Using Indicators to Measure Calgary Metropolitan Plan Progress

Performance measures. The Calgary Regional Partnership will developperformance indicators to measure progress toward CMP implementation.These indicators will be monitored and reported regularly for publicinformation and to inform updates in the Plan. ~ p. 51, Calgary Metropolitan Plan, June 2012

CMP Policy 5.c.7

Why indicators?

The criteria

• Meaningful

• Measurable

• Understandable

The process: workshop 1

The process: refinements

The process: workshop 2

The process: online survey

The process: team review

The outcomes

17 proposed indicators

P R I N C I P L E 1

Protecting the natural environment and watershed

• Water quality• Water quantity• Ecological footprint• Index of landscape connectivity• Air quality

• Diversity of employment by sector• Ratio of residential to commercial/industrial

tax base

P R I N C I P L E 2Fostering our economic vitality

Accommodating growth in more compact settlement patterns

• Intensification (jobs, housing, population)• Greenfield density (jobs, housing, population)• Number of affordable housing units• Modal split

P R I N C I P L E 3

Integrating efficient regional infrastructure systems

• Narratives profiling examples of action and achievement

P R I N C I P L E 4

Supported through a regional governance approach

• Municipal context statements• CRP participation index

P R I N C I P L E 5

Next steps

• Summer: Confirm data

• Fall: Baseline report

• Develop additional indicators• Wetlands, water footprint, food security

• 5 year progress reports

Next steps: long term