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Urban Development Institute - Calgary
2008 Annual Report
Vol. X
November 25, 2008
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Message from the Executive Director
Dear UDI – Calgary Membership:
On behalf of the Urban Development Institute – Calgary, I would like to respectfully submit the
2008 year in review. What a year! It began at the same breakneck pace as in previous years,
bringing with it the now familiar challenges and opportunities confronting our industry – responding
to unprecedented growth pressures and serving the needs of Calgarians.
No one could have anticipated the economic shockwave which occurred later in the year and the
truly global impact it is having around the world. Having said that, there is no other city which is
as well equipped to ride out the difficult times ahead. The development industry will remain a
cornerstone of Alberta’s economy and I am confident it will emerge even stronger in the future.
The reason for my confidence rests with the UDI membership itself. From the Board of Directors
down to the 140 volunteers that keep things moving, UDI – Calgary is very fortunate to enjoy the
dedication and expertise of its volunteers.
By the same token, UDI – Calgary has worked hard to maintain a strong working relationship with
our closest partners at The City of Calgary who benefit greatly from the work of our volunteers. As
you will see in the pages of this review, there is a staggering amount of work and coordination
occurring with The City. That is not to say there have not been challenges; however, the strength
of the relationships is such that solutions are being found to the benefit of all Calgarians.
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Message from the Executive Director - continued
The work of UDI – Calgary is not confined to the city limits of Calgary. There are committees and
members working with our partners in the Municipal District of Rocky View and even further afield.
Again, the knowledge and expertise of our membership is being sought out and it is having an
impact, particularly with regard to the development of policy.
In closing, I would like to thank the UDI – Calgary staff for all of their hard work this past year.
They make coming to work each day a pleasure. We are all looking forward to an exciting 2009!
Michael Flynn
Executive Director
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Board of Directors
At the 2007 UDI – Calgary AGM the bylaws were amended to increase the
size of the Board of Directors from 9 people to 12, one of which must be a
multi-family developer representative. This will enable to Board to better
meet the needs of its members, while also allowing for more effective
mentorship and succession planning within the Board itself.
The following screens provide information on just some of the issues the
Board has been working on in the past year.
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Board of Directors Initiatives - Outline and Tentative Plan Approval
Process Review
In May of 2007, initial meetings began with City Administration to
discuss the implementation of the 22 recommendations which were
the result of the joint UDI / City of Calgary Outline and Tentative Plan
Approval Process Review.
Under the new Director of Development and Building Approvals
(DBA), Stan Schwartzenberger, there has been a renewed
commitment to finalizing the outstanding recommendations. To that
end, the Director has appointed Judy Luton, Manager of DBA ,to
personally oversee the implementation of the recommendations.
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Board of Directors Initiatives - Plan It Calgary
Plan It Calgary is the integrated land use and mobility plan project that
will develop a long-term plan for Calgary's land use and transportation
networks.
By mid-2009 , the plan will be developed under the 11 sustainability
principles that were crafted from imagineCALGARY, City policy and
Smart Growth principles. Plan It Calgary will eventually form the next
Municipal Development Plan.
The UDI – Calgary Board has dedicated considerable resources into
working with The City on this exercise. Thus far the we have been able
to affect some positive change; however, there is much more work to
be done. The most recent success was a motion from City Council
which directs City Administration to appoint a UDI representative on an
advisory/oversight committee to review drafts of this exercise and
provide industry feedback.
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Board of Directors Initiatives - Development Levies
This year there were two important developments with regard to
levies paid by the industry. The first is that membership benefited
from a negotiated compromise reached last year regarding the
Community and Recreation Levy rate. It was agreed the rate would
be a blend between the Canada-wide Statistics Canada index and
that for the city of Calgary, as opposed to using only the city of
Calgary rate. This resulted in a substantial reduction of the levy.
The other important change concerns the Storm Sewer Acreage
Assessments, which are referenced under the Development
Agreement Negotiations section of this report. Agreement was
reached to adopt a new model consisting of six new catchment areas
based on long established watersheds, as opposed to 46 different
catchment areas. The new model will be easier to administer and will
provide improved accountability and transparency.
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Board of Directors Initiatives - Calgary Regional Partnership
The Calgary Regional Partnership (CRP) is made up of 18 municipalities and one
First Nation. Together they are collaborating on common regional issues and are
planning for growth by creating a regional land use plan. This plan will determine a
logical process for the sustainable development of infrastructure, land and community
services across the region.
