July 2019 County News
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County News Friday, July 19, 2019 | Volume 7 2019 Farm Safety Day What’s Inside 2 Returned Tax Notices 3 100-year Farm Family 4 Enforcement Highlights 5 Rezoning Public Hearing 6 Emerald Foundation award 7 Road Closure reminder 8-11 Agriculture events and news 12-13 Farm Safety Day 14-15 Development Activity 16 Ellis Bird Farm 17 Lacombe Regional Tourism 300 students and one great day! See more details and photos on Page 12-13 18 MDP Public Hearing Radar Speed Signs set up to calm speeding drivers 20-21 Council Highlights 26-27 Events Around the County As part of the 2019 Budget, Lacombe The signs will be moved around the To view current locations and real County purchased two digital speed County to pre-identified sites (see time traffic data, please visit our sign boards to provide traffic calming the map) and will capture and report website. www.lacombecounty.com in problem areas. These signs boards data to a cloud server for review by are part of an overall traffic safety County staff. The data aids Lacombe For any questions regarding these strategy to reduce speedR andada improver Spee d SCountyigns staff in easily viewing sign speed signs, please contact Lacombe traffic safety throughout Lacombe performance and identifying traffic County at 403-782-8959. County. trends. GF1 MORNINGSIDE Gull Lake GF4 10 GF GF GF 2 6 GF5 CLIVE 3 TEES 12 BENTLEY GF LACOMBE GULL GF Buffalo LAKE MIRROR Lake GF7 8 GF ALIX SUNBREAKER BLACKFALDS COVE Sylvan 9 Publication Mail Agreement No 0040025170 BIRCHCLIFF GF ECKVILLE Lake HALF Return undeliverable items to: MOON BAY JOFFRE 11 Sign Number Location GF HAYNES Lacombe County 1 Birch Bay 2 Sandy Point RR3, Lacombe, AB T4L 2N3 3 Lakeview Estates 4 Wilson's Beach 5 New Saratoga 6 McLaurin Beach 7 Woodynook 8 Greystone Ranch 9 Burbank 10 Smythe Subdivision 11 Haynes Ü 12 Mirror County News is available to read on our website every month. If you wish to stop receiving County News by mail, email [email protected] with your mailing address and we will take you off our mailing list. CountyCounty News News - -August July 19, 18, 2019 2017 LacombeLacombe CountyCounty is is holding holding aa PUBLICPUBLIC HEARINGMEETING Returned Tax and(and you’reyou’re invited) invited... Notices Tax notices were sent out in June, and the following notices were sent back to Lacombe County. If you Thursday, January 12, 2017 @ 9:00 am BROWNLOW’S LANDING: know any of these individuals, please have the Tuesday Lacombe County August Office 20(Council @ 7:00 Chambers) pm LACOMBE COUNTY PROPOSED ACCRETION contact the Lacombe County office at 403.782.6601. (located 2½ miles west of Highway 2 at the PresentationLOT 1 BLOCK 2begins PLAN 042 at 1375, 7:00 PT. pm NW at23-40-28-W4M the LacombeBYLAW County is requesting 1229/16 community feedback on intersection of Spruceville Road and Highway 12) Please note: taxes are due no later than August 31, Lacombe County Office (Council Chambers) municipalPROPOSED reserve AMENDMENT land, as T partO THE of developingCOUNTY’S L anAND accretion USE BYLAW plan Bylaw No. 1229/16 - Redesignation of Summerland Leisure Park Inc. 2019, even if you did not receive an assessment. (located 2½ miles west of Highway 2 at the with landowners in Plan 1970 EO and NE 25-40-01-W5M. This intersection of Spruceville Road and Highway 12) area is in the community of Brownlow’s Landing on Gull Lake. S.V. OF The intent of the Bylaw is to redesignate approximately 8.77 1247467 Alberta Ltd. GULL hectares (21.67 acres) on Lot 1 Block 2 Plan 042 1375, Pt. NW 2149939 AB Ltd. LAKE This meeting will: 23-40-28-W4M from Agricultural 'A' District to Recreation 'P-R' 825069 Alberta Ltd. • District.outline Land Title’s procedure to accrete land; Baldwin, Donald Township Road 40-4CP Rail Bilida, Linda • Theoutline development the community’s currently is proposed a 30 stall plan public for accretion;campground, and a driving range, and an 18-hole miniature golf course. The future Bill, Bradley • developmentask for your proposal feedback includes on municipal an additional reserve 30 Rlands.V sites with full Campbell, Stanley service, additional washroom/shower facility, and parking. In order Dojahn, Stephen & Jody Ifto you accommodate are unable tothe attend, proposed a survey expansion, link will the be l andsmailed must out b toe Dressler, Lyle Change from 'A' to 'P-R' nearbyredesignated landowners to Recreation after the 'P-R' meeting District. Ntoo sgatherubdivision feedback. is sought in Flanders, David this proposal. Forslund, Janet NEED MORE INFO? Fraser, Gavin Gillard, Laurene/Lyle ForH moreow information, do I comment? please contact the County: Campbell, Stanley Highway 12 Anyone wishing to comment on the proposed zoning change