Municipal Reserve Licence

Municipal Parcels are owned by Foothills County and may be authorized for licence with Council approval.

Process

The applicant writes a letter to the Municipal Lands Administrator, requesting that Council consider licensing a Municipal Reserve parcel. The applicant must state the legal land description of the parcel and where the parcel is located in relation to the Municipal Reserve.
The Municipal Lands Administrator conducts a site inspection of the Municipal Reserve.
The request is taken to Council as a Miscellaneous Agenda item asking Council to agree or disagree to license the parcel and if so, Council determines if this parcel should go through the bidding process.
If Council agrees the Municipal Reserve parcel can be licensed, the applicant and adjacent landowners are notified and an ad is run in the Western Wheel for two consecutive weeks stating Foothills County is accepting bids for the licensing of the Municipal Reserve. Note: Community Associations are exempt from the bid process.
Once the bid period has expired, the bids are taken to Council for their consideration.
Council will set the conditions, terms and rate of the licence. Public Access may be denied.
Once a bid is approved, a licence is drawn up and both the applicant and Foothills County must sign.
The Licencee must add Foothills County as an additionally insured party on their insurance.

Please Note: Initiating interest in a Municipal Reserve parcel does not guarantee that you will have the winning bid.

All bids for Municipal Reserves should include the following: