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City acts after pedestrian dies

Neighbours ask why city didn’t act sooner despite repeated calls for an improved crossing

By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

Alex John didn’t know Fernanda Girotto, the 15-year-old international student from Brazil killed on a crosswalk just outside his church, but to him her death felt personal.

John, a comptroller at Cariboo Christian Fellowship at the bottom of Cariboo Hill, has lobbied the City of Burnaby for a year to install a pedestrian-controlled light at the crosswalk by his church.

He was on the phone with the city’s engineering department just before Christmas, reiterating his concerns.

Then, last Wednesday, he heard the sirens.

“I live two minutes from the church,” he said. “I heard all these fire engines, ambulances and then the person who works here, who gets in early, she texted me, ‘Alex, I think there’s been a fatal accident here.’ I took it very personally because it was something that I was fighting for.”

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SAFETY MEASURES: Workers unload building supplies for a new pedestrian-controlled amber flashing light at a crosswalk at the bottom of Cariboo Hill. A 15-year-old girl was killed on the crosswalk in a collision on Jan. 17. Another pedestrian was hit and seriously injured there in a hit-and-run Saturday. Neighbours say they have been calling for a pedestrian light in the area for more than 10 years. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

CITY FINANCES

Billion-dollar fund growing in Burnaby

By Tereza Verenca

tverenca@burnabynow.com

The City of Burnaby’s billion-dollar investment fund saw “great growth” last year, earning another $223 million in 2017.

The reserve currently sits

at $1.32 billion, up from $1.10 billion the year before, states a staff report.

According to Noreen Kassam, the city’s director of finance, the increase is largely due to the construction boom in Burnaby, specifically the density bonus

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“With the growth in the Metrotown area, the growth

in the Brentwood area, building permits have definitely increased.With that comes additional density,” she said.

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The city is one of two cities in B.C. – along with Langley – to operate debtfree, noted Kassam.

“We’re able to fund projects within our reserves and then repay them back, so we don’t have to (incur) ex-

ternal debt and the citizens don’t have to pay through property taxes,” she said.

While some critics have asked the city’s billion-plus dollars be used for affordable housing or lowering property taxes, Kassam said Continued on page 8

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‘It’s way past time’: resident says Continued from page 1 The next day, a cyclist was hit near the crosswalk, and, three days after that, a hit-and-run at the crossing left a man, Amancio Hernandez, with fractures to his face, ribs, pelvis, knee and hand.

On Monday the city announced it would install pedestrian-controlled flashing amber lights at the crosswalk within two weeks and look into putting in a fully activated pedestrian traffic light (red, amber and green) in the next four or five months.

“I thank God,” John told the NOW Tuesday. “This is news that we welcome after a year or so of discussing matters with them …

We’re really, really happy that they finally have decided, but the saddest thing is that we didn’t have to wait for somebody to die in order for this to happen.”

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan offered condolences to Girotto’s family at a city council meeting Monday and commended the city’s public safety committee for “moving very quickly” to resolve safety concerns on Cariboo Road.

But area residents who’ve lobbied the city for a pedestrian light in the area for more than 10 years and warned municipal officials it was only a matter of time before someone was killed, think the decision is tragically overdue.

“It’s way past time,” coop resident Kay McDonald said. “If that had been in there, that girl would still be alive. I can’t look at it any other way.”

McDonald, who’s lived at the Cariboo Heights co-op since 1999, first petitioned the city about getting a traffic light at Cariboo Road and Cariboo Drive in 2004.

In May 2007, she and others contacted city hall again, this time on behalf of Arturo Breton, a co-op neighbour with disabilities, to get a signalized pedestrian light.

The city rejected the idea, saying there wasn’t enough pedestrian traffic at the intersection to warrant a light.

They did approve the installation of the current marked crosswalk 140 metres north of Cariboo Drive, but they once again rejected a light based on pedestrian numbers.

Residents weren’t satisfied.

“I never was. I always thought we should have a light,” McDonald said.

Bill Schultz, who attends Cariboo Christian Fellowship, thought there should be a light too.

He contacted Coun. Sav Dhaliwal, vice-chair of the city’s public safety committee, this past July to raise concerns about the crosswalk and ask for a light.

After attending a public safety committee meeting in November with John, the pair again raised concerns with Dhaliwal after a staff report focused on speed control measures and changes to the intersection of Cariboo Road and Cariboo Drive, instead of proposing a pedestrian light.

The proposals in the report were unanimously accepted by city council on Dec. 4.

“I was so sick to my stomach because it could have been avoided,” Schultz said of Girotto’s death.

The chorus of voices calling for a pedestrian light since Girotto’s death and the hit-and-run Saturday has swelled.

An online petition launched last Wednesday had attracted more than 9,600 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon.

One of them belongs to Girotto’s mom, Rosana Nascimento Girotto.

“My daughter Fernanda Nascimento Girotto, 14, left Alegre, Brazil full of life and dreams to do an exchange in Canada and was run over and killed in this extremely dangerous place,” she wrote in a comment. “I cannot imagine why there is not a traffic light there. … How many lives will still have to be taken for local authorities to take action?”

At Monday’s council meeting, however, councillors and the mayor said there’s no way to make a city 100 per cent safe and council had relied on staff recommendation to address residents’ concerns.

