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The provincial government will have to decide whether to continue to operate Bronte Creek Provincial Park at an annual deficit of $1.5 million, or adopt a $6â€"million proâ€" posal to transfer the park‘s manageâ€" ment and ownership to the Halton Region Conservation Authority (HRCA). The proposal was approved by the HRCA last week during a speâ€" cial meeting. The HRCA will now wait for a response from the province before moving on to the public hearing stage of the transfer process. The HRCA wants the province to spend $3â€"million on capital improvements for the park, and an additional $3â€"million to develop 300 trailer campsites as part of the transfer agreement. Authority members think the proposal is reasonable, considering it was the provincial government‘s idea in the first place to transfer park ownership to the HRCA, said the authority‘s general manager Murray Stephen. The HRCA has always mainâ€" tained it would not assume ownerâ€" ship of the park if it were to have a negative impact on the tax bases of those municipalities which make up the authority. FINANCIAL DECISION As well, Stephen estimates the park will lose about $8â€"million over the next five years, if it isn‘t transâ€" ferred to the HRCA. Under the HRCA‘s proposal, an annual deficit of approximately $1.1â€"million in the first year would be trimmed to about $250,000 by the fifth year, he said. Stephen believes the province has to make a decision based on those financial realities. "That‘s the bottom line for the authority. There‘s no principle conâ€" tained in the recommendations that the authority will go out and raise money from its funding partners (to finance the park transfer). We never went to the province and asked for the park. They came to the authoriâ€" ty," Stephen said. "The reason it has taken as long as it has to come up with a proposal is because we were surprised how (the park) was operated and adminâ€" istered (by the province). We can understand now why they approached the conservation authorâ€" ity," he said. * $750,000 for a visitor‘s centre, * $300,000 for a new road in the north quadrant of the park, "If (the province) can‘t spend the $8 million or $9 million (over the next five years), then you‘ve got to close the park," Stephen said. LIST OF UPGRADES He said some of the capital improvements recommended by the HRCA are already contained within the province‘s own documents for the park â€" a 1972 master plan and 1990 management plan. * $260,000 for a new parking lot in the southwest quadrant of the park, Those capital expenditures include: uisition of * $285,000 for perimeter fencing along North Service Road and Burloak Drive and property boundâ€" ary fencing to control access to the park, * $120,000 for a peopleâ€"mover system, * $40,000 for information kiosks, * and $70,000 for waterâ€"play TAX APPEAL Another important condition of the park transfer is that the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), along with the authority, would initiate a property tax appeal for the 687â€" hectare(1,697â€"acre) park. 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Futurekids teaches children from 3 to 12 in over 1,200 locations around Creat Ieadnrsr Only 4 Kids ‘ffl? Eubirobide tanchoe rhilron tram * in 17 imr 1 0N In Futurekids Unit #A10 But once the park is transferred, the authority‘s property taxes would jump to $416,000 per year, based on an assessed property value of $12,500 per acre. Stephen explained the province currently pays a $237,000 grantâ€"inâ€" lieu of taxes to the two municipaliâ€" ties for the provincial park. The authority wants the assessed property value reduced to $4,000 per acre, equivalent other parks in its system. Stephen explained the authority was successful in its appeals of property taxes on its other parks in the past and "we‘re confident we can apply the same reasoning (to Bronte park)." Stephen said part of the HRCA transfer proposal includes a brand + Custom Trailer ‘ Hitches The Power to Empower COMMERCIAL POINT 481 North Service Rd. W. 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If the authority were to take over responsibility for the park, Stephen said proposals from either municiâ€" palities or the private sector for complementary uses within the park would be considered as an additionâ€" al source of revenue.