WHEREAS the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Developments boundary extension guidelines for obtaining rural property owners opinions can be calculated by utilizing either: - one opinion per property owner regardless of the number of properties ; or - one opinion per parcel regardless of the number of property owners as some properties may have more than one individual on title without taking into consideration assessed value or parcel size that results in large parcel owners being at a disadvantage; AND WHEREAS rural property owners opinions should be calculated using the Community Charters local area service project formula which is 50 of the property owners who have over 50 of the assessed value of land and improvements for fairness and equity: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM request the Province of BC to amend their boundary extension guidelines to utilize the local area service project calculation formula to gauge rural property owners opinions.