“It wasn’t a location where we were seeing frequent car accidents or frequent traffic problems,” Corrigan said, “and certainly we weren’t seeing high numbers of pedestrians, so there was no justification from a staff point of view or from the public safety committee’s point of view to do

TRAGEDY: Above, a Cariboo Road shrine pays tribute to Fernanda Girotto, a 15-year-old hit and killed on a crosswalk nearby. Below right, a photo from a crowdfunding campaign shows Amancio Hernandez, hit at the same location. Below left, Girotto poses in a photo on social media. PHOTO ABOVE JENNIFER GAUTHIER

any more, but the fact that we’ve had these incidents has made everyone reconsider the best advice we’ve got and to look at doing more.”

Dhaliwal said the city was doing what it could, and added that Cariboo Drive is a perfect example of why municipalities should be allowed to use photo radar to enforce speed limits.

“Eventually, enforcement does work,” he said. “I know I’ve taken my share of tickets, and every time I take one or two, I smarten up.”

Before the city’s change of heart about the light Monday afternoon, councillors and senior staff joined RCMP members at the crosswalk early Monday morning while it was still dark, according to Coun.

Pietro Calendino, chair of the committee.

“We actually personally went there, and we tried to cross and it was difficult,” he told the NOW. Asked why such a visit hadn’t happened earlier,

Calendino said councillors rely on staff for such work.

“We don’t always go to every area that people complain about,” he said. “Staff does the work for us and they make recommendations.We rely a lot on our traffic engineers.”

Dhaliwal agreed.

“I would suggest to you every place, every street cross is a gamble, right through the city,” he said.

“It’s not possible to address every crosswalk with a light, so what you rely on is the numbers.”

That being said, Dhaliwal also suggested it might be time to revisit relying on numbers alone.

“At what point do you say, well, it doesn’t meet the threshold of numbers perhaps, but here are the other criteria, the other factors that maybe should be taken into consideration,” he said.

“If the numbers themselves have failed us, in a way, what else could we do?”

For John, that idea may be the silver lining to his neighbours’ decade-long ordeal.

“We’re praying that we will learn something from this, that if there’s a need somewhere else and somebody brings it up, that they will listen to it,” he said.

WHAT COMES NEXT? ! reflective pavement markers along Cariboo Road ! yellow beacons on existing advanced pedestrian warning signs ! electronic message boards northbound and southbound urging drivers to slow down ! pedestrian activated flashing amber signal with downlighting onto crosswalk

! 2004, petition launched by residents of the Cariboo Heights co-op calling for a traffic light at Cariboo Road and Cariboo Drive ! February 2007, city receives letters calling for pedestrian light at Cariboo Road and Cariboo Drive ! March 2007, city council accepts staff recommendation not to put in a pedestrian light ! Dec. 10, 2007, city council approves a staff recommendation to install a marked crosswalk ! January 2008, marked crosswalk is first installed on Cariboo Road, 140 metres north of Cariboo Drive ! Early 2015, the crosswalk is upgraded with the addition of overhead signs to improve visibility as part of the realignment of Cariboo Road. ! Late 2015, the surrounding street lights are upgraded to LED ! 2017, city receives five complaints about the safety of the crosswalk ! Nov. 9, 2017, a youth from Cariboo Hill Salvation Army church is injured in a hit-and-run on the crosswalk. The teen’s foot is run over and her arm is hit by a rearview mirror ! Nov. 9, 2017, public safety committee receives staff report on proposed speed enforcement measures and changes to the intersection of Cariboo Road and Cariboo Drive. The crosswalk is not addressed. ! Dec. 4, city council approves proposals. ! Jan. 9, an electronic speed reader board is installed in the northbound downhill direction on Cariboo Road near Cariboo Drive ! Jan. 17, 2018, Fernanda Girotto, a 15-year-old international student from Brazil, is killed on the crosswalk after being hit by a northbound vehicle ! Jan. 18, 2018, a cyclist is struck near the crosswalk, sustaining minor injuries ! Jan. 21, 2018, Amancio Hernandez is hit on the crosswalk by a northbound vehicle, sustaining fractures to his face, ribs, pelvis, knee and hand. The driver fails to stop at the scene. ! Jan. 22, 2018, City of Burnaby announces it will install a pedestriancontrolled traffic light

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KM denies targeting city lands for pipeline route

By Tereza Verenca

tverenca@burnabynow.com

The City of Burnaby didn’t hold back when it grilled Kinder Morgan Canada this week on its proposed pipeline route through the municipality.

Greg McDade, a lawyer with the city, spent all day Tuesday cross-examining the Texas-based company as part of the National Energy Board’s oral hearings into the expansion that would twin the existing pipeline.

(The hearings are regulated by the NEB Act and allow the board to hear from “adversely affected” landowners, like Burnaby, who have issues with Trans Mountain’s pipeline route.)

“It’s not usual to take a pipeline through the heart of a municipality,” McDade said, noting the Burnaby segment is in an entirely

new corridor.

“Burnaby is objected to 70 parcels out of a total 74. I suggest you targeted city lands that were open, in your opinion, for the taking,” he said to Michael Davies, Kinder Morgan Canada’s vice-president of operations.

Davies denied the claim and referred McDade to the company’s routing criteria.

He said the company, where possible, tried to have the route parallel existing infrastructure (highways and roads) and utility lines.

But McDade argued that much of the route goes through greenspace, including the Brunette River Conservation Area.

“Did you know they were lands targeted by the City of Burnaby for conservation?” asked McDade.

