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The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC) recently made some important changes to the TAME+ program, which provides incentives to Alberta municipalities for custom energy efficiency facility retrofits.

Alberta Municipal Affairs, as part of the ongoing review of the Municipal Government Act, has released the growth management board regulations.

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 House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology is undertaking a study on broadband connectivity in rural Canada.

Infrastructure and Asset Management Alberta (IAMA) is hosting a workshop in Red Deer on October 11th, 2017 focused on advancing your asset management program.

The Miistakis Institute, in partnership with AAMDC and Wheatland County, are in the first phase of developing municipal decision support tools related to large scale wind and solar energy development applications.

Alberta Health Services has a new Seniors and Continuing Care Provincial Advisory Council and are seeking members.

Earlier this year, the AAMDC established an ad hoc committee to analyze the impacts, challenges, and opportunities of various climate change policies on Alberta’s rural municipalities.

The Fall 2017 Convention will take place November 15-17, 2017 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton.

The Government of Alberta recently announced the Alberta Aggregate (Sand and Gravel) Allocation Directive for Commercial Use on Public Land, and a new Aggregate Land Request Process, which are effective as of September 1, 2017.

At the August 2017 AAMDC Board of Directors Meeting, Service Alberta representatives provided an update on the progress of selecting a new operator and the development of a new operating agreement for the Alberta SuperNet.

Based on requests from several municipalities in northern Alberta, the EOEP has revised their schedule for Munis 101 courses offered within the mandatory ninety-day councillor training timeframe established in the amended Municipal Government Act.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) has developed a resource for municipalities to help prepare for the incoming legalization of cannabis.

With current dry conditions being experienced in some areas of the province, AAMDC is reminding members of an Agriculture and Forestry information resource, which produces fire weather indices maps to identify fire potential and monitor

Earlier this year, Environment and Climate Change Canada developed a new Code of Practice for the Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions from Cutback and Emulsified Asphalt.