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.
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).
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
Resident of Calgary
At least 18 years of age
Indigenous persons who may reside outside of Calgary but are residents of the Calgary surrounding area within the Treaty 7 region, including those Indigenous persons who belong to the Blackfoot Confederacy, made up of the Siksika, Piikani, Amskaapipiikani and Kainai First Nations; the Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations; and the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and those persons who are Métis, including citizens of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government residing in Foothills Métis District 1, Medicine Hat Métis District 2, Red Deer Métis District 3, Rocky View Métis District 4, Calgary Nose Hill Métis District 5 and Elbow Métis District 6.
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
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 |
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Gendron, Rick | Member of the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects | 15 Nov 2021 | 31 Oct 2026 | 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 | |
Kennedy, Andrea | Member of the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects | 22 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2026 | Active | |
Klumper, Ben | Architect member of the Alberta Association of Architects | 22 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2026 | 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 | |
Nhan, Bao-Nghi | Architect member of the Alberta Association of Architects | 22 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2026 | Active | |
Oberg, Kathy | Member of the Alberta Professional Planners Institute; Chair | 15 Nov 2021 | 31 Oct 2025 | Active | |
Stevenson, Brendan | Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta | 24 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2026 | Active |