UDI – Calgary and been actively involved in several public engagement stakeholder
sessions to ensure that Development Industry has input into the future growth of the
Calgary region.
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Board of Directors Initiatives - Liaison with Senior City Administration
In the past year, UDI Board members have met regularly with the
highest levels of City of Calgary management on a variety of issues.
Specifically, UDI has been working closely with Water Resources to
address delays in the approval of construction drawings. This has
resulted in facilitated workshops commissioned by the City Manager,
Mr. Owen Tobert. There is optimism that this will result in some much
needed process changes, which could be exported to other City
departments.
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Board of Directors Initiatives - Alberta Land Use Framework
The provincial government released its Land Use Framework (LUF) in
May 2008. The LUF is meant to leave final decision making authority
over land-use with the same local authorities that currently exercise it.
However, municipalities will be required to comply with the plan in their
region (in the case of Calgary – the Calgary Regional Partnership) which
in turn must integrate with provincial land-use policies. The UDI Board
has appointed two members to the UDI – Alberta task force which is
coordinating industry efforts with this initiative.
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Development Agreement Negotiations
The 2008 Development Agreement was finalized with revisions made to approximately 35
clauses. Michael Roberts played an integral role in the negotiations of both the Development
Agreement and Standard Specifications, and was assisted by dedicated volunteers from various
committees and task forces including: Technical, Water Management, Pavement and Urban
Landscape.
In 2008, a Storm Sewer Acreage Assessment Working Committee was established, consisting of
members of UDI – Calgary and City Administration to review the previous model, which used 46
different catchment areas. Agreement was reached to adopt a new model consisting of six new
catchment areas based on long established watersheds. The new model will be easier to
administer and will provide improved accountability and transparency. The levies have been
calculated using a forecast of expenditures for projects that will be constructed by The City to
accommodate growth. The levies will be used to fund new storm infrastructure required for
Greenfield development and will NOT be used to fund retrofit projects. The following are the per
hectare levies based on catchment area:
o Bow River
$ 2,300
o Nose Creek
$15,300
o Elbow River
$ 200
o Fish Creek
$ 200
o Pine Creek
$ 3,100
o Shepard
$41,200
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Development Agreement Negotiations - continued
Other key changes made to the 2008 Development Agreement are:
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Community & Recreation Levy increased to $48,794
Transportation Assessment Levy increased to $63,507
The Developer Funded Infrastructure Stabilization Fund (Oversize Fund) per hectare rates remain
unchanged at:
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$ 5,000
o Major Roads
$11,800
o Parks
$ 5,500
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Traffic Signage and Road Marking Assessment Levy remains unchanged at $613.00
Inspection Fees Levy remains unchanged at $2,208
Annual adjustments for the Community & Recreation Levy and the Transportation Assessment
Levy are based on the average between the Calgary and Canada, Statistics Canada increases of
the non-residential building construction price index. For 2008, these Levies were increased by
13.7%; however, the Transit component of the Community & Recreation Levy was adjusted by
2.1%.
A copy of the 2008 Standard Development Agreement is available at www.udicalgary.com under the
“Documents of Interest” tab.
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Technical Negotiations
Numerous changes were made to the 2008 Water, Sewer, Roads and
Landscape Standard Specifications to address issues/deficiencies that
were identified by both UDI and The City of Calgary. While the
negotiations went reasonably well, problems were encountered with regard
to implementation of a few specifications without UDI’s review or approval.
UDI identified these specifications and formally requested that The City
revoke those where consensus could not be reached. These issues will be
addressed during the 2009 negotiations.
A detailed listing of all specification changes can be found at the front of
each Standard Specification book.
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Website
This year the staff at UDI – Calgary undertook to update their website which resulted in a number
of key changes:
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Expanded information on “developing a community”, with the ability to "drill down" for more
in-depth information if required.
Better links to our members and their websites.
An area devoted to “committee members” which shows the organizational structure of UDI
and a summary of the issues the various committees and task forces are working on. In the “
Members-Only” section, you can see the names of the volunteer members of each
committee/task force.
More information in a secure password protected area, where members can see
documents, reports and technical/information bulletins, which are no longer accessible to the
general public.
We now have the ability to post committee reports and documents to UDI – Calgary’server,
either for distribution to specific committee members (again, these are password-protected
for access only by committee members), and we can post reports either for other members
or for the general public.
Lastly, we have updated our look and feel to be both more visually pleasing and search
engine friendlier.
