Tricouncil RGP Map Atlas reduced

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Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan

For Sawridge First Nation | MD of Lesser Slave River | Town of Slave Lake

Map Atlas EIDOS Consultants Incorporated


Suggested Citation: EIDOS Consultants Incorporated. 2015. Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan- for Sawridge First Nation, MD of Lesser Slave River and Town of Slave Lake- Map Atlas. Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No 124. Slave Lake, Alberta January, 2015


TABLE OF CONTENTS 1

MAP ATLAS ....................................................................................................................... 1 1.1

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Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 Geographic Information System and Mapping ................................ 1 1.1.2 Data Sources ................................................................................................... 1 1.1.3 Metadata .......................................................................................................... 1 1.1.4 Common Project Display Projection ...................................................... 1 1.1.5 Mapping Limitations and Interpretation ............................................. 2

MAPS ................................................................................................................................... 2

LIST OF TABLES Table 2—a

Legend For Terrain Units, Maps 3.3 to 3.10 ....................................... 4

Table 2—b

Regional General Land Use Districts and Equivalent Districts for Town and Municipal District ............................................................. 7

LIST OF MAPS Map 1.1 Map 2.1 Map 3.1 Map 3.2 Map 3.3 Map 3.4 Map 3.5 Map 3.6 Map 3.7 Map 3.8 Map 3.9 Map 3.10 Map 4.1 Map 4.2 Map 4.3 Map 4.4 Map 4.5 Map 4.6

Study Area Regional Context Environmental Context Orthophoto Terrain Assessment – Assineau Terrain Assessment – Canyon Creek Terrain Assessment – Wagner Terrain Assessment – Slave Lake North Terrain Assessment – Slave Lake South Terrain Assessment – Lesser Slave River Terrain Assessment – Mitsue Terrain Assessment – Marten River Land Use- Existing Municipal Infrastructure- East Municipal Infrastructure- West Regional Land Use Plan- East Regional Land Use Plan- West Intermunicipal Development Plan

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TRI-COUNCIL REGIONAL GROWTH PLAN DOCUMENTS This Report is one of a set of three documents prepared for the Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan, including: Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan –Policies and Agreements

Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan – Map Atlas

Policies and two agreements for an integrated regional growth plan.

Map compilation for the Regional Growth Plan. A summary of cross references between documents is provided in the

Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan – Background Report

following table:

Background research and findings as well as study definition and governance context. This document contains a project description with key descriptions, assumptions and acronyms and glossary definitions that are used throughout the three documents.

Table ES – a

Document Cross References

Agreements

Regional Growth Plan Agreement

Agreement and Policies Policies 1 Introduction: Why Collaborate, Principles Vision, Goals and Guiding Principles 2 Inter-Jurisdictional Collaboration: Background, Goals, Policies and Objectives 3 Environmental Stewardship: Goals, Policies and Objectives 4 Social Responsibility: Goals, Policies and Objectives 5 Economic Prosperity: Goals, Policies and Objectives 6 Managing Growth Goals, Policies and Objectives

Intermunicipal Development Plan Regional Growth Plan Agreement

7 Intermunicipal Planning Land use relations between the Town and M.D. 8 Implementation Action Plan, Plan Evaluation and Renewal

Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan – Map Atlas Sawridge First Nation | M.D. of Lesser Slave River | Town of Slave Lake

Background Report

Map Atlas

1 Introduction: Study Definition, Tri Council Regional Governance Context 1 Introduction: 1.3 Tri-Council Governance Context

Map 1.1 Study Area

3 Environmental Management: Context, Environmental Knowledge and Mapping, Regional Land Stewardship Planning, Environmental Risk Mitigation

Map 3.1 Environmental Context Map 3.2 Orthophoto Maps 3.3 to 3.10 Terrain Assessment – various sheets With extended legend in the Atlas text.

