Further what is a full planning staff doing while they pay a consultant, in all likelihood, a large amount of Langley tax payer money to come up with this new plan?
Saturday, March 30, 2013
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Further what is a full planning staff doing while they pay a consultant, in all likelihood, a large amount of Langley tax payer money to come up with this new plan?
Lack of Notification
Mr. Tinney wrote the
following statement on page 2 of his recent consultation report...
'The Township of Langley has
actively sought community involvement for this community planning process.
However, it should be noted that public consultation events only generate
feedback from a small cross section of the community as not all community
members are able to attend these events.'
'actively' eh? Fail!
'actively' eh? Fail!
Not
everyone knows that this process is taking place! The township
has successfully pushed hard to get this whole thing going and has successfully massaged and
sculpted a vision that they want by limiting our choices in the matter, but
they failed miserably in a major way - they failed to notify people properly.
What they must understand is that this is a legal process with potential legal
consequences. As such you need to appropriately notify everyone in
the community involved. The Township did not go door-to-door and they did not mail notifications to the residents and
home owners in Brookswood/Fernridge - ads in the not-always-read local newspapers or on
your website aren't enough!
If the Township can get dog license canvassers to go door-to-door then they can do the same to notify
people about a huge impending community plan. It follows reason does it not??
This is a
post that I received from a resident on March 15th...
“Thank
you David. I live in Deer Creek and I
just received a letter from Maureen Spender and now I’m very concerned. I didn’t know about any of this.”
Now how
many people don’t know that the community plan process is taking place?
If you
(the Township of Langley and its planners) don’t fully enlighten residents
about these important and life changing events then don't be surprised if you are
then tarred with an unseemly association with developers and their money - much like
the corrupt developer/city practices that happed in Surrey over the last few decades...
Most want to live in a big house - really, no kidding??
The township planners should take note of this article. Maybe this with create a small chink in their thinking...
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Most+Metro+Vancouver+would+choose+house+suburbs+over+luxury+apartment+survey/8153112/story.html
“We were a bit surprised that, despite all the talk about densification and walkability, despite the fact that condos have taken over from houses in many parts of our region, the overwhelming choice was for a large house on a big suburban property,” said Elizabeth Wilson, content editor for REW.
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Most+Metro+Vancouver+would+choose+house+suburbs+over+luxury+apartment+survey/8153112/story.html
“We were a bit surprised that, despite all the talk about densification and walkability, despite the fact that condos have taken over from houses in many parts of our region, the overwhelming choice was for a large house on a big suburban property,” said Elizabeth Wilson, content editor for REW.
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