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Pavement Task Force
As part of the 2008 Technical negotiations for Roads Specifications, the
Pavement Task Force consisting of: Chris Plosz, Jim Montgomery,
Sandy McIntosh and Charles Kwok addressed a multitude of issues and
was able to implement a number of changes to the specs regarding
conventional mixes design, lanes & walkways, lighting, clauses pertaining
to CCC’s and changes to various sheets/details.
UDI continues to work with The City to resolve issues associated with
winter paving mix, concrete bus bay construction, transit bus bay design
and walkway/emergency access lighting.
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Planning Committee
In 2008, the Planning Committee was extremely busy reviewing and providing comment on a
multitude of City of Calgary policy documents and initiatives. Under the leadership of David
Allen, the Committee addressed the following:
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Draft Slope Adaptive Development Policy & Conservation Planning & Design
Framework for Allocating Creditable Reserve Land in Communities
Draft Fire Department Access Standards
Draft Smart Growth Incentive System
Review of the manner in which The City of Calgary calculates density
Sustainable Suburbs Review Project
Suburban Residential Growth 2008-2012
Accommodating Growth 2008
Elbow River and Bow Basin Water Management Plans and their associated impacts from a
planning perspective
Transit and pedestrian oriented development
Ongoing discussions re CPAG improvements
Draft East Regional Context Study
Calgary Regional Partnership Land Use Plan
Regional Context Study and Area Structure Plan process/flow charts
Plan It Calgary
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Planning Committee - continued
The 2008 Planning Committee: Kelly Blenkin, Roberto Binda, Darrell Grant, Marcello
Chiacchia, Gillian Lawrence, Ben Lee, Dale Johnson, Bill MacDonald, Sean Nolan, Sue
Paton and Tyler Stevenson also worked diligently on addressing issues associated with the
implementation of the new Land Use Bylaw 1P2007.
A Land Use Bylaw Stakeholder Advisory Committee has been formed and the Planning, Urban
Densification and Commercial Committees have been instrumental in achieving several revisions
to the Bylaw. It is essential that the Bylaw becomes a well functioning, living and perpetually
evolving document; one that can strategically adapt to the city’s changing needs and can
accommodate innovative ideas in a timely fashion. UDI is committed to working with The City of
Calgary to ensure that this occurs and will continue to advance issues that are of concern to the
Development Industry.
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Urban Densification Committee
The Urban Densification Committee continues to pursue its goal of providing leadership & guidance
to The City of Calgary, the Development Industry and Calgarians as we move toward increased
density in the urban core. Through the work of its dedicated volunteers in 2008: Chairman Jaydan
Tait, Ben Lee, Glen Pardoe, Andrew Wallace, Alex Ferguson, Linda Hackman, Eileen Stan,
Chris Ollenberger, Richard White and Rick Lewis, the Committee is making strides toward the
transformation of Calgary into a sophisticated urban environment. Issues addressed in 2008 included:
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Review of City of Calgary policy documents and reporting mechanisms for the Centre City
Levies and the 17th Avenue SE Urban Development Strategy
Implementation/sustainment issues associated with the new Land Use Bylaw 1P2007, including
the Beltline Land Use Districts
Affordable housing and secondary suites initiatives, as addressed in the Chamber of Commerce
Report and the Report from the Committee to End Homelessness
Transit oriented development policies and their impact on industry
Beltline land value study
Draft Fire Department Access Standards
Rivers Revitalization Plan
Cash-in-lieu parking strategies
Identifying barriers to innovative development
Discussion on how to encourage developments that are built to allowable densities
Developing a strategy for recruiting more multi-family developers to UDI
Discussion re strategies to reduce delays resulting from the CPAG process
Review of density bonusing for the City core
Review of the City's Building Construction and Demolition Site Management Code of Practice
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Technical Committee
The Technical Committee, led by Michael Roberts, continues to be one of UDI’s busiest
committees. Committee members in 2008 included: Mark Wynker, Richard Geleta, Terry Smith,
Chris Ollenberger, Chris Plosz, Ian Hunsche, Bill Hargrave, Jim Montgomery, Ray Ling,
Neil MacKimmie and Reg Jans. Issues addressed by this year’s Technical Committee included:
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Addressing City requirements/road standards for new development adjacent to School sites
Review of Roads, Water, Sewer and Landscape Standard Specifications
Working with Water Resources on process improvement strategies to address engineering
drawing circulation delays and delays in the approval of as-built construction drawings
Loam stockpiles on MSR sites
Coordination of electronic submission standards for as-built block profile drawings.
