2014/2015Budget Session

Chair Barry Williamson

Our evolution

Budget process

Consolidated BudgetBoard Presentation January 16, 2014

Net Change2014/15 2013/14

Regular membership fees 290,300 287,489 2,811 AMA core grant 3,000,000 3,000,000 0

* Enterprise & Adv. Education Grant 75,000 100,000 (25,000) ** Western Diversification Program Grant 75,000 75,000

Investment income 8,000 5,000 3,000 TOTAL REVENUE 3,448,300 3,392,489 55,811

Salaries and Benefits 1,505,190 1,575,678 (70,488) Executive Offi cers Expenses 138,800 70,000 68,800 Legal and Professional Fees 52,000 59,000 (7,000) General Operational Costs 316,477 319,290 (2,813) Capital Asset Acquisition (on a cash basis) 8,000 21,000 (13,000) Total Operational Budget 2,020,467 2,044,968 (24,500) Total Consultants 891,500 934,800 (43,300) Total Program costs & materials 536,333 412,721 123,612 Program Costs and Consultants 1,427,833 1,347,521 80,312 TOTAL EXPENSES 3,448,300 3,392,489 55,812

* for Economic Prosperity operating costs

** for Economic Prosperity program costs

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Budget report Page 7

Work Plans

Corporate Administration and

Support

CMP Implementation & Regional Servicing

Kelly Learned Senior Regional Planner

Past

Present

Future

CMP + Servicing

Economic Prosperity

Transportation

GIS

TOD Toolbox

Performance Measures

PGA Refinement

Food Strategy

Performance Measures Baseline Report

Work plan pg. 5-6

Municipal Context Statements + Process Guide

Work plan pg. 7-8

Priority Growth Area Refinement

Work plan pg. 9-10

Regional Servicing Master Plan, Governance Strategy

Implementation

Work plan pg. 19-20

Transit Oriented Development(TOD) Toolbox

$115,500 (+$15,000 EC Prosperity)Work plan pg. 11-13

Food Security Strategy

$20,000 Work plan pg. 15-16

Ecological Conservation and Protection Initiative

$110,000Work plan pg. 17-18

Regional Research Program

$86,800 Work plan pg. 21-22

Building Implementation Capacity and Support

$4,000

Regional Transportation and Complete Mobility

Past

Past

Present

Future

Integration

Economic DevelopmentCMP IntegrationCommunications

Regional Transit Advocacy$85,000 Page 17

Building Implementation Capacity$30,000 Page 6

Chestermere Engagement Plan$10,000 Page 6

Regional Transit Governance Phase 2

$44,000 Page 19

cProviding Transit Expertise-consultants$23,000 in Budget Book

Commuter Rail$27,500 Page 15

Economic ProsperityWork Program 2013-2015

Past

EDOForum

CRPPartnership

REDA

PresentPresent

Future

Environment

Community

EconomySUSTAINABILITY

Integration

Environment

Community

EconomySUSTAINABILITY

Everything . . . .

Local and regional

Building Implementation Capacity and Support

• EDO Forum, work groups, SC meetings• Industry partnerships (T&L, ECR, Tourism)• Supporting EDOs locally

Project Costs: $32,512Work plan pg. #: 5 - 6

Regional Marketing (Business & Investment Attraction)

• CRP as the “Voice” of regional economic prosperity (REDA)

• “Overarching” Marketing Strategy

Project Costs: $70,000Work plan pg. #: 7 - 8

Explore Calgary Region (ECR)

• Site-selection tool and “Window” into the region & towns

• Generating “For Sale/Lease” listings from industry• Adding useful local and regional information• Marketing the site to investors abroad• Using the ECR tool to support other sectors (e.g. tourism)Project Costs: $ 0

Work plan pg. #: 9 - 10

Transportation & Logistics

• Enhancing a “Regional Hub” identity, capacity & network

• Lead Generation, with “Distribution Centre” focus• Integrated transportation, land use and economic development infrastructure and planning

• Advocacy to Province, Federal gov’t with T&L community

• Partnering with MetroRegions to learn, advocate, grow

Project Costs: $190,000 (assumes $75,000 grant from WD)

Work plan pg. #: 11 - 13

TOD Toolbox

• Economic opportunities that come with transit service

• Meaningful economic analysis and tools for towns

• Integrating planning, transit and economic development strategies, staff and communities

Project Costs: $15,000Work plan pg. #: 14 - 16

Sustainable Tourism

• Situation assessment & Regional Tourism Profile • “Sustainable Tourism” and CMP Implementation• Other MetroRegions – Best Practices & Networks• Stakeholder engagement around “common ground”

• Eventually, CMP policy and implementation programsProject Costs: $45,000

Work plan pg. #: 17- 18

Getting jobs closer to where people live

• Supporting local job attraction/creation efforts• Understanding trends, drivers, opportunities• Introducing “WorkShift” into interested communities

• Supporting community-based economic prosperity efforts

Project Costs: $ 0Work plan pg. #: 19- 20

New and Emerging Industries

• Understanding of export-based “Advanced Industries”

• Identifying municipal Best Practices in creating new revenue sources and business opportunities

Project Costs: $ 0Work plan pg. #: 21 - 22

Integration

Environment

Community

EconomySUSTAINABILITY

Everything . . . .

Local and regional

Digital Communicationsand

Regional Marketing

Past

Present

Future

IntegrationSupport all program areas

Ex. •Transportation & Logistics•Greenfield toolkit•Chestermere regional transportation

Digital Communications

Mobile development$50,000 Pg. 9

Web traffic: 2012: 30% mobile2014: 50% mobile

NA: 45% transactions (finance, purchases)

2016: mobile devices surpasses world population

$49,521 Pg. 9

Website additions

Shared projects$40,000 Pg. 11

Regional Marketing

$140,000 Pg. 15

Columbus Region and business investment

Communication partners and stakeholders

Maarten Albarda: Former Chief Marketing Officer Coca Cola, Ab-inbev,

Mark Schaefer: Marketing consultant, Forbes top 50 most powerful influencers

Irene Alvarez: Marketing & Communications Director Columbus Region

Governance and Implementation

Capacity

• Metro region outreach and collaborative projects

• $40,000 Pg. 11

• Strengthen the Board’s effectiveness in leading the organization

• $40,000 Pg. 11

• New projects explorations• $25,000 Pg. 11

RegionalGeographicInformation

Systems

(GIS)

Past

Present

Transit

Economic Dev.

Planning

MunicipalMembers

RegionalGIS

Servicing

Future

Integration• Explore Calgary Region Site

• Regional Open Data Project

• GIS Capacity Building• Data Organization and Maintenance Plan

• Growth Management Projects

• Transit projects

EXPLORE CALGARY REGIONExplore Calgary Region

Project Costs:

$20,000GIS Work

Plan Pg. #: 5

Regional Open Data

Project Costs: $50,000GIS Work Plan Pg. #: 8

GIS Capacity BuildingProject Costs: $5,000

Work plan pg. #: 10

Data Organization and Maintenance Plan

Project Costs: Not ApplicableGIS Work Plan Pg. #: 12

Growth Management Projects

Project Costs: Not applicableGIS Work Plan Pg. #:14

Project Costs: N/AGIS Work Plan Pg. #:16

Transit Projects

Partnership Network

Request for decision

1. Approval of budget framework

2. Approval of budget as presented OR return to Executive Committee for refinements