March 21, 2018 ALCA Meeting

March 21, 2018

Agenda 1. Process and Timeline

2. Original Submission

3. Revised Submission

4. Next Steps

The City of Calgary

Role:

• The City is responsible for capturing and using public feedback, along with a comprehensive

technical review, to assess the application and make a recommendation to Calgary Planning

Commission (CPC) and City Council.

Process:

• Aug. 2017: Open house and online engagement.

• Sept. 2017: City provides technical review comments to applicant.

• Jan. 2018: Applicant submits amended application. Revised application shared with the public.

• Feb. 2018: City provides additional technical comments on revised application.

• (Current) Mar. 2018: Applicant working on final application.

• Spring 2018: Tentative date for final land use application submission.

• Summer 2018: Tentative date for presentation to CPC.

• Summer 2018: Tentative date for City Council Public Hearing.

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ORIGINAL

SUBMISSION

MAY 2018

Plan Considerations

• Generally slopes from the north and

east to the south and west

• Predominantly undeveloped – except

for one existing homestead

• Existing views from the existing

community to the north and east

• High pressure gas line (to be

converted to a low pressure gas line in

2020) along the northern boundary

• Crowfoot LRT located approximately

600 metre from southern boundary

• Regional pathway on east boundary

• Close proximity to the Crowfoot

Commercial Centre

• Existing loam pile requiring removal

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Environmental Studies

• Preliminary Biophysical Impact

Assessment (BIA) conducted by

Stantec Consulting

• Field assessments completed in the

Spring and Summer of 2015 & 2017

• Stantec Determined:

• Six wetland areas ranging in class

• Most of the habitat provide limited

wildlife potential

• Treed areas may provide some

opportunities for songbirds, raptors

and bats

• Wetlands provide low to moderate

habitats for wildlife

• Disconnected and fragmented habitat

• Overall, due to existing level of

disturbance and previous impacts to

vegetation, leading to a low quality

wildlife habitat, the development is

considered to have an “overall low

environmental consequence.”

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Wetlands

• Still under consideration is the

retention of Wetland 4

• City policy interpretation is the driving

force behind keeping Wetland 4

• Due to elevation of wetland, building

heights would be higher and park

space would likely not be as central

and large

• Impact to the plan is still under review,

to be considered by the City, Hopewell

and affected stakeholders.

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Staged Master Drainage Plan

Conclusions:

• The stormwater management facility

proposed in this report will control the

discharge from the proposed

development, at the discharge rate

stipulated by the City of Calgary, Water

Resources.

• The Best Management Practices

suggested in this report will reduce the

runoff volume discharge to the Bow

River to an average annual of 50

mm/year.

• Water quality enhancement will be

achieved by the proposed oil/grit

separator.

• This stormwater will be cleaner than

the stormwater coming from the

existing community

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Developing the Block Pattern

• Access, combined with grading

constraints, determined the block

layout and access points.

• Access points are relatively fixed

based on:

1. the existing access point to

Watergrove Mobile Home park

2. City requirements of a 150 m technical

offset from the northern plan boundary

3. City requiring minimum intersection

distances of 60 metres.

• The project team proposed the

northern access slightly south of the

fixed point to provide additional

distance from Arbour Meadows Close

NW, while allowing a 90 degree

connection to Arbour Lake Road, and

to allow space to work with challenging

grades to the north.

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Concept Plan

Original Submission

• A variety of housing options including

single-detached and multi-residential

• Townhomes: 2-3 storeys

• Apartments: 4-6 storeys

• Higher densities located along Arbour

Lake Road and in close proximity to

similar uses to the north and

southeast; and in closer proximity to

the LRT

• Large central open space

• Maintain connections to the existing

community

• Approximately 890 units

• No commercial uses

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Transportation

• Transportation Impact Assessment

(TIA) conducted by Bunt and

Associates

• Weekday peak hour intersection

capacity analysis was completed at

four (4) study area intersections for the

Existing and Opening Day Post

Development horizons.

• The Existing analysis indicates that all

study area intersections are currently

operating within acceptable capacity

parameters therefore no intersection

improvements are required to

accommodate the existing traffic.

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Transportation

The Post Development intersection

capacity analysis indicated:

• All study area intersections will

continue operating within acceptable

capacity parameters therefore no

intersection improvements are

required to accommodate the

proposed development.

• A sensitivity analysis was completed to

determine the effect of a higher

percentage of vehicles utilizing the

main site access, specifically 70% to

the main access and 30% to the

secondary access. The intersection

of the Main Site Access/Arbour Lake

Road NW will continue operating

within acceptable capacity

parameters as a stop controlled

intersection

• Signalization is not required at the site

access intersections with Arbour Lake

Road NW.

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Sanitary Servicing

• Sanitary Servicing Study completed by

Pasquini and Associates

• Sanitary sewer pipe capacity is

reviewed under existing and post

development scenarios.

• Any infrastructure replacements will be

addressed in due course as required

by the City of Calgary

• Therefore, service won’t be

interrupted.

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Fulfillment of Municipal Development Plan Goals

(including the Developed Areas Guidebook)

1. The plan proposes to sensitively intensify the existing community of Arbour Lake in order to

leverage the City’s existing capital investments and location of major employment centres.

2. Shaping a more compact urban form is an overarching city-wide strategic goal of the City.

3. Aligns with the MDP’s intent to integrate land use planning and transit investments by providing

residential densities in areas served by existing transit service.

4. The plan proposes a diverse housing mix and varying built forms. This aligns with the MDP’s intent

to encourage a broad range of housing options through intensification and redevelopment of the

Developed Area.

5. The plan will maintain existing connections to the community of Arbour Lake by providing direct

road and pathway connections to existing amenities, exceeding the connectivity expectations

outlined in the MDP.

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REVISED

SUBMISSION

DECEMBER 2018

Community Engagement

What we heard?

• Citizens expressed concern about the

proposed locations of apartment

buildings and the potential for them to

block existing views from their homes.

• Citizens mentioned that they would like

to see additional access points

throughout the area, to improve

walkability.

• Concerns relating to the density of the

Plan Area

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Major Changes – Location/Configuration of Apartment Buildings

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Major Changes – New Pedestrian Connections

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Concept Plan

Revised Submission

• Similar to the original submission in

terms of uses and units

• Density is appropriate given close

proximity to Crowfoot LRT station and

Crowfoot Commercial Centre

• Southeast multi-residential now

provides an opportunity for commercial

uses (i.e. a small day care facility or a

coffee shop near the park)

• Improved connections through the

multi-residential sites to Arbour Lake

Road NW

• Relocated apartment buildings to

maintain existing views from nearby

residents

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NEXT

STEPS

Spring/Summer 2018