2.1 Population Growth 2.3 Housing 4.3 Educational, Community and Protective Services 2 Economic Development and Housing: 2.1 Population Growth 2.2 Economic Development 4 Managing Growth: 4.1 Planning Influences 4.2 Infrastructure and Transportation Systems 4.4 Crown Land Ownership 4.6 Land Supply and Demand, 4.7 Development Opportunity Assessments. 4.8 Regional Land Use Plan 4.9 Tri Council Referral Boundaries

2.1 Regional Context Map 4.1 Land Use- Existing Map 4.2 and 4.3 Municipal Infrastructure – West & East Map 4.4 and 4.5 Regional Land Use Plan West & East

Map 4.6 Intermunicipal Development Plan

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MAP ATLAS

1.1.2

Data Sources The Map Atlas draws on data from a number of sources: Town of Slave Lake: data (shapefiles) supplied with permission from their GIS consultant, Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd, Edmonton  MD 124 Lesser Slave River: data (shapefiles) supplied with permission from their GIS consultants Zap Consulting, High Prairie and, Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd, Edmonton.  Open Source Public Data: shapefiles with open source licences for a variety of information such as environmental data, parks and protected areas, generally published by government agencies,  Government of Alberta (GoA) base features, LIDAR, orthophotos, etc which have been made available to the project under a single use licence managed by the Municipal Affairs, Regional Recovery Coordination Group. Some displayed data has been generated by the Consultant from supplied data sources including hillshade background display (Map 1.1) contour data or our sub consultants such as the Terrain analysis maps. All data generated by the Consultant becomes the property of Tri-Council. 

1.1 Introduction A set of maps are presented in this large format document so that map information can be viewed at a legible scale in a convenient format. The atlas is companion document to the report entitled “Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan- Background Report”. Individual maps are keyed to the text of the Background Report which provides the context and some descriptions related to the map compositions. Both the Town and MD 124 currently have deployed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for various purposes including municipal property assessments; permit tracking, infrastructure management and planning. An objective of the Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan (RGP) was to enhance these data sets with new regional GIS data to facilitate ongoing planning. 1.1.1

Geographic Information System and Mapping The set of maps are for the most part generated from GIS “shapefiles” (common data format) which relies on software which processes and displays geospatial data. A variety of software has been used to generate, store, manage and display the spatial data contained in the map set including:   

ESRI ArcGIS (v10.2): delivery format Manifold (v8.2) – data base construction GIS routines and geoprocessing. PostgreSQL (v9.2): server-based GIS database for efficient storage and GIS SQL server for large regional scaled GIS data sets for multiple vendor clients. SAGA (v2.1): geoprocessing of LIDAR imagery for this project to produce map components including hillshades (rendered topographic model), colorized physiographic hillshade models and contours. Adobe Creative Cloud (v6) including Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign: used for the cartographic image assembly and printing.

All of the products produced by the above software are fully licensed to EIDOS Consultants Incorporated. Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan – Map Atlas Sawridge First Nation | M.D. of Lesser Slave River | Town of Slave Lake

1.1.3

Metadata GIS files and database sets are accompanied by Metadata. Metadata provides a description about the spatial data, contained in a shape file or geodatabase including data sources, techniques of data creation, database conventions and geographic projection (source and display). New spatial data produced in the study will be accompanied by metadata, but in some cases limited by source data that came to the project without Metadata,

1.1.4

Common Project Display Projection Maps are displayed in a variety of geographic projections which warp the earth’s curvature to create a flat representation on a map sheet. The source data has been received in a variety of projections commonly in use in Alberta including: Geographic (Lat/Log) 10TM- Resource (115o), 10TM- Forestry (115o), UTM zone 11(117o), UTM zone 12 (113o), and 3TM (114o). The RGP project has adopted 3TM (114o).display projection for the following reasons: page 1 January 2015


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Projection of choice for one of the two jurisdictions with GIS systems. Typical projection for an urbanized area (e.g. Calgary Edmonton, Cold Lake). The fifth meridian (114oW) occurs within the RGP study area producing reasonably rectilinear (N-S and E-W) displays of the Alberta Township Survey (ATS) grid. The RGP Study Area generally fits the 3 degree window of the 3TM 114o projection (i.e. generally fits between 1.5o to the east or west of 114o)

