TRP survey results

Here is a copy of the results of the survey I put out regarding the TRP.
 
Quite a few responses, mostly unhappy with the TRP. Some worthwhile suggestions in the comments but mostly just unhappy recreators and a few sad stories.
 
While I understand that the majority of the people who filled in the survey are weighted towards those who it affects, I believe this clearly shows that there is a large number of individuals who are negatively impacted.
 
Understandably Trail wants some form of financial compensation towards the use of their, likely loss-making, facilities. I feel their approach is morally questionable at best but I don't think they really care and they are clearly not a particularly nice neighbour to have but that's neither here nor there. From what I gather Trail does not seem interested in working out a deal with Rossland and will continue to punish us indefinitely.
 
Whilst I would love to try and start negotiations somehow I don't feel it is my place and I don't feel it is a battle worth fighting. I do however think there are other, somewhat related, battles worth fighting such as the Municipal Taxation Structure as that could hit Trail where it hurts because 90% of their Tax Base is funded through the tax that Teck pays. Through my rudimentary research it appears there is a conflict of interest in the regional vote towards this end. I hope our current Council addresses this as it is of huge value to us as a small municipality and could go a long way towards getting these petty issues resolved between us. Also The Regional Fire Department for which we are paying nearly $1m towards a service that could be handled internally saving us a huge amount of money and leaving Trail substantially out of pocket.
 
Thank you all for filling in the survey. I hope to find a second wind to push something forward however having done a fair bit of work myself and seeing how much work Kari Kuznecov did a decade ago that got kiboshed by an, apparently intentionally, poorly worded referendum vote I don't want to waste my incredibly valuable time or energy.
 
I read with interest in the last Council Minutes that Janice Nightingale and Chris Bowman are working with the regional recreation task force and are interested in resolving this also. I hold some hope but fear it may be too late, to follow our own internal advice by Aaron Cosby of Sept 2020, considering Warfield's agreement has already been negotiated into 2026. That being said, Trisha Davison Trail's Parks & Rec Director alludes to also wanting resolution https://www.trail.ca/en/play/director-s-report.asp and hopefully our elected officials will discuss this with her.
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