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Disputed process won’t be reused: mayor
After public outcry, some on Burnaby city council disavow controversial alternative voting option Lauren Vanderdeen
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Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley says the city should never again use the voting process by which it attempted to remove parkland for industrial use. The city attempted to hold a type of public voting called an “alternative approval process” (AAP) to remove 21 acres of dedicated parkland at Fraser Foreshore Park to make way for a green recycling and organic waste processing facility. But after significant public opposition, city council cancelled the process in a special council meeting on March 20. “As long as I’m around here, we will never attempt to use that AAP process again,” Mayor Mike Hurley told media after the special council meeting. The AAP is a means for local governments to “test the waters” on a bylaw Continued on page 3
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