Municipal Council

The plan outlines 28 key actions. The next steps in the climate adaptation planning process are implementation and monitoring.

According to the survey, 52 per cent of households reported financial difficulty, with higher rates among displaced residents (63 per cent), renters (69 per cent) and uninsured households whose homes were damaged or destroyed (82 per cent).

The goal of these amendments is to increase housing density and address the longstanding housing shortage, particularly following the Jasper wildfire, which destroyed over 800 housing units.

In case the grants did not come through, administration recommended authorizing the use of funds from the recreation centre construction reserve to avoid any delays in the project.

Jasper currently only has two gas stations to service both residents and tourists after the other two were destroyed in the wildfire last summer.

Although health care is a provincial responsibility, the Town has been taking an active role in this area over the last year amid the community’s doctor shortage.

Over the spring, community engagement took place regarding the community values and proposed policy changes to Jasper’s land-use policy, and six values were identified.

Only two gas stations remain in Jasper after two others were destroyed in last summer’s wildfire.

The unfrozen position will focus on conducting traffic enforcement within the town of Hinton as well as organize check stops, attend school functions, complete traffic operations with policing partners and report monthly to the detachment commander.

This new transit service will provide five round trips per day between Jasper and Hinton as well as seven round trips per day to Marmot Meadows, the interim housing site south of town.