“Burnaby’s intent to include that land in a conser-

vation area was not clear to us in the routing process,” answered Davies. “The mapping and Burnaby’s evidence is a bit conflicting.”

The city’s lawyer pointed to Burnaby’s 20-yearold official community plan (OCP).

“Surely,Trans Mountain, before building a pipeline through the city, looked through the community plan,” said McDade, noting the Brunette Conservation Area.

“I can confirm we did consider the OCP,” Davies said after consulting with his panel.

“So what does that mean?

You looked at it and ignored it?” McDade charged.

The exchange between the pair went on all morning, with Davies arguing Trans Mountain looked for opportunities to follow existing infrastructure, includ-

ing in conservation areas.

But McDade asserted that that goes against the company’s routing criteria.

“Isn’t your explicit routing criteria to avoid environmentally sensitive areas?” asked the lawyer.

When asked during a media scrum if there’s an acceptable route Burnaby would approve of, McDade said, “There are better routes.There are none that are acceptable.”

The City of Burnaby will be in front of the board again today (Jan. 24) and tomorrow, and will be crossexamined by Kinder Morgan.

The hearings wrap up on Jan. 31, and a second round of meetings is scheduled for March.

NEB spokesperson James Stevenson said a decision is usually made two to three months after the hearings.

Video released of hit and run vehicle

Burnaby RCMP has obtained dashcam video that shows the suspect vehicle in Saturday’s serious pedestrian-involved hit-and-run on Cariboo Road.

Police responded to reports of a pedestrian hit at the crosswalk at the bottom of Cariboo Hill at about 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 21.

The victim, identified later as Amancio Hernandez, was hit by a northbound vehicle, sustaining fractures to

his face, ribs, pelvis, knee and hand.

The driver of the vehicle involved failed to stop at the scene, according to police.

Mounties are now looking for a black Dodge Charger with possible damage to the front passenger side.

Video released by RCMP Tuesday shows the suspect vehicle travelling north on Cariboo Road.

It continued north after the pedes-

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City now Burnaby among priciest rental markets in country Only Toronto andVancouver are more expensive places to find an apartment, report says Cayley Dobie

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Burnaby is the third most expensive place to rent in Canada, according to the PadMapper Canadian Rent Report.

The monthly report, released last week, shows the median price to rent a onebedroom apartment in Burnaby has increased five per cent over last month and two per cent over last year.

This is the first time Burnaby has been included in the report.

“We realized this large city has been missing from our previous reports, so we have now added it and will continue to update on it in the coming months,” notes a press release.

The Canadian Rent Report, published by online rental listings site PadMap-

per, analyzes rental data from listings across the country and calculates the median rents for the top 26 most populous metro areas in the country.

The title of most expensive city to rent a one-bedroom home this month goes to Toronto, which surpassed Vancouver by $20 at $2,020 – an increase of 2.5 per cent over December.

Toronto also had the biggest jump year over year.The median price for a one bedroom rental rose 15.4 per cent January 2017 to January 2018, according to the report.

Burnaby, meanwhile, saw the largest increase year over year for two-bedroom rentals. A two-bedroom rental in the city costs an average of $2,150 right now, up 15.6 per cent from last year, according to the report.

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Opinion now OUR VIEW

Any transit decision requires vision, guts Which would you prefer?

1.Tolls on bridges being brought back.

2. Being charged a monthly fee based on how many kilometres you drove and what zones you drove to and from, or 3. None of the above.

Our guess is that the majority of drivers would choose the third option.

Hence, the very challenging exercise of coming up with solid recommendations on how to relieve congestion in the Lower

Mainland.

The Mobility Pricing Independent Commission released a report last week that was the first step in trying to come up with a way to decrease congestion and also help pay for future transit improvements. It’s a tough balance.

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan said: “We keep trying to find a way to reduce congestion, but I don’t know that having people pay more is going to significantly change the

traffic patterns in the Lower Mainland.”

We have to disagree.

The proof is pretty simple.When the NDP took tolls off of the bridges, traffic increased. Even Corrigan’s own city councillors acknowledge this.The problem is that placing tolls on bridges that working-class folks and truckers need to cross just to make a living starts looking like just another tax on the poor as opposed to a balanced approach to trans-

portation in the Lower Mainland.

As the commission’s report noted, in five European countries that implemented mobility pricing, the level of support for instituting such a system before the change was very low. But once it was in and working, support rose dramatically.

Not surprising.

The problem, as usual, is that politicians are very reluctant to put in a system that is unpopular to begin

with.

That kind of political will requires vision and guts. And, as we’ve seen in the past in the Lower Mainland, politicians would much prefer to put the onus on another level of government to pay for transit than tackle the tough decisions.

The commission is working its way through the issues, and collecting input.

It seems fair to say that it is leaning towards a mixed system.You can’t be pe-

nalizing drivers who have no access to public transit, and letting those who have access to public transit get a free pass when they use their fancy cars to clog up downtown corridors.

The question is not whether the commission can come up with recommendations.The question will be the same one we always face: will politicians have the intestinal fortitude to implement a system that many voters won’t like.

MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Is this a blow to electoral reform?

Don’t look now, but B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver may have just given opponents of proportional representation – something he strongly supports – a formidable weapon.

Weaver’s bolt-from-theblue promise to bring down the NDP government if it dares to support a liquefied natural gas industry has been pounced on with glee by the anti-PR side.

They view Weaver’s threat as evidence of the instability inherent in the kinds of minority governments that will inevitably result from an election fought under proportional representation.

