THAT the Regional Board supports apportioning the annual value tax burden of the SIR Program among participating Regional Districts using a hybrid formula that determines each Regional District's annual value tax requisition on:
- the Regional District's proportion of the previous year's converted assessment base (land and improvements) for the Program's service area as a whole, weighted at 75%
- the Regional District's proportion of the previous year's total taxable acreage for the Program's service area as a whole, weighted at 25%
AND THAT the Regional Board supports phasing-in the new apportionment approach over a four-year period;
AND FURTHER THAT the Regional Board supports a request from the four participating Regional Districts to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing for an Order in Council to implement the new apportionment approach and phase in provision.