NOTICE OF ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS BYLAW NO. 342 – STRATHCONA GARDENS RECREATE PROJECT

Public notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors for the Strathcona Regional District may proceed with final passage and adoption of Bylaw No. 342, being Strathcona Gardens Recreation Facility Loan Authorization Bylaw 2018, at its meeting of Wednesday, October 11, 2023 unless at least 10% of the eligible electors within the City of Campbell River and Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay-Buttle Lake) submit elector response forms not later than 12:00 noon on October 4, 2023.

Bylaw No. 342 would authorize borrowing up to $64,670,000 to be used for funding re-development of the Strathcona Gardens recreation complex with the debt to be repaid over a period not exceeding 30 years.

The number of eligible electors within the boundaries of the City of Campbell River and Electoral Area D has been fairly determined to be 32,880 and the number of valid elector response forms required to prevent the adoption of Bylaw No. 342 without first obtaining the assent of the electors by voting is 3,288. Elector response forms must be in the form approved by the Regional Board and may be obtained online at www.srd.ca/strathcona-gardens-aap or in person at the Regional District office during regular office hours. Only persons who qualify as electors within the City of Campbell River or Electoral Area D of the Strathcona Regional District are entitled to sign and submit an elector response form.

Further information regarding Bylaw No. 342 or this alternative approval process may be obtained at www.srd.ca/strathcona-gardens-aap or by contacting the Regional District.