QUESNEL SUB-REGIONAL RECREATION FUNCTION
PRINCIPLES OF AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT dated the ________ day of February, 2004.
BETWEEN CARIBOO REGIONAL DISTRICT
Suite D - 180 North Third Avenue
Williams Lake, BC
V2G 2A4
(hereinafter referred to as the “District”)
OF THE FIRST PART
AND CITY OF QUESNEL
410 Kinchant Street
Quesnel, BC
V2J 7J5
(hereinafter referred to as the “City”)
OF THE SECOND PART
WHEREAS:
A. The District and City jointly own recreational facilities within the City of Quesnel that are administered within the Quesnel Sub-Regional Recreation function (hereinafter referred to as the “function”).
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereto have agreed and do hereby agree, each with the other, as follows:
1) The City will continue to be responsible for the operational delivery of recreational services for sub-regional recreation for the period of January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004.
2) The City will undertake a meaningful review of its projected operational costs necessary to maintain current service levels for the function, with the anticipated result of reducing the expected increase of $180,000. This will include a review of capital expenditures necessary in the coming year.
3) The District agrees to fund the Function, for 2004, at the level necessary to maintain service levels as those existing in 2003.
4) The City will advise the Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women’s Service that it has agreed with the District that the current Sub-Regional Recreation Service Review be tabled for the remainder of 2004.
5) The District and City agree that the North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee be reactivated immediately.
6) The City and District agree that the $50,000 established within the Function for the purpose of “Consulting” will be utilized immediately for the purpose of employing, through a Request for Proposal process, a qualified consultant whose purpose shall be to review the Function. The establishment of the Terms of Reference and the selection of the consultant shall be carried out jointly through the North Cariboo Joint Planning Committee. At minimum the review shall include the issues of service governance, boundaries, scope of service, management and operating options and cost recovery.
7) The District and the City agree to the immediate development of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), the purpose of which is to establish a relationship regarding the following two stipulations:
a) The City agrees to address the District’s concern regarding tax disparities between residential property owners by agreeing to consent to the adoption of the necessary bylaw to officially amend the method of taxation to a Hospital Assessment basis for the entire sub-regional service area effective January 1, 2005. The MOA shall stipulate that the City and District agree to amend this bylaw if, in the future, the City is faced with an overwhelmingly extraordinary situation as to require tax relief which would not be otherwise available due to this taxation agreement.
b) The District agrees to undertake meaningful discussion with the City and will share the costs associated with recreational services which are shared by residents of both the City and District, commencing January 1, 2005. These recreational services shall be limited to general recreational parks and trails which clearly benefit all residents. The MOA shall stipulate that should the City require that the bylaw be amended, such that Hospital Assessment is no longer the taxation method applied to the City, the District shall no longer be required to contribute to these recreational services.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this agreement effective as of the date first above written.
THE CORPORATE SEAL of the CARIBOO REGIONAL DISTRICT was hereunto affixed in the presence of:
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Secretary
THE CORPORATE SEAL of the CITY OF QUESNEL was hereunto affixed in the presence of:
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