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C2014-0776 ATTACHMENT 2014 Mid - Year Report on Business Plans & Budgets TABLE OF CONTENTS Corporate Summary Page Departmental Reports Page Acronym / Abbreviation Definitions 1 Community Services & Protective Services 8 Council’s Fiscal Plan 2 Corporate Services 14 Major Events and Challenges 5 Planning, Development & Assessment 20 Corporate Financial Executive Summary 6 Transportation 26 Budget Status by Department 7 Utilities & Environmental Protection 32 Corporate Administration 38 Acronyms/Abbreviations Acronym / Acronym / Definition Definition Abbreviation Abbreviation City of Calgary Departments PSC Public Safety Communications CS&PS Community Services & Protective Services RDS Roads CS Corporate Services REC Recreation PDA Planning, Development & Assessment TI Transportation Infrastructure TRANS Transportation TP Transportation Planning UEP Utilities & Environmental Protection WRS Waste & Recycling Services CA Corporate Administration UTILITIES Water Resources and Water Services City of Calgary Business Units Key Corporate Plans ASMT Assessment 2020SD 2020 Sustainability Direction ABS Animal & Bylaw Services CFP Council’s Fiscal Plan for Calgary CC City Clerk’s Office CTP Calgary Transportation Plan CFOD Chief Financial Officer's Department MDP Municipal Development Plan CMO City Manager's Office Other Acronyms/Commonly Used Terms CNS Community & Neighbourhood Services ALT Administrative Leadership Team CPB Corporate Properties & Buildings ARB Assessment Review Board CSC Customer Service & Communications BPBC Business Plan and Budget Coordination CT Calgary Transit FOIP Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy CWPI City Wide Policy & Integration FTE Full Time Equivalent ESM Environmental & Safety Management YTD Year to Date FIRE Fire (Calgary Fire Department) AEMA Alberta Emergency Management Agency FLEET Fleet Services CEMA Calgary Emergency Management Agency HR Human Resources DRP Disaster Recovery Plan IIS Infrastructure & Information Services IT Information Technology LAPI Local Area Planning & Implementation LAW Law OLSH Office of Land Servicing & Housing PRK Parks PFC2014-0692 2014 MID-YEAR REPORT ON BUSINESS PLANS AND BUDGETS_ATT 1.PDF Page 1 of 43 ISC: UNRESTRICTED Council’s Fiscal Plan The Priority Areas and Directional Statements are listed below for reference. For the Mid-year report, strategies and actions relating to Council’s Fiscal Plan Directional Statements are located within each Department’s section. Directional Statements Lead Directional Statements Lead C1. Maintain current investment for the Calgary Council P1. Ensure an appropriate inventory of serviced Planning, Development Police Service, while encouraging cost- and planned land for community development & Assessment efficiencies and recognizing Federal and Calgary Police in accordance with the Municipal Development Provincial funding obligations. Commission Plan (MDP). C2. Focus on community-based policing and Council P2. a. Continue operating budget Community Services & crime prevention, in partnership with related support for Arts and Culture, Protective Services community and city agencies, particularly Calgary Police b. Continue operating budget support for Sport around crime prevention and harm reduction Commission organizations. strategies. C3. Partner with CPS and related community Community Services & P3. Support Calgary Arts Development Authority Community Services & agencies on the root causes of crime, through Protective Services (CADA) in the implementation of its arts spaces Protective Services enhancement of social inclusion and crime plan. prevention through environmental design (CPTED). C4. Ensure people feel safe in public spaces and Community Services & P4. Build more recreation facilities, including four Community Services & on public transit. Protective Services major facilities, considering P3 Canada funding, Protective Services while maintaining current facilities. Transportation C5. Maintain Calgary standards for fire safety and Community Services & P5. Increase the number of outdoor sports fields. Community Services & coverage. Protective Services Protective Services C6. Work cooperatively with the Province to Planning, Development P6. Invest in lifecycle maintenance of existing Community Services & improve building codes for fire safety. & Assessment community infrastructure. Protective Services C7. Implement a financial plan to ensure the Utilities & P7. Maintain or increase green space/capita, with Community Services & financial sustainability of City of Calgary Water Environmental an emphasis on areas of the city that are parks Protective Services Services. Protection deficient and link directions in MDP, urban corridors and Transit Oriented Development (TOD) to the