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First Round of MGA Regulations Available for Review

Following the passing of the Municipal Government Amendment Act (2015) and the Modernized Municipal Government Act (2016), a number of regulations had to be updated or created. The first round of these regulations are now available for review.

The AAMDC has prepared a document, available here, that outlines the changes to the regulations with some additional commentary. Alberta Municipal Affairs has provided surveys for each of the regulations to allow feedback and input during this 60-day comment period which ends March 31st, 2017.

The regulations available fall under three broad categories:

Governance and Administration Regulations

  • Municipal Corporate Planning Regulation – New
  • Public Participation Policy Regulation – New
  • Municipal Gas Systems Core Market Regulation – Updated
  • MuniSERP Investment Regulation – Updated

Planning and Development Regulations

  • Aeronautics Act Agreements Regulation – No Change
  • Crown Land Area Designation Regulation – Updated
  • Calgary International Airport Vicinity Protection Area Regulation – Updated
  • Edmonton International Airport Vicinity Protection Area Regulation – Updated
  • Planning Exemption Regulation – Updated

Assessment and Taxation Regulations

  • Qualifications of Assessor Regulation – Updated

The AAMDC will be providing comments to Alberta Municipal Affairs on the above regulations but welcome member input. If AAMDC members have comments or concerns, please direct them to AAMDC Policy Analyst, Matt Dow at matt.dow@aamdc.com.

Enquiries may be directed to:

Matt Dow
Policy Analyst
780.955.4085

Kim Heyman
Director, Advocacy & Communications
780.955.4079