Reports and Plans

Annual Reports

The annual report contains financial statements for the year and includes goals and performance by the departments within the District of Kitimat.

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012

• 2017
• 2016
• 2015

In 2012, Kitimat signed the BC Climate Action Charter, committing to "making progress" towards becoming carbon neutral. Kitimat tracks carbon consumption for municipal operations and, in return, receives a grant from the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program (CARIP). To date, CARIP funds have been used to support pedestrian improvements, including walkways and downtown wayfinding.

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012

District of Kitimat is creating a new vision for development in its downtown core.  A new Downtown Master Plan will update current Downtown Design Guidelines and bring new direction for a vibrant city centre.  Project began in 2018 as an update of Kitimat's Downtown Design Guidelines.  Completed in 1994, current guidelines were intended to make Downtown Kitimat a lively, functional, accessible, and cohesive predestrian-oriented place.  

Following the events in 2018, District of Kitimat and consultants from MODUS Planning, Design, and Engagement agreed that a new master plan was appropriate to create new vision and design principles for Downtown Kitimat.   

Context

Downtown Kitimat is a 35-hectare mixed-use area in the heart of Kitimat townsite, consisting of three precincts: City Centre, Mountainview Square, and Haisla Centre. Together, these areas form the retail and institutional core of the community, providing a diverse range of commercial and government services—and a mix of housing opportunities—that serve the daily needs of Kitimat and Kitamaat residents.

Kitimat's Official Community Plan (OCP) describes downtown as a fragmented collection of buildings with a strong automobile orientation, spread along a series of pedestrian corridors. Community sentiment suggests that the area could be strengthened through improvements to the pedestrian realm and key focal points as well as form and character of buildings.

Purpose

The new Downtown Master Plan and revised Downtown Design Guidelines will:

• Refresh the overall vision and design direction for Downtown Kitimat
• Identify and address current challenges
• Improve the applicability of the Downtown Design Guidelines with the inclusion of greater detail, stronger language and enhanced visual representation of key ideas.
• Provide clear direction for future development and redevelopment of the downtown.
• Integrate best practices and select precedents in pedestrian-oriented urban design.

Key Topics

• What makes a thriving downtown
• Sustainability (mixed land uses, neighbourhood commercial, residential density, and housing location)
• Parking
• Accessibility and mobility
• Connections to natural park areas and greenways

Key Questions

• General
  • What opportunities do you see for downtown Kitimat?
  • What challenges you experience?
  • What are your favourite places?
  • What places do you feel need improvement?
• What does a vibrant Downtown mean to you?
• How can we make Downtown a more liveable, successful, people-friendly place?

How to Get Involved

All comments and questions are welcome as part of this public engagement process.  Opportunities for comment and input will be available in person during public engagement events or you may also contact Community Planning and Development at the District office, 270 City Centre, call us at 250-632-8900 or email at dok@kitimat.ca.  

Upcoming Events

Public Open House
4:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, 23 January 2020
Kitimat Public Library

Past Events

Kitimat Downtown Design Guidelines Update - Workshop and Walking Tour (April 2018)
Presentation

Stay Connected

If you would like to receive emails with updates on this project, please send us an email with "Downtown Master Plan" in the subject line to dok@kitimat.ca.

All materials to date are available for review at the District of Kitimat reception desk, 270 City Centre, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays. Further inquiries should be directed to District of Kitimat at 250-632-8900.

Resources

The following documents, maps and other resources are intended to provide information and context for this planning process. We will add new resources to the list below as they are developed or collected:

• 1994 Downtown Design Guidelines
• Downtown Landscape Master Plan
• Downtown Revitalization Strategy
• Official Community Plan (Revised April 2019)

•  Housing Action Plan

•  Kitimat Townsite Report

The 1952 Kitimat Townsite Report by Clarence S. Stein is a nine-book set of plans and policies that describes how to build and operate a “civically independent new town”. Stein and his co-authors cover everything from administration to zoning. Detailed plans for future development of Kitimat's townsite and industrial area make this report an invaluable document for Kitimat's past, present and future.

The report's Executive Summary is a must read for anyone interested in local history. A full set of the 1952 Master Plan is available for viewing at Kitimat Museum & Archives.

The report includes maps of the recommended townsite design. Most of the neighbourhoods, greenbelt areas, commercial and industrial centres we know in Kitimat today were laid out in the original plan.

The Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) honours one community plan each year that has made a significant contribution to national planning heritage. In 2013, the enduring quality of Kitimat's original master plan was recognized with CIP's Vision in Planning Award.

•  Leisure Services Master Plan 2002 - 2022

• Minette Bay West Concept Plan
• Assessment of Grizzly Bear Distribution, Habitat Use, and Human-Bear Conflict Management Recommendations
• Community Engagement Summary
• Bio-Inventory 

The following links provide information to help event organizers comply with the Municipal Alcohol Policy when hosting events on municipal property.

For more information contact Leisure Services by email or call 250-632-8910.

An OCP is a broad statement of community objectives, goals, and policies with a special emphasis on land use and development. The OCP is also one of the three key documents (budget, five year capital plan and OCP) which guide all Council decisions. Each Council may aslo prepare a strategic plan with a time horizon of one to four years.

Kitimat's 2008 OCP was developed through a collaborative process that included stakeholders, local businesses, community groups, and over 200 residents.

Progress towards OCP goals is monitored. A report card is produced each year.

• Official Community Plan
• 2016 OCP Report Card

District of Kitimat is creating a new local area plan for municipal lands west of Douglas Channel.

Project area extends south from Eurocan Road and west of Douglas Channel to the municipal boundary.  Area is comprised of rugged terrain with several significant watercourses, Jesse Lake with spectacular falls into Douglas Channel, and many points of interest. Access is limited via forest service roads and marine vessels.  Land is mostly provincial Crown land with an active forest license.

This plan process will gather community input that will be compiled with baseline information to create a local area plan.

Local area plans are extensions of the Official Community Plan (OCP) and apply to specific areas or issues within the municipality.  Contents may extend existing goals, objectives, and policies from the OCP that apply to the area.  There may be opportunity to develop new policies that are area specific, but may be applicable District-wide and brought into the OCP.  This area plan will become a pillar of future OCP updates.

• Mayor and Council Strategic Plan 2018 - 2022
• Mayor and Council Strategic Plan 2015 - 2018