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Build complete communities
Strategic Priority
Invest in core infrastructure to connect and serve our growing community
Strategic Actions
- Enhance the Town’s core infrastructure network including roads, sidewalks, water, sewer, and broadband
- Create infrastructure to support healthy and active lifestyles and connect residents with nature
- Effectively manage new and existing assets to deliver exceptional services to residents while ensuring a sustainable community
- Focus on improving availability and quality of telecommunications servicing
- Revitalization and rejuvenation of key downtown areas to provide a sense of place for the community
Current Projects
This portion of the website will be updated throughout the Term with relevant projects and plans.
2019
Community Parks, Recreation & Culture
- Five new parks opened in our community
- Operations Centre Phase 1 Construction Complete and Phase 2 facility construction has commenced
- Health & Active Living Plaza public consultation sessions underway
Community Infrastructure & Environmental Services
- Transportation (TMP) and Water Wastewater Master Plans are underway – Memorandum to Council scheduled for Q1/Q2 2020
- Secondary Plan & servicing strategy for the 404 Employment Lands ongoing
- Development Fee & By-law Review partnership with Corporate Services
- Updating the Town Traffic Policies will coincide with the Transportation Mater Plan Update in Q2/Q3 2020
- The consolidation of the Towns Traffic & Parking By-laws was completed in Q4 of 2019
- Construction projects, including asphalt resurfacing and miscellaneous concrete repairs are complete for 2019 locations
- Mount Albert Water Meter Replacement complete Q4 2019
Development Services
- Conducted a review of the Town's Servicing Allocation Policy to prioritized future development
Emergency Community Safety Services
- Corporate Emergency Management Training
Company Officer development - Aerial apparatus delivered
- Emergency Plan and By-law Update (Annual Compliance update)
- 2019 Emergency Management Compliance on track
- Tanker Shuttle Accreditation Planning
- Traffic/parking by-law update ongoing
- Received Firehouse Sub Grant Public Safety Foundation to support and enhance programs
- Paid on-Call Recruit training
- Aerial Apparatus Delivered
Corporate Services
- 2018 year-end audit and financial statements completed with enhanced resident-focused documents
- Development Charge By-law Update complete (Bill 108 changes to DC legislation, review and sensitivity analysis underway)
- User Fee By-Law update underway with completion expected in 2019
- Staff are working on reviewing internal processes and system to move towards a more self-serve, user friendly process in billing and customer service
- Strategic recruitment of Economic Development Manager
- Review and revamp program to prioritize job creation and non-residential investment in EG
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Continue to work with YorkNet to expand fibre connectivity of Town facilities
Legal and Clerks
- Proposed agreement reached regarding appeal on Zoning By-law
