| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Fonds | | No.: | PR2775 | | TITLE: | Rural Improvement Districts Association of Alberta Fonds | | CREATOR: | Rural Improvement Districts Association of Alberta | | DATE RANGE: | 1957 - 1995 | | EXTENT: | 4 m of textual records and other materials.
The fonds also includes 316 photographs, ca. 700 negatives, and 1VHS cassette. | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | The Rural Improvement Districts Association of Alberta (RIDAA) represented the interest of Local Improvement Advisory Councils. An Improvement District Advisory Council represented the community of the improvement district and managed the operation of agricultural services, environmental health, recreation, parks and culture, protective services, transportation, administration, planning and development control, budget, economic development. The first Improvement District Advisory Council formed in 1957. RIDAA incorporated in 1975. RIDAA operated in affiliation with provincial government departments and organizations, particularly Alberta Municipal Affairs. Members of the Association included Advisory Councilors from each of Alberta's Improvement Districts. The Association Executive consisted of members elected from each of the eight geographic areas of the Province, together with the Executive Secretary, Treasurer, and the Alberta Municipal Affairs Assistant Deputy Minister. The Association elected the President and the Vice-President annually based on nomination and a majority vote. Objectives of RIDAA included recognition of the Association at all levels of government, the recognition of improvement districts as rural municipalities with special needs and circumstances, to provide assistance to the Advisory Council in the encouragement of economic growth in rural Alberta, to provide in conjunction with the Department of Municipal Affairs, education and development opportunities for Advisory Councilors, promote local government, and promote increased autonomy for Improvement Districts. In pursuit of their objectives, the Association regularly met and attended conferences with relevant associations and individuals such as the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA), the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC), the Alberta School Trustees Association (ASTA), the Alberta Hospital Boards Association, the Alberta Rural Health Association, the Health Unites Association of Alberta, the Agricultural Service Board of Alberta, the Fire Chiefs Association of Alberta, Alberta Conferences on Tourism, Alberta Assessors Association, Cabinet Ministers, Department of Municipal Affairs officials, and members of Local Improvement Advisory Councils. RIDAA dissolved after 1995, after the passing of the Municipal Government Act in 1994. | | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | The fonds consists of records used, created, and maintained by the Rural Improvement Districts Association of Alberta including minutes, photographs, financial records, correspondence files, pamphlets, research notes dating from 1957 to 1995. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history/biographical sketch sourced from the fonds.
For more information on the municipal history of Alberta, please see Hanson, Eric J. Local Government in Alberta, available at the Provincial Archives of Alberta Reference Library.
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