We are still going back and forth with Park Board staff on the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA). Collectively, we feel that we are moving in a positive direction. As individual CCAs, we have specifics that we will need to work through with the Park Board…
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CCA Response to Park Board
We responded to the Park Board on January 16, 2018 regarding the important changes that are still needed in the Joint Operating Agreement appendices. Please click to see the: Letter we sent to them: CCA Letter to Park Board _01_16_18 Language we want to be revised: Appendix C to…
New Year, New JOA? We Hope So
After thousands of hours of negotiation, through meetings between CCAs and with CCAs and Park Board staff and lawyers, facilitated (by Park Board) workshops – as well as CCA working groups, meetings, review of documents, research and providing our input – we feel like we…
Joint Operating Agreement Update
We are still negotiating with the Park Board to finalize the appendices and to get a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) that works for the Park Board and our communities. It is a challenging process. The agreement has gone from the Community Centre Association’s legal counsel…
Why We Need a Good JOA Now
It has been – and continues to be – a long and difficult process that we have been forced to undertake to get a Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) that works for the Park Board and our communities. For more than a year and a half,…
Georgia Straight Article
The Georgia Straight provided an update on the Joint Operating Agreement process on October 4, 2017. Read about it here.
Vancouver Courier Article
Please see the October 3, 2017 Vancouver Courier article on the current status of the Joint Operating Agreement.
Email sent to CCA Presidents by Director of Recreations, Donnie Rosa on September 27, 2017
Dear CCA Presidents and Directors, Re: Changes to JOA Appendices to address outstanding issues – At the option of each CCA This information is in response to the many CCAs who wrote to the Park Board regarding the six issues which have been pointed out…
'Say No to JOA' Hastings Association Members Tell Board
For Immediate Release September 21, 2017 Members of Hastings Community Association give clear (and unanimous) message to reject Park Board Joint Operating Agreement Vancouver, B.C. – The Hastings Community Association (HCA), which has been serving the Hastings community for more than 90…
Vancouver Courier - September 20, 2017 Article
Check out the article in the Vancouver Courier about the Kerrisdale community telling the Kerrisdale Community Centre Society to reject the Joint Operating Agreement. http://www.vancourier.com/news/updated-kerrisdale-votes-to-reject-agreement-with-vancouver-park-board-1.22863381