Official Community Plan

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8.0   Implementation

The following section outlines several indicators that will be used to measure the progress and impacts of implementing the objectives and policies identified in this Plan. These indicators relate to the community vision and five overarching priorities identified in Section 3.0 of this Plan. The five overarching priorities are symbolized below and matched with relevant indicators in the following table so changes in each indicator and category can be compared to measure progress toward the overall vision outlined in this Plan.

ENRICHING COMMUNITY LIFE
ENHANCING THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE
ENSURING ECONOMIC RESILIENCY
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
CONNECTING AND COLLABORATING

 

The following indicators will be monitored and reported regularly to the community:

Indicator (data source)

Baseline (year)

Trend Target

Municipal population (Statistics Canada) 7425 (2016), 6652 (2011), 6139 (2006) Increase
# of private dwellings and % occupied by usual residents (StatsCan) 4225 and 78.77% (2016) Increase
Housing diversity - % of single-detached houses (StatsCan) 77.63% (2016), 81% (2011) Decrease
Housing diversity - % of new units as single-detached houses (BP data) 85% (2016), 87.5 % (2015) Decrease
Annual corporate GHG emissions (tCO2e), % change from previous year 1102 tCO2e (2016), 4.3% increase Decrease
Annual corporate GHG emissions % change from 2007 baseline 27% decrease (target = 33% by 2020) Decrease
Area of Wildfire Interface fuels treatment (Fire Dept.) 40.2 ha (2016) Increase
Transit Ridership - all services and % change from previous year 17,807 (2016), 12% increase Increase
% of people travelling to work using transit (Stats Canada) 2.5% (2016), 2% (2011), 0.4% (2006) Increase
% of people cycling to work (Stats Canada) 1.3% (2016), 2.2% (2011) Increase
% of people walking to work (Stats Canada) 9% (2016), 10.3% (2011) Increase
Value of Hotel Tax collected and % change from previous year (EcDev) $111,000 (2016), 12% increase Increase
# of visitors at the Visitor Centre and % change from previous year (ED) 30,000 (2016), 12% increase Increase
# of festivals and events and % change from previous year (EcDev) 165 (2016), 2% increase Increase
Value of construction activity and % change from previous year (BPs) $10.96 million (2016), 15.6% increase Increase
# Chamber of Commerce members and % change previous year (EcDev) 135 (2016), 14% increase Increase
# Offences reported or committed and % change previous year (RCMP) 899 (2016), 55% decrease Decrease
Annual Infrastructure Deficit (AMIP, Annual Report)   $73 M (2016) Decrease
Cost per capita of City services (Local Gov. Stats) $2,611 (2016), $2,702 (2011) Decrease
Annual water consumption per capita 414m3 (2016), 454m3 (2011) Decrease
Operation and Maintenance Costs for Water per capita $153 (2016), $165 (2011) Decrease
Operation and Maintenance Costs for Sewer per capita $124 (2016), $123 (2011) Decrease
Proportion of property taxes collected from residential (LG Stats) 87% (2017), 87% (2016), 88% (2015) Decrease
Proportion of property taxes collected from commercial (LG Stats) 11% (2017), 12% (2016), 12% (2015) Increase
Proportion of property taxes collected from industrial (LG Stats) <1% (2017), <1% (2016), <1% (2015) Increase