Dear Editor:
After attending the meeting at Centre Stage Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 19, I walked away in dismay with the reply by a councillor repetitively saying they need more information to reply or make a decision.
I ask myself, from whom do they need more information?
Many qualified people gave their analysis of the Banks Crescent Development, the devastation of the fish hatchery to the unstable red area land, the traffic congestion in the community, the effect on the downtown core businesses, the effect on the lifestyle of the people living near the site.
If the council decides they need more information from the developer, they will not be properly informed. It will be a biased report from the Lark Group.
Council must employ an independent group of professionals for a non-biased report on the effect this development may have on the fish hatchery, the environment, and the effect it will have on the people in the community.
I congratulate the two council members who voted against this project at their last board meeting, Coun. Toni Boot and Coun. Doug Holmes.
Now I have a question for the rest of the council members.
Why is it taking so long for the council to negate this decision?
Does not the destruction to the environment override the benefit offered?
Do we not leave anything for the future generation?
Is the council being given a sales pitch they feel they can’t refuse by Lark Development?
Or is a perk offered to them by the developer that we the public don’t know about?
In my opinion, the best decision is to find a better location in Summerland and build a smaller complex. This will not negate employment.
So council, you were voted in by the people so let’s work for the people.
Albertine Meyer
Summerland
