1. Comprehensive Planning and Development Strategy
Council Update March 7, 2017

2. Agenda The Planning Team Is Growing!
Comprehensive Planning & Development Strategy Overview
Intermunicipal Development Plan
Engaging the Community

3. The Planning Team Sue Paton, RPP, MCIP Courtney Laurence, MPlan., M.A.
35 years – land development planning
Designed communities throughout Alberta
Courtney Laurence, MPlan., M.A.
2 years – land use planning and public engagement
Focus on engagement implementation
Brian Conger, MPP, RPP, MCIP
9 years – municipal policy planning
Focus on towns and smaller cities
Mitch Braun, MED, BCS
6 years – land development planning and marketing
Focus on infill development

4. Population Growth

5. Population Growth – Updated

7. Comprehensive Planning & Development Strategy
Objective:
The Strategy is intended to systematically realign Town planning policies in a manner that:
supports the Town of Hinton Strategic Plan;
promotes an “open for business” culture, and;
strengthens Hinton’s position in the regional economy.
Five (5) projects form the basis of the strategy:
Review and revision of Municipal Development Plan (MDP)
Review and revision of Land Development Process & Standard Development Agreements (SDAs)
Creation of an Established Area Plan (EAP)
Review of existing Area Structure Plans (ASPs) and creation of new West & East Hinton ASPs, and
Review of the intermunicipal planning framework between Hinton & Yellowhead County and creation of an Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP)

8. Municipal Development Plan
Purpose:
To guide growth and development and provide the framework for more detailed and specific plans, policies and programs
Context:
Hinton's current MDP was enacted by bylaw in 1998
The new MDP uses the 2014 Draft as starting point
Tasks:
Review 2014 Draft COMPLETE
Re-organize 2014 Draft into Revised Sections UNDERWAY
Revise Pertinent Sections UNDERWAY (based on timing of other deliverables)
Prepare Revised MDP
Engagement
Circulate & Finalize Revised MDP
Deliverables:
2017 Municipal Development Plan

9. Land Development Process
Purpose:
To provide clear and easy to follow direction for development applications
Context:
Need to update Standard Development Agreement (SDA) & Land Development Process Materials
Tasks:
Review Existing Land Development Process Materials COMPLETE
Prepare Draft SDA UNDER LEGAL REVIEW
Prepare Draft Development Process Materials
Finalize SDA & Materials
Deliverables:
2017 Standard Development Agreement
Development Process Guidebook

10. Current ASPs

11. Area Structure Plan and Established Areas Plan Locations

12. Established Areas Plan
Purpose:
To provide direction for redevelopment, preservation or rehabilitation of existing lands or buildings within developed communities
Context:
The EAP will incorporate important objectives and relevant policies from existing Town documents, consolidating a series of plans that only apply to specific areas
The EAP will include guidelines for urban design & infill development, including the Mountain View & Hardisty Shopping Districts and Highway 16 Corridor.
Tasks:
Analyze Existing Conditions COMPLETE
Identify Planning Area COMPLETE
Prepare Revised EAP (including policies removed from the LUB)
Engagement
Circulate and Finalize Revised EAP
Deliverables:
2017 Established Areas Plan

13. West and East ASPs Purpose: Context: Tasks: Deliverables:
To provide direction for future land use patterns, transportation and utility networks and sequence of development in new communities.
Context:
The West and East Area Structure Plans contain the undeveloped land in Hinton within the Highway 16 Bypass Right of Way, using the Robb Road as a boundary between the plan areas
This will include new guidelines for developer-led Outline Plans.
Tasks:
Review Current Area Structure Plans COMPLETE
Initial Meetings with Landowners and Key Stakeholders COMPLETE
Prepare Area Structure Plan/Outline Plan Framework UNDERWAY
Prepare Draft West & East ASPs UNDERWAY
Engagement
Circulate & Finalize West & East ASPs
Deliverables:
2017 West Hinton Area Structure Plan
2017 East Hinton Area Structure Plan

14. New Planning Framework
Area Structure Plans
Framework for subsequent subdivision and development
General land uses
Proposed Densities
General locations of major transportation routes and public utilities
Special Development Areas that require further review
General locations for schools, open space, municipal facilities
Proposed sequencing of development

15. New Planning Framework
Outline Plans
Future land use scenario
Lot configuration, proposed parcel sizes, density calculations, and development phasing
Proposed open spaces
Municipal and Environmental Reserve dedications (MR and ER)
Landscaping, screening or berming to address visual impacts of proposed development
Stormwater Management Plan and Water/ Wastewater servicing strategies
Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA)
Biophysical Impact Assessment (BIA) Transit plan showing future routing and transit stops
Landscaping concepts for public spaces
Design guidelines including architectural elements and thematic components

16. East Area Structure Plan
Ownership Map

17. East Area Structure Plan
Draft Concept Land Use Plan

18. West Area Structure Plan
Ownership Map

19. West Area Structure Plan
Draft Concept Land Use Plan

20. Intermunicipal Development Plan
Purpose:
To establish strategic cooperative policies that overlap municipal boundaries
Context:
Currently Hinton and Yellowhead County have three (3) active Joint ASPs and a Memorandum of Agreement between municipalities on the provision of local services to county residents.
However, there is no Intermunicipal Development Plan in place and under the current Municipal Government Act (MGA), there is no need for one – that’s changing with the Modernized MGA
Originally there was a Intermunicipal Planning Review component that has been replaced with the preparation of a new IDP Tasks:
Establish Planning and Referral Areas FREEZE MILESTONE
Prepare Draft IDP & Confirm Policies FREEZE MILESTONE
Engagement
Circulate & Finalize IDP
Deliverables:
2017 Hinton/Yellowhead IDP

21. Public Engagement Plan

22. QUESTIONS ?