HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT PLANNING EXERCISE | PART 1 Prepared by County of Vermilion River October 2019 This page is intentionally left blank County of Vermilion River Hamlet of Blackfoot Planning Exercise TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................................................................3 1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................................................3 1.3 CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................................................................................4 2.0 EXCERSICE CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................................................................................................5 3.0 COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY PROFILE........................................................................................................ 7 3.1 HISTORY AND VISION ...................................................................................................................................................................7 3.2 A SUSTAINABLE, COMPLETE COMMUNITY ................................................................................................................................9 4.0 BOUNDARY EXPANSION SERVICES REVIEW .................................................................................................. 9 4.1 BOUNDARY EXPANSION REVIEW AND DETERMINATIONS ................................................................................................... 10 1) Determination 1: Growth Scenarios and Projections ............................................................................................ 10 2) Determination 2: Land Use Management .................................................................................................................. 11 3) Determination 3: Services Demand and Capacity .................................................................................................. 11 4) Determination 4: Financial Ability to Provide Services ....................................................................................... 11 5) Determination 5: Regional Servicing ........................................................................................................................... 12 4.2 GROWTH PROJECTIONS .............................................................................................................................................................12 1) Population Growth................................................................................................................................................................ 12 2) Household Growth ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 3) Employment growth ............................................................................................................................................................ 15 4.3 CURRENT AND PLANNED LAND USE ......................................................................................................................................18 1) Boundary Capacity Assessment ...................................................................................................................................... 18 2) Land Use Development Capacity .................................................................................................................................... 19 3) Land Use Assessment ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 4) Developable Land Assessment ......................................................................................................................................... 21 4.4 PRESENT AND PROJECTED SERVICES CAPACITY AND DEMAND ......................................................................................... 25 1) Governance and Servicing Structure ............................................................................................................................ 25 2) Legislated Services Review ................................................................................................................................................ 25 3) Discretionary Services Review and Projections ....................................................................................................... 29 4.5 SERVICING FINANCIAL ABILITY ...............................................................................................................................................42 1) Opportunities for Rate Restructuring .......................................................................................................................... 43 2) Status of, and Opportunity for, Shared Facilities .................................................................................................... 44 4.6 REGIONAL SERVICING ................................................................................................................................................................48 1) Growth and increasing demands for service ............................................................................................................. 48 APPENDICES ..................................................................................................................................................................... 49 1 County of Vermilion River Hamlet of Blackfoot Planning Exercise MAPS MAP 1. PLANNING EXERCISE AREA ...............................................................................................................................................................6 MAP 2. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT LABOUR FORCE COMMUTING DISTANCES ....................................................................................... 17 MAP 3. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT - CURRENT BOUNDARY ....................................................................................................................... 18 MAP 4. CURRENT LAND USES HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT ......................................................................................................................... 21 MAP 6. EXPANSION AREA FARMLAND ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................... 22 MAP 7. ENVIRONMENTAL & LAND USE ASSESSMENT .............................................................................................................................. 23 MAP 8. DEVELOPMENT CONSTRAINTS ........................................................................................................................................................24 MAP 9. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT ROAD NETWORK .................................................................................................................................. 31 MAP 10. PROPOSED EXPANSION AREA ROAD NETWORK ....................................................................................................................... 32 MAP 11. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT WATER SYSTEM ................................................................................................................................ 34 MAP 12. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT WASTEWATER SYSTEM .................................................................................................................... 37 MAP 13. FUNCTIONAL STORM WATER DRAINAGE PLAN FOR DEVONIA DRAINAGE BASIN .............................................................. 39 MAP 14. GAS UTILITY FRANCHISE AREA ..................................................................................................................................................41 MAP 15. SCHOOL DISTRICT FACILITIES .....................................................................................................................................................47 FIGURES FIGURE 1. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT ...............................................................................................................................................................7 FIGURE 2. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT POPULATION PROJECTIONS ........................................................................................................... 13 FIGURE 3. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT HOUSEHOLD PROJECTIONS ........................................................................................................... 14 FIGURE 4. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT HOUSEHOLD SIZE SCENARIOS ...................................................................................................... 15 FIGURE 5. HAMLET OF BLACKFOOT LABOUR FORCE PROJECTIONS ...................................................................................................... 16 FIGURE 6. COUNTY OF VERMILION RIVER 2014 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ......................................................................................