need for recreation & social facilities, as well as review all sources of funding. C8. Establish a 10-year plan on reducing poverty, Community Services & P8. Protect natural/environmentally sensitive areas. Community Services & using the 10-year Plan to End Homelessness Protective Services Protective Services as a model, engaging community partners and P9. Develop and implement comprehensive waste Utilities & other levels of government; and including a diversion strategies, and a capital plan, which Environmental commitment to streamlining City processes for fabric urban a vibrant and communities great in Investing continue progress towards 80/20 by 2020. Protection nonprofit organizations and community partners. C9. Develop a comprehensive approach to The Corporate Services P10. Re-engineer and simplify the planning process, Planning, Development City’s delivery of affordable housing for including consideration of a new land use & Assessment Calgarians; concentrating on partnerships with regime in order to implement the MDP. Ensuring every Calgarian lives in a safe community and has the opportunity to succeed to opportunity the has and a community in safe lives Calgarian every Ensuring other service deliverers and other levels of P11. Improve new community and established Planning, Development government. community development standards in pursuit of & Assessment MDP goals. PFC2014-0692 2014 MID-YEAR REPORT ON BUSINESS PLANS AND BUDGETS_ATT 1.PDF Page 2 of 43 ISC: UNRESTRICTED Council’s Fiscal Plan Directional Statements Lead Directional Statements Lead M1. Align our transportation decisions with the Transportation B1. Reduce red tape throughout the corporation. Council modal split identified in the Calgary Transportation Plan (CTP). M2. Implement the following capital investment split Transportation B2. Facilitate business success rather than regulate Planning, Development for this budget cycle: Transit: 60%, Roads: business activity. & Assessment 35%, Active transportation (both cycling and pedestrian):5%. M3. Craft a new Transportation Infrastructure Transportation B3. Develop an implementation plan for the Planning, Development Investment Plans (TIIPs) list reflecting the consolidation of the business tax with the non- & Assessment direction of the CTP. residential property tax. M4. Create a new long-term plan for Calgary Transportation B4. Support strategies to attract and retain global Calgary Economic Transit, including capital priorities and a new talent and investment in Calgary. Development overall network, in accordance with the CTP and based on transparent evaluation criteria. M5. Strive to continuously improve the customer- Transportation B5. Ensure a supply of serviced industrial land at Corporate Services oriented culture at Calgary Transit. competitive prices. M6. Develop a long-term level of cost recovery in Transportation Public Transit in the range of 55/45 to 50/50. M7. Review the long-term parking strategy and the Transportation role of the Calgary Parking Authority. M8. Focus road investments on chokepoints in the Transportation existing road network (e.g. Macleod Trail in the deep south, Crowchild between 24th Avenue and Bow Trail). M9. Maintain increased investment in Snow and Ice Transportation Control (SNIC) and improve service delivery. M10. Reprioritize pedestrian infrastructure Transportation investment to high-use and high-potential areas. M11. Invest in better commuter cycling infrastructure Transportation throughout the city. Moving people and goods throughout the city efficiently and sustainably and efficiently city the throughout goods and people Moving M12. Review overall Capital Budget allocations to Transportation Making Calgary the best place in Canada for a business to start and flourish determine what is funded in this business cycle and what is deferred. PFC2014-0692 2014 MID-YEAR REPORT ON BUSINESS PLANS AND BUDGETS_ATT 1.PDF Page 3 of 43 ISC: UNRESTRICTED Council’s Fiscal Plan Directional Statements Lead Directional Statements Lead Z1. Foster innovation and creativity. Corporate F1. Advocate aggressively for a new relationship Council Administration between The City and the Province, including a potential city charter and the reduction of our Z2. Raise the care and attention that Council and Corporate reliance on the property tax. Administration pays to restraining expenditures Administration and continually seeking efficiencies. Z3. Increase the use of benchmarking, Corporate F2. Advocate aggressively for a new relationship Council performance measures and best practices Administration between The City and the Province, including a information to improve service effectiveness potential city charter and the reduction of our and efficiency. reliance on the property tax. Z4. Implement a program of