Should the data be needed in another projection, most GIS software can be reprojected “on the fly”. In addition, most of the source data sets have been left in their original projection and only the display reprojected. 1.1.5

Mapping Limitations and Interpretation The Regional Growth Plan and the related maps are intended as a high level planning and policy guide. The maps are not intended to be utilized as the basis of individual development initiatives. Further detailed site investigations are require before proceeding with individual developments. More specific investigations are required related to: 

Survey: topographic contours have been derived from aerial LIDAR and have not been field validated. They are intended to show terrain patterns and gradients rather than absolute elevations. For that reason, contour labels have not been shown. Flood Plain Risk Mapping: of the many tributaries and rivers within the RGP study area, only the Sawridge Creek has a mapped flood risk study. Flooding in the vicinity of all the other water courses or depressional areas has an unquantified risk. Flood plain risk mapping must precede all developments in the vicinity of unmapped water courses in the RGP Study Area.

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Geotechnical Investigations: the soil and terrain limitations mapping was done by interpretation of imagery and topographic contour information, with limited ground truthing. Geotechnical site investigations are needed to determine site and soil conditions prior to local scale planning and site development. Ice flow and thrust risk assessments would need to be further assessed in areas identified with this type of risk.

MAPS The following provide some explanations and descriptions of map content to assist the reader in interpreting the displayed information. Map 1.1 Study Area The RGP study area (bounded in a heavy red line) is approximately 50km (E/W) by 40km (N/S). The RGP general bounds have been set to include: East: Assineau to MD124 Boundary West: Mitue Industrial Area plus a buffer South: southern limit of highway 2 south of Mitsue North: Marten Beach and the Highway 88 and 750 Gateway Intersection The RGP study area is discontinuous and irregular in shape. The reason for this is the extraordinary amount of data associated with the orthophotos and LIDAR needed to generate the Terrain Analysis Maps. Non essential (not likely to be developed) areas have been eliminated wherever possible.    

The study area is displayed over a colorized physiographic map generated from LIDAR imagery. The background displays elevations in colour gradients from low elevations, starting at blue to high elevations depicted in red brown (a 600 meter difference in elevation). Other information presented in the study area includes:    

Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan – Map Atlas Sawridge First Nation | M.D. of Lesser Slave River | Town of Slave Lake

Sawridge First Nation boundaries MD 124 Lesser Slave River boundary Town of Slave Lake boundary Area Structure Plan boundaries

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Prior Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP 2000) boundary

Map 2.1 Regional Context The intent of Map 2.1 is to provide a map to support the description of economic context in the Background Report. The sphere of economic influence of the Tri-Council extends well beyond the RGP Study area. This larger scale map depicts the major administrative and economic features of a region centered on the MD’s of Lesser Slave River, Big Lakes Northern Sunrise and Opportunity. Key economic features are:   

InSitu Oilsands Projects and Oil Sands Leases Forest Management Agreement Areas Major Industrial Plants

and related major infrastructure including:    

Pipelines Railways Paved and gravel roadways. Power lines

Map 3.1 Environmental Context Environmental Management and sustainable development are an important aspect of the RGP and this plan describes the environmental context and the key environmental features within and surrounding the RGP study area. The feature of international significance is Lesser Slave Lake. This map is scaled to include the entire Lesser Slave Watershed boundary. Environmental features displayed include:     

Parks and Protected Areas Environmentally Significant Areas Natural Sub Regions of Alberta Critical Habitat Areas Watershed Boundaries.

A description of the features directly affecting the RGP study area is summarized in Section 3 of the Background Report.

