Council Decisions: Special Council Meeting – Municipal Development Plan, July 10, 2025
Friday, July 11, 2025
Here is a summary of the decisions of Rocky View County Council at the July 10, 2025 Special Council Meeting. This is a general overview of the meeting. Details of the agenda, specifics of the meeting, and any decisions can be found in the minutes of the meeting on the Meetings & Hearings page. Details are also available by contacting Legislative Services.
Public Hearing
The purpose of the Special Council Meeting was to consider Bylaw C-8653-2025 to adopt the Municipal Development Plan (MDP) which outlines the vision for Rocky View County's future from a planning and development perspective and helps guide how and where the County will grow. The new plan will replace the existing Municipal Development Plan, known as the County Plan, which was first adopted in 2013.
Council approved First Reading of Municipal Development Plan Bylaw C-8653-2025.
Council then voted to refer Bylaw C-8653-2025 to Administration to allow Council to submit proposed amendments to the draft bylaw, and directed Administration to return with the bylaw and Council’s proposed amendments, for consideration no later than September 2, 2025. Additionally, if the proposed amendments are substantive, another Public Hearing will be held to receive public input on the amendments.
Previous Information
The MDP Review project was undertaken in accordance with the Terms of Reference (TOR), approved by Council on December 13, 2022. The regional context has shifted considerably since the beginning of the project, with the dissolution of the Calgary Metropolitan Regional Board (CMRB), resulting in the Regional Growth Plan being rescinded on April 30, 2025. The project remains a priority for the County as the County Plan (current MDP) was adopted 12 years ago in 2013.
The MDP is the County’s highest order statutory plan and requires periodic updates to reflect changing community needs, best practices, and growth pressures. The MDP proposes an updated 20-year vision for growth and development across the County, and outlines a set of goals, objectives, performance indicators, and action items to implement and achieve that vision.
The MDP establishes decision-making objectives and policies regarding future land use, infrastructure, municipal services, environmental stewardship, and other aspects related to growth and development. In Alberta, every municipality is required to adopt an MDP under the Municipal Government Act. The MDP is a County-wide plan and provides direction and guidance to lower-level policy documents, such as area structure plans, conceptual schemes, and the Land Use Bylaw.
The MDP Review project included three formal rounds of engagement with residents, business owners, intermunicipal partners, and other interested parties and extensively helped shape the MDP.
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