Council Meeting Highlights for June 5, 2023

Parkland Pickleheads Pickleball Club Presentation

At last night’s Governance & Priorities Committee Meeting, Gloria Wipf, president of the Parkland Pickleheads Pickleball Club, gave a presentation to Council, expressing the Club’s interest in partnering with the Town of Stony Plain to build outdoor pickleball courts.

Learn more in the agenda package on pages 6-15.

Light Up Your Life Tri-Community Palliative/Hospice Care Society Presentation

Sharon Cornelius, Chairperson of the Light Up Your Life Society, presented Council with a certificate of appreciation for their support over the last 30 years.

Learn more in the agenda package on pages 17-18.

2023 Housing Strategy Update Presentation

ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. delivered a presentation to Council last night for information regarding the 2023 Housing Strategy, which incorporated the 2021 Federal Census data into the Community Profile and Housing Needs Assessment.

On January 24, 2022, Council accepted the Town’s first Housing Strategy to ensure safe, appropriate, and affordable housing to meet the current and future needs of the community. Council made a motion for Administration to bring the Housing Strategy back by the end of Q2 2022 to include the most recent Federal Census data.

Once the complete 2021 Census data was available, Administration retained ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. to update the Community Profile and Housing Needs Assessment to analyze the 2021 Federal Census data to understand how Stony Plain’s housing needs have changed. The update provided at last night’s Council meeting also included a scheduled review timeline for the Community Profile and Housing Needs Assessment to ensure the Town’s housing policies, objectives, and actions reflect current and anticipated community needs.

Learn more in the agenda package on pages 20-182.

Grass Cutting and Trimming Levels of Service Presentation for Information

The Town of Stony Plain’s Parks and Leisure Services operates and maintains the Town’s extensive open space inventory. The Parks and Leisure Team presented its levels of service applied for maintaining public green spaces, weed inspection, and weed notices to private properties to Council for information.

The presentation included information on the summer turf cutting and trimming level of service, current staffing, equipment used, and work processes in place to provide green space maintenance, as well as challenges and opportunities as the community grows. This information helps to showcase the efforts made by staff to provide quality, efficient service delivery and the overall efforts made to maintain Town Parks to the standards expected by Council.

Learn more in the agenda package on pages 193-208.

Please note: This is not the official Town of Stony Plain Council meeting minutes. Please refer to Agendas and Minutes for all supporting documents, and official meeting minutes that have been approved by Town Council.