Bill Tieleman, co-chair of the No B.C. Proportional Representation Society, minced no words in an email to me: “Not only are Andrew Weaver and the B.C. Green Party creating political instability, they are creating economic instability – where businesses and investors have no idea from one day to the next what might become an issue for the B.C. Greens to bring down the government.”

The NDP’s position on LNG hasn’t changed for several years. It supports the industry and the LNG projects that could be built, subject to several conditions (First Nations are partners, jobs are created for British Columbians, climate action objectives can be met, and a fair return on the resource can be realized).

It’s true that the NDP mocked former Premier Christy Clark’s lofty claims about the benefits of an LNG industry, but that was

when the party was sitting in Opposition. Now that it has crossed over into government, the NDP has (not surprisingly) taken up the job of wooing the industry to set up shop in B.C. In fact, Premier John Horgan is in China this week to talk to potential LNG investors, among others. In media interviews before he left, he expressed optimism that at least one or two projects will eventually materialize.

Enter Weaver from his vacation condo in California. In a series of tweets, he vowed several times he will bring down the NDP government if LNG rears its head in B.C. Allowing the industry to get a toehold will inevitably mean greenhouse gas reduction targets cannot be met,Weaver argues.

The NDP is flummoxed and in a state of bewilderment. Government officials tell me its LNG position was discussed with Weaver during those negotiations between the two parties that led to the Confidence and Supply Agreement.

The agreement (known as CASA) stipulates the B.C. Green MLAs will support the NDP during confidence votes, as long as there are “no surprises.”Well,Weaver now thinks supporting LNG ranks as a “surprise” and told me in a Twitter message that he feels he has been “misled.”

Now,Weaver’s threat may well be an empty one. And any LNG project is still at least months away from Continued on page 7

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Opinionnow City needs to take action to keep pedestrians safe Dear Editor: In the wake of the tragic pedestrian fatality on Cariboo Road, it is time for the City of Burnaby to start taking pedestrian safety more seriously.

In a story on Global News, the assistant director of engineering, Doug Louie, admits that the city has known there are problems with this specific crosswalk from feedback from community members. Louie indicates an initial review of that crosswalk was done and now a further review will be done in the wake of the tragedy. It would be very interesting to see what the initial complaints were and how the city addressed those concerns or whether they simply dismissed them. One has to wonder if the City of Burnaby had properly addressed those concerns then perhaps this tragedy could have been avoided.

And I know this is hardly the only crosswalk that community members have major safety concerns with.

One of the most dangerous crosswalks I regularly travel by is on Gilley Avenue, along the Highland Park Line Trail. I’ve seen several close calls at this crosswalk as vehicles pull around cars turning left immediately after the crosswalk onto Beresford, and end up almost striking pedestrians in the crosswalk. There are no flashing lights and inadequate street lighting at this crosswalk.

This area is also becoming higher density, meaning more car and pedestrian traffic. Will

it take someone getting hurt (or worse) in this crosswalk before something gets changed here as well?

As Burnaby grows and gets busy, it’s extremely important for city hall to ensure there is safe and adequate infrastructure in place to handle the increased population and traffic. And this must be done not only in high development areas such as Brentwood and Metrotown but also in surrounding neighbourhoods.

Certainly Burnaby has enough money to be making these improvements, so why are improvements not being done?

Keith Bemister, Burnaby

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approval – perhaps even longer – so presumably Weaver won’t have a reason to vote against a confidence vote anytime soon.

Or perhaps he will.

Ironically, this uncertainty is playing right into the hands of the emerging campaign against switching to proportional representation.

Tieleman notes Weaver once said the NDP-B.C. Green alliance would prove how a proportional representation-elected government would work. “I don’t think he realized at the time how accurate his words would be – but in an extremely negative way,” he told me.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global B.C.

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‘I don’t think the appetite is there right now’: Mayor Mobility pricing could mean drivers in some areas pay more per kilometre at busy times of the day

By Tereza Verenca tverenca@burnabynow.com There’s not much appetite in Metro Vancouver right now for more mobility pricing, according to Burnaby’s mayor.

Derek Corrigan made those comments in response to a report released by the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission last week.

The commission, which launched last summer, was tasked with looking at ways to reduce traffic congestion while raising revenue to improve the region’s current transportation system.

The group consulted with more than 6,000 residents and stakeholders, and, after studying 10 policy tools, narrowed it down to two.

The first is congestion point charges – a system that charges drivers at high congestion points, like bridges and tunnels, or at entry/exit points of a “defined area.”The second is distance-based charges, which vary by time and location. Drivers in some areas pay more per kilometre at busy times of day.

“I’m not sure that it will reduce congestion,” Corrigan, chair of the Mayors’ Council, told the NOW. “We keep trying to find a way to reduce congestion, but I don’t know that having people pay more is going to significantly change the traffic patterns in the

Lower Mainland.”

If any kind of road pricing was to be implemented, there would need to be some form of financial relief elsewhere – like a lower fuel tax or cheaper parking, said Corrigan. (The commission will be looking at both of those as “complementary tools,” according to the report.)

He noted Burnaby council is “very hesitant on this kind of idea.”

“I think that’s probably true right across the Lower Mainland. Ultimately, it has to go back to the local level to see whether or not councils are prepared to implement that kind of major change. I don’t think the appetite is there right now,” he said.

