Regional Planning Forum: Building Relationships and Resolving Conflict

·         Roles in Conflict Resolution

·         Decision maker – arbitrator

·         Participant – negotiator

·         Facilitator – participant, non-neutral

·         Facilitator – neutral

·         Sounding Board – coach

·         Avoid/make assumptions/stir the pot

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·         Causes of Conflict

·         Relationships

·         Interests

·         Data

·         Values

·         State of mind

·         Structural

·         Interest Based Approach to Mediation

·         Position

·         Statement of what you want to happen

·         Preferred outcome

·         Interests

·         The needs that have to be met to make a satisfactory outcome

·         Will clearly answer the question of ‘why’

·         Will explain the significance or impact of an event or outcome

·         Motivators, criteria, goals or objectives

·         An interest should be positively framed

·         Substantive interests

·         Quality

·         Quantity

·         Efficient/effective

·         Procedural Interests

·         Participation/input

·         Be heard

·         Ownership of outcome

·         Informed choices

·         Legitimacy

·         Psychological Interests

·         Dignity/respect

·         Valued/recognition

·         Identity

·         Reputation

·         Satisfaction Triangle

·         Substantive > Procedural > Psychological > Substantive

·         Assumptions

·         Private

·         Intent (motives)

·         Messages

·         Effect (impact)

·         Filter

·         Based on beliefs, values, relationships, frame of mind

·         These filters bias how messages are received and communicated

·         Public

·         Actions

·         Words

·         Events

·         Process Choices

·         Decide alone

·         Consult with other but retain authority

·         Consensus

·         Reciprocity: social obligation to give back to you the form of behaviour you first give me

So What

·         The filter between private and public is both good and bad

·         Interest Based Questins

·         Understand why without asking why

·         What important to you

·         What would that accomplish

·         What is the impact

·         3Ps Check in

·         People

·         Psychology

·         Validation

·         What can you agree with?

·         Interests

·         Impact

·         We don’t need to be defensive, apologize if appropriate because it is a ‘marvellous problem solving’ method

·         Sounding Board

·         Validation and challenge

·         Acknowledge the impact

·         Opportunity to look at alternative points of view

·         Challenge to take positive first steps to resolve

·         Raising Issues

·         State the situation from your perspective. What has been your experience?

·         What has been the significance or the impact of this satiation to you personally? (use “I” language)

·         Get a commitment to work to create a change that is acceptable for both of you.

Regional Planning Forum: Whitecap Dakota First Nation

Chief Darcy Bear

·         Whitecap and Saskatoon (John Lake) long standing alliance

·         Responsible Governance

     ·         Governance

     ·         Accountability

     ·         Transparency

     ·         Community consultation

     ·         Advisory committees

     ·         Council compensation commission

Chief Darcy Bear. June 10, 2015

·         Challenges

     ·         Indian Act

     ·         Residential School – Assimilation Policy

     ·         Land Tenure System

     ·         Infrastructure – long term financing

·         The Path Forward – Self Governance

     ·         2012 – Framework Agreement –sets agenda for negotiations

     ·         2015 – Governance Agreement in Principle

·         Whitecap Dakota First Nation Government

     ·         Laws will be recognized in court

·         Maximum fine on aboriginal land is $1,000; no laws protecting the environment on reserve lands

·         New first nations land management act – now equipped to do business at the speed of business

·         49 year commercial lease by Council

·         99 year lease for residential by Council

·         Council needs corporation to set up a process to own a home on their own lands

·         Lots are legally registered and SAMA does assessments

·         Taxation (sharing)

·         Real property tax

·         Band should not be subsidizing businesses

·         Whitecap Community Improvement Fee (WCIF)

·         There is the Whitecap GST

·         Whitecap Liquor Consumption Fee (WLCF)

·         Provincial Fuel and Tobacco Tax Agreement

·         Commercial and Community Water Treatment Plants

·         Whitecap Water Utility (a profit centre)

·         Reverse osmosis system

·         Certified operators

·         Water and sewer billing

·         Partnerships on infrastructure highway upgrade and tourism corridor designation as ‘Chief Whitecap’

·         Multiple municipalities approached province with success on the highway

·         Improved housing

·         Partnership with Sask Housing Corporation

·         Private home ownership through 99 year residential lease

·         Multi-unit housing available

·         Education

·         MOU signed in September 2014 now part of Saskatoon Board of Ed

·         Same curriculum

·         School renovations

·         Joint committees

·         School additions

·         Early learning centre (22 day care spots)

·         Stonebridge School

·         WDFN is a regional employer with more than 600 employees in area

·         Trade and skills partnership with Mount Royal Collegiate and ED Feehan School

·         Working on new partnership with SIIT/Sask Polytechnic Industrial Trades Training Centre