Discussions with the Fire Department re Draft Fire Access Standards.
Residential Street Standards Pilot Project
Addressing issues related to concrete maintenance and replacement
Mandrell testing and video inspections
Review of City of Calgary policy documents and guidelines, including: Slope Adaptive
Development Policy, DSSP Guidelines and Erosion and Sediment Control Guidelines
The majority of the Technical Committee’s workload comes from the various Committees and Task
Forces that report directly to it. These include: Developer Safety, Electronic Submissions,
Environmental, Erosion & Sediment Control, Pavement, Residential LID Subdivision Study,
Residential Street Standards Pilot Project, Sewer Specifications, Technical Negotiations, Urban
Landscape and Water Management.
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Urban Landscape Committee
Led by Chairman Paul Douglas, the Urban Landscape Committee members also include Henry
Heuver, Victor Kallos, Bruce Laing, Scott Wright, Barry Paxton, Jason Palacsko, Brett
Friesen and Craig Norris, the Committee’s focus in 2008 included:
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Review of The City of Calgary Water Management and Urban Forest Strategic Plans to
determine their impact on the Standard Specifications for Landscape Construction. This will
be a key area of focus in 2009
Assist with the annual review of the 2008 Standard Specifications for Landscape
Construction
Involvement in the Residential LID Subdivision Study initiative
Recommendations to The City of Calgary regarding the testing and approval of new irrigation
products
Developing base guidelines/parameters to address one-off situations with private irrigations
specifications
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Water Management Committee
Water has become an increasingly important factor in the development of the city of Calgary and
surrounding municipalities, which is evidenced by the numerous water management plans and
studies that were reviewed this year. Committee members in 2008 included Rick Carnduff
(Chair), Paul Douglas, Chris Ollenberger, Tony Pasquini, Chris Plosz, Craig Norris, Michael
Roberts, Dennis Westhoff, Paul Jacobs, Trevor Huber and Martin Nguyen who were tasked
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Review of the Elbow River and Bow Basin Water Management Plans
Review of the Draft Western Irrigation District Stormwater Guidelines
Quarterly meetings with Water Resources to discuss issues such as the approval process,
delays in issuing CCC's for storm ponds, peer reviews of engineering drawings, LID
subdivision study updates and process improvement initiatives
Review of the Draft Langdon Stormwater Management Analysis
M.D. of Rocky View Riparian Policy Development Project
Review of the Western Irrigation District Stormwater Guidelines
Discussions with The City regarding the performance of stormwater ponds
Discussions with The City regarding the Stormwater Management & Design Manual, Water
Management Strategic Plan and the Shepard Drainage Corridor Study
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Commercial/Industrial Committee
In 2008, Chairman David Dalen along with Chris Davis, Carmel Gatt, Jane Power,
Brent MacKay, Eileen Stan, Sandy Menzies, Warren Paulsen, Don Larke and
James Scott focused their efforts on:
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Issues associated with the new Land Use Bylaw 1P2007, including the method
for determining height in a commercial district, maximum height in the IB district
and other implementation/sustainment concerns
Review of The City of Calgary's "Local Commercial Study" and the implications
of this policy document for the Development Industry
Improving dialogue/collaboration with City of Calgary planners, including
coordination with the City to develop an education program for new planners
Providing input into The City’s draft Smart Growth Rating system
Reviewing the implications of Plan It on the commercial/industrial sectors
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Developer Safety Committee
In 2008, Chairman Rob Kirsch and Committee members John Tucker, Phil
Wareham, Gerry Barron, Colin Friesen, Darrell Landon, Ian Hunsche,
Francis Pierrard and Duncan Smaill focused their efforts on addressing:
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Participation on the Calgary Region Utility Damage Prevention
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Working with Enmax, Atco Gas and the CHBA - Calgary Region on a "4
Party Housing Starts Task Force" to address safety issues associated
with the installation of shallow utilities
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Review The City of Calgary's Building Construction and Demolition Site
Management Code of Practice
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4 Party Housing Starts Task Force
A joint Task Force was established with the Shallow Utilities Consortium, UDI - Calgary and the
CHBA – Calgary Region to address safety and productivity issues that arise when house
construction and shallow utility installations occur concurrently in residential development projects.