New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote said it’s too early to say which policy is the better option. He said he’s looking forward to learning more about each of the two approaches in the next phase of the study.

It’ll be a challenge to convince the public to buy into a pricing scheme, he said.

“That’s always been the difficult thing. If you look at places around the world, before mobility pricing is put in place, people are very skeptical.”

The commission’s report looked at public support in five European cities where mobility pricing was implemented. In Stockholm, Sweden, the level of acceptance before the sys-

tem came online was 21 per cent. After, it was 67 per cent. In Bergen, Norway, those numbers were 19 per cent and 58 per cent, respectively.

Mobility pricing needs to go hand in hand with improving transportation options in the region, according to Cote.

“The current mayors’ 10 year plan has done a very good job of spreading transportation investment all across the Metro Vancouver region and putting particular focus on areas that are fastest growing but currently underserved by transit,” he said, pointing to Surrey’s LRT project and other projects in Maple Ridge and the Tri-Cities. “I think for this concept to be successful, it also has to go in tandem with transportation improvements that can be seen as viable transportation options for people throughout the region.”

The commission’s study found respondents preferred a system that charged less in areas with fewer transit options, and not one that would charge based on the number of kilometres driven.

In the next phase of the project, scheduled to start later this month, the commission will seek additional input about the two policies.

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1) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 41, 2017 - Bylaw No. 13826 Rez . #17-21 8687 and 8689 Tenth Avenue From: C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C1 Neighbourhood Commercial District and C2h Community Commercial District as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Proposed Liquor Store” prepared

by John McNally Designers Inc.) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the development of a private liquor store.

2) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 42, 2017 - Bylaw No. 13827 Rez . #17-19 8327 Eastlake Drive From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M5 and M5r Light Industrial District, B1 Suburban Office District, and Lake City Business Centre as guidelines) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on M5 and M5r Light Industrial District, B1 Suburban Office District, and Lake City Business Centre as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Eastlake Campus” prepared by Chip Barrett Architect) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit a minor increase in interior floor area.

3) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 43, 2017 - Bylaw No. 13828 Rez . #16-53 Portion of 9855 Austin Road From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on Lougheed Town Centre Core Area Master Plan and Lougheed Town Centre Plan as guidelines) To: Amended CD Comprehensive Development District (based on C3 General Commercial District, RM5s Multiple Family Residential District, Lougheed Core Area Master Plan, and Lougheed Town Centre Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Lougheed Town Centre – Phase 1 Tower 4” prepared by GBL Architects Inc.) The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw amendment is to permit the construction of the last of four residential towers on the Lougheed Core Area Phase 1 site, which incorporates a commercial space on the ground floor, within the Lougheed Town Centre Core area.

4) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 44, 2017 - Bylaw No. 13829 TEXT AMENDMENT The purpose of the proposed zoning bylaw text amendment is to amend the Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965 in regard to (1) clarifying definitions of certain dwelling types; (2) revising the conditions that apply when determining average front yard depth; (3) revising the definitions of side lot line, front yard, rear yard, and side yard; (4) revising front yard requirements for lots which qualify as both a corner lot and through lot; (5) requiring car wash stalls in the RM6, C8, and C9 Districts; (6) permitting a Floor Area Ratio (FAR) exemption for amenity spaces in private hospitals and supportive housing facilities.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard: • in person at the Public Hearing • in writing should you be unable to attend the Public Hearing; • Email: clerks@burnaby.ca • Letter: Office of the City Clerk, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby V5G 1M2 • Fax: (604) 294-7537 Please note all submissions must be received by 4:45 p.m. on 2018 January 30 and contain the writer’s name and address which will become a part of the public record.

The Director Planning and Building’s report and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendment is available for public examination at the offices of the Planning Department, 3rd floor, in Burnaby City Hall.

Copies of the proposed bylaw may be inspected at the Office of the City Clerk at 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C. V5G 1M2 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. weekdays from 2018 January 17 to 30.

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Legally Blonde takes to the stage in Burnaby lead character Elle Woods’ mom, as Whitney (friend to the female antagonist,ViviStefanie Stanley cheerful- enne), as a Harvard student, and as a snooty salesperson. ly admits she’s at that point Not to mention part of the in the rehearsal process Whipped Into Shape dance where she’s starting to get number that involves comnervous. plex choreography and skip“Right now, this is the point where I personally am ping ropes.

“I’m at the ‘Oh no, I terrified,” she says with a don’t know if I can do this’ laugh. stage,” she says with a laugh, Stanley is a French immersion teacher at École In- noting she feels the fact that she’s almost 40 compared man Elementary in Burnto some of the 20-someaby, taking a break for an interview while her Grade 3 things in the cast when students dash out for recess. they’re all going hard in the dance routines. “But I alWhen she’s not in the classways do.” room, these Theatre days she’s likehas long been ly to be found part of life for on stage – getWhat: Legally Blonde, preStanley, who ting ready for sented by Align Entertainoriginally got Align Enterment her degree in tainment’s When: Feb. 2 to 17, with theatre back production of preview Feb. 2 and opening Legally Blonde, night Feb. 3. Evening shows in the early which opens Thursday through Saturday 2000s. But “life hapat the Michael at 8 p.m.; matinees Feb. 4, pens,” as she J. Fox Theatre 10, 11, 12, 17 at 2 p.m. says, and she Feb. 2.

