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City Council Corporate Achievements

                                                

Page last updated 15 September, 2000

 

City Council has established five focus areas to pursue over the next few years. These focus areas
include:
Northern Regional Centre                    • Fiscal Responsibility
Modern "Smart" City                           • Safe and Caring Community 
Beautiful Northern City

 

         

NORTHERN REGIONAL CENTRE

 

 

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY

  • Total building construction valued at $76,463,614
  • 735 building permits issued
  • 30 subdivisions creating 309 lots processed
  • Residential vacancy rate remains under 1%
  • Unemployment in the region was in the 6% range
  • Grande Prairie Airport Commission lease updated
  • Grande Advantage Fund Program continues
  •  Grande Prairie Visitor Centre 2000 plans progress
  • Annexation process continues
  • Utilities Steering Committee established
  • Fire dispatch services expand regionally
  • Secondary Health Care Services Report prepared
  • Preparations continue for the 2000 Alberta Summer Games
  • Regional archives feasibility reviewed
  • Intermunicipal Development Plan Review initiated
  • City participates on Federation of Canadian Municipalities Committees
  • Transit service for special events at Evergreen Park approved
  • The City's debt reduces from $20,312,373 to $16,145,563
  • Council approves Operating Budget with no
    increase in the municipal levy
  • City supports MRI campaign
  •  Pursuit of Excellence and Arts Development
    Funding Programs continue
  • Assessment Residential Re-inspection Program
    carried out
  • Facilities Lifecycle Planning Project initiated
  • Debt Reduction and Financial Management Plan
    updated
  • Utility Billing introduces Pre-authorized Payment
    Plan promotion
  • Water and Sewer rates reviewed
  • Solid Waste rates reviewed
  • Downtown Revitalization Program options studied

                                                     

BEAUTIFUL NORTHERN CITY

  • Parks Master Plan and North Bear Creek Park
    Development Plan Project initiated
  • Park Improvement Program continued
  • Christmas Tree Mulch held
  • Downtown Parking Strategy reviewed
  • Fall Yard Cleanup Campaign held
  • Downtown beautification initiatives continue
  • Playground Improvement Program continues
  • Cardboard Recycling Program under
    development
  • Fall Leaf Collection Program held
  • Eco Centre contract renewed

MODERN "SMART" CITY

SAFE AND CARING COMMUNITY

  • Neighbourhood Watch Program expands
  • RCMP bike patrol provided
  • Youth Needs Assessment completed
  • Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrading Project
    continues
  • New sludge digester system in operation
  • New Year's Eve transit service provided
  • New southside daycare facility constructed
  • Transit Master Plan review completed
  • Resources Road upgrading underway
  • Skateboard park officially opens in
    Muskoseepi Park
  • Household Toxic Round Up and Paint
    Exchange events held
  • RCMP provide Drug Abuse Resistance
    Education (DARE) and Point, Pause and
    Proceed Pedestrian Education Programs
  • Victims Assistance Program continues
  • City's Internet website receives in excess of
    73,000 page views per month
  • New City Hall project reviewed
  • Community Knowledge Campus planning
    continued
  • Policy (Red Tape) Review continued
  • Photo Radar Program introduced
  • Engineering blueprint machine upgraded to
    copier/scanner
  • On-line Geographic Information Systems
    viewer application implemented
  • City hosts Connecting Canadians Conference
  • Computer systems upgraded for year 2000
  • Fire Department Computer Aided Dispatch System in place
  • Crystal Centre remote box office computer
    application implemented
  • Video conferencing pilot project carried out
  •  Telephone system after hours voice messaging
    and music on hold features added