PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT
NOTICE OF ASSENT VOTING
DOMESTIC SEWAGE RECEIVING
FACILITY SERVICE REFERENDUM
PUBLIC NOTICE is given to the electors within the proposed Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility
Service Area, in Electoral Areas B and C of the Peace River Regional District as identified on the map
shown, that Assent Voting (referendum) will be held on the following question:
“Are you in favour of the Peace River Regional District Board adopting Domestic Sewage
Receiving Facility Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2217, 2015 which will permit the
Regional District to establish a domestic sewage receiving function at the Charlie Lake
Sewer Treatment Plant for Electoral Areas B and C, at a maximum annual tax requisition
limit that is the greater of $500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) or $0.114 per $1,000
calculated on the net taxable value of land and improvements and assessed on
improvements only
VOTING DATES AND LOCATIONS
GENERAL VOTING:
Saturday, November 7, 2015, from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm at:
Location
Peace River Regional District office, Dawson Creek
Peace River Regional District office, Fort St. John
Electoral Area ‘B’ locations:
Buffalo Inn
Buick Creek Community Hall
Cache Creek Community Hall
Cecil Lake Community Hall
Clearview Arena
Halfway Graham Community Hall
Osborn Community Hall
Prespatou Elementary Secondary School
Rose Prairie Curling Club
Wonowon Elementary School / Horse Club Hall
Electoral Area ‘C’ locations:
Baldonnel Elementary School
Charlie Lake Elementary School
Address
1981 Alaska Avenue
9505 100 Avenue
23701 (Mile 143) Alaska Highway
15288 Rodeo Road
17031 Robinson Road
4864 Cecil Lake Road
13786 223 Road
22308A Upper Halfway Road
17526 Siphon Creek Road
22113 Triad Road
16242 Rose Prairie Road
19211 Petrocan Subdivision
5836 Baldonnel Road
Mile 52 Alaska Highway
ADVANCE VOTING:
October 28, 2015, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- and November 4, 2015, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- and November 2, 3, 5 and 6, 2015, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location
Address
Peace River Regional District office
1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek
Peace River Regional District office
9505 100th Street, Fort St. John
Note: All qualified electors may vote at an advance voting opportunity.
ELECTOR REGISTRATION
Elector Qualifications
There is no need to pre-register to vote as the registration of all electors will take place at the time of voting.
You will be required to make a declaration that you meet the following requirements:
 Eighteen (18) years of age or older on voting day,
 Canadian citizen,
 resident of BC for at least six (6) months immediately before voting day,
 resident of OR registered owner of real property in the Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility Service Area
for at least 30 days before voting day, and
 not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in the assent voting
and not otherwise disqualified by law.
Resident electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature). Picture
identification is not necessary. The identification must prove both residency and identity.
If you own property in the Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility Service Service Area and live somewhere
else in BC, you may be able to vote in this assent voting as a Non-resident property elector if you meet
the above qualifications.
Non-resident property electors must produce 2 pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) to
prove identity, proof that they are entitled to register in relation to the property, and, if there is more than one
owner, written consent from a majority of the property owners to one owner voting. If voting as a Nonresident Property Elector, you are encouraged to contact the Chief Election Officer well in advance of voting
day to ensure that all required information is submitted.
Special Voting Opportunity will be held as follows:
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Dawson Creek and District Hospital,
11100 13 Street, Dawson Creek, BC, between 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, November 4, 2014
Fort St. John Hospital
8407 112 Avenue, Fort St John, BC, between 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The only electors who may vote at a Special Voting Opportunity are electors who are qualified under the
Local Government Act and who have been admitted as patients or are employed at the above-noted health
care facilities.
Mail Ballot Voting
You may vote by mail if you:
 have a physical disability, illness or injury that affects your ability to vote in the conventional manner; OR
 expect to be absent from the Peace River Regional District on general voting day and at the times of all
advance voting opportunities; OR
 reside further than ninety (90) kilometres away from the nearest voting place, as measured by road
distance.
REQUESTING A MAIL BALLOT PACKAGE:
Before 4:00 p.m. on October 30, 2015 you must submit the following information to the Peace River
Regional District (1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (office closed
between12:00 p.m., and 1:00 p.m.) by mail (Box 810, Dawson Creek, BC, V1G 4H8); by fax (250-7843201); or email ([email protected]):
1. Full name,
2. Residential (911) address,
3. Physical address of the property in relation to which you are voting (for non-resident property electors),
4. Method of delivery of your mail ballot package:
(a) pick up at Peace River Regional District office,
(b) regular letter mail through Canada Post to mailing address, OR
(c) regular letter mail through Canada Post to an alternate address that you provide when requesting the
ballot package,
5. To ensure you receive the correct mail ballot package, you must indicate whether you are going to be
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registering as a resident or non-resident property elector.
Upon receipt of a request, the Peace River Regional District will send out mail ballot packages commencing
on or about October 5, 2015. To be counted, your mail ballot must be received by the Chief Election Officer
before the close of voting on general voting day (Saturday, November 7, 2015).
NOTE: Pursuant to the Local Government Act, no corporation is entitled to be registered as an elector or
have a representative registered as an elector and no corporation is entitled to vote.
SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED BYLAW
BYLAW NO. 2217 – Domestic Sewage Receiving Facility Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2217,
2015: If adopted, this bylaw will establish a Local Service Area known as the “Domestic Sewage Receiving
Facility Service” in Electoral Areas B and C. The service will permit the Peace River Regional District to
establish operating and capital reserve accounts to assist with the operations and maintenance of the
Charlie Lake sewage treatment and disposal system, including replacing equipment and making upgrades
to the facility as the Service Area grows.
Tax Rate
The proposed annual maximum requisition is the greater of $500,000, or an amount equal to the amount that
could be raised by a property value tax of $0.114/$1,000 when applied to the net taxable value of land and
improvements in the service area. Based on current 2015 assessment values, the estimated residential tax
rate is $0.06 per $1,000 of assessed value of improvements (buildings). Land will not be taxed for this
proposed service.
Service Area
The Service Area boundary is as shown on the map appearing in this notice.
TAKE NOTICE that the above is a synopsis of proposed Bylaw No. 2217 and that this synopsis is not
intended to be and is not to be understood as an interpretation of the bylaw. The full bylaw may be
inspected online at www.prrd.bc.ca, on Voting Day at the voting places or at the following locations during
regular business hours:
- Peace River Regional District office, 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek, BC; and
- Peace River Regional District office, 9505 100 Street, Fort St. John, BC.
For further information on the bylaw or the assent voting process, please call:
Jo-Anne Frank, Chief Election Officer or
Trish Morgan, Deputy Chief Election Officer
(250-784-3200 or 1-800-670-7773)
Jo-Anne Frank
Chief Election Officer
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