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Safety concerns for all workers on the jobsite
Access concerns for the shallow utility construction contractors regarding their utility
easements and alignments
Negative impact on productivity for the shallow utility contractors, developers and home
builders.
To address these issues, a pilot project was developed to increase communication and
coordination between parties working within the development project. This is achieved through a
“joint coordination meeting” to discuss site coordination and safety requirements prior to
construction commencing. The discussion is then augmented with additional weekly site meetings
as required, in order to highlight the contractor’s construction plan. The pilot projects have been
very successful and the Task Force intends to prepare a joint publication in late 2008 to be
distributed to all stakeholders, describing the agreed upon meeting process and communication
best practices.
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Municipal District of Rocky View Liaison Committee
The Committee meets monthly to address a wide variety of issues pertaining to development in
the M.D. of Rocky View. In 2008, Committee reps included Richard Geleta (Chair), Dale
Johnson, Charles Boechler, Paul Mercer, Don Canning, Ron Sawchuk, Patrick Burke and
Marianne Wade. The M.D of Rocky View participants include: Derek Lovlin, Lorie Pesowski,
Rob Deverell and Rick Wiljamaa.
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Discussions regarding Development Agreement and Specifications negotiations
Issues/requirements associated with CCC's, FAC's and As-Built drawings/cover sheets
Participation in a study regarding the use of accessory dwelling units in the M.D.
Review of the approval process
Related issues associated with the Calgary Regional Partnership's Land Use Plan
Review of policy documents and associated bylaws, including: Airdrie East ASP, Plan 8 ASP,
Waste Water Levy Bylaw and M.D. of Rocky View & City of Calgary Inter-Municipal
Development Plan
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Residential Low Impact Development (LID) Subdivision Study
In response to concerns raised by the Development Industry regarding the
challenges experienced when trying to implement LID initiatives (lack of design
experience, lack of adequate design and modeling tools, longer approval
process and the limited cost information related to the implementation of
stormwater source control practices), The City of Calgary commenced a study
to design a theoretical innovative residential subdivision that incorporates a
number of feasible stormwater source control/LID practices, including: layout,
final design, identification of potential stormwater source control/LID practices
that may be applied throughout the city and identification of approval process
requirements/obstacles.
The team is lead by Liliana Bozic (City of Calgary) and includes the following
UDI volunteers: Kelly Blenkin, Rick Carnduff, Paul Douglas, Martin Nguyen,
Paul Jacobs, Victor Kallos, Ben Lee, Tony Pasquini, Chris Plosz, Manoj
Raythatha, Michael Roberts and Arnie Stafaniuk.
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Environmental Task Force
The members of the Environmental Task Force include Chris Plosz (Chair),
Heather Charbonneau, Ken Cook, Bob Faktor, Russ Kalmacoff and Tony
Gregov. In 2008, the group focused its efforts on a review of The City's
Brownfield Strategy and how the policies affect the development industry,
reviewing Plan It Calgary and the associated environmental impacts relative to
what is proposed and involvement with the Calgary Synergy Advisory Panel.
UDI – Calgary also has a seat on The City of Calgary's Environmental Advisory
Committee (EAC), which reviews and provides comment on environmental
activities and policies of The City. The Committee is comprised of representatives
from The City of Calgary, Calgary Health Region, Sierra Club, River Valleys
Committee, Sustainable Calgary Society and other organizations that focus on
environmental issues. Bob Faktor is UDI’s representative on the EAC. While UDI
will often disagree with the recommendations put forth by the EAC, our
participation on the committee ensures that we have a pulse on environmental
issues that affect the development industry.
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UDI – Calgary Events
In 2008 UDI - Calgary hosted seven luncheons, four breakfast seminars, a PVC Pipe Seminar, the
Spirit of UDI Awards, the annual Golf Tournament and the 2007 Christmas Reception.
• The total year event attendance was approximately 2860 members.
• The 2007 Christmas Reception was attended by over 600 people from the City of Calgary,
surrounding municipalities and our membership.
• The 2008 Ron Nolan Memorial Award was presented to Ron Sinden for his many years of
industry service and the Spirit of UDI Award was presented to Richard Priest for his
exceptional leadership and dedication to UDI – Calgary and UDI Alberta.
• 238 members participated in the 2008 golf tournament at Heritage Pointe, over $6000 was
raised for the Calgary Habitat for Humanity and we successfully filled our truck for the annual
Tool Drive. Congratulations to Johnny Walker and Maureen Boudreault who won the men's
and women’s low gross.
