City council's rethink of organic waste plant was a hopeful sign but recent moves such as the plan to move city hall are big steps backward, reader says.
"Out of touch", "tone deaf," "can't read the room" — all of these apply to Burnaby's, ineffective heading toward damaging/disastrous municipal government.
We had calm waters for a short time after the city reversed its decision to build an organic waste facility on Fraser Foreshore Park. But, in a blink of an eye, those waters got choppy. Sav Dhaliwal, in reflecting on the failure of the project and AAP, complained about citizens requesting thousands of ballots at once.
Next, more trouble on the horizon. Apparently, the city owns so much land that it doesn't know what to do with it all. Oh, here's an idea. Why don't we let/invite "for profit" developers build more luxury high-rises on city land? We all know that we need more towers.
But, I digress. The prize for the worst announcement, the one that takes the cake, was the city revealing its plans to build a new city hall in Metrotown! What? Why? When did they decide this? How much will this cost? Where? So many questions and no answers. Our current city hall is in a historical location at Deer Lake by Shadboldt, the art gallery and the museum. It's an attractive and functional building that is centrally located and accessible for all residents of Burnaby.
Here's some food for thought, City of Burnaby. If you have hundreds of millions of dollars that you're itching to spend, why not build co-ops and other forms of truly affordable housing on that city land you don't know what to do with. A legacy like that would be far more impressive and meaningful than a shiny new city hall.
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