will Range Road 28-2 Road Range Hocken, Dean & Cassidy, Patricia Operations Department have an opportunity to do so at a public hearing. If you are unable to Hoffman, Albert attend the hearing, written submissions can be made to the County. Brandon Maier, Manager of Operations Hunt, Andrea You will, however, need to ensure that your comments are received Location map (403) 782-8379 by the County prior to the date of the hearing. Your comments can be Irrgang, Klaus/Joyce Dale Freitag, RPP, MCIP sent by [email protected] to [email protected], by fax to 403-782-3820 or Kander, Bryce Manager of Planning Services by mail to RR 3, Lacombe AB T4L 2N3. All submissions will be public Kee, Charles information.Planning and Development Department Keller, Erma Lacombe County, RR 3, Lacombe AB T4L 2N3 Cajun Paradis, Planner/Development Officer Krush, Justin/Lyndon Phone: 403-782-8389; Fax: 403-782-3820 For more(403) information, 782-8389 please contact the County’s Planning and Lakeshore Acres Ent Development Department at 403-782-8389 or visit the County’s LOCATION MAP [email protected] Little, Jared & Krossa, Jaida website at www.lacombecounty.com McDonell, Brian Stanley McDonell, Marilyn Louise McGuinness, John Morse, Reg Nederlof, Leonard/Laura New sand/water toys at Sandy Point Newberry, Jim/Debbie Nidd, Chad Next time you visit Olson, Rhea Preston, Donald Sandy Point Beach, Pringle, Raymond make sure to check out Red Rose Farms Ltd. the new sand and water Reimer, Peter/Charlene tables that were recently Renaud, Daryl/Roberta installed. Ross, Edna Smith, Suzanne Spearing, Glen Allan Spenst, Martha Stewart, George Tivendale, Jeramie Tridon Enterprises Vanden Brink, Maurice Veldman, Peter/Martine Wells, Dwayne Wessely, Horst White, Jooseph/Alicia Wilson, George Wilson, Susan 2 JulyJuly 19,19, 20192019 -- CountyCounty NewsNews DON'T FORGET: Taxes are due August 31 SIGN UP for the 2019 Tax payments are payable to Lacombe County and can be made using one of the following options: Tax Installment • In person at the County Office during regular office hours Payment Plan (TIPP) (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). We accept cash, cheque or Debit Card. The Tax Installment Payment Plan • Deposited in the envelope mail box located at the road entrance to the County Office. (TIPP) is a simple, secure and • By post dated cheque dated no later than August 31st of convenient way to pay your annual the current year. property taxes. When you sign up, • By bill payment through internet banking (available through monthly payments are automatically most financial institutions. Contact our office at 403-782- withdrawn from your bank account on 6601 if yours is not currently available). When choosing the 15th of each month. this option, each property you are paying taxes for, must be paid separately and you must use the Ten To obtain an application form, contact Digit Roll Number as the Account Number. Lacombe County at: (403) 782-6601 or • By TIPP (Tax Installment Payment Plan). For TIPP forms please see the TIPP section under Taxes on the website or visit www.lacombecounty.com. contact the County office at 403-782-6601. Ironside Farm Family celebrates 100 years One hundred years ago, in 1919, an English There were virtually no roads, electricity or any other On Sunday, June 30, the Ironside family celebrated gentleman named Edmund Ironside bought a conveniences that we take for granted. The house 100 years of ownership of that same farm. To farm while standing in front of the Palliser Hotel in was tiny, cold and heated by a wood stove. The only celebrate the day, St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church from Calgary. He bought the farm without ever seeing running water was the Blindman River a few hundred Lacombe held a lovely outdoor service on the lawn. it. If he knew what lay ahead of him, he might not metres away. We thank the many friends and neighbours from as have purchased it. Prior to buying the farm, he had far away as Australia who joined us for lunch and owned a pub in Woolwich a borough of London. None All three boys joined the Canadian Army in WWII and an excellent presentation by Ken Wigmore, Division of the family had any experience in the business of served in Europe. Will met and married his future wife 5 Lacombe County Councillor. Ken presented the farming. Edmund then brought his family consisting Eileen and brought her to Canada as a War Bride. family with a gift from the county of a 100-year farm of his wife, Lillian, three sons, Ed, Will and Cyril, and They were happily married for 50 years and had three family sign. The sign currently hangs on the wall of daughter Hazel all the way to Alberta from London. children Heather, Derrick and Bruce. the original Ironside house.