Where: Michael J. Fox Theatre, 7373 MacPherson Ave., ended up beThe musiBurnaby coming a cal is a stage Tickets: Regular prices $27, teacher. adaptation of to $39, with school matinee “I’ve been the Amanda on Feb. 9 for $15 and Family doing theatre Brown novDay matinee on Feb. 12 for all along, but el best known $15. Buy at www.align teaching befor the movie entertainment.ca/tickets or came a priorstarring Reese phone 778-888-8444. ity,” she says.

Witherspoon Along the as Elle Woods way she also had two chil– the Delta Nu sorority girl dren of her own, now ages who decides to follow her seven and 10. ex-boyfriend,Warner HunAfter she had a hip retington III, to Harvard law school after he decides she’s placement, stemming from a birth defect, in 2013, it not “serious” enough for marked a bit of a renaishim. Naturally, beauty and sance in her performing cabrains win the day as Elle proves that pink just may be reer. Align Entertainment formed that year and staged the new black – with plenits first show, Shrek The Muty of singing, dancing and sical, which was a big succourtroom antics along the cess.When Stanley’s hip reway. placement turned out to be You’ll find Stanley in a hugely successful and alnumber of roles – as the Julie MacLellan

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lowed her to return to dancing, she was enticed by the idea of taking part in the new company’s next show.

The next year, she auditioned for a part in The Addams Family.

“I just went out on a limb,” she says. “I was a little rusty.”

She remembers being more nervous and trying hard to impress everyone that year; she was green and didn’t know members of the theatre community well.

But it didn’t take long for her to realize she’d found a new home.

The way director Chad Matchette and his Align cofounder Patti Volk run the company – with an emphasis on welcoming and including everyone and ensuring that productions are

fun and upbeat – makes it feel like a family, Stanley says. So much so that, even though she was seriously considering taking a break from the productions this year because life as a mom and teacher was already busy enough … well, she just couldn’t pull herself away.

“People will say, ‘I don’t know how you do it,’” she says, of balancing her life as a teacher and a mother with her performing work. “I don’t know either.”

What she does know is that performing with Align, even when it means long rehearsals at the end of a work day, always gives her energy.

“This doesn’t feel like hard work,” she says.

She also loves Align Entertainment’s focus on pro-

ducing high-quality musicals that are family-friendly, with positive messages for all ages.

“I love that I can invite my students,” she says. “If one student comes to see it and it changes life for them … if it inspires them in some way, then I’ve done my job.”

The fact that Align Entertainment’s casts are always full of high-powered talent – with many emerging, upand-coming professional performers who are working to make a career in musical theatre – adds even more value to the theatre experience.

This year’s stars, for instance, include Stuart Barkley (Warner Huntington III), whose credits include roles with Arts Club The-

atre and Theatre Under the Stars;Victor Hunter (Emmett), who has appeared with TUTS and regularly lends his voice to Disney and Lucasfilm productions; and Julia Ullrich (Elle Woods), who has appeared with Fighting Chance Productions and Royal City Musical Theatre.

Wrap all that talent together in a package with ticket prices that start as low as $15, and you have a way for theatre-loving families to enjoy a night out – without a trip to Vancouver, and without running up a giant credit card bill.

“It’s going to be great,” Stanley says. “This musical is just so happy. Nobody can see this show without toe-tapping and singing along.”

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Local audiences are invited to check out the hilarity that is The Comic Strippers, a “sexylarious” improv comedy show that’s coming to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts on Saturday, Feb. 10.

The show centres around a fictitious male stripper troupe, played by a cast of some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians who try to be sexy, but it just comes out funny.

“Constantly grooving and gyrating in between scenes, they banter with the crowd and perform their hilarious twist on improve sketches,” a press release notes.

“They sing, they ‘dance.’

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The show is for audiences aged 19 and up only, and both men and women are welcome.

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Is there a budding artist in your home?

Don’t forget about the Burnaby Art Gallery’s upcoming Super Cities program, which gives young creative designers a chance to explore ideas about what makes a city – all while creating their very own city of the future.

It runs for four Saturdays starting Jan. 27, with sessions for four- to six-year-

olds from 10 to 11 a.m. and 11:30 to 12:30 p.m., and a session for six- to nine-yearolds from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

In February, the gallery is offering Adventure Passports, another four-Saturday program that gives kids a chance to create their own adventure passport using photographs, print making and stories.There are sessions for kids aged four to six (10 to 11 a.m.) and six to nine (1 to 2:30 p.m.).

February will also see a return of Artful Duo: Parent and Me Studio Time, giving parents and their two-

to five-year-olds a chance to explore all manner of artistic fun together. It’s on Fridays, with one-hour sessions starting at 9:30 and 11:15 a.m.

Check out www.burnaby artgallery.ca for the gallery’s winter 2018 program brochure, or register for courses at www.burnaby.ca/webreg.

OFF-SITE EXHIBITIONS Art lovers still have a bit more time to catch the Burnaby Art Gallery’s offsite exhibitions at two library branches.

The McGill branch of

Burnaby Public Library (4595 Albert St.) is currently hosting Surface Tension: Recent Work by Gary Sim. It’s on until Monday, Jan. 29. Sim is an architect by training, and his art includes drawing, print making, photography and more.

At the Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch (6100 Willingdon Ave.), visitors can enjoy Big Canadian Stuff, celebrating the work of the Island Illustrators Society.

The posters on exhibit were designed to celebrate Canada’s 2017 sesquicen-

tennial, visiting Canadian landmarks and icons in a lighthearted fashion – all modelled on art deco and mid-century travel posters.

