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Reply from the City of Burnaby re: Housing Development at Byrnepark Drive

(Acting) City Clerk of the City of Burnaby Announces Development Plans for Byrnepark Drive

A letter sent to the City of Burnaby Planning Office to keep this tract of forest on Byrnepark Drive free from unnecessary development was answered by the Acting Clerk from the City of Burnaby on November 3, 2020.  There are many flaws currently in the council process for questionable and unnecessary developmental decision.

Any petitioner who feels correctly, that written concerns delivered through this petition were ignored by Councillors and Planners who are responsible for this development, please write to them regarding these concerns.  planning@burnaby.ca will receive all e-mails and direct your concerns accordingly. In return, they require a name and e-mail address wit which to return correspondence.

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Earth Moving for Construction

Despite a very clear message that the City of Burnaby must undertake an Environmental Assessment of the area sold to the developer, the developer is moving earth to contruct some future eyesore in an area that is underserved by transit and displacing an untold amount of wildlife. 

The City thought that planting some trees along Southridge would more that make up for the inadequacy of this epically stupid, greedy decision. A close inspection shows the trees are the wrong species not native to this area. They are unhealthy and are dying. 

If you agree, it is your right to sign this petition, or text your City of Burnaby councillor who has voted in favour of the developer for the project to proceed.

Byrne Creek Forest East - Year 2

For all who signed petition to stop development of Byrne Creek Forest East; thank you.

While the developer succeeded in re-zoning the development to a six-story multi-unit condo, no sacred ground has yet been broken.

Our new Burnaby mayor may need a reminder that this area slated for condos was restored, once, from its dispicable usage as a garbage dump in the 50's and 60's.

Methane gas is more (or less) controlled by underground pipes, but not totally. After heavy rains, methane gas is a byproduct of underground soil "washing".  The smell drifts around after a heavy rain, especially at the base Taylor Park hill. 

What can the public expect when the clueless developer uncovers the dump once more?  The smell of methane gas will let eveybody know that this development was driven by clueless greed. It also sums the greed for senseless development in one whiff. 

Cedar Creek Housing Development

There is no demand for a housing development that

• Is not served by translink on any regular basis, and, is not within a comfortable walking distance to any skytrain.
• Has limited parking on a very small property, leading to problematic street parking.
• Is a valuable natural habitat that has not been recognized as such through Environmental Assessment.
• Has been forced upon the voting public by a mayor whom has allowed developers to calculate the dollar value of our precious environment for their profit.
• Will increase the dB of skytrain noise through removal of 12 acres of protective, noise reducing forest.
• Will increase the dB of highway noise through removal of 12 acres of protective, noise reducing forest.
• Will increase the amount of silt debris finding its way into Byrne Creek, distrubing the clean habitat for coho salmon.

Thank You To All Who Sign This Petition

The petition was printed out and sent by courier directly to the Mayor (via the City Clerk's office) yesterday, November 28th 2017.

The City Clerk's responsibility is to deliver our signed petition directly to Mayor Corrigan.   The word size on each petition page had to be shrunk to about 6 point font, yet still required 21 pages to fit in everybody's comments.  This was a privately sponsored petition, therefore printing costs were kept to the frugal level.

Great lengths were taken to protect the privacy of each electorate who signed.  Only e-mail addresses appear on the petition.  NO addresses and NO phone number appear on the petition print out.  It is not my business to deliver personal information to City Council, who would not use that much useful voting information with integrity. 

At the top of each of the 21 pages, is written: Petition to Stop the Sale of 6438 Byrnepark Drive. 

Yesterday was the date chosen by City Council to announce the winner of the development.

Next year's election is the date to replace City Council.

We are all doing our part.  Thank you voting public.  

Cover Letter for Petition

November 16, 201
Mayor Corrigan
4949 Canada Way
Burnaby, B.C.
V5G 1M2

Dear Mayor Corrigan,

Please find attached, the signatures of the electorate who are discovering that Environmental Sustainability Strategy does not include the continued well being of our forest in South Burnaby.

This petition will never be taken down from the petition site. It will allow the signing electorate to witness, amongst other things:

• Unsubstantiated housing projections and unwarranted development.
• Unwanted overflow parking on Byrnepark Drive
• Half-hour bus service on all neighbourhood routes.
• Low walk score for any services in range of development
• Irregular maintenance of the neighbourhood bus shelter at Marine Way and Byrne Road

The increasing number of electorate signing the petition is telling. It shows mistrust in the elected stewardship of our neighbourhood forest at 6438 Byrnepark Drive. The development potential of this parcel is not welcomed by the electorate in our surrounding Burnaby neighbourhoods either.

Burnaby                      435
New Westminster           58
Vancouver                     49
Coquitlam                     15
Surrey                          12
N.Vancouver                   9

Also attached is a print out of a resident blog contributed to Metrotown News.

Unfortunately, we are left with many unanswered questions surrounding this unpopular development decision.

A decision based on a projected population growth from no determined source other than extrapolation guesswork given in a rush to absorb Vancouver growth.

Sincerely,

The Petitioners.

Metrotown Residents Association Blog November 10, 2017

Written By:  Rick McGowan

https://metrotownra.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/city-sale-of-natural-asset-is-a-developer-driven-bad-idea/

Mayor Corrigan and Head Planner for the City of Burnaby - Working Together for 50% Growth in 25 Years

Please read and adjust your view on the actual worth the City places on Environmental Sustainability.

"Mayor Derek Corrigan and Director of Housing and Planning Lou Pellettier leave out no opportunity to refer to the additional 40,000 people that will make Burnaby home by 2021, or the 125,000 people by 2041, to justify their sell-out plan of Burnaby's lands to the highest bidders.

They like to portray this "expected" population growth number as if it was demand driven, determined by some sophisticated projection method by Metro Vancouver. It is not. Reality is this number is a "commitment" of Corrigan/Pellettier themselves to Metro Vancouver. It is based on Corrigan's crazed vision to increase the population of Burnaby by ~50% within 25 years only.

Worse, the housing supply they create by plastering Burnaby full with condo apartment blocks will not help solve the housing problem a bit. People come to Burnaby because the developers behind Corrigan/Pellettier actively market this housing nationally and internationally."

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