Our Plan for Downtown will be a Area Redevelopment Plan, a statutory document that aligns with section 634 of the Municipal Government Act as follows:

An area redevelopment plan may be initiated to preserve or improve land and buildings in the area; rehabilitate buildings in the area; remove buildings from the area; construct or replace buildings in the area; establish, improve or relocate roads, public utilities or other services in the area; or facilitate any other development in the area.

An area redevelopment plan must describe:

• the objectives of the plan and how they are proposed to be achieved,
• the proposed land uses for the redevelopment area,
• if a redevelopment levy is to be imposed, the reasons for imposing it, and
• any proposals for the acquisition of land for any municipal use, school facilities, parks and recreation facilities or any other purposes the council considers necessary.

The plan may contain any other proposals that the council considers necessary and must be consistent with higher level statutory plans, including the municipal development plan, inter-municipal development plan, and regional plans.