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Map 3.2 OrthoPhoto A series of orthophoto tiles have been assembled to provide a pictorial representation of the land cover for the RGP study area. The orthophotos have been enhanced by digitally adding a hillshade representation to accentuate relief. The orthophoto series captures the burn scars following the May 2011 wildfires. Map 3.3 – 3.10 Terrain Analysis – Various Sheets  3.3 Assineau  3.4 Canyon Creek  3.5 Wagner  3.6 Slave Lake North  3.7 Slave Lake South  3.8 Lesser Slave River  3.9 Mitsue  3.10 Marten River This series of maps provides an assessment of terrain conditions which can be interpreted for both development and conservation values. The mapping assembles a number of features including:    

Orthophoto background Contours (1m Interval) Environmental features from Map 3.1 Man made development constraints (setbacks for railways, wastewater treatment facilities, landfills, pipelines and well heads) Terrain analysis (undertaken by Pedocan Land Evaluation).

The soil and terrain mapping was done by interpretation of imagery and topographic contour information, with limited ground truthing. Geotechnical and more detailed site investigations are needed to determine more specific site and soil conditions prior to local scale planning and site development. An extended legend for the 15 types of terrain units encountered are presented in Table 2—a.

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Table 2—a

Legend For Terrain Units, Maps 3.3 to 3.10

Terrain Unit Br

Brief Description

Description

Limitations

Beach ridges

Beach ridges on shore of Lesser Slave Lake Beach ridges, potential for ice thrusting.

Terrain Unit Br

Brief Description

Description

Risk of ice thrusting and damage to structures. Within the expected zone of consideration for environmental reserve to protect lake quality and lake access for recreation. Coarse sandy soils are unstable and erodible if vegetation is removed. Limitations

Beach ridges

Beach ridges on shore of Lesser Slave Lake Beach ridges, potential for ice thrusting.

Brs

Beach ridge and wetland swale

Beach ridge and wetland swale complex adjacent to the lake. Sand ridges and wetland swales.

Cs E

Colluvial, steep slopes, dissected by eroded channels Escarpment

Risk of unstable soils. High water erosion risk. Complex surface topography. Erodible and unstable due to slope; often seepage zones along the toe slope. Scenic view points along the top of the escarpments.

Gs

Glacio-fluvial deposits

La

Lacustrine plain (arable)

Colluvial, steep slopes, dissected by eroded channels, evidence of mass wasting. Very steep, eroded slopes along edges of upper plateaux and along edges of glacial meltwater channels (creek banks, channel sides.) Sand and gravelly sand, potential for aggregate extraction. Lacustrine clay blanket on the Assineau River Fan. Incised stream channels. Agricultural land use capability, gentle slopes.

Floodway and Flood Fringe are not mapped to our knowledge. Well-drained soils have agricultural land use capability and part of the fan is currently farmed. The toe of the fan is probably within the flood fringe of Lesser Slave Lake. The La land is suitable for housing – at cost of loss of agricultural land.

Low biodiversity on broken/farmed land.

Ls

Lacustrine plain (sandy)

Sandy soils.

Possible high water table.

Mb

Moraine benchland

Moraine upland with benched (terraced) slopes.

Mm

Moraine with moderate slopes

Ms

Moraine with steep slopes

Moderate slopes (usually less than 10%), inclusions of wet soils in concave positions. Moraine, steep slopes (10 to 30%), includes dissected and hummocky and simple slopes; wet seepage soils in lower slope positions.

Topography provides opportunity for scenic views. Soils on level areas may have wetness limitations due to seepage and ponded water. Sloping or rolling topography. Mostly well drained soils but will have some wet areas. Few limitations to development subject to geotechnical investigation. Slopes of 10 to 15% or greater, may be simple slopes or hummocky or ridged /dissected. Often complex drainage with enclosed depressions. Large footprint developments (industrial yards or small lot residential) will require extensive grading and water diversion. Low density / large lot country residential can often be “fit to the landscape” to limit grading and water diversions (see Canyon Creek South as an example of how this was done). The topography can be used for natural property boundaries to separate and screen the properties and provide view opportunities. Relief and diversity of the landform pattern provides scenic values. Need Geotechnical investigations

Diversity of plant species and potential for rare species. High diversity of ecosite types and plant species.

