Agenda

AGENDA - Community Meeting July 23, 2013

Hi everyone,

We are pleased to announce that we have had an excellent response from all three levels of government and will have experts on hand from the City and Province as well as our MP in attendance.

Allan Markin and Richard Lindseth of the province’s newly-appointed flood mitigation panel will be there to hear our concerns.

We have a rather ambitious agenda planned and won’t be able to answer every question in detail, but we hope to get some clarification on several important issues. We will form a Calgary River Communities Action Group following this meeting. There will be an opportunity for you to sign up to participate. We expect a number of follow-up questions and concerns will be dealt with by that group.

The meeting is set up to allow community members to communicate our concerns to government and for us to hear from the government as well. We’ve allocated as much time as possible for an open question and answer session.

The agenda for the meeting is as follows.

6:30pm            Registration Opens

7:00pm            Emma May and Greg Clark - Greetings and Welcome of Our Government Representatives, introduce special guests Allan Markin and Richard Lindseth.

7:10pm            Lee Richardson, On Behalf of the Government of Alberta


 * Joan Crockatt MP

7:15pm          Greg Clark and Tony Morris - Community Reflections

7:25 pm         Deb Yedlin, Columnist - Economic Impact of Flooding

7:35pm          Presentation from the Government of Alberta


 * James Allen, Chief of Staff, Southern Alberta Recovery Task Force


 * Jim Cornish, Director of Field and Recovery Operations, AEMA


 * David Ardell, Director of Water Management Operations, AESRD 


 * 7:50 pm        Presentation from the City of Calgary


 * Presenter TBA

8:05 pm        Panel Session - Open Q&A

Government Representatives


 * Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Osborn, University of Calgary, Geologist


 * Dennis Westhoff, Consulting Engineer, Urban Watershed Management

 8:55pm            Call to Action

 9:00 pm           Conclusion / Time for Small Group Conversations