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Home My WebLink About2004-03-26 Council Minutes0 U 0 Three Hills March 26, 2004 Knechill County P 0 Box 400 Three Hills Alberta I'l1M 2A(1 Attention Gene Kivialio, CAO Dear GCnL "VIA FAX ONY Y 443-5115 " Re. Your Correspondence of March 22, 2004 (:oncerning Knechili County C•otnynunity Grants to Nun Profit Organizations I'hi•ct, Hills Aquatic, Centre $5,000.00 I Three Hills Arena mid 1 own of ThreL Hills Rebates to Three Hillt Residents & I axpayer5 Town ofThrc:e Rills PO Rox 610 ThreeTlills,Albe.ria TOM2AO Phone- (403)443 5822 Fax (403)443-2616 Webs ire www.l0w11.rhreah11N.ah.ca I'hank you for your above noted correspondence and the timely fashion in which we rece,ive(I our grant funding for the Aquatic CCntl'C lobby re.nOvati(►ns and the purchase; of our new floor scrubbi-r for the. arena You r statt me it in the, second paragraph of your March 22"`' letter `=that Three Hills and I'rorhu have implernUitcd at two tiered Arena rile structure is incorrect We would reiterate, as we clicl in our correspondwice of March 2"'j that the Town of ThrCL Hills uses the same, fee. structure 161- all or user groups of our Centennial Arena and our Aquatic. Centre it should I)L noted that the vast Majority of our arena users arc groups such as Knot 1111 Minor I lackey I"hree Hills Fibur. Skating, Gentlemen's Hockey etc They in turn raise their own (luts from their individual users The Aquatic Centre revenues are however mainly raised through guts lidilliSS1011s charges, for lessons, season pasties, and hourly pool rentals A smaller portions of our revenues art generated through the Neon s Swim Club and individual or group pool rentals You are correct in your unders4inding that the Town of three Hills will rebate. 15% of the; dues paid by I'hree Hilis residents and taxpayers, to thou individual organization, for the use of Ill(. Arena I llese individuals must provide a copy of their reu:ipt and sign .an ripplicatu)n form I'he; Town ul' i'hree Hills also provides a 2.3% rebate to Three. Hills residents and taxpayers for passes purctiase(1 at the Aquatic Centre Again, we require a copy of the receipt and a completed applic:aliolt lorm We want to be very clear that we do not, see this :is a two tiered rate stricture, but rather a I'urlhe.r subsidy paid by our municipality to our residents and taxpayers for the use, o'f facilitles which they .ire already subsidizing `three f%1L for a BrlghterFrrtr�re" ZIT d STTS£bb.01 9T92£i;'t7£017 S-11IH£ A0 NMOl'W(MA 8T•TT t,002-0£-WW 1 U :7 �t3 ZiZ•d Kneel ill County Recreation March 30 2004 N L,2 With all due respect Lene, when our two councils niet last year to discuss mutual concerns, it w•1s made clear to our council that Kneehill County felt that they were paying an adcqutttL arnounl towards recreation and that any further revenues should be raised on a user pay' basis Wc, respect your council s position to limit the amount that they contribute to recreation through their operating agrants. Surely it is reasonable that Three Hills Council can disagree with Kneehill s "user pay' theory nd subsidize, their Three Hills residents and taxpayers through rLbatcsi Without any additional grants or contributions from Knechill County to help cover our escalating costs, wi had no choke but to generate new revenues by raising rental rates at thL Centennial ArLn.i and the admission rates at the Aquatic ;enter This of course placed a greater burden on the. individual facility users Our Council choose to shield our residents from some of this burden Of course the Town of Three I fills is not going to rebate or further subsidize residents front Knochil l County for thc,ir use. of the. Arena or for their passes to the Aquatic Centre I'tie decision its to Whether or not to provide rebates or ,ubsidies to Kneehill County residents is up to Kncc.t,ill County Council It does seem to be a bit unfair to cut recreation grants, which we use to help lower the cost of our recreation facilities for Kneehill residents, based on the fact that the I own of Three hill~ ciltx>>us to subsidize their residents It would be appreciated if you could provide us with a copy of your recreation policy Inparticular we arc, uitc.resied in reading #15 4, #15 5, #15 h and any other of your recreation policies which might affect the Town of I'hree Hills We look forward to the opportunity of discussion this matter with you further Your~ trul , Ja nisden To ri Manager & C'AO STTS£b7101 9T92£bb£0t? S71IH£ d0 NMOl W0lj ST • T T 117002-0£-NU14