Submitted by Herta and Eric on behalf of Planning and Development
We wanted to start by thanking those folks who participated in the June 14th General Meeting. Planning and Development was able to present a comprehensive overview of its activities over the past couple of years. We also put forward motions that will allow SHC to pursue a deep green retrofit as the standard for rehabilitation of our buildings, undertake an evidence-based analysis for aging-in-place, and the allocation of funds to hire Urban Matters as our project manager for a due diligence process. Since receiving near unanimous support from the Membership we are happy to report that the committee has been busy.
On Wednesday July 17 some of the members of the Planning and Development Committee met with Lee Prevost Housing Development lead for Urban Matters to review the Housing Regeneration Scoping Proposal. Lee has a diverse background developing affordable housing both within the public and private sectors and led the City of Calgary’s affordable housing development program for five years. The presentation to the Planning and Development Committee group outlined seven tasks necessary to provide Sunnyhill Co-op with the best recommendations for redevelopment.
These tasks will include:
Gathering and sharing information with all stakeholders (Co-operative membership, Community Association, Ward Councillor, City of Calgary, CMHC) about what has been done so far
Performing an accessibility analysis for making 20% of our units accessible
Preparing a study for addressing the co-operative’s building rehabilitation and sustainability requirements of the National Housing Strategy requirements and how this can be utilized for the deep green retrofit.
Developing a long-term sustainable capital improvement plan.
Providing the co-op with a report of the recommendations based on the above tasks. This report will summarize the next steps related to design, site, planning support, financial analysis and funding opportunities.
The Board has signed the contract with Urban Matters for the first phase of this project. The plan at this point is it to utilize the Planning and Development budget and the CMHC Preservation Fund grant to pay for this first phase. We will be working hard to look for funding for subsequent phases. We will keep you posted.