Leduc 2060 County and City Joint Planning for our Sustainable Future

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Leduc 2060County and City Joint Planning for
our Sustainable Future

• City of Leduc Leduc County Joint Sustainable
  Growth Study
• City of Leduc and Leduc County Joint Council
  Meeting
• October 14, 2008

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Outline

• GUIDING PRINCIPLES
• REGIONAL GROWTH
• METHODOLOGY
• POPULATION FORECASTS
• LAND REQUIREMENTS
• GROWTH STRATEGY
• RECOMMENDATIONS

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Guiding Principles Physical Planning
Considerations

• Protecting natural areas and agriculture
• Providing access to open space and recreational
  opportunities
• Facilitating access to existing and future
  infrastructure
• Linking land use intensity and density with
  efficient infrastructure
• Placing development where future infrastructure
  is anticipated
• Achieving compact and contiguous development
  rather than sprawl
• Concentrating land uses to create synergies and
  to mitigate impacts
• Mixing land uses such as commercial and
  residential development
• Avoiding incompatible land uses, promoting
  complementary land uses

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Guiding Principles Sustainability Pillars

• Smart Growth
• Creating Vibrant Communities
• Environmental Stewardship
• Economic Development
• Responsible Governance

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Guiding Principles Smart Growth

• Support Responsible Development / Preservation of
  Agricultural Land
• Mix Land Uses
• Preserve Open Space, Agricultural Land, Natural
  Beauty and Critical Environmental Areas
• Provide a Variety of Transportation Options
• Ensure Compatibility of New Development with
  Adjacent Land Uses
• Capitalize on Local Employment Opportunities
• Ensure Integrated, Cost-Effective and Energy
  Efficient Infrastructure

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Natural Features

• Underpinning all of these criteria are the
  existing natural systems within the Growth Study
  area.

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Regional Growth
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Key Growth Drivers

• Gateway to the North and the Asia Pacific
  Corridor
• Edmonton International Airport
• Port Alberta
• Greater Nisku/Leduc Industrial Area
• Industrial Heartland
• Anticipated economic growth throughout the region

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Methodology

• The Joint Sustainable Growth Study projects
  population growth in the Leduc area as a function
  of the anticipated amount of employment growth,
  while still taking into consideration historical
  growth trends and the Leduc areas past share of
  growth within the Capital Region.

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Strong Growth Scenario
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Assumptions
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Land Requirements
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General Recommendations

• Intermunicipal Development Plan
• Growth Study Review Triggers
• unexpected land or infrastructure development
• economic shocks
• changes in energy production or consumption
• technological advances
• changes in transportation behaviour
• changes in Provincial legislation
• major reorganization of local or regional
  government

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Regional Recommendations

• Capital Region Board (CRB) and Capital Region
  Growth Plan
• Sustainability Planning
• Regional Public Transit Planning

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Intermunicipal Recommendations

• Communications Strategy
• Integration of Land Use and Infrastructure
• Transportation Master Planning
• Joint Utilities Master Planning
• Fiscal Sustainability and Jointly Managing the
  Costs of Growth
• Collaboration with Edmonton International Airport
• Greenways, Riparian Areas, Trails, Multi ways,
  Parks, and Recreation Plans
• Joint Review of Saunders Lake ASP

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Municipal Recommendations

• Municipal Development Plans
• Land Use Bylaws
• County Reviews with City of Edmonton and Town of
  Beaumont

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Leduc 2060County and City Joint Planning for
our Sustainable Future

• City of Leduc Leduc County Joint Sustainable
  Growth Study
• City of Leduc and Leduc County Joint Council
  Meeting
• October 14, 2008