Bylaw Amendments Tabled/ Notice of CRCAG AGM / Updated Transalta Contact Representative. Land Use By-law Amendments The Land Use By-Law Flood Hazard Area Proposed Amendments were tabled for a month at this morning’s City Council Meeting. Councillor Evan Woolley moved to table the amendments in order to seek further consultation with impacted communities. Council supported this motion. We appreciate the support the flood community councillors demonstrated in response to our […]

Protecting Calgary Bow River Communities We have heard from the Government of Alberta about plans to control flows on the Elbow River but we have yet to hear any definitive plans to mitigate flows on the Bow. This is a cause of great concern for many of our members. It has often been suggested that future flood mitigation efforts for Calgary Bow river communities, could be derived from the utilization […]

CRCAG has received confirmation from Councillor Carra that he will be moving a motion to table the Land Use Bylaw Amendments for 30 days in order for Administration and Council to review the proposed amendments in light of concerns that community members have highlighted and to engage in a consultative process. The Mayor’s office and other Councillors have confirmed to us that this is the plan for Monday May 12, […]

Help us Protect Calgary from future floods It’s been a long 10 months. Through the highs and lows, we have survived with the help of friends and community. We’ve learned that there is strength in numbers. As a group we’ve had some real success and are happy to see plans for flood mitigation progressing. But we want to make sure planning turns into action. So, we at the Calgary River […]

Proposed changes to the Land Use Bylaw: WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU. Proposed changes to  Land Use Bylaw 1P2007 for the Flood Hazard Area will come before City Council on May 12, 2014.  If approved by City Council, these changes to the Land Use Bylaw could have a significant impact on your property. Impact on your property. If the proposed changes to the Land Use Bylaw are approved and adopted […]

The Alberta Flood Mitigation Symposium   On April 29th there will be a Flood Mitigation Symposium at the BMO Centre in Calgary. We anticipate that there will be information presented that will be of great interest to flood impacted residents.  Please continue to contact representatives in the Government of Alberta to advocate for this mitigation. Minister Robin Campbell of ESRD is now the Minister in charge of mitigation projects. His […]

SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS   Over the past 2 weeks, we have collected nearly 200 responses to our Disaster Recovery Program (DRP) Status Survey.  We appreciate the time respondents took to complete the survey, as the information we gather is very useful when communicating with government officials about the administration of the DRP.

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.

Dear Mayor Nenshi, Councillors, Adam and Bruce:   As you know, CRCAG has been advocating for infrastructure changes both within the City and upstream on the Bow and Elbow watersheds, since July. We understand that the City is currently designating from its master list of “resiliency” projects those that are of higher and of lesser priority.

SPEAK UP – NOW IS THE TIME! If you would like to see the City of Calgary build flood mitigation infrastructure to protect your home, the downtown Core and the many other parts of Calgary impacted by 2013 flooding, now is your time to speak up!   As recently reported in the media, the City has compiled a list of Calgary specific projects for submission to the Province for access to […]