Following are the highlights from the June 7 Cariboo Regional District (CRD) Board on the Road meeting in Lac la Hache:
New playground
The board approved endorsement of the Joint Committee decision that Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre be authorized to build the natural playground at the forest fringe behind the South Cariboo Rec. Centre.
It also agreed the CRD take on responsibility for the playground, subject to commissioning by a certified playground inspector.
The playground project was previously approved, and is included in the field maintenance agreement with the District of 100 Mile House.
Referendums set
The board has set a Sept. 7 date for two upcoming referendums, and approved specific questions to be put to the South Cariboo electorate in just one trip to the polls.
They include:
Recreation services
The South Cariboo Recreation Service Amendment referendum will ask: are you in favour of the adoption of Bylaw No. 4837, which would amend the South Cariboo Recreation Service to allow a more broad definition of recreation services, including arts and cultural services, and to increase the maximum annual requisition to the greater of $900,000, or an amount raised by applying a tax rate of $0.8721/$1,000 to the taxable value of land and improvements in the service area?
SAR funding
The South Cariboo Search and Rescue Contribution Establishment referendum question will be: “Are you in favour of the adoption of Bylaw No. 4825, which would establish a service to provide a contribution of funds to the South Cariboo Search and Rescue Society for search and rescue services in the District of 100 Mile House, Electoral Areas H, L, and a portion of G, with a maximum annual requisition not to exceed the greater of $30,000, or an amount raised by applying a tax rate of $0.0124/$1,000 to the net taxable value of land and improvements in the service area?