It’s on until Sunday, Jan. 28.

Check out www.burnaby artgallery.ca for more on the exhibits, or stop in at any time during library hours to check them out.

Do you have an item for Lively City? Send arts and entertainment suggestions to Julie, jmaclellan@burnaby now.com.

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As 2017 was winding down, the Burnaby Board of Trade (BBOT) was busy reviewing nearly 80 interviews and surveys conducted during its Business Walk of the Big Bend-Glenlyon business district and compiling the results into a Business Sentiment Report on the area.

The results? Most businesses are doing well and experiencing growth, a result consistent across industries and business sizes. Almost all businesses name Burnaby’s central location in the region as the best advantage of locating here, and most businesses surveyed say they would try to stay in Burnaby first if forced to change buildings. Amongst the challenges facing local businesses, finding and keeping employees, transportation issues, and increasing expenses and costs were mentioned as common concerns.

A Business Walk is an economic development activity which sees dozens of volunteers from the BBOT, its members, and the City of Burnaby visiting companies door-to-door in a specific neighbourhood to uncover how businesses are doing and what issues or challenges they may be facing. This most recent Business Walk focused on the growing business neighbourhood of Big Bend-Glenylon which falls between Marine Way and the Fraser River in south Burnaby. The area is home to several business parks and industrial estates and focuses on providing high quality office, research and light industrial spaces.

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When asked, a full 72% of businesses reported that business was increasing, which is the highest percentage recorded in any of the BBOT’s previous Business Walk exercises. When combined with the 21% which are holding steady, more than 9 in 10 Burnaby businesses are doing well.

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Burnaby businesses do face some challenges; half of those asked named finding and keeping good employees as a problem. As BC experiences statistical ‘full employment’, this challenge is being felt by businesses of varying sizes and sectors. In response, the Burnaby Board of Trade is looking at holding events, developing policy, and providing resources to help businesses find and keep workers.

Other challenges mentioned included a lack of space for growing businesses, and general costs/expenses of doing business. Several respondents mentioned concern with the potential increase of the minimum wage to $15 per hour and the subsequent cost to business. The Burnaby Board of Trade has called for the minimum wage to be increased slowly, in

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breast colouring. The species has a curiously harmonious relationship with hummingbirds. The holes it leaves in trees expose sap that hummingbirds eat after the sapsucker leaves. This particular sapsucker came to the Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. in Burnaby after striking a window and suffering head trauma. It is doing much better after time in care, and, in fact, is shown here in the pre-release cage, which means it can fly and self-feed. Soon, this one will return to the wild. Thank you to the finder who brought it in. Because of you, this one will live to fight another day. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

Explore heritage, culture in workshops at museum Burnaby Village Museum is giving local residents a chance to experience handson heritage and culture.

The village is offering a number of winter workshops for adults, delving into a variety of subjects, all aimed at people aged 16 and up. Among the upcoming sessions: The Art of Chinese Calligraphy: Calligraphy was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China. Participants can explore the beauty of the ancient art and try their hand at creating their own calligraphy masterpiece. It’s on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 9 a.m. to noon and

costs $40.

Cookie Cutter Workshop: In this introduction to tinsmithing, participants will use hand tools to make a silhouette cookie cutter out of copper or tin. It’s on Saturday, Feb. 3 from noon to 4 p.m. and costs $45.

Indigenous Tea Making: Cease Wyss, an Indigenous ethnobotanist and educator, leads this workshop in tea making. Participants will get to know the plants that grow around us and make their own tea. It’s on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and costs $25.

Story Sleuth Seminar: What stories can you tell about your family or neigh-

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It’s on Saturday, Feb. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. and costs $25.

Love Farmhouse Kitchen Classics: The farmhouse hosts a series of Saturday morning workshops, running from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Among the upcoming sessions are Sourdough Starter on Feb. 17, Brined Pickles on Feb. 24, Ginger Beer on March 3 and Sauerkraut on March 10.

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One may think that this is the narrative of a fairy tale, and it may just be.

However, this story is also one belonging to one of the fastest growing private schools in the region: New Westminster’s Urban Academy.

Started in 2001 by three founding families in the basement of Sapperton’s Knox Church, the first plot twist happened as fire ripped through the newly minted school with only a handful of students. The founders, full of hope and belief in their community-minded school, did not let that this deter them, and went on to re-open their doors with

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Robbie Burns Dinner is being hosted once again at the Jubilee United Church Hall, 7551 Gray Ave. at Rumble St. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Dinner is at 6 p.m.

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MONDAY, JAN. 29 Bonsor Health Alert program, 9 to 10:45 a.m. on the second floor at Bonsor 55+, 6533 Nelson Ave. Drop-in blood pressure, weight and height checks, massage, exercises, etc.

Tom Webster from ICBC will do a presentation at 9:45 a.m. on pedestrian and road safety. Info at www.bpsw. ca or 604-297-4956.

TUESDAY, JAN. 30 Money Management: Debt Solutions, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Tommy Douglas Library, 7311 Kingsway. Join the library and the Credit Counselling Society to learn the different ways you can manage and reduce your debt load. Info: 604-5223971 or bpl.bc.ca/events.

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is required. Please register online at bpl.bc.ca/events or by phone at 604-4365400. Bob Prittie Metrotown branch, 6100 Willingdon Ave., between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.

