Regional initiatives
Leduc County takes part in a variety of regional initiatives and works to ensure that neighbouring municipalities share common economic and development goals. We are committed to working with our neighbours.
| Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board |
| Leduc County is a member of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board (EMRB), a non-profit corporation consisting of an elected official from 13 municipalities in the region. The board provides a venue for municipalities to think strategically and to work together on priorities to ensure the region achieves its full economic potential. The EMRB has recently completed the following work: |
| Edmonton Global |
| Leduc County is a shareholder in Edmonton Global. The purpose of Edmonton Global is to radically transform and grow the economy of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region. Edmonton Global’s work promotes the region globally and focuses on attracting and retaining business investment and trade. Edmonton Global is the first ever regional economic development corporation in the region, working to create local, regional, provincial, national, and global partnerships. Edmonton Global collaborates with all levels of government and economic development agencies including Invest Alberta, Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association, the Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton Health City, the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, and Invest in Canada. |
| Inter-Jurisdiction Cooperation Accord (Airport Accord) |
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As a part of the Leduc County and City of Edmonton Annexation Agreement, Leduc County, the City of Edmonton, the City of Leduc and Edmonton International Airport (EIA) have agreed to the Inter-Jurisdiction Cooperation Accord, prioritizing EIA and the surrounding area as a key economic driver in the region and province. The Airport Accord partnership creates a new collaborative model that starts from the premise of shared costs for shared benefits, recognizing that all parties benefit from EIA's success. Work on the Airport Accord has been paused to allow the City of Leduc and Leduc County to update the City of Leduc/Leduc County IDP and complete other shared projects. |
| Intermunicipal Planning Framework Agreement |
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The City of Edmonton, City of Beaumont and Leduc County recognize that they can achieve more sustainable and livable communities through the coordination of joint intermunicipal planning around their shared boundaries. In February 2020, the councils of the City of Beaumont, City of Edmonton, and Leduc County approved the Intermunicipal Planning Framework through a Memorandum of Agreement. The Framework is a tri-party document that encompasses a joint vision and a set of principles for the study area. The Framework focuses on land use compatibility, cost-effective and efficient infrastructure servicing, and planning for future cost sharing. The Framework was informed by existing City of Beaumont, City of Edmonton and Leduc County planning documents and other studies. The Framework is not a statutory plan. This means that it will guide future land use planning and activities in the study area, but will not change current land use designations. As the area develops, implementation of the Framework will inform future statutory planning in the study area, including municipal development plans, area structure plans, or area redevelopment plans. Subsequent planning initiatives as part of this project or any impacted future planning initiatives undertaken by partner municipalities will include public engagement opportunities where appropriate. The partners look forward to continued collaboration and coordination around their shared boundaries. |
| Intermunicipal Collaboration Frameworks |
| An intermunicipal collaboration framework (ICF) is a tool to facilitate cooperation between neighbouring municipalities to ensure municipal services are provided to residents efficiently and cost effectively. An ICF must describe the services to be provided under it that benefit residents in more than one of the municipalities that are parties to it. All municipalities participating in the ICF must also have an intermunicipal development plan (IDP) unless both municipalities agree that they do not require one. An ICF must be reviewed at least every five years. |
| Intermunicipal Development Plans |
| An Intermunicipal Development Plan (IDP) is a broad-based policy document that fosters ongoing collaboration and cooperation regarding planning matters and issues of mutual interest between two or more municipalities. An IDP is designed to ensure that development in one municipality does not negatively impact other municipalities party to the IDP. Alberta's Municipal Government Act outlines what an IDP must address. An IDP must address the future land use within the area; manner of and the proposals for future development in the area; the provision of transportation systems; the coordination of Intermunicipal programs relating to the physical, social, or economic development of the area; environmental matters; and any other matters related to the physical, social, or economic development of the area that the councils party to the IDP considers necessary. |