Title
Memorandum of Understanding to establish an Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) Pilot Project in Parkland County
Proposed Motion(s)
1. That Council approve the Memorandum of Understanding to establish an Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) Pilot Project in Parkland County
2. That Council approve the ALUS Pilot Project Partnership Advisory Committee Terms of Reference (PAC)
Body
Administration Recommendation(s)
Administration recommends that the Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Parkland Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) Pilot Project and related Partnership Advisory Committee Terms of Reference receive approval.
Purpose
The purpose of the MOU is to formalize a working relationship between Parkland County and Delta Waterfowl to establish ALUS in Parkland County. The Partnership Advisory Committee (PAC) Terms of Reference provides a framework to establish a working committee with strong agricultural producer / landowner representation to select and monitor parcels that will be used to demonstrate appropriate agricultural and environmental practices.
Summary
ALUS provides landowners and agricultural producers with a voluntary, financial incentive-based mechanism for conserving and/or enhancing and/or restoring environmentally sensitive, environmentally significant or marginal portions of their properties. Parkland County has been working informally with Delta Waterfowl over the last year to establish an ALUS Pilot Project within the County. The MOU formalizes this working relationship, and enables the parties to begin implementing the ALUS Pilot Project.
Strategic Plan/Policy/Legal/Staff Implications (As Required)
A formal working relationship would be established between Parkland County and Delta Waterfowl for the purpose of expanding ALUS in Parkland County
Financial Impact:
Cost:$33,000.00
Source of Funding: Sustainability Services 2013 Operating budget - ALUS
Other (As Required)