The Calgary River Communities Action Group has been busy since the widely attended Town Hall meeting held on Oct 24th. Tuesday, November 5th – CRCAG met with Mr. Wolf Keller who chairs the City of Calgary’s Flood Mitigation Panel. A summary of the meeting will be posted by CRCAG. Wednesday, November 6th – CRCAG met with Mr. Andre Corbould, CADM Flood Recovery Task Force, for an update on the Disaster […]

Please note that the Flood Advisory Panel has indicated that at our Town Hall meeting on October 24 it will have some updates with regards to mitigation on the Bow River. We have many members in Bowness and Sunnyside and we understand their concerns that the Panel was initially focused on the Elbow and Highwood. The Bow River is part of the panel’s mandate now and so we encourage those […]

It has been three months since our initial town hall meeting on July 23. Much work has been done and much work remains to be done. Please join us on Thursday, October 24, 2013 from 6:00-8:30 pm at the Temple B’nai Tikvah located in Britannia at 900 – 47th Ave SW. to learn more about proposed upstream flood mitigation and the Disaster Recovery Program (DRP). Speakers will include: Allan Markin, […]

Following this link to view the Flood Advisory Panel Slide Show Community Flood Mitigation PDF Publication copy

On October 4th members of the Calgary River Communities Action Group attended the Flood Symposium Hosted by the Government of Alberta. This is the link to the video and slideshows that were presented at the Symposium. http://alberta.ca/flood-symposium.cfm We were thrilled to see the public presentation of Allan Markin’s Flood Advisory Panel recommendations for several berms upstream and bypasses that will greatly help the City of Calgary and Town of High […]

We have been receiving a number of emails from CRCAG members who have concerns in and around DRP matters. Over the past several weeks we have identified overarching themes and, thanks again to survey creation skills of Brenda Leeds Binder and Tony Morris, we have drafted another survey for those of you who have applied for DRP funding. Click to complete the DRP Update Survey Our past surveys have given us […]

On Tuesday Sept 10, the Executive Committee of CRC Action Group met with Allan Markin and members of his Flood Advisory Panel. The Panel gave us an overview of their proposed plans for mitigation for several areas of southern Alberta, including Calgary. The Panel sounded very encouraged that they have made significant progress on identifying potential practical, doable, permanent upstream flood mitigation solutions. Possible implementation of a package of upstream […]

Many of us have received a Request For Information letter from the City of Calgary. We are following up with our City representatives to learn more about the background of the letter and what it may mean for our property values. We will also ask the city whether or not they are contemplating property tax relief for those who were severely impacted. This continues to be a time of incredible […]

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 […]

Please see the attached media release from the Alberta Government outlining its plan to offer homeowners in the floodway a one-time payment of last assessed value to leave the floodway. We have a mixed reaction to this news. This will be good news for some but we fear it may lead to the checkerboarding of our communities. This is a time of extreme stress for so many. We still believe that […]