The City of Edmonton has plans to annex part of Leduc County’s lands in order to fit the airport within their borders and create room for growth, but not everyone is happy about it.
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City of GP details annexation tax plan
City council has formalized how it wants to phase in city taxes to county landowners in the proposed annexation area.
For a period of 15 years following the effective annexation date, land and buildings on county non-farm properties will be taxed each year using the lowest of city or county taxes.
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Council to look at plan for annexed Shepard hamlet
City council is set to look at a new master plan for the area around Shepard, a hamlet that was annexed six years ago in the city’s southeast.
The draft plan envisions new housing and commercial projects for 27,000 people on the land, which is east of the new southeast section of Calgary’s ring road.
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City of GP to apply for annexation
The City of Grande Prairie will be submitting its annexation application to the Municipal Government Board by the end of June, despite the fact there are still outstanding issues with County of Grande Prairie.
City and county agreed to do mediated meetings earlier this year after stalling out with regular negotiation talks regarding the 6,300-hectare annexation. The municipalities met six times between January to March.
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Leduc County wants Edmonton to end its ‘heavy handed’ annexation bid
EDMONTON – Leduc County, worried about losing millions in future tax revenue, wants Edmonton to abandon its “confrontational” annexation bid and return to negotiations.
Mayor John Whaley said Thursday the county was “surprised” at the size of Edmonton’s bid — 15,600 hectares from the city’s southern boundary to the international airport west of Highway 2. “We don’t think they need that much land.”
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Annexation talk dominates planning session
Government and business leaders had a clear message for Sturgeon County this week about its fringe areas with St. Albert: either manage them together or let St. Albert take them over.
County council held a six-hour public hearing on the new municipal development plan (MDP) Tuesday. Proposed revisions to the plan, which was last overhauled in 1996, divide the county into 10 “neighbourhoods” or zones based on social, cultural, geographic and economic features, and sets development goals for each.
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Edmonton’s plans to annex land ‘threatens the economy,’ warns Leduc County mayor
The City of Edmonton stunted Leduc County’s growth by planning to annex county land without negotiations, wrote the county’s mayor Tuesday.
In a letter sent to Leduc County residents, Mayor John Whaley said Edmonton’s plan to annex 38,000 acres of county land including the International Airport “threatens the economy.”
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Leduc County has no plans to hand over ‘investments, future tax base’ to Edmonton
The mayor of Leduc County is making it clear to Edmonton he’s not going to roll over in the battle for 15,600 hectares of land south of Edmonton.
After Edmonton city council voted to move ahead with plans to annex the area, which includes the Edmonton International Airport, for industrial and residential use, Leduc’s Mayor John Whaley released an official statement Wednesday opposing the idea.
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Leduc County has no plans to hand over ‘investments, future tax base’ to Edmonton
The mayor of Leduc County is making it clear to Edmonton he’s not going to roll over in the battle for 15,600 hectares of land south of Edmonton.
After Edmonton city council voted to move ahead with plans to annex the area, which includes the Edmonton International Airport, for industrial and residential use, Leduc’s Mayor John Whaley released an official statement Wednesday opposing the idea.
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Annexation mediation begins between city and county
The first mediation meeting between the City of Grande Prairie and county took place early this week, but both sides have agreed to stay tight-lipped about the issues being discussed.
The mediation, which was agreed to in early December, is paid for one-third each by the city, county and province.
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