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LIGHTS ON THE WATER: Mike Girard gets the decorations ready on his boat for the launch of the annual sailings of the holiday lights flotilla around Burrard Inlet. The first cruise of about a dozen or more lighted and decorated craft is this Friday. Cruises continue every Friday and Saturday evening through Dec. 18, viewable from from Burnaby’s Barnet Marine Park. For more information, including a schedule of where the boats will appear, go to the Santa’s Christmas Ships’ Facebook page at www.facebook.com/santaschristmasships. PHOTO MARIO BARTEL

City seeks feedback on proposed tax increases Chris Campbell

ccampbell@burnabynow.com

The City of Burnaby has released a budget planning document that shows all of the property tax hikes being considered

during the 2022-2026 period.

And the city is looking for your input on it by Dec. 10 so council can review the feedback and then vote on the plan.

The 2022-2026 finan-

cial plan includes a 2.95% for 2022 – a $54 property tax increase for a residential property assessed at $1,227,084 and an $836 property tax increase for a business assessed at $5,747,236, said the city.

As well, the plan includes a 2% increase for waterworks utility and 2% increase for the sanitary sewer fund.

The city has outlined a number of reasons why costs are rising.

“The property tax increase of 2.95% reflects the higher-than-anticipated RCMP collective agreement settlement, in addition to other inflationary impacts, while maintaining core ser-

vices and programs,” says a city statement. “As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause uncertainty and challenges, staff continue to ensure the city follows provincial health Continued on page 3

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City sells off land for future film studio Jess Balzer

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A massive city-owned land sale will see another film studio come to fruition in Burnaby.

The City of Burnaby says it has sold a 17.1-acre property to Larco Investments Ltd. for $136 million to make way for a 300,000-square-foot film studio at 3990 Marine

Way, near Riverway Golf Course in the Big Bend neighbourhood. An adjacent road allowance is also included.

“When we raised the possibility of selling this parcel of city-owned land, we made it clear that our priority was to find a partner committed to putting down roots in Burnaby and creating jobs in our city,” Mayor Mike Hurley

said in an announcement from the city.

“Larco has a track record of creating industry-leading studio space, and this project promises to support more than a thousand well-paying jobs in our community.”

The complex is expected to include: Ð Sixteen sound stages Ð Several mill shops Ð Three storeys of office

space Ð Landscape improvements and enhancements to the riparian areas near Kaymar Creek and Glenlyon Creek Larco has owned and operated Bridge Studios since 2007 and also has other studio sites in Burnaby under development at Lake City Way and Griffiths Drive.

Bridge Studios isn’t

a stranger to producing high-end content; it’s where work on television shows like Tomorrowland and ABC’s The Good Doctor took place.

“With the addition of the development of the Marine Way site to our studio portfolio including Bridge, Griffiths and Lake City, we are excited to become the largest studio operator in B.C. with

55 state-of-the-art custom-built sound stages as well as associated studio facilities and services for top production companies and content providers,” Larco principal Mansoor Lalji said in the announcement.

“We look forward to continuing to grow this important industry for Burnaby and B.C.”

Tree arrest: Dr. Tim Takaro (left) speaks with RCMP officers who were lifted up Friday in order to make an arrest. Takaro had been camped out in a tree near Lougheed Highway and Gaglardi Way for four days to protest the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

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COVID-19 and inflation blamed for rising costs Continued from page 1 orders while monitoring financial implications. In combination with the challenges caused by COVID-19, the city is experiencing high inflation, which experts are predicting may go beyond 2022.

These circumstances, along with supply chain disruptions and other cost escalations, will need to be managed operationally

and financially in the coming years to ensure their impacts are mitigated.”

The city’s total expenditure budget, which includes both operating and capital activities, for 2022 is $878.3 million, said the city.The 2022 operating expenditure budget is $585.1 million.

For the future years of 2023 to 2026, the city’s plan incorporates a prop-

erty tax rate increase of approximately 4% per year.

“The proposed property tax rate increases take into account the operations of new or expanded facilities and associated services and programming requirements,” the city said.

Burnaby is currently building a new ice arena in South Burnaby, purchased what is now the Christine

Sinclair Community Centre, and has plans to replace the Cameron Recreation Centre with a new library and aquatics facility, and expand the rec centre at Confederation Park.

The city said the 2% rate increase for each of the waterworks utility and the sanitary sewer fund are “mainly driven” by Metro Vancouver, which provides

water and sewer services.

“Through the use of reserves, the city is able to manage such a rate increase, even though Metro Vancouver increases are significantly higher, thereby providing relief to the taxpayers,” said the city statement.

The capital funding allocated to transportation, major civic buildings, development, infrastructure,

community safety and recreational facilities in the 2022-2026 Financial Plan is $293.2 million for the 2022 fiscal year, representing 33.4% of the consolidated budget.

The public is invited to give feedback at Burnaby. ca/FinancialPlan, where people can find out more details of the plan, including a timeline of when council will vote on it.

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Opinion now MY VIEW KEITH BALDREY

Legislative session flies under radar

For the first time in about 20 months, the B.C. legislature opens its doors to the public this week, just as the politicians have headed home until next February.

You would be forgiven for not knowing the legislature even held a fall sitting during October and November.

Once again, the legislature flew well below the radar as extraordinary events – an ongoing pandemic and now weather emergencies – overshadowed its very existence.

During this sitting, the house passed 17 pieces of legislation, some of them significant in scope.

