The Vancouver Park Board finds itself at odds with one of the highest-profile community centres in the city.
The Hillcrest Community Centre was the Olympic curling venue during the 2010 Olympic Games and it’s used by more than a million people every year.
It was also one of the six groups that opposed a Park Board decision to have a single membership for all community centres across Vancouver.
However, it’s become so mired with infighting, with directors fighting the Park Board and each other, that some of its popular services are suffering. Three board members have resigned or kicked off the board in recent months.
“Three hundred thousand when to consultants and legal fees, and they didn’t have money for an Easter hunt program,” said Vision Vancouver councillor Niki Sharma.
The Park Board is stepping in to provide services, including the centre’s annual Easter Egg party, but they aren’t happy.
“That to me is a sign of a board with very wrong priorities.”
The park board has sent a letter to Hillcrest, demanding an accounting of all expenditures since 2012. They’re also wanting to know why residents who purchased memberships have credit card statements showing charges to a charity headed by the Hillcrest board president Jesse Johl.
Johl says that legal counsel has advised him not to comment on the matter.
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