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The Urban Design Review Panel's mandate is to provide independent, professional design advice, from an urban design and architecture perspective, on public and private development and major redevelopment proposals through pre-application enquiries development permit applications and development liaisons on sites citywide with significant impact on the public realm.

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Board Information

One or two years.

Maximum of six consecutive years.

Alternate Wednesdays at 12:30 pm
     o    The Panel may be split by the Chair into sub-panels, with each sub-panel meeting on alternate weeks.
     o    Additional meetings may be convened when necessary during periods of high file volume or to hold discussion sessions on topics of interest or concern.

Remote meetings via Teams, with occasional in-person/hybrid meetings at
Calgary Municipal Building
800 Macleod Trail SE

NOTE: Meetings are not available to the general public.

12 public members, members of Professional Associations:

 - 5 Architect members of the Alberta Association of Architects
 - 3 Members of the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects
 - 2 Members of the Alberta Professional Planners Institute
 - 2 Members of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta

The quorum of a full Panel meeting is a majority of the full Panel membership (greater than 50%).
The members of the Panel may conduct meetings in sub-panels of six members, so long as the sub-panels have appropriately balanced expertise.
Quorum for a sub-panel is a majority of the sub-panel membership (greater than 50%. E.g.: for a sub-panel of 6 members, quorum is 4).

Internal – Advisory

All members shall be members in good standing with their respective professional associations. No more than one member of the Panel may be non-practicing.

Members shall have demonstrated expertise in urban design.
Additional attributes (not limited to):

  • Experience indicating applicants who are leader in their professions
  • Experience in delivering high quality design outcomes
  • Experience in large-scale development
  • Expertise in high-rise design, commercial building design, civic building design, accessible design or sustainable design

Annual vacancies are included in the City Clerk's Office recruitment and advertising campaign.

Non-binding nominations are accepted from the following organizations, with no obligation by Council to appoint any of the Panel positions from within these groups:

  • Alberta Association of Architects (AAA)
  • Alberta Association of Landscape Architects (AALA)
  • Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI)
  • Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
  • BILD Calgary Region
  • NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association
  • Other stakeholder industries, as Council deems appropriate from time to time
David Down, Coord Urban Design & Open Spaces (403) 268-5468

Dawn Clarke

Urban Designer

800 Macleod Trail SE, Mail Code 8075

Calgary AB T2P 2M5

Bus: 403-268-2402

E-mail: dawn.clarke@calgary.ca

Corporate Planning Applications Group

Meetings are not available to the general public

Panel meetings are held every two weeks throughout the year.

Additional meetings may be convened when necessary during periods of high file volume or to hold discussion sessions on topics of interest or concern.

TIME REQUIREMENT
25-32 meetings per year; 145 hours per year. 
     o    13 - 16 meetings per sub-panel, 73 hours per year per sub-panel
For Members:
     o    4.5 - 12 hours per meeting

For the Chair and/or Vice-Chair:
     o    5 - 13 hours per meeting
     o    Preparation and presentation of Annual Report to Council
     o    Participation in shortlisting and recommendation of new members

Name Position Term Start Term End Status Appointed By
Gendron, Rick Member of the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects 15 Nov 2021 31 Oct 2024 Active
Ghodoosi Dehnavi, Rasool Member of the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects 24 Oct 2023 31 Oct 2025 Active
Hussain Zada, Noorullah Architect member of the Alberta Association of Architects 24 Feb 2020 31 Oct 2025 Active
Karn, Boris Member of the Alberta Professional Planners Institute 24 Oct 2023 31 Oct 2025 Active
Landry, Maria Architect member of the Alberta Association of Architects 24 Oct 2023 31 Oct 2025 Active
Lyness, Jeff Architect member of the Alberta Association of Architects; Chair 24 Feb 2020 31 Oct 2025 Active
Martinson, Ryan Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta 24 Oct 2023 31 Oct 2025 Active
Neurohr, Raphael Architect member of the Alberta Association of Architects 31 Oct 2022 31 Oct 2024 Active
Oberg, Kathy Member of the Alberta Professional Planners Institute; Chair 15 Nov 2021 31 Oct 2025 Active
Robinson, Katherine Architect member of the Alberta Association of Architects 26 Oct 2020 31 Oct 2024 Active
Sandalack, Beverly Member of the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects 22 Oct 2018 31 Oct 2024 Active
Stevenson, Brendan Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta 24 Oct 2023 31 Oct 2024 Active