We have recently added a gate and a sign to our Hall Parking Lot. In doing so we have been made aware that many community members and others may not realize the following:
We are a non-profit charitable organization run by a small group of volunteers (board members) in our community
Events and hall rentals help us to cover hall maintenance, utilities, signage, insurance, cleaning, garbage pick up, septic costs and much much more
signage costs due to insurance policy/liability insurance
In the past few months we have been working hard to ensure that the parking lot is available for weekend hall rentals as parking is limited when the hall capacity is 175 people.
We have posted messaging near the parking lot entranceway to create understanding that the Priddis Community Association parking lot is private property, owned by the community/community association, and is not public property.
This has been difficult as we have had an average of over 200 cars per day (Saturday/Sunday) of cyclists from Calgary and other areas. They find our community very safe, beautiful and enjoy cycling on our paved backroads. With so many cars/ 400+ cyclists it has created issues with parking during hall rentals but has also created large costs to our non profit Priddis Community Association.
On a monthly basis we are out of pocket for weekly porta potty cleaning and emptying, garbage clean up /take away, increased insurance cost & liability, as well as volunteer hours to man gates to ensure hall renters have priority parking. We have been closely monitoring these which are easily reaching close to $1000 per month. Although Foothills County has helped with the porta potty costs and continues to help us with maintenance costs, we, sadly, currently have no recourse for these additional costs and impacts to our volunteers.
We have reached out to Foothills County, RCMP and businesses affected by this situation.
We are working diligently to find solutions and are open to ideas and community input.
Please check back here on our website and social media posts for any updates on this topic.
Sincerely,
Priddis Community Association Board
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