Cardston's Community Vision
Cardston: a safe, inclusive, family-oriented community seeking vibrant, healthy, and sustainable opportunities for current and future generations.
Cardston: a safe, inclusive, family-oriented community seeking vibrant, healthy, and sustainable opportunities for current and future generations.
Strategic goals are higher order objectives that must be accomplished for success of the vision; goals emphasize specific areas of focus over four years. Strategic goals are not comprehensive of all that we do, but highlight where focus is required.
Outcomes are a description of the end result of what will occur when a goal is reached. Strategic initiatives are higher-level actions that move us toward the achievement of a goal.
Council has set goals in the following areas:
Improve both the perception and reality of safety concerns for the residents, businesses and visitors throughout all areas of the community.
Support the work of the RCMP in the community by facilitating initiatives that increase public safety in all areas of the community. Continually work with community stakeholders to strengthen and maintain programs such as Citizens on Patrol and Block Parent. Work with the downtown businesses and with Town policy to implement “crime reduction by environmental design” strategies. Work with RCMP, CPO and volunteers to enhance visibility of enforcement in the downtown core and parks system to improve safety and perceived safety.
Maintain existing infrastructure while enhancing recreation facilities, opportunities and programming.
Continue to improve and update the recreation master plan including golf course assets. Establish effective and ongoing ways to receive valuable input from the community regarding recreation needs. Establish better processes / protocols for the engagement of community champions, committee ideas and other inputs.
Well-planned and maintained municipal infrastructure.
Enhance and protect the community by continuing to pursue asset management best practice including the update of the infrastructure master plan. Plans will be in place for infrastructure improvements in the downtown core including water, storm and fire suppression. Using utility rates, grants and taxes, work to maintain healthy reserve accounts for future infrastructure replacement.
Enhance Cardston’s position as a great place to visit, live, work and invest.
Review the Town’s involvement in development of land for housing or business. Look at Town investment from a “return on investment” perspective including both financial and social benefit. Determine appropriate partnerships for projects such as fiber to the home and industrial & residential development.
Foster a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with the Blood Tribe, Cardston County, and Province.
Maintain constructive dialogue with the County on the ICF and other matters of mutual interest. Develop through committee, or other means, a method of establishing communication with Blood Tribe Chief and Council in order to effectively work on matters of mutual interest. Develop a method for consistent and relevant input and collaboration with First Nation residents, and Blood Tribe neighbours. Maintain a respectful working relationship with the Province of Alberta including departments such as Municipal Affairs and all grant-issuing departments.