No Public Transit For Some Cariboo Regional District Areas

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Quesnel, B.C.- The preliminary results are in, and residents of the Cariboo Regional District have said no to public transit in areas D, E and F, but Yes to funding HandyDART Service in those same areas. 

Residents of those areas were asked two questions in a referenda held on the weekend:

Question #1

 ‘Are you in favour of the adoption of Central Cariboo Transit Contribution Service Establishment Bylaw No. 4624, 2010 which would allow the following:

 · the establishment of a service in a portion of Cariboo Regional District Electoral Areas D, E and F to contribute toward the costs of public transit and HandyDART service with a maximum annual requisition not to exceed the greater of $60,081 or an amount raised by applying a tax rate of $.0948/$1,000 to the net taxable value of land and improvements in the service area (based on 2010 assessed values, the residential rate is $8.46/$100,000 on assessed value of residential land and improvements)?’

Yes     117 

No      150

Question #2

‘Are you in favour of the adoption of Central Cariboo HandyDART Contribution Service Establishment Bylaw No. 4625, 2010 which would allow the following:

· the establishment of a service in a portion of Cariboo Regional District Electoral Areas D, E and F to contribute toward the costs of HandyDART service with a maximum annual requisition not to exceed the greater of $20,027 or an amount raised by applying a tax rate of $.0316/$1,000 to the net taxable value of land and improvements in the service area (based on 2010 assessed values, the residential rate is $2.82/$100,000 on assessed value of residential land and improvements)?’

Yes     145

No      117

The official results will be released by Wednesday of this week.

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