Officials with the Town of Canmore have been tasked with responding to a Freedom of Information request for council emails and administration documents related to the Peaks of Grassi rezoning.
In Feburary, administration received a request under the information legislation for records relating to the rezoning and have located approximately 400 documents and 3,800 emails that potentially relate to the request, according to a report to council.
Municipal clerk Cheryl Hyde indicated staff are in the process of determining which records are relevant and which records contain information protected from disclosure.
Because of the size of the request, the normal 30 days a municipality must respond within has been extended to April 7. Hyde estimates staff time required for the process at 200 hours, or 28 working days. The municipality is allowed to charge a fee of $27 per hour for 60 per cent of the time involved.
The request sets out to receive records and information for records between the mayor, council and all levels of town administration relating to the urban reserve lands in the Peaks of Grassi subdivision regarding traffic impacts, parking analysis, site investigations and geotechnical assessments related to the rock outcrop, steep creek analysis, impact on Quarry Lake park, environmental issues, municipal services and the lift station between Oct. 22, 2013 and Feb. 4, 2016.
All communications to, from and between the municipality (mayor, councillors and administration) and the developers of the property (Lawrence Hill, Dan Madlung and Pierre Doyon), Bow Valley Builders and Developers Association, Canmore Community Housing Corporation, Three Sisters Mountain Village and QuantumPlace have been requested.
