WHEREAS provincial park day use areas and highway rest stops are valuable services provided for the benefit of all British Columbians and tourists travelling through our province; AND WHEREAS the Province has indicated an inability to properly fund these services and has invited local government to assume financial and operating responsibility for these services: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities petition the provincial government to provide appropriate budgets for the continued funding and sustained operation of these services that contribute to tourism and road safety at no cost to local government.
MINISTRY OF WATER, LAND AND AIR PROTECTION BC Parks regional staff have worked hard to secure effective local community involvement in the operation and maintenance of these 33 parks not under Park Facility Operator agreements. Recognizing government budget priorities and constraints, Parks staff efforts are focused on securing longer term agreements with those local permittees and contractors where there will be benefits to both the park and the service provider. Those longer term agreements will help ensure the delivery of visitor services to standards appropriate to a provincial park setting.