Plenary Working Together within a Municipality
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Making Order Out of Chaos
Core Project Team
Project Sponsor: John Popoff, Director of Development
Services, Town of Chestermere
Project Manager: Elizabeth Armitage, former Project
Manager, Town of Chestermere
Consultant Lead: Dave McRae, Land Use Planning
Manager, ISL
Critical Stakeholders
Mayor Patricia Matthews and Council
Town of Chestermere Staff
Planning Staff
Engineering Staff
Economic Development Officer
Public Works Staff
Development & Building Industry
Influential Residents
Process Highlights
Definition of Success - A new Land Use Bylaw, finished on-
time, on-budget and as expected by all key stakeholders
Project Management Process
Schedule
Budget
Communication Plan
Risk Analysis
Work Breakdown Structure
Targeted Engagement
Collaborative Team Environment
Communication
Major Issues Facing the Team
Updating a “Frankenstein” bylaw
Significant population growth
No long-term staff memory due to turnover
Very engaged council with historical memory
Disconnect between council and development
industry
Conversation
with the Key Players
1. In your opinion, was the project successful?
2. How do you feel the collaboration between Council,
the Consultant and Staff worked?
3. In your view, what were the biggest risks with the
approach taken?
Conversation
with the Key Players
4. Do you believe communication was effective
between all stakeholders?
5. How was “out of scope” work/unforeseen work
addressed by the process?
6. What were your three most significant lessons
learned?
Contact Information
Liz Armitage
John Popoff
[email protected]
[email protected]
403.383.2366
403.207.7069
Dave McRae
Patricia Matthews
[email protected]
[email protected]
780.532.4002
403-207-7073