CAPITAL REGIONAL DISTRICT BYLAW NO. 4127

A BYLAW TO AMEND BYLAW NO. 2884, BEING “ARTS AND CULTURE SUPPORT SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT BYLAW NO. 1, 2001”

The Board of the Capital Regional District in open meeting assembled enacts as follows:

Bylaw No. 2884, “Arts and Culture Support Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1, 2001,” is amended as follows:

a) By adding to end of Section 2 “and the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area”

b) By deleting Section 3 in its entirety and substituting the following:

“3. Participating Areas:

(1) The Township of Esquimalt, District of Highlands, District of Metchosin, District of Oak Bay, District of Saanich, Town of Sidney, City of Victoria, Town of View Royal, and the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area are the participating areas for this service. (2) In this bylaw, “Group 1 Participating Areas” in each year means the Township of Esquimalt, District of Oak Bay, District of Saanich, City of Victoria, and the Town of View Royal. (3) In this bylaw, “Group 2 Participating Areas” in each year means the District of Highlands, District of Metchosin, Town of Sidney and the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area.

c) By deleting Sections 6 and 7 in their entirety and inserting a new section 6:

“6. Apportionment

(1) The amount of annual costs recovered by requisition in accordance with Section 4 (a) of this bylaw, shall be apportioned among the Participating Areas by dividing the costs into two equal parts, one part to be apportioned on the basis of population and one part to be apportioned on the basis of assessments and applying the formulae in Section 6 (2) below.

(2) For the purpose of this section:

(a) Group 1 Participants: (i) Population is the total population estimate as determined annually by the Regional Planning Services Department of the Capital Regional District, and (ii) Assessments are the annual converted value of land and improvements in the Participating Areas.

(b) Group 2 Participants (subject to Section 6 (2)(c) below): (i) Population is 30 % of the population estimate as determined annually by the Regional Planning Services Department of the Capital Regional District, and (ii) Assessments are 30% the converted value of land and improvements in the Participating Areas, or (iii) A greater percentage amount if indicated in writing by a Participating Area.

(c) Transitional provisions for New and Existing Group 2 Participants: (i) New Participants are subject to 6 (2)(b) above except in the first year of participation their percentage is a minimum of 10% and in their second year of participation their percentage is a minimum of 20% (ii) Participants contributing at less than 20% at the date of adoption of this bylaw, must contribute at a minimum percentage of 20% for 2018.” (iii) New Participants may withdraw from the Service within two years of joining provided that written notice that the Participant intends to withdraw is delivered to the CRD Corporate Officer on or before July 1st of the first or second year of membership to be effective as of January 1st the following year. (iv) Participants described in section 6 (2) (c)(ii) may withdraw from the Service within two calendar years of adoption of this bylaw provided that written notice that the Participant intends to withdraw is delivered to the CRD Corporate Officer on or before July 1st of the first or second year since adoption, to be effective as of January 1st the following year.

d) By renumbering Section 8 to Section 7, by deleting Section 9 in its entirety, and by renumbering Sections 10 and 11, to Sections 8 and 9.
This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the “Arts and Culture Support Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1, 2001, Amendment Bylaw No. 4, 2017”.

CONSENTED TO BY AT LEAST TWO THIRDS of the Councils of the Township of Esquimalt, District of Highlands, District of Metchosin, District of Oak Bay, District of Saanich, Town of Sidney, City of Victoria, Town of View Royal and the Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area Director.

READ A FIRST TIME this 10th day of May 2017.

READ A SECOND TIME this 10th day of May 2017.

READ A THIRD TIME this 10th day of May 2017.

APPROVED BY THE INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES this _______ day of _________________, 2017.

ADOPTED this _______ day of _________________, 2017.

CHAIR

CORPORATE OFFICER