CRCAG has two main priorities: advocate to have sensible upstream mitigation on the Bow and Elbow rivers as soon as possible; and ensure that new government building development policy is based on revised flood mapping and adequately recognizes the upstream mitigation measures that will be installed. We are pleased to report that the political level in the City is now engaging on these same issues. You may have […]
Your Letters on the Floodway Development Regulation
Following our last post regarding the current status of the Provincial Government’s flood hazard mapping exercise, and the “Floodway Development Regulations” now under development, we’ve received from our Members copies of numerous letters to Municipal Affairs Minister Anderson. What follows is a sample of these that the authors have graciously allowed us to share. They are all worth reading: ++++++ The Honourable Shaye Anderson, Minister of Municipal Affairs, […]
Update from the City of Calgary
Dear CRCAG Members, Representatives from our CRCAG Team recently met with officials from the City of Calgary’s Water Services Department to discuss recent work undertaken and next steps anticipated, on a variety of fronts. CRCAG Team members also attended a recent public presentation by Frank Frigo, Leader of River Engineering, City of Calgary, entitled “Implementation of Calgary’s Flood Mitigation Road Map”. Here’s what we learned: (a) Flood Mitigation […]
Land Use Bylaw Changes: We have serious and immediate concerns.
The City of Calgary is proposing changes to the Land Use ByLaw in Flood Impacted areas. CRCAG has reviewed these bylaws and we have serious and immediate concerns. The proposed changes are overreaching and could have significant impact on property values.
Objection to Bill 27
CALGARY RIVER COMMUNITIES ACTION GROUP Response to Bill 27: “Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Act” Bill 27 introduced into the Alberta Legislature October 28th is entitled the “Flood Recovery and Reconstruction Act”. CRCAG has serious concerns with Bill 27 becoming law, specifically proposals dealing with disentitlement to Disaster Recovery Program (DRP) assistance and caveats on property rights of landowners in Alberta. Ever since the Alberta Government announced its policy in mid-July […]
CRCAG Meeting with Flood Task Force and Flood Advisory Panel
On August 22, founders of CRCAG met with the Flood Recovery Task Force and the Flood Advisory Panel. There was a lot of new information on the table given the recent announcement by the Alberta Government of the Floodway Buy Out Program. Floodway Buy-Out CRCAG expressed our concerns regarding the checkboarding of communities, the impact of vacant lots in our communities, the intention of the government with regard to the lots after […]