Location: Cariboo Friendship Society
In attendance (from sign-in sheet): Rosanna
McGregor, Sharon Taylor, Matt Neufeld, Shannon Thom, Kourtney Cook and Jessica
Knodel.
Accept Minutes & Agenda
Barriers
to Transportation
An
identified community concern is the lack of, and barriers to transportation
within the City and surrounding areas. The SPC wants to take a few minutes to discuss
and suggest options. We discussed successful ride sharing initiatives and will
present these ideas as a potential UBC Field School Project at our meeting with
them on Oct 7th.
Review
Election Timetables
The
tentative timetable for the election process:
October 10
candidates declare
October 14
Meeting with Chamber to determine forum structure & questions (SPC
involved)
October 27
SPC monthly meeting
October 28
Chamber's Lunch with Mayoral candidates (by invitation)
October 29
Councillors' forum with Chamber and SPC participation
November 15
Election
Questions
for All Candidates
We reviewed
questions and themes our public survey has generated.
Additional
Questions Generated:
- Economically, what are your plans for economic security that is not tied to natural land resources?
- What are your plans to address racism in our community?
- What are you prepared to do to address the increasing poverty rates within the City?
SD
no. 27 Facility Fee Structure
The Social Planning Council collected and shared community
feedback with Kevin Futcher, Secretary/Treasurer of School District No. 27
about the proposed changes to the fee structure for facility user groups. A summary
of the meeting is below.
Rationale for the new cost charges:
· Policy has long required school
staff to open the school, control the keys and be present when community groups
were using the school. With budget cuts and the significant reduction in
custodial time, this policy was not enforced. Many groups have multiple copies
of keys, numerous people open & close the schools etc.
·
Liability is a major concern in
these circumstances, as well as the lack of control and the cost of clean-up
with the condition the schools are often left in.
Impact:
·
The cost increase will mainly
apply to elementary school which do not have evening or weekend custodial
staff.
·
Several measures are being
planned to reduce the impact on user groups - Many groups have bookings for
long hours or whole evenings and these will be reviewed and limited so more
groups can share the facilities; Some groups will likely have to (or want to)
change schools; in some circumstances, some groups may have to be able to find
school staff to be present.
Expectation:
Most, if not all non-profit community groups will be
accommodated. Any questions or appeals can be directed to Kevin Futcher
&/or the Board although there is no specific appeal process for this.
Note - in comparing costs for other
facilities the School district fees are not unreasonable.
Roundtable
Updates
Sent
out via weekly updates.
Meeting was adjourned - the
next monthly SPC meeting is scheduled for Oct 27th at 11:30 am, location TBA.
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