April 3, 2025 3:54 PM
(Red Deer, Alberta)The Monday, April 7, 2025, Regular City Council Meeting will start at 10:30 a.m.
CONSENT:
Amendment to Lancaster South Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP)
Bylaw and Amendment to Rezone 170 Lancaster Drive
- City administration has received an application to rezone 170 Lancaster Drive from R-D Residential Duplex to Direct Control Zone. Council will consider this rezoning and an amendment to the Lancaster South Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP). If Council gives first reading to the changes, a public hearing will be scheduled for May 20, 2025.
REPORTS:
Parking Update
- City administration will provide an update on parking following the implementation of the new parking system. In September 2023, the City of Red Deer introduced widespread changes to its parking system downtown with the goal of offering users more options, minimizing physical infrastructure, reducing the amount of coin and utilizing technology and best practices in parking operations.
- Since implementation, administration has and continues to work with the community to make adjustments based on community feedback.
Repeal of Council Policies (Off-Site Levies and Stormwater Management)
- City Council will consider repealing Council Policy 4312-C Off-Site Levies and Council Policy 4310-C Stormwater Management. These two policies have been in place without change since 1996, and will be replaced by the new Off-Site Levy Bylaw.
BYLAWS:
Off-Site Levy Bylaw 2nd and 3rd Reading
- City Council will consider giving second and third reading to the updated Off-Site Levy Bylaw 3730/2025.
- Off-site levies are charges that developers pay to fund infrastructure (such as roads, and municipal utility systems) when redeveloping existing areas and building new ones.
- The updates to the bylaw reflect input from engagement with the development community, development trends, growth projections as well as updated and realistic project staging for infrastructure projects that influence the rate.
- If passed, the average off-site levy rate in 2025 is projected to be $164,605 per hectare, down from $204,816 per hectare in 2019.
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