The report is the work of a Subcommittee of the Executive Committee, which
was established in Jamuary 1987 at the request of member municipalities to f
; examine whether or not there were any cultural organizations or activities :
with region-wide support and influence which would warrant funding support
by the region as a whole, rather than, at present, by municipalities on an
individual basis.

The Subcommittee has concluded that there are indeed some cultural

activities and organizations of regional significance and sets out a number
of stringent guidelines which such an organization must meet in order to he
considered for regional support. It is proposed that the mmicipalities be
asked to support regionally designated organizations on a voluntary basis,
by contributing a small per capita assessment each year as determined by the
Board. (The figure of 25 cents per capita based on 1986 census figures is
suggested for 1989.)

It should be emphasized that the proposal is not a tax levy imposed by the
GVRD. It is rather a mechanism, a voluntary mechanism, by which the GVRD
can act as agent for its member municipalities in dealing with all grant
requests of a regional nature.

The Subcommittee has worked diligently and conscientiously to arrive at a
proposal which it considers fair and worthy of support. I would like to
thank the members of the Subcommittee:

Mayor David Driscoll, Chairman (Port Moody’)
Mayor Donald Lanskail (West Vancouver)

Mayor Gordon Hogg (White Rock)

Alderman Corisande Percival-Smith (Richmond) and
Alderman Carole Taylor (Vancouver)

for their work, and I commend their report and proposal to your Council for _
consideration and endorsement in your 1989 budget. Should you wish, we \
would be glad to arrange for a member of the Subcommittee to meet with your
Council on this matter. Please call Carolyn Whalen at 432-6214 in this

regard.
Yours truly,
G. J. Blair
Chairman
Atts.