Hello Members,   This email contains summaries of our meeting with Mayor Nenshi and our recent tour of Bowness with Minister Ken Hughes.  We also just want to touch on a few points. We hear from many of you and understand your concerns.

Southern Alberta Flood Response Program – Property tax relief   The City of Calgary, with support from the Government of Alberta, has established a Property Tax Relief Program to support residential and non-residential property owners who were displaced for an extended period due to the 2013 June flood.   The property tax relief program will officially launch on March 3, 2014.   The Property Tax Relief Program has been created […]

Yesterday we received further communications from both the City and the Province.   1. The Province of Alberta has a new website up and running where you can track mitigation projects. http://www.gov.ab.ca/Flood-Mitigation.cfm   2. Gian-Carlo Carra’s (Ward 9) office sent out this thorough update yesterday.   Flood Recovery and Mitigation Efforts Briefing Note   2014 February 10 Description   The City of Calgary established a flood Recovery Operations Centre (ROC) […]

This email notice includes a summary of our recent meeting with the City of Calgary’s Flood Advisory Panel.  We continue to read all of your emails.   If you do not receive a reply please do not think that this doesn’t mean we haven’t read it. Your emails help us understand what is happening for our members. We appreciate and require your input and insight. If you would like us to forward […]

On January 30, the CRCAG Steering Committee met with Premier Alison Redford. Our meeting lasted well over an hour and we were able to discuss with her CRCAG members concerns.  The topics that were foremost on the agenda were the clear need for mitigation infrastructure, the Disaster Recovery Program (DRP) experience, our concerns with the floodway buyout policy and the status of flood insurance.

Water Collaborative Meeting Minutes Thursday, January 23

Hi Everyone,   Our member Shannon Young made inquires of Councillor Brian Pincott as the status of the rebuild of the footbridges across the Elbow River. Mr. Pincott provided her with this update today.

  CITY OF CALGARY – CALL TO ACTION!   CRCAG was very interested to learn of the provincially funded tax credit program being implemented by the municipalities of High River, Medicine Hat and Rocky View County.  As reported in the Calgary Herald, the Town of High River is unveiling today a three-year tax relief program for property owners whose homes and commercial buildings were rendered uninhabitable for at least 90 […]

The Steering Committee of the CRCAG is pleased to report on a very productive and encouraging meeting with the new Minister of Municipal Affairs, Ken Hughes, on Monday, Jan 20. On behalf of CRCAG, Emma May, Tony Morris, Brenda Leeds Binder, Rob Motherwell, Rob Nieuwesteeg and Daryl Rudichuk were in attendance.   In addition to Minister Hughes,  Mr. Andre Corbould and David Gowland (the Minister’s Chief of Staff) were also in attendance […]

CRCAG is back from the break and we want to give you a summary of where things are at on a number of different topics.   SUMMARY 1. Call to Action 2. Meeting with Municipal Affairs Minister and Water Collaborative 3. DRP Update 4. Assessments 5 .Personal Mitigation Measures 6. Snow Pack