Thank you to all of our event speakers and presenters who graciously donated their time.
Ian Morely (City of Calgary)
Jennifer Sharp (City of Calgary)
Rick Butler (Calgary Regional Partnership)
Gordon Branson (M.D. of Rocky View)
Dr. Frank Atkins (University of Calgary)
Bruce Graham (Calgary Economic Development)
Nicole Martel (UDI Alberta)
Onufry Shinkewski (UDI Alberta)
George Brookman (Calgary Stampede)
Dave Borutski (Government of Alberta)
Chief Rick Hanson (Calgary Police)
Frank Boyd (Apex Limited Partnership)
Decker Shields (City of Calgary)
Craig Fisher (UNI-BELL PVC Pipe Association)
Jeff Phillips (Ipex Inc.)
Preston Creelman (Royal Pipe Systems)
Doug Clark (Morrison Hershfield)
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Our accomplishments would not be possible without our continued member support. Thank you to the
55 UDI – Calgary member companies who generously allowed their employees to work in a volunteer
capacity on the many challenges faced by the development industry in 2008.
Alberta Erosion Control Ltd.
Almor Testing Services Ltd.
Alpha Better Landscaping
Apex Limited Partnership
Brown & Associates
BSEI
Bunt & Associates Engineering Ltd.
Calgary Municipal Land Corporation
Canada Lands Company Limited
Carma Developers LP
Cohos Evamy
Dundee Development Corp.
Enmax Power Services Corp.
Focus Corporation
Foothills Landscaping Limited
Genstar Development Company
Gibbs Gage Architects
GLB Planning Ltd.
Golder Associates Limited
Grosvenor
GWL Realty Advisors Inc.
Harmony Park Developments Corp.
Hopewell Residential Communities
IBI Group
Jacques Whitford
Kidco Construction Limited
L.A. West (Calgary) Inc.
Marmot Concrete Services Ltd.
Matrix Landscaping Architecture
McIntosh-Lalani Engineering
MD of Rocky View
Medallion Development Corporation
Morrison Hershfield
Municipal Counsellors
North Star Excavating Inc.
Pacific Continental Developments Ltd.
Progressive Engineering Ltd.
Qualico Communities
Remington Development Corp.
Resiance Corporation
Riddell Kurczaba Architecture
Rockmount Financial
Ronmor Holdings Inc.
Southwell Trapp & Associates Ltd.
Stantec Consulting Limited
Stormwater Solutions Inc
Streetside Development Corp.
Tamani Communities
Telus Communications Inc.
Torode Commercial Ltd.
United Communities
University of Calgary
Urban Systems Limited
WestCreek Developments
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New Members
In 2008, the following companies joined UDI – Calgary:
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Atlantic Industries Ltd. (Canada)
Blue-Con Excavating Ltd.
Calgary Economic Development
CondoSource
Eco-Industrial Solutions
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
GLB Planning Ltd.
Hazco
Lake Placid Group of Companies
Lansdowne Equity Venture Ltd.
Layfield Group
Nucor Systems Inc.
Prairie Communities Corp.
Scheffer Andrew Ltd.
Stikeman Elliott
Stratacon Inc.
Summit Environmental Consultants Ltd.
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UDI – Calgary 2008 Board of Directors
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Michael Dutczak, Carma Developers LP. – Chairman
Richard Priest, Apex Limited Partnership – Past Chairman
Michael Roberts, Progressive Engineering Ltd. – Associate Vice Chairman
Chris Kolozetti, United Communities – Treasurer
Glynn Hendry, Qualico Communities – Director
Paul Taylor, Hopewell Residential Communities – Director
Doug Porozni, Ronmor Holdings Inc. - Director
James Hammermeister, Genstar Development Company – Director
Don McLeod, WestCreek Developments – Director
Marcello Chiacchia, Genstar Development Company – Director
Don Merlo, Carma Developers LP – Director
UDI - Calgary Administration
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Michael Flynn - Executive Director
Maureen Boudreault - Project Manager
Kimber Higa - Administrative Assistant
Pat McHale - Office Administrator
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Representing the development industry in sustainable growth through partnerships and relationships with all stakeholders.
Urban Development Institute – Calgary
2008 Annual Report
November 25, 2008
33
Representing the development industry in sustainable growth through partnerships and relationships with all stakeholders.
Urban Development Institute – Calgary
2008 Annual Report
November 25, 2008
34
Representing the development industry in sustainable growth through partnerships and relationships with all stakeholders.