Dear Editor:
I have two questions about Bowen Island Municipality’s July 12 public hearing about the upcoming Land Use Bylaw amendments, one about scheduling and the other about the venue.
Why schedule such an important public hearing immediately before an already itemized council meeting? After a long evening, will the councillors and mayor remember the details of the intricate comments made by the public, let alone six to eight weeks later? The third and fourth readings are scheduled after the summer recess.
Let us take advantage of the present reopening of the pandemic restrictions, stage two, to have a real face-to-face public hearing. We are used to public hearings where the public drifts in, signs up on the speakers’ list, waits for their turn to speak and if overrunning their allotted time, go back and sign up again to complete their comments and suggestions. The public hearing only ends when the speakers’ list is ended.
So let us enjoy a real summer recess and face such an important public hearing with refreshed minds in September.
Anne Franc de Ferrière - Chollat
