Contains accession 2018.08.
Richard Plain served as mayor of St. Albert for two terms in 1974-1977 and in 2001-2004. Plain holds a doctorate and taught at the University of Alberta as an associate professor until his retirement in 2001. In 1979-1981, Plain was the chairman for the St. Albert Citizens Committee opposing Edmonton's proposal to annex St. Albert. For his work in this committee, Plain was named St. Albert's 1981 Citizen of the Year. Plain is married to Margaret Plain.
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Fonds consists of records created by Richard Plain in his two terms as mayor of St. Albert, as Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, and as the chair of the St. Albert Citizen's Committee. Records from his first term as mayor, 1974-1977, include Administration Committee minutes, Committee of the Whole minutes, St. Albert municipal planning commission minutes, correspondence, reports, and records pertaining to projects undertaken in his first term. Records from his tenure as professor include papers and reports he wrote. Records from the St. Albert Citizen's Committee include meeting minutes, newspaper clippings and collected reports. Records from his second term as mayor, 2001-2004, includes a report on poverty in St. Albert and St. Albert's Silver Anniversary celebration records.
Original order of files generally maintained.
Donated by Margaret Plain.
Further accruals expected.
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Series consists of records pertaining to the St. Albert Citizen's Committee chaired by Richard Plain. The Committee was formed by St. Albert residents in opposition to Edmonton's annexation petition in 1979. Records in this series include meeting minutes and documents from the Committee, newspaper clippings and reports collected by Plain.
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File consists of records pertaining to the St. Albert Citizen's Committee which was chaired by Richard Plain in opposition to Edmonton's annexation petition. Records include contact list, information bulletins, correspondence, committee meeting minutes, and brochures. File also includes a floppy disk, contents unknown.
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File consists of newspaper clippings collected by Richard Plain as chair of the St. Albert Citizen's Committee opposing Edmonton's annexation petition. Clippings include an article from Saint John's Edmonton Report magazine titled "Disputes, threats, name-calling among Edmonton and its neighbors will soon bring gov't action, says the prof, and it will likely be Unicity", 1977 ; clippings from Edmonton Journal and Edmonton Sun containing pro-annexation and anti-annexation adverts and newspaper articles.
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File consists of reports related to Edmonton's annexation petition collected by Richard Plain who chaired the St. Albert Citizen's Committee in opposition to the annexation petition. Reports include:
- Capital City Area Citizen's Report, 15 Jun 1980
- Public Services in Edmonton and the County of Strathcona: Who is Subsidizing Whom. Prepared for the County of Strathcona by Hamilton, Rabinovitz & Szanton, Inc., Mar 1980
- The Future of This City: or Has This City a Future? A Submission to the Minister of Municipal Affairs o the Government of Alberta. By the City of Edmonton.
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File consists of St. Albert's Administration committee minutes of which Plain was the chairman during his first term as mayor of St. Albert. Other members of the committee included Councillors B. Breadner, Myrna Fyfe, F. Lukay, M. Smith, R. Throndson, and G. Wetsch.
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File consists of records of the Committee of the Whole of which Plain was a member during his first term as mayor of St. Albert. Records include meeting minutes, agendas, and memos.
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File consists of the St. Albert Municipal Planning Commission meeting minutes of which Richard Plain was a member during his first term as mayor of St. Albert.
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File consists of records pertaining to the Municipal Assistance Grant administered by the province. During his first term as mayor of St. Albert, Richard Plain noted the decrease of funding received by St. Albert and advocated for equal treatment. Records include analysis and comparison tables, mayor's column, five-year capital forecast, proposed reforms to the disbursement of the municipal assistance grant, financial statements for the Town of St. Albert from 1975 and 1976.
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File consists of the minutes for a meeting of the Edmonton Regional Planning Commission on 8 Jan 1975, during Plain's first term as mayor of St. Albert. Councillor Lukay attended representing the Town of St. Albert.
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File consists of correspondence, agreement, and plan of Akinsdale neighborhood development during the first term of Richard Plain as mayor of St. Albert.
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File consists of notes for a presentation to St. Albert Town Council by Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd on potential land annexation to St. Albert, three maps of St. Albert and Edmonton area, and a copy of resolution by the Local Authorities Board regarding St. Albert's land annexation petition. These records pertain to Richard Plain's first term as mayor of St. Albert.
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File consists of a map depicting the proposed outline plan for the ring road around Edmonton area.
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File consists of a report of the Municipal Fire Protection Survey of the Town of St. Albert submitted by R. Beland, assistant fire commissioner. This record pertains to Richard Plain's first term as mayor of St. Albert.
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File consists of records pertaining to Richard Plain and St. Albert Gazette's publisher and editor, Ernie Jamison who was also MLA for the St. Albert Constituency. Records include a petition by Plain titled "Press Ombudsman Needed in Alberta" concerning freedom of press and political control of newspapers; an editorial by Plain titled "Pro-Edmonton Stance of St. Albert MLA" opposing an article in the Gazette that defended Ernie Jamison's pro-Edmonton speech made in the Legislative Assembly; a letter by Plain to Ernie Jamison in response to the banning of the Mayor's Column in the St. Albert Gazette; and an editorial by Plain titled "Accuracy and Fairness" in response to errors in a Gazette article about salaries of mayors.
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File consists of a report titled "Preliminary Community Analysis" prepared by the Town of St. Albert's Planning Department, 29 Nov 1974, and a report of population growth trends of individual St. Albert neighborhoods between 1971-1974. These records pertain to Richard Plain's first term as mayor of St. Albert.
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File consists of papers and reports written by Richard Plain in his capacity as Associate Professor of the University of Alberta. Papers include "Selected insights into the structure and nature of the resource allocation process, land-use planing and the form of government in the Edmonton metropolitan region: The policy perspective and overview" ; "An intervention on behalf of Alta. consumers regarding environmental and economic concerns raised by the Star Key Mine Ltd. proposal to the Energy Resources Conservation Board" ; "Policy perspectives on water resource development in Alberta with specific reference to the economic aspects of Alberta heritage fund expenditure of inter-basin transfer".
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File consists of a summary of a report titled "No safeguards: A profile of urban poverty in Alberta" and a report taken from the "No safeguards" report and regional review data titled "A profile of poverty in St. Albert." Reports pertain to Richard Plain's second term as mayor of St. Albert.
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File consists of records pertaining to St. Albert's Silver Anniversary celebration of 25 years of city status held on May 24-25, 2002, during Richard Plain's second term as mayor of St. Albert. Records include mayor's itinerary for the two days, detailed itinerary for mayor's proclamation and the city's 25th anniversary party on 25 May, invitations from the Musée Héritage Museum for Arts and Heritage District map unveiling and proclamation. File also includes an photograph of members of the 2002 Olympic Silver Medal men curling team, autographed by each member and addressed to Mayor Richard Plain.
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File consists of records pertaining to the ground breaking ceremony for St. Albert Shopping Centre and River Crest Housing Project. Records include notes to supplement an address by Mayor Plain at the ground breaking ceremonies, a program for the event, a thank-you letter to Plain, and a newspaper clipping of the event.
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File consists of records pertaining to Festival of Arts 1983 organized by the St. Albert Festival of the Arts Society of which Richard Plain was the president. Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, financial statements, and event planning notes.
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File consists of three cards. One is a note from Mayor Lede and Leduc Town Council offering congratulations on obtaining city status; a thank-you card; and a holiday greeting card.