The parks protection policy, we are told, should heal wounds, provide for acceptable uses of parks and ensures there will be public consent.
Not all the public parkland was included in the master plan. What happens to that group of real estate? Who decides what is “acceptable?” It has been suggested we should monitor our elected officials to be sure to safe guard the parks pardon.
An Alternate Approval Process is part of Penticton City Hall’s protection process.
Here’s the numbers game.
At any time, during any year, we would need 3,000 registered voters to get a form, sign it and hand it in to city hall.
Twenty team leaders would have to phone 300 people each to get maybe 150 registered voters each.
Fifty team leaders would have to phone 120 people each to get 60 registered voters each.
If anyone was away or we’d lost contact with them, we lose, so we would need extra registered voters.
This is very close to an impossible task, especially in summer.
Now we know why the city loves the Alternate Approval Process.
And that is why your parks are not protected by an Alternate Approval Process.
Lynn Crassweller
Penticton