·         By 2030 FN will represent 30% of SK population

·         SIIT/SK Poly will be resource extraction

·         Health

·         Clinic formerly funded by Health Canada

·         Primary Health Alliance with Saskatoon

·         Direct agreement with Health Canada rather than Tribal Council

·         Focus on breaking down segregation

·         Community Policing

·         3 RCMP officers live in Whitecap

·         Low crime rate with 1.4 million tourists

·         RCMP satellite office

·         Looking at building a detachment – community safety

·         Fire

·         Partnership with Saskatoon

·         Provides training to non-career professionals

·         Dakota Dunes Golf Link

·         Partnered with other aboriginal businesses who understood business and economic development

·         Dakota Dunes Casino

·         25% to local charities

·         25% to province

·         Focus to hire professional with capacity

·         Business Park

·         40 acre business park

·         Hotel project is on hold

·         Economic Impact

·         Unemployment 67% in 1993 and 2014 it is 5%

·         Invest in their people for school

·         Used to have a surplus for post-secondary education, not anymore

Regional Planning Forum: Why and How to Plan Regionally

Introduction

·         Growth and development is competitive locally, provincially, and interprovincially

·         Parallel growth policy:

·         Subdivision can proceed when there is a commitment that infrastructure will be built in a timely manner (parallel with development)

·         Planning takes time and trust

·         Each community remains autonomous but determines how municipalities work together

·         Challenges and Successes

·         Buy in

·         Leadership

·         Capacity

·         Roles and responsibilities

·         Relationships

·         Funding

·         Governance

·         Implementation

Regional Planning Forum, June 10, 2015

Regional Planning Across Canada

·         Regional planning is cooperation

·         Regional planning is about achieving mutual goals through collaboration

·         32 planning districts with 161 municipalities

·         What does regionally planning look like?

·         Edmonton, to ensure wealth and vitality is sustained through socio-economic cooperation (24 municipalities)

·         Vancouver, includes social cohesion (21 municipalities)

·         New Brunswick, amalgamation of 24 into 12, also includes recreation

·         Red Deer values include:

·         Trust,

·         respect,

·         understanding,

·         equity,

·         cooperation,

·         collaboration,

·         coordination,

·         communication

·         Common Themes

·         Common across Canada

·         There are multiple methods and models

·         Close relationship with service delivery (shared admin)

·         Challenges and struggles are okay

·         You have to think bigger than your borders (the most successful partnerships)

Role of Ministry of Government Relations

·         Support,

·         Education

·         Advice

·         Reviewing and approving

·         Legislative oversight

·         Empowers municipalities and planning

·         Plan Hierarchy:

·         DP > ZB

·         DP > OCP > ZB or DP > ZB

·         All plans must be consistent with OCP

·         Intermunicipal Development Agreement (a little more formal than a MOU)

·         Planning on fringe of development area

·         Dispute resolution

·         Share or extended service, infrastructure or facilities

·         Sharing of costs for services, infrastructure or facilities

·         District Planning Commission (97-100 PDA)

·         Defined geography

·         Advisory body

·         Make rules of procedure

·         Joint public hearing

·         Appoint consultants and employees

·         Appoint committees

·         Dispute resolution is available

·         SMB determines best process

·         District Plan Authority

·         Set fees for service

·         Pass bylaws

·         Regional Planning Authority

·         Role of Municipality

·         Ensuring the health, safety, and general welfare of community

·         Should operate with public’s best interest – citizen’s don’t care about boundaries

·         Provide services to citizens

·         Role of Municipal Capacity Development Program

·         Facilitates open communication between municipal leaders

·         Educates through workshops and communicates

·         Research and provides communication of issues

·         Supports regional initiatives 

·         Support, education, and advice to develop

·         MOU

·         Strategic planning

·         Cost sharing agreements

·         Regional recreation as a part of regional strategic plan

·         Asset management

·         Mediation

·         Emergency plans

·         Agreement must outline how funds are raised including proportion, in kind, staff loans

·         How are costs recovered (168 of PDA): through fees like development permits, variances, zoning bylaw amendments, etc

·         Costs best recovered through Asset Management Plan

·         Benefit to region/district asset management plan is usually cost sharing and efficient allocation of resources and infrastructure

·         Developer is contributing about 13% of the infrastructure while the remaining 87% is covered by the tax base over the 40 year life cycle of the development

·         Examples of regional collaboration

·         RM & City of Swift Current water

·         RM & Town of Lumsden, share administration, office, and much more

·         What if municipality disrupts Planning Commission?

·         ‘best interest’

·         Minister’s Order can remove a municipality

·         All parties are expected to agree to any and all amendments

·         Ministry will not be a part of an unhealthy triangle

·         Advantage of regional agreements is clear procedure and communication

·         Why? Regional planning has proven to work, greater market certainty,