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Risk of ice thrusting and damage to structures. Within the expected zone of consideration for environmental reserve to protect lake quality and lake access for recreation. Coarse sandy soils are unstable and erodible if vegetation is removed. Severe limitations to development due to wetness and sand. Water table is likely connected to the lake level.

Biodiversity Potential / Comments Diversity of plant species and potential for rare species. Important avian habitat. Biodiversity Potential / Comments Diversity of plant species and potential for rare species. Important avian habitat. High biodiversity values for plants and birds. Good candidate landscapes for ER protection. High diversity of ecosite types and plant species. Potential for rare plant species

Potential aggregate sources.

Potential for rare plant species Potential for rare plant species. High diversity of ecosite types.

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Terrain Unit Pt

Brief Description

Description

Limitations

Plateau

Plateau with gentle slopes; elevations near 750m; delimited by escarpments and steep slopes.

Sc

Stream channel

Stream channels and floodplains (natural and man-made) with flooding hazard.

Steep access slopes with high erosion risk. Often gravelly, cobbly soils. Potential aggregate sources. Wet, peaty soils on level areas. Scenic viewpoints. Floodway and flood fringe mapped by ESRD for Sawridge Creek but not for other streams.

Wp

Wet soils with mostly thick peat Organics

Wet soils with mostly thick peat Organics; includes bogs and fens and peaty Gleysols; water table at or near surface.

Ws

Wet soils

Wet soils (Gleysols and thin peat Organic soils) with seepage and high water table; usually gentle slopes or nearly level.

Wsi

Wet soils subject to inundation

Brs

Beach ridge and wetland swale

Wet soils. Inundation when Lesser Slave Lake is high. Beach ridge and wetland swale complex adjacent to the lake. Sand ridges and wetland swales.

Cs E

Colluvial, steep slopes, dissected by eroded channels Escarpment

Gs

Glacio-fluvial deposits

Colluvial, steep slopes, dissected by eroded channels, evidence of mass wasting. Very steep, eroded slopes along edges of upper plateaux and along edges of glacial meltwater channels (creek banks, channel sides.) Sand and gravelly sand, potential for aggregate extraction.

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Wet soils with seepage, ponding and high water table. Wet soils limit development by increasing development costs and require appropriate design and construction. Drainage and water diversions are usually possible. Off-site effects of drainage and diversion must be considered and mitigated and require Water Act Approvals. Alberta Wetland Policy regarding protection of wetland may apply. Building sites and roads usually require removal of “off-spec material” and placement of imported clay fill. This appears to be common practice at Slave Lake. Need geotechnical investigations Wp soils have a peat layer of variable thickness in addition to the wetness limitations. Wet soils with seepage, ponding and high water table. Wet soils limit development by increasing development costs and require appropriate design and construction. Drainage and water diversions are usually possible. Off-site effects of drainage and diversion must be considered and mitigated and require Water Act Approvals. Alberta Wetland Policy re protection of wetland may apply. Building sites and roads usually require removal of “off-spec material” and placement of imported clay fill. This appears to be common practice at Slave Lake. Need geotechnical investigations. Wet Soils. Inundation. Require flood are mapping. Severe limitations to development due to wetness and sand. Water table is likely connected to the lake level. Risk of unstable soils. High water erosion risk. Complex surface topography. Erodible and unstable due to slope; often seepage zones along the toe slope. Scenic view points along the top of the escarpments.

Biodiversity Potential / Comments Potential for rare plant species. High diversity of ecosite types.

Natural landscapes have rich biodiversity with riparian and upland habitats that qualify for Significant Natural Areas classification and warrant protection (Sawridge Creek upstream of the town is example.) Peaty soils have value for hydrology and potential for rare species.

Wetland types have value for hydrology and potential for rare species. High biodiversity value due to mix of wetland and upland ecosites.

Diversity of riparian plant species and potential for rare species. Important avian habitat High biodiversity values for plants and birds. Good candidate landscapes for ER protection. High diversity of ecosite types and plant species. Potential for rare plant species

Potential aggregate sources.