The most notable one was Bill 28, the Forest Amendment Act.This bill provides the biggest overhaul of the forestry tenure system in many years.

The new law will shift timber-cutting rights from large companies to smaller ones and will eventually double the amount of tenures held by First Nations.

Combined with a commitment to defer the logging of vast stands of old-growth timber, the changes to the tenure system represent perhaps the biggest policy move of the BC NDP government since the last election.

Another important piece of legislation was Bill 29, the Interpretation Amendment Act. It is only three pages long, but its length does not measure the bill’s significance.

The bill begins the process of aligning provincial laws with the principles of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).This will eventually greatly strengthen the rights of First Nations in B.C. Finally, one of the more controversial (for some) bills was a rewrite of the freedom-of-information legislation.The government side insisted this was

an “update” of an old bill, while the Opposition preferred words like “gutted” to describe the impact of the changes.

One of the more notable aspects of the fall sitting was the fact that all 87 MLAs were physically present most of the time.

In previous sessions during the pandemic, the number of people allowed in the chamber was limited because of public health protocols such as social distancing.

Dropping the limited attendance rule meant there was usually full attendance during Question Period, which was a bit of a boon for the Opposition parties, since their MLAs were once again able to ask questions of cabinet ministers in person.

For the past few sessions, many ministers decided to respond from their offices, which resulted in less scrutiny.

The BC Liberals spent much of the session focusing on issues such as the change in funding autism services and pandemic-related topics.

Still, it was difficult for the opposition to garner much media coverage as the pandemic and then the extreme weather events dominated the headlines.

It is conceivable we could still be in a pandemic – the recently discovered COVID-19 variant of concern dubbed Omicron is a new worry – and who knows what kind of weather phenomenon will be clobbering B.C. next spring.

However, the return of the public to the “people’s house” (for months, people could only enter in booked tours or for scheduled meetings) is one sign of things returning to normal. Now, if we could only get politics returning to that level as well.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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A Burnaby truck manufacturing plant announced it was laying off about a third of its staff, citing slow summer sales and high interest rates. Freightliner, which had built trucks from the frame up at the facility since 1961, planned a three-week shutdown but said 177 of about 450 workers at the plant would not be called back in September. Manager Ken West said he was optimistic the laid-off workers would be called back eventually, since the plant had recovered from slowdowns before.The plant was closed altogether two years later.

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Opinionnow The city should fix potholes instead of adding an unnecessary sidewalk on our street Editor: As homeowners on Cliff Avenue since 1986, we would like the city planners to know we are opposed to the proposed sidewalk on the east side of Cliff Avenue.

We feel this work is not necessary at this time. Our city has more pressing issues, like homelessness.

There are main streets that do not have sidewalks. One example is Kensington Avenue from Broadway to Curtis.

There are streets and back lanes full of potholes.

The reasons given for making sidewalks on the east side of Cliff don’t make sense.

There is an existing sidewalk on the west side of the street, and there are street lights there as well.

Lochdale school is south of Curtis, and those living north of Curtis would go to Westridge school that already has sidewalks.

If sidewalks were constructed on the east side of our street, the beautiful ornamental cherry trees would be destroyed. It would take

years to grow new ones.

This seems like a make-work project to us.

Why fix something that is not broken?

Vesna and Slav Kanjer, Burnaby

Burnaby Hospital staff gave me the best care Editor: A week ago, I had a hip replacement at Burnaby Hospital.

Hospitals are very different today than they were 13 years ago when my other hip was replaced. I can offer only the highest praise and commendation to the entire surgical, professional and ward staff who supported my operation.

There were complications related to blood pressure, so I was in hospital for five days. I am thankful to the many specialists involved in my care and appreciate how well they worked together as a team, each coming to address me personally to explain my plan and progress.

Also, I offer similar thanks and tributes to the food services and janitorial staff who are overworked and still did their jobs as well as they could, always with a smile.

In short, we are so blessed to have our excellent health-care system. New hip hip hooray.

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CityConnect ELECTRONIC PUBLIC HEARING Burnaby City Council hereby gives notice that it will hold a Public Hearing

TUESDAY, 2021 DECEMBER 14 AT 5PM

Via a Zoom webinar to receive representations in connection with the following proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965”.

4) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 36, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14402

6) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 38, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14404

Rez. #18-23

Rez. #17-39

6630 Telford Avenue

6444 Silver Avenue

From: RM3 Multiple Family Residential District

From: RM3 Multiple Family Residential District

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the RM4r Multiple Family Residential District and Metrotown Downtown Plan as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Telford Rental” prepared by DA Architects & Planners, and Gauthier and Associates)

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the RM4s Multiple Family Residential District and Metrotown Downtown Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “6444 Silver Avenue, Burnaby, BC” prepared by IBI Group Architects (Canada) Inc. and PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc.)

Purpose: to permit the development of a new aquatics and arena facility within Burnaby Lake Sports Complex

Purpose: to permit the construction of two high-density rental apartment buildings fronting Telford Avenue in accordance with the terms specified in a proposed Phased Development Agreement (PDA) Bylaw. (BYLAW No. 14401)

Purpose: to permit the future construction of a single, market strata high-rise apartment building with townhouses fronting Silver Avenue in accordance with the terms specified in a proposed Phased Development Agreement (PDA) Bylaw. (BYLAW No. 14401)

Applicant: City of Burnaby

Applicant: Belford (Telford) Properties Ltd.

Applicant: Belford (Silