New Multi Center In Quesnel to Go To Referendum

Friday, April 04, 2008 10:25 AM

Quesnel, B.C. - Residents of Quesnel may be asked to vote in a referendum along with the civic election come this November.

The Joint Planning Council has recommended there be a referendum on the project attached to the fall municpal ballot set for November 15th.

Multi -Centre Task Force Co-Chair Mary Glassford says the referendum would ask residents for approval to borrow $14 million over 20 years to construct a new North Cariboo Multi Centre. The center would host a new 2,000 seat NHL style arena, 450 seat multi use theatre and accompanying event and assembly spaces.

Glassford says the project can only be successful if the community is behind it. The total cost of the project is estimated at $32 million dollars. If the vote is positive, that would provide the leverage needed to approach the federal and provincial government.

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Posted on Friday, April 04, 2008 10:25 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: diplomat on April 4 2008 11:33 AM

Oh wow! A referendum? Wow! The city is doing this democratically by giving the people an actual say in the final decision?

It even has a 450 seat multi use theatre! Isn't that something like a Performing Arts Center?

Hmmm...lucky people!

Posted by: realitysetsin on April 4 2008 12:23 PM

I think Quesnel learned their lesson maybe when through elaborate funding (leases) the last administration (Steve Wallace) got the new city hall through.

Quesnel needs a multi center bad. So does Williams Lake.... so do many small towns.

Good to see (potentially) the investment happening.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on April 4 2008 12:52 PM

A referendum...and rightly so!
And what the hell good is 450 seats?
How do you make THAT pay?
Thses type of venues only represent a very small faction of the community, but everyone gets to pay for it!
A referendum is the only democratic way to get it done!

Posted by: diplomat on April 4 2008 1:33 PM

Hear, hear! Perhaps we can have one here on the planned new Performing Arts Center for a start? --- Don't hold your breath, here we are simply told what is going to happen!

Congratulations to Quesnel!

Posted by: Harbinger on April 4 2008 5:31 PM

We don't need any government. We can referendum ourselves to death. Hooray fer the 51%. Screw the 49%.

Posted by: diplomat on April 4 2008 8:50 PM

Funny how election results are counted: Winner: More than 50% - Loser: Less than 50%. So far that has been the system.

Elections too are like referendums (referenda). Democracy at work. Will of the people. Governments don't always make democratic decisions. Referendums are deathly? No way.