition to the development of our internal member pages, our main priority has been
working on our 2014 Aerial Photography project. In May of 2014 we contracted two separate com-
panies to provide aerial services Tarin Resources and Pictometry. Tarin Resources flew 2014 10 cm
orthophotos for every town and village in our membership. In doing so they also captured and de-
veloped a highly accurate digital elevation model for each area. Pictometry flew 2014 10 cm ortho-
photos and oblique angle photos for each of our town sized municipalities. The oblique angles give
a new vantage point that allows the creation of a smart image. We loaded the Digital Elevation
Model provided by Tarin to the background of these oblique images, meaning that not only every
does every single pixel on the image have a unique latitude and longitude but also an elevation. This
allows us to provide measuring tools such as elevation and height measurements. These images had
to be processed, compressed and tiled to allow for fast web load times. This was a considerable
amount of work; however we are pleased to announce that they are now online and available on
the Webmap.
Another of our internal mapping projects has been the development of our Cemetery Mapping
System. We have used the Hanna Cemetery as a test case and over the summer have worked to import
Hanna’s Cemetery Data into a map based digital system. This process has allowed us to determine a data
structure and we are now ready to start bringing other cemeteries into the system. Garry Wilson will be
the main point of contact for the Cemetery Mapping program. If you have Cemetery Data that is already in
some digital format and are interested in being a part of the next wave of cemeteries entered into the sys-
tem please contact Garry.
Garry is also currently working on enhancing our Public Tourism and Recreation Map and is going
through each municipality adding points of interest. Garry may be contacting your municipality for verifica-
tion of certain interest points and your support in this endeavour will be appreciated.
Finally, Palliser Regional Municipal Services is constantly evaluating and seeking new technologies and
data that will assist us and further enhance the mapping support we are able to provide. With the new
Digital Elevation Model we received as part of our aerial photography project and some new software, we
are now able to provide 3D mapping in all our Town and Village members. This will allow us the ability to
provide many different applications including modeling flood scenarios.
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As always if you have any questions or would like to talk more in depth about your internal member page or
training issues, please contact me either by phone 1-877-854-3371ext 2 or by email [email protected]
Justin Hill, GIS Coordinator