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City Council has set 25 priorities for 2009 – 2011.  These priorities shape Council debate, decisions and budgets which all affect and guide the future of “your Calgary.”

I would like to know how you feel about each priority.   By ranking them, you are not only providing your opinion on how important it is, but also suggesting the order that you feel Calgary City Council should address the lengthy list.

Results from survey rankings will be tabulated over the next 10 – 12 weeks and used in future discussions on Council Priorities.  By completing the survey, Calgarians’ voices will be better heard at City Hall.

Rank each priority on a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being critically important to you and 5 being least important to you.

If you do not understand the Council priority rank it a 6.

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Maintain emergency and protective services
  • Provide and promote community safety and restore confidence in Calgary as a safe city







Finalize implementation strategies to ensure a sustainable city
  • Develop Plan It Calgary and Live It Calgary, the city’s long-term plans for integrated land use and mobility, and sustainable public service delivery







Work with our partners to foster a healthy physical and social environment
  • Promote environmental stewardship and public education and capitalize on opportunities to naturalize Calgary’s open spaces







Provide and maintain great public spaces
  • Operate community-based and city-wide recreation facilities







Meet our legislated requirements and reduce waste going to landfills
  • Reduce waste in City-owned development, construction, renovation and demolition projects







Reduce community greenhouse gas emissions
  • Reduce the City’s greenhouse gas emissions and champion a regional air quality and community greenhouse gas reduction plan







Invest in initiatives that will help conserve our long-term water supply
  • Pursue opportunities to reduce overall water use in the community







Protect the quality of water in our rivers and streams
  • Conduct ongoing water quality testing







Create a liveable city with complete communities
  • Identify priority areas for intensification and develop/sustain strategies for Centre City to help make Calgary’s inner core a gathering place for all who live, work or visit the city







Commit to environmental stewardships, quality architecture and public spaces
  • Establish green policy and implementation plans with a focus on sustainable urban form







Increase on-line services
  • Automate more business processes and transactional services







Provide environmental guidelines and tools to help businesses
  • Develop and promote green guidelines and processes to encourage great adoption







Implement a sustainable regional land use and servicing plan
  • Support and implement more compact development, green infrastructure and buildings, and integration of a transportation network with adjacent land uses







Increase facilities for pedestrians and bicycles
  • Design and construct key pedestrian, cycle and roadway projects to maximize mobility







Provide safe, clean, well-maintained public transit
  • Improve technologies and plans to improve safety, security and cleanliness for transit







Improve traffic flow
  • Identify high priority occupancy vehicles (HOV) corridors and continue maintaining operational improvements to the road network







Develop a workforce strategy
  • Establish an attraction and retention strategy for the City of Calgary to get, grow and keep employees by promoting a positive work environment, opportunities for career development and work-life balance







Create a plan to ensure safe, reliable public infrastructure and mitigate the infrastructure gap
  • Maintain existing infrastructure while addressing the infrastructure deficit







Improve the quality of the City’s asset information
  • Report on corporate assets and maintain asset performance measurement and management reporting







Implement corporate benchmarking and evaluation programs
  • Initiate a corporate benchmarking program with comparable municipal governments







Increase efficiencies in service delivery
  • Manage services and assets for community response and investigate an internal evaluation program to improve efficiency and effectiveness







Secure access to growth-sensitive operating funds
  • Evaluate various revenue sources and support corporate efforts to lobby other orders of government







Establish contingency funds and measure risk
  • Build contingencies into operating and capital budgets, monitor and report







Provide capital for growth and lifecycle maintenance
  • Review and implement funding change for lifecycle maintenance projects







Develop alternate funding mechanisms
  • Examine public-private partnerships and align infrastructure investment and capital budgeting with land use plans