SPRING 2018 Meet Your Councillors Pg. 1-8 100 Years of Farming Pg. 10 Backyard Organics Pg. 14 New Park Hosts Pg. 21 Intermunicipal Development Plan Pg. 9 Farm Family of the Year Pg. 12 Recycling Pg. 15 County Sportsplex Pg. 22 County Open Houses Pg. 10 Annual Roadside Cleanup Pg. 13 It’s Fire Season Pg. 16 2018 Alberta Summer Games Pg. 24 No Spray Program Application Pg. 11 Rural Addressing Pg. 18 Recreation Programs Pg. 19 Dinosaur Museum Pg. 26 Reeve’s Message Clairmont our Intermunicipal Collaboration Frameworks (ICFs). As part of the amendments to the Municipal Government Act, ICFs Grande Prairie will formalize how municipalities sharing borders will manage growth, collaborate on infrastructure and service delivery, and optimize resources for citizens. We are developing single Wedgewood agreements with each municipality and expect to have these completed by 2020. These agreements recognize the unique characteristics and needs of each municipality, while leveraging our collective strength. M.D. OF GREENVIEW NO. 16 Our timeline for the development of the Intermunicipal Development Plans (IDPs) with Wembley, Hythe, Beaverlodge DIVISION 3 COUNCILLOR AND REEVE: and Sexsmith is set. IDPs establish the framework for LEANNE BEAUPRE coordinated land use planning, economic development, 780-814-3121 |
[email protected] and servicing and transportation issues. Public consultation commences in 2018, with completion in 2019. We will also have Already well into our four-year term, Council is hard at IDPs with the MD of Greenview, Saddle Hills County and Birch work on a number of initiatives, bringing their insights and Hills County. Our IDP with the City has been in effect since knowledge into planning for the future of the County.