One city councillor expressed concerns that 52 individuals ordered almost 45,000 ballots to oppose using parkland for an organic waste facility. The whole voting process cost a total of almost $60,000.
Burnaby staff are telling city council that it isn’t possible to ban a controversial voting process that got council in hot water earlier this year.
After the AAP’s cancellation, Coun. Sav Dhaliwal asked staff whether Burnaby could officially remove the option to use the AAP to undedicate parkland. That would mean the only method to remove parkland would be through referendum, in which residents are asked a yes-or-no question. Leung said she would provide a memo to council with more information on the issue. The NOW has also reached out to the province for clarity.“No policy is required to prevent any future AAPs from happening because council is the authority on the process available to them,” Best told council.
The city says it received a total of 1,142 unverified ballots opposing the parkland undedication by March 20 when council cancelled the AAP. Electronic signatures in the future Burnaby’s AAP attempt only accepted physical ballots, not digital, although two other cities undergoing AAPs at the time both allowed scanned signatures.Staff recommended council begin a process to allow electronic signatures for future public engagement. The city currently does not have an e-signature policy.
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