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Old Posted Dec 25, 2009, 9:50 AM
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Sirocco ASP and New Annexations

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The City of Calgary and the MD of Foothills reach a Memorandum of Understanding on the Sirocco Area Structure Plan (ASP) appeal

The City of Calgary and the MD of Foothills have reached an agreement on The City’s appeal of the Sirocco Area Structure Plan (ASP). In June of 2009, The City had launched an appeal to the Municipal Government Board regarding the MD’s approval of the Sirocco ASP, which proposed the future development of approximately 1600 homes in the north portion of the MD, directly adjacent to the City of Calgary.

The municipalities have signed an agreement on the appeal, which includes The City initiating the annexation process for a portion of the land within the Sirocco ASP. The portion proposed for annexation was identified as a future annexation area in the Intermunicipal Development Plan, adopted by both The City and the MD in 1998. The annexation of these lands would see them developed within The City’s jurisdiction, rather than the MD.

“We are pleased that we have cooperatively and collaboratively developed a solution. The agreement addresses the needs of both municipalities with respect to
the challenges of growth on our shared border”, said Linda Fox-Mellway, Co-chair of the Intermunicipal Committee and Alderman for Ward 14 for The City of Calgary.

The MD of Foothills will also apply to the Province to annex lands from The City into the MD. In 2007, the MD gave notice to the Province that lands owned by Spruce Meadows within Calgary will be proposed for annexation into the MD of Foothills. The MD will submit an application to change the boundary so that all Spruce Meadows lands are contained within one municipality.

“This agreement is a result of continuing inter-municipal cooperation and represents a fair agreement based on planning merits,” said Ron Chase, Co-Chair of the Intermunicipal Committee and Councillor, MD of Foothills.

The MD and The City will consider the proposed annexations after they each hold engagement sessions with stakeholders and the public. A public open house will be held regarding both annexation applications in early 2010 so that the public can provide input and feedback. Both Administrations are aiming to complete the respective annexation applications in the first quarter of 2010. If the annexation proposals are approved by councils, the matter will be sent to The Municipal Government Board for its approval.
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Interesting to see that the MD is wanting to annex some of the city instead of just the other way around, in some ways it makes sense. And probably the only time we'll ever see this type of annexation happen I'd bet.
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