Knit2gether, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the McGill library branch, 4595 Albert St. All ages, genders, languages, and skill levels are welcome.

We have needles and yarn for people to try knitting or crocheting for the first time. Experienced knitters are available to help. This is a free, drop-in program. Info: bpl.bc.ca/knit.

Burnaby Public Library and the B.C. Residential Tenancy Branch offer a free interactive session on what you need to know about renting. You will have the opportunity to share your experiences and ask questions using your real-life examples. Space is limited and registration

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Metro Vancouver development “on wrong side of change” Barriers to development – such as restrictive zoning, lengthy permit processes and community opposition – are one of the key reasons that companies like Amazon won’t consider Vancouver for headquarters, according to a local developer.

This could be putting the region on the “wrong side of change,” said Kevin Layden, president and CEO of local development company Wesbild.

Speaking at a recent Urban Development Institute 2018 forecast panel event, a sold-out lunch at the Hyatt Hotel, Layden said that the pace of change in the industry is much too slow to keep up with the global pace.

He likened the region’s development landscape to struggling retailers such as Sears, which he said failed because it did not keep up with retail trends and customer demand for online shopping.

Responding to a comment about Amazon not shortlisting Vancouver for its HQ2, Layden said, “Again, it’s about what side of change you’re

on. We fight Uber, we fight ride-share, we fight AirBnB, we tax foreign ownership for coming to Canada... I’m not at all surprised Amazon didn’t come to Vancouver. We’re just not on the right side of technology and change.”

A “CAPACITY ISSUE” Another of the main reasons for this is a “capacity issue,” said Layden, adding that city planning departments in many of Metro Vancouver’s municipalities do not have enough staffing resources to clear the massive backlog of building permit applications, and that the construction industry is at capacity in terms of how many projects they can take on. “It’s not unlike this room – [this event] sold out within 48 hours, we could have easily filled another room this size.”

Ward McAllister, co-panellist and president/ CEO of Ledingham McAllister, said that it was possible to find innovative solutions to the problems facing development, and that the City of Burnaby was a good example of this. He told the audience, “[Burnaby has] come up with solutions to create more rental housing, and

worked with developers to give them free floorarea if they build market and non-market rental units – and the market has taken it by the bit and run with it. It’s great to show other municipalities how it can be done, and how working with the private sector can address the problem.”

Todd Yuen of Beedie Developments said that public opposition to development was a huge barrier, and that much of it seems to be “not against a project’s character or form, but an opposition to development, period.”

He added, “Our approach has to be different in different communities and we have to understand the community. Because the opposition we face now is changing… We literally have people who are sitting in their cars with binoculars and cameras, watching every aspect of our site operations, just waiting for us to make a mistake. And as soon as we do, it’s straight to the municipality, straight to the media. We’ve had people trespass onto our properties and place props there to suggest we are not acting properly.”

* Total Tri-City/Burnaby units registered sold January 8-14. ** Median sale price of units registered sold January 8-14. *** Highest price of all units registered sold January 8-14. † Listings as of January 22. †† Median days of active listings as of January 22. All sold and listings information as of January 22.

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I grew up surrounded by books. My parents were very literate. Scrabble was a favourite family board game, and dinner conversation often centred on the correct spelling, usage and origin of particular words.

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I learned to read with the Dr. Seuss books my parents ordered by mail. As a preschooler, I would eagerly await the next monthly delivery much like online consumers today await their smiling Amazon packages.

Later my parents would subscribe to numerous magazines to satisfy our growing minds. I had already finished reading every volume of our World Book Encyclopedia many times over.The McGill branch of the Burnaby Public Library was our second home.

My mom and I would reach our borrowing limits of 20 books each week.

The books I read were transformative.They opened my mind to whole new worlds of knowledge barely touched in my classes at school. I learned about the beliefs and lived experiences of people around the world and throughout history.

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TALKING ABOUT HEALTH I’ll be returning to the McGill branch of the Burnaby Public Library on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 3:30 p.m. to give a free talk as part of the Burnaby Division of Family Practice’s Empowering Patients public health education program.

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It is with heavy heart and sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of our mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Born and raised in New Westminster, Sharon was well known and loved within the Sapperton community where she lived for the past 15 years. Sharon was predeceased by her father Matthew (Alec) and mother Emily Crawford. She will live on in the hearts of her son Patrick, daughter Marcy, brother Allan, grandchildren Alissa, Nicole, Tanner, Madeline and Brooklyn, great-grandchildren Aaliyah and Kieran and many extended family and friends.

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Born April 4, 1958 in Whitehorse, Yukon and passed away January 4, 2018 at St. Michael’s Hospice in Burnaby, BC after a lengthy illness.

After leaving a job in the financial department at Crown Paper in the 1990’s, she took on the role of office manager and administrator for KR Gutter, the business started, owned and operated by Ken and herself for over 40 years.

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Her time with us was far too short. God lent her to us for 59 years, but when he needed another angel he took her home. She was loved dearly and will be sorely missed. By request a private family service will be held at a future date.

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Clara passed away peacefully at the age of 97 after living a happy and active life with lots of travelling around the world! She joined the army (CWAC) in 1942 and served overseas in London and Holland till 1946.Then she returned home to marry her army sweetheart, Claude. He passed away in 1992. Clara leaves behind her daughter, Dorothy (Walter) who were her travelling companions for many years; and her son, Del (Linda); as well as her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There will be no service, as per Clara’s request.

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