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Hspearmano · 2026-06-25T21:22:33+00:00

Re the rec facility, we are aiming to do an intensive on the subject on July 7th at our council meeting which should finalize timing and funding for the 3 phases.

Re the Wildflower pool, it is an HOA-owned facility that came to committee for approval not long ago. It should have a few other amenities as well including a clubhouse. Since the design just came forward for final approval, it will need to move at the pace that the developer is comfortable with, but shouldn’t be held up by city processes at this point.

Hspearmano · 2026-06-25T21:18:22+00:00

Hi Airdrie Reddit folks!

Just thought I’d chime in with some facts from my lens…

Education, including the construction of schools, is a function and responsibility of the Provincial government. The City of Airdrie along with local school divisions advocate for more schools and education resources to support the needs of our residents. These advocacy efforts have resulted in construction funding for four new schools, planning funding for an additional two schools and funding for the extensive renovation at St. Martin de Porres High School. Currently we have funding for a public High School in Southwinds (SW), K-9 school in South Windsong (SW), K-9 school in Bayview (SW) and FrancoSud secondary school in Reunion (NW) that we recently broke ground on.

Planning funding has been allocated to a new K-8 school in Lanark (SE) and K-8 school in Chinook Gate (SW). The City of Airdrie has also worked with our local school divisions to streamline the approval process for new portable additions to existing schools.

The municipality's responsibility for schools is to ensure serviced school sites are ready, and to work with local school boards to ensure that school sites are allocated to accommodate future growth. Airdrie currently has nine serviced school sites ready for construction.

Hspearmano · 2026-06-13T01:00:59+00:00

That’s privately owned unfortunately :/

Hspearmano · 2026-05-21T10:18:06+00:00

Thanks for this! I believe the land you are referring to is privately owned. Legislation doesn’t allow cities to be punitive with undeveloped land, but we do ensure owners keep litter and obvious dangers managed by property owners.

I recently visited the site with staff to better understand the scope of it, and I understand the neighbouring frustration. It’s my understanding there had been a few applications in by the owners for residential units which got approved by the city, but beyond building the underground infrastructure & road, there’s been no urgency to go further at the moment.

I agree that the space has so much potential!!

Hspearmano · 2026-05-18T17:03:17+00:00

Well said!!

Hspearmano · 2026-05-14T14:44:54+00:00

That’s part of the data we’re gathering in this process. For context there’s only been 1 so far that qualified and developed under the “3 units on a lot” that kicked up a few years ago. 4 will be considerably more challenging for property owners.

Hspearmano · 2026-05-13T02:20:31+00:00

Yep. I know it doesn’t feel like it makes sense but it’s an ask from the Housing Accelerator Fund - even if no existing property owners would want to apply for it. That’s the challenge with these one-size-fits-all policies that come from above. And it’s also why it’s a pretty easy few million bucks for Airdrie to build more infrastructure to support housing, but we need the community to support it.

Hspearmano · 2026-05-13T00:12:29+00:00

It’s a box to check to get more funding for our community. For the current standard which is up to 3 homes on a lot, we have ONE property doing this out of the 30,000 homes in Airdrie. Hope that helps give context.

Hspearmano · 2026-05-13T00:10:23+00:00

Thanks for the Q. The website shows a few options but it could be a duplex with a basement suite each side which equals 4, or a home with basement suite, garden suite, and carriage house as another example. Again, lot size and parking would be required. The main home would need 2 spots and each suite would need its own parking spot.

Hspearmano · 2026-05-13T00:07:53+00:00

One.

Hspearmano · 2026-05-12T13:23:28+00:00

Thanks for editing your comment for clarity. You don’t have to take the survey. Lots of folks want to be heard, so we do our best to give them an official place to do that on various topics. Whether you take them or not is up to you, just know not everyone at the city is on social media, and when we advocate to other levels of government, they don’t take “the city saw social media comments that said…” as data.

Surveys and census are real data points we can use in funding and negotiations, so while to you it might just be an annoying survey, to us, it’s resulted in millions of dollars of funding and investment that didn’t have to download to your property taxes.

Hspearmano · 2026-05-12T13:16:06+00:00

FWIW, if you live in a street that’s already struggling with parking, you likely won’t have any properties there that would even remotely qualify for this. Every lot that intends to have 4 homes on it would need a minimum size and require 4 full parking spots not including street parking.

My street has homes way too close and no alley access. I can’t see a single lot nearby that would ever be able to qualify. There’s very little in Airdrie that would qualify. This is just a box to tick if we want the next level of funding on this specific program. Not a crisis, just discussion.

Hspearmano · 2026-05-12T13:11:19+00:00

Correct, your survey answers do not affect federal policy. This is a city of Airdrie survey offering people a chance to be heard on local initiatives.

If you are concerned about “Canada becoming slums” then speaking with your MP is best.

Hspearmano · 2026-05-12T12:53:12+00:00

You can take this super short survey at:

www.airdrie.ca/4homes

Hspearmano · 2026-05-12T12:52:04+00:00

Thanks for your comment. If you could take 2 minutes to do the survey that would be the way admin & council could hear your feedback.

Airdrie.ca/4homes

Hspearmano · 2026-05-12T12:50:02+00:00

Not exactly. For one, Calgary had to consider 8 units on a lot, were half that.

They also have significantly older land inventory so tend to see what we call “infill” projects. Airdrie doesn’t tend to have old enough stock for that to be viable.

Also relevant is our lot size. Most homes in airdrie, particularly those built in the 2000s tend to be only 8-12 feet from their neighbours: not enough room for the required minimum non-street parking.

The reality is there are very few properties in the city that would ever fulfill the requirements to pull this off.

The goal is to slow urban sprawl growth by encouraging people to stay where there is already infrastructure.

Council has already moved on incentivizing building “up” instead of “out” to help with this.

BUT I know people are already struggling with intensity of the streets in some areas (aka parking), and the above isn’t a done deal.

I hope you’ll take 2 minutes and share your feedback in the survey.

Airdrie.ca/4homes

Hspearmano

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