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Terrain Unit La

Brief Description

Description

Limitations

Lacustrine plain (arable)

Lacustrine clay blanket on the Assineau River Fan. Incised stream channels. Agricultural land use capability, gentle slopes.

Floodway and Flood Fringe are not mapped to our knowledge. Well-drained soils have agricultural land use capability and part of the fan is currently farmed. The toe of the fan is probably within the flood fringe of Lesser Slave Lake. The La land is suitable for housing – at cost of loss of agricultural land.

Ls

Lacustrine plain (sandy)

Sandy soils.

Possible high water table.

Mb

Moraine benchland

Moraine upland with benched (terraced) slopes.

Mm

Moraine with moderate slopes

Ms

Moraine with steep slopes

Moderate slopes (usually less than 10%), inclusions of wet soils in concave positions. Moraine, steep slopes (10 to 30%), includes dissected and hummocky and simple slopes; wet seepage soils in lower slope positions.

Pt

Plateau

Plateau with gentle slopes; elevations near 750m; delimited by escarpments and steep slopes.

Sc

Stream channel

Stream channels and floodplains (natural and man-made) with flooding hazard.

Topography provides opportunity for scenic views. Soils on level areas may have wetness limitations due to seepage and ponded water. Sloping or rolling topography. Mostly well drained soils but will have some wet areas. Few limitations to development subject to geotechnical investigation. Slopes of 10 to 15% or greater, may be simple slopes or hummocky or ridged /dissected. Often complex drainage with enclosed depressions. Large footprint developments (industrial yards or small lot residential) will require extensive grading and water diversion. Low density / large lot country residential can often be “fit to the landscape” to limit grading and water diversions (see Canyon Creek South as an example of how this was done). The topography can be used for natural property boundaries to separate and screen the properties and provide view opportunities. Relief and diversity of the landform pattern provides scenic values. Need Geotechnical investigations Steep access slopes with high erosion risk. Often gravelly, cobbly soils. Potential aggregate sources. Wet, peaty soils on level areas. Scenic viewpoints. Floodway and flood fringe mapped by ESRD for Sawridge Creek but not for other streams.

Wp

Wet soils with mostly thick peat Organics

Wet soils with mostly thick peat Organics; includes bogs and fens and peaty Gleysols; water table at or near surface.

Tri-Council Regional Growth Plan – Map Atlas Sawridge First Nation | M.D. of Lesser Slave River | Town of Slave Lake

Wet soils with seepage, ponding and high water table. Wet soils limit development by increasing development costs and require appropriate design and construction. Drainage and water diversions are usually possible. Off-site effects of drainage and diversion must be considered and mitigated and require Water Act Approvals. Alberta Wetland Policy regarding protection of wetland may apply. Building sites and roads usually require removal of “off-spec material” and placement of imported clay fill. This appears to be common practice at Slave Lake. Need geotechnical investigations Wp soils have a peat layer of variable thickness in addition to the wetness limitations.

Biodiversity Potential / Comments Low biodiversity on broken/farmed land.

Diversity of plant species and potential for rare species. High diversity of ecosite types and plant species. Potential for rare plant species Potential for rare plant species. High diversity of ecosite types.

Potential for rare plant species. High diversity of ecosite types.

Natural landscapes have rich biodiversity with riparian and upland habitats that qualify for Significant Natural Areas classification and warrant protection (Sawridge Creek upstream of the town is example.) Peaty soils have value for hydrology and potential for rare species.

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Terrain Unit Ws

Brief Description

Description

Limitations

Wet soils

Wet soils (Gleysols and thin peat Organic soils) with seepage and high water table; usually gentle slopes or nearly level.

Wsi

Wet soils subject to inundation

Wet soils. Inundation when Lesser Slave Lake is high.

Wet soils with seepage, ponding and high water table. Wet soils limit development by increasing development costs and require appropriate design and construction. Drainage and water diversions are usually possible. Off-site effects of drainage and diversion must be considered and mitigated and require Water Act Approvals. Alberta Wetland Policy re protection of wetland may apply. Building sites and roads usually require removal of “off-spec material” and placement of imported clay fill. This appears to be common practice at Slave Lake. Need geotechnical investigations. Wet Soils. Inundation. Require flood are mapping.

Map 4.1 Land Use - Existing This map illustrates a generalized land use districts for the M.D. Further descriptions of Regional Land Use are provided in the RGP Background Report. Maps 4.2 and 4.3 Municipal Infrastructure, East and West Maps 4.2 and 4.3 illustrate the existing regional water and waste water service areas plus system features including treatment plants, reservoirs and intake facilities. Future planned extensions to the water system are depicted including a TriCouncil regional water line initiative. Further descriptions of the regional water system are provided in the RGP Background Report.

Table 2—b

Biodiversity Potential / Comments Wetland types have value for hydrology and potential for rare species. High biodiversity value due to mix of wetland and upland ecosites.

Diversity of riparian plant species and potential for rare species. Important avian habitat

Maps 4.4 and 4.5 Regional Land Use Plan, East and West The regional land use plan is derived from a supply demand assessment of land uses. The map shows priority development areas and long term land reserves for future development. Table 2—b shows the coorelation between Regional Growth Plan generalized land uses and current Town and M.D. land use dictricts Maps 4.6 Intermunicipal Development Plan This plan enlarges the Regional Land Use Plan to better display lands within the IDP Plan Area. Table 2—b shows the coorelation between Regional Growth Plan generalized land uses and current Town and M.D. land use dictricts

Regional General Land Use Districts and Equivalent Districts for Town and Municipal District

Regional Land Use Plan General Land Use Districts Rural Residential

Town of Slave Lake Equivalent Districts

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MD of Lesser Slave River Equivalent Districts CRl - Country Residential One District CR2 - Country Residential Two District CR3 - Country Residential Three District CR4 - Country Residential Four District PF - Poplar Land Floodplain District HR - Hamlet Residential District

General Comments Some portions of Sawridge IR 150H are designated as rural residential due to land characteristics supporting country residential uses.

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Regional Land Use Plan General Land Use Districts Urban Residential

Commercial

Heavy Industrial Light Industrial

Town of Slave Lake Equivalent Districts R1 Standard Detached Residential R1A Low Density Residential R1C Estate Residential R1D Detached Dwelling /Mobile Home R2 Medium Density Residential R2A Zero Lot Line R3 High Density Residential R3A High Density Apartment District RMHS Mobile Home Subdivision RMHP Residential Mobile Home Park RPSL Residential Planned Small Lot C3 Highway Commercial C4 Neighbourhood Commercial C5 Commercial Shopping Centre C1 Central Commercial C1A Mixed Commercial/Residential C2 Secondary Commercial M1 Light Industrial M2 General Industrial M3 Airport Industrial M3A Special Airport Industrial M4 Small Holdings Industrial Bl Business Industrial

MD of Lesser Slave River Equivalent Districts UR - Urban Reserve District

General Comments Future Urban Residential will also include related uses such as neighborhood commercial, schools and parks, and environmental reserves.

RC - Rural Commercial District HC – Highway Commercial District

M - Industrial District- Mitsue Area M - Industrial District – in vicinity of Town of Slave Lake

Country Residential / Light Industrial

The M.D. intends to develop a land use district as a large (`10 ac), unserviced lot, with country residential frontage and discretionary non-frontage light industrial.

Institutional Recreation Parks and Tourism

I Institutional RR1 Recreation Facility and Resort? P Community

Environmentally Sensitive Areas Direct Control

E Environment HWY88 & Floodplain CDC Council Direct Control UE Urban Expansion

CSP - Community Services & Parks District RF - Recreation Facility & Resort District CM - Lesser Slave River Marina District DC - Direct Control District

Urban Service / Utility Agriculture Rural Core First Nation Rural First Nation

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Combined parks and school sites are included in this category, otherwise schools are classified under Institutional

Major infrastructure sites, e.g. lagoons, waste management sites A - Agricultural District R- Rural District Core area as identified in community development plan Rural reserves with low density development

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