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Long and short range planning advice and support is provided
to Council through a Planning Advisory Committee concerning
a wide variety of issues influencing the growth and development
of the Municipality. Since 1979 and the adoption of a
municipal-wide municipal planning strategy and land use bylaw,
the ongoing challenge has been to balance the needs of a significant
resource based economy, particularly related to agriculture,
with a consistently growing non-resource based population
and economy.
In consultation with other Municipal
departments, village commissions and towns as well as outside
agencies such as provincial Environment and Transportation
departments, planning
staff provide advice and technical support concerning
such issues as land use policies and regulations; site design;
watershed
planning; and the development and utilization of Geographical
Information Systems (GIS).
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