Improvement District No. 349

Improvement District No. 349 is an improvement district in northeast Alberta, Canada.

Improvement District No. 349
Improvement district
Location within Alberta
Coordinates: 55°5′N 110°40′W
Country Canada
Province Alberta
RegionNorthern Alberta
EstablishedJanuary 1, 2012[1]
Government
 • Governing bodyAlberta Municipal Affairs (AMA)
 • Minister of AMADeron Bilous
 • CAODarryl Joyce
 • MLAsRay Danyluk
Guy Boutilier
Area
 (2016)[4]
 • Land5,639.63 km2 (2,177.47 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total0
 • Density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-7 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Highway881

History

Improvement District (I.D.) No. 349 was established through the approval of Order in Council 419/2011 passed by Alberta's Lieutenant Governor in Council on September 9, 2011.[1] It was created from lands that were separated from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo and Lac La Biche County (the Alberta portion of the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range).[1][5] The effective date of the improvement district's formation was January 1, 2012.[1]

I.D. No. 349 was formed as a result of negotiations between the Province of Alberta, the City of Cold Lake, the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, and Lac La Biche County.[6] Under a tax revenue sharing agreement, the City of Cold Lake will receive a portion of the tax revenue generated by oil and gas activity on the air weapons range in 2012.[6] The revenue will make the city more sustainable, offsetting its costs to provide infrastructure and services to support the military base located within the city.[6]

As partial compensation for losing 11,600 km2 (4,500 sq mi) of land, Lac La Biche County received 1,500 km2 (580 sq mi) of land from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo south of the Conklin area and north of the air weapons range.[7][8] It will also receive a portion of the tax revenue generated by oil and gas activity on the air weapons range from the City of Cold Lake and receive funding assistance from the provincial government.[7]

As compensation to Wood Buffalo for the loss of jurisdiction over lands to Lac La Biche County and the new improvement district, the municipality received control over Crown land within its jurisdiction to accommodate future residential, commercial, and industrial growth.[6] The transfer of control provided enough land for approximately 200,000 additional residents.[6]

Demographics

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Improvement District No. 349 recorded a population of 0 living in 0 of its 0 total private dwellings, which represents no change from its 2011 population of 0. With a land area of 5,639.63 km2 (2,177.47 sq mi), it had a population density of 0.0/km2 (0.0/sq mi) in 2016.[4]

Government

Improvement District No. 349 is administered by Alberta Municipal Affairs.[3]

See also

References
  1. "O.C. 419/2011". Province of Alberta. September 9, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  2. "Alberta Municipal Affairs". Alberta Municipal Affairs. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  3. "Municipal Profile: Improvement District No. 349". Alberta Municipal Affairs. January 20, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  4. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Alberta)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  5. "Air Weapons Range negotiations nearing completion – Council proposes an agreement with the Province". Lac La Biche County. September 12, 2011. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  6. William Stodalka; Andrew Serba (September 12, 2011). "Air Weapons Range taxes could come to city by 2012". Cold Lake Sun. Sun Media Corporation. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  7. "The new deal in Lac La Biche County". Lac La Biche Post. Great West Newspapers Limited Partnership. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  8. "O.C. 418/2011". Province of Alberta. September 9, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
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