Greater Vancouver Regional District Office of the Chairman
4330 Kingsway, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5H 4G8 Telephone (604) 432-6213

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November 8, 1988

Mayor L. M. Traboulay and Council
City of Port Coquitlam

City Hall

2272 McAllister Avenue

Port Coquitlam, B.C.

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Dear Mayor Traboulay and Members of Council:

Res Proposed Regional Funding of Cultural Organizations

Enclosed for your consideration is a report from the Greater Vancouver
Regional District’s Subcommittee on Regional Funding of Cultural Activities,
whose recommendations, listed below, were endorsed by the GVRD Board at its
October 26, 1988 meeting.

4(c) Report of the Subcommittee on Cultural Funding

(1) That the Board endorse the following recommendations contained in
the report of the Subcommittee on Cultural Funding:

(i) That the regional significance of some cultural organi-~
zations be recognized and that the Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra and the Vancouver Opera Association be so named
at this time.

(ii) That the procedure for funding cultural activities
through the region as outlined in the October 19, 1988
report of the Subcommittee on Cultural Funding be
endorsed.

That the mandate of the Subcommittee on Cultural Funding
be extended and that it be authorized to meet twice per
year, once to set the regional rate for cultural contri-
butions and once to review grant applications . and
applications for inclusion on the list of organizations
eligible for consideration for funding assistance.

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(iv) That the 1989 regional rate for cultural grants be in the

range of 25 cents per person based on 1986 census figures
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Bm for more detailed enunciation.

: | fete ol (2) That the Subcommittee’s report and recommendations be circulated
to member municipal councils.