Alberta Community PartnershipAUMA WebinarJanuary 13, 2016

AUMA advocacy on the ACP

Alberta Community Partnership

Presentation to Municipalities

January 2016

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Agenda

1. Program Overview

2. Program Enhancements

3. Intermunicipal Collaboration

a) Ranking Criteria

b) Application Form

4. Payment & Reporting Conditions

5. Questions

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2015-16 ACP Program Overview

Encourages strong working relationships between communities

and regional approaches to municipal service delivery.

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Alberta Community Partnership (ACP)

$40 Million

Regional Collaboration

$28.5 Million

Intermunicipal Collaboration $22.5 Million

Municipal Restructuring

$6 Million

Capacity Building

$11.5 Million

Mediation and Collaborative

Processes $400,000

MunicipalInternship

$1.5 Million

Strategic Initiatives

$9.6 Million

*Component budgets are targets and subject to change.

Program OverviewRegional Collaboration

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Regional Collaboration

Intermunicipal Collaboration (IC)

Municipal Restructuring (MR)

(formerly Viability Review Support)

Program OverviewCapacity Building

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Capacity Building

Mediation and Collaborative

Processes (MCP)

Municipal Internship (MI)

Strategic Initiatives (SI)

Program Review

• High demand for IC component

– 2014/15: Component budget fully subscribed at $23

million; $48 million in applications received.

• Program budget less than expected

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$23MFunded &

Approved

$25MUnfunded

& Declined

$48M of Applications Received

Overview of ACP Enhancements

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• The Metropolitan Funding (MF) component of the

ACP has been discontinued.

– Funding has been reallocated to the Intermunicipal

Collaboration (IC) and Strategic Initiatives (SI)

component of the ACP.

– All municipalities are now eligible to apply for grants

through the IC component.

• The IC component now awards grants based on

merit-based criteria versus a first-received first-

reviewed process.

• Multi-year project funding under the IC component

has been eliminated.

• Cost-share will no longer be mandatory under IC

component.

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Intermunicipal Collaboration (IC)

IC Component

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Program Feature 2015/16

Collaborations of two or more municipalities

Support of up to $350,000 per project $350K

Limit of two projects per Managing Partner, per year

Capital expenditures

Limited term operating expenditures for pilot projects

Multi-year funding (Review Confirmed)

Mandatory cost sharing (Review Confirmed)

ACP – IC Component

Examples of Approved Projects

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IC Example

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Regional Emergency Response Project and Pilot Training Program

Emergency Communications Service Building

$300,000

Fire Training Structure $150,000

Regional Fire Training Pilot Program

$100,000

Total Project Cost: $550,000

Municipal Contribution: ($200,000)

IC Component Project Grant: $350,000

IC Ranking Criteria

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IC Ranking Criteria

• Ranking projects with best fit to program

objectives.

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Partnership Readiness

35 points

Project Priority

30 points

Project Impact

35 points

IC Ranking Criteria

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Project Impact

1. Project results in improved level of

integrated municipal service delivery for the

region. (20 points)

2. Project benefits extend to organizations and

municipalities beyond the partnership. (15

points)

IC Ranking Criteria

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Project Priority

3. Project has been established as a priority for

the region (10 points)

4. Project addresses a critical municipal service

delivery need that will result in improved

public health and safety (20 points)

IC Ranking Criteria

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Partnership Readiness

5. Municipal partners are actively engaged in

project delivery (10 points).

6. The partnership has ensured that the project

is sustainable beyond the term of the funding

(5 points).

7. The partnership has identified risks and

methods to mitigate them (5 points).

8. Partners are making monetary or capital

asset contributions to the project (15 points).

ACP Application Form

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Application Form

• Applications for the Intermunicipal

Collaboration component are due by February

5, 2016.

– Applications can be submitted if council resolutions are

not in place, however:

• A follow-up e-mail to ACP (acp.grants@gov.ab.ca) must

be received by February 29, 2016 that confirms council

resolutions are now in place.

• Applications for Municipal Restructuring and

Mediation and Cooperative Processes

components are due by February 16, 2016.

• Applications for the Municipal Internship

component were due on October 1 (with the

program to commence this May).

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Application Form (continued)

• The ranking of your application for funding

will be based on the information submitted in

the application form only.

– Supplementary documentation will not be reviewed and

will not impact the application evaluation and ranking.

• Be as specific as possible in your answers,

including supporting facts and statistics

where possible.

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Application Walkthrough

(IC Component)

Electronic version of the application form:

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Application Walkthrough

(continued) *Partners and Project Overview

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Application Walkthrough

(continued) *Project Impact

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Application Walkthrough

(continued) *Project Priority

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Application Walkthrough

(continued) *Partnership Readiness

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Application Walkthrough

(continued) *Partnership Readiness Continued

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Payment & Reporting

Conditions

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Payment Conditions

(All Components)

• The ACP Payment for approved projects will

be made following:

– legislative approval of the provincial budget

– ministerial authorization of the component budgets

• Payments for approved projects will be made

based on the conditions of the Conditional Grant

Agreement (CGA).

• Typically the grant payment is made two weeks

following the execution of the CGA, unless

stated otherwise.

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Reporting - All Components

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• Statement of Funding and Expenditures (SFE)

– the managing partner must submit the SFE

– the SFE must be signed by the CAO or delegate

– all supporting documentation must be retained by the

municipalities for a minimum of three years following completion of the project.

• Reporting to be completed within 60 days of the

project completion date

• The SFE may be subject to review by the Provincial

Auditor General.

• Additional reporting is required for the MI component

(see guidelines), and may also be required under

other components on a case by case basis.

Contact Information

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• Online: Municipal Affairs ACP website

http://municipalaffairs.alberta.ca/

albertacommunitypartnership.cfm

• By phone: 780-427-2225

(toll-free 310-0000)

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