Eight days to go for North Coast Regional District's Alternate Approval Process on Recycling Facility

A two month process designed to move forward with borrowing for upgrades for the Kaien Road Recycling Centre is almost at its end, with the deadline for the Alternative Approval Process by North Coast Regional District set to arrive on February 28th.

The decision to use the process, which at times has been a controversial instrument for consultation, was announced on December 14th.

With the District looking to receive the authority to borrow up to 500,000 dollar for the purpose of borrowing funds, over a 20 year period to complete upgrades to the Regional Recycling Facility in Prince Rupert.

The AAP process will provide for that authorization if the total of the responses to the call for action comes to less than 10 percent of the eligible voters by the 28th. 

Should the returns total more than ten percent, then the loan request would be required to be put to full voting process for all eligible voters across the Regional District coverage area.

The number that Regional District has made as the benchmark to trigger such a vote would be the return of 916 forms.

There hasn't been much heard about the process since it was launched in December, other than a paid advertisement or two found in the back pages of the weekly paper, the topic has not seen a lot of discussion from Regional officials.

Likewise, those members of Prince Rupert council that serve on the Regional Board have not made any mention of the AAP initiative during their City Council sessions of 2019.

Plans for renovations to the Kaien Road Recycling Centre  are the focus
of a consultation by way of the Alternative Approval Process with the
deadline for submissions coming up on February 28th

If you have an interest in the AAP vote you can learn more about Regional District's notes on it here, while access to the electoral response form ca be found here.

Should you be opposed to the borrowing plan, you have until 4 PM on Thursday, February 28th to make your views known by way of the electoral response form. The North Coast Regional District Office is located at 14-342 Third West, you can also email or fax your submission.

For more information on the process contact the NCRD at 250-624-2002.

Our notes from December offered up some background on some of the work expected to be done on the Recycling Centre should the loan authorization be approved, as well as a look back at how the City of Prince Rupert has used the instrument in the past.

For more background on Regional District issues see our archive page here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.