1. $500,000.000 paid to the Township of Langley by Developers and Land Owners creating Conflict of Interest and Bias.
This whole plan has been financed by the people who want to develop the area. How can the Council truly function with this over their heads? Because of this the plan should be scrapped...
2. Lack of Notification.
People were just not notified. There are still people in the community who don't know this is going on. Dog license canvassers can go door to door in the area yet the Township can't do the same thing for something this important??
3. The Planner Contractor Showed Bias.
During the public consultations the Consultant Contractor (AECOM) asked loaded questions, and used 'Bate-and-Switch' techniques. Even after getting a majority response against larger scale development the contractor ignored that majority. It was like the contractor was well aware of who was actually paying them and was on their side. They ignored things like the environment and failed to consult proper authorities.
4. Surprises
The planning process started out small, then there were surprises. Sweeping road widening and redirection where introduced near the end. The projected population steadily increased well beyond original declaration (est 32,000 increased to an est 42,000)even after the contractor wrote that citizens wanted low density. The numbers were fudged - the definition of low density suddenly wasn't low density any more as they packed more and more people onto a acre of land. Etc.
5. They thought we were dupes and they treated us that way.
Manipulation was key during the Contractor's process and we were funneled and directed towards their end not ours. Emphasis was slanted towards development.
6. And finally, Brookswood, a nice place with lots of trees, brooks and country roads will be lost forever...
People came here because of those trees, brooks and country roads, and now greedy people not living here want to cut it all down and destroy the home that we love just like they have done with other people's homes in the Lower Mainland.
This whole plan has been financed by the people who want to develop the area. How can the Council truly function with this over their heads? Because of this the plan should be scrapped...
2. Lack of Notification.
People were just not notified. There are still people in the community who don't know this is going on. Dog license canvassers can go door to door in the area yet the Township can't do the same thing for something this important??
3. The Planner Contractor Showed Bias.
During the public consultations the Consultant Contractor (AECOM) asked loaded questions, and used 'Bate-and-Switch' techniques. Even after getting a majority response against larger scale development the contractor ignored that majority. It was like the contractor was well aware of who was actually paying them and was on their side. They ignored things like the environment and failed to consult proper authorities.
4. Surprises
The planning process started out small, then there were surprises. Sweeping road widening and redirection where introduced near the end. The projected population steadily increased well beyond original declaration (est 32,000 increased to an est 42,000)even after the contractor wrote that citizens wanted low density. The numbers were fudged - the definition of low density suddenly wasn't low density any more as they packed more and more people onto a acre of land. Etc.
5. They thought we were dupes and they treated us that way.
Manipulation was key during the Contractor's process and we were funneled and directed towards their end not ours. Emphasis was slanted towards development.
6. And finally, Brookswood, a nice place with lots of trees, brooks and country roads will be lost forever...
People came here because of those trees, brooks and country roads, and now greedy people not living here want to cut it all down and destroy the home that we love just like they have done with other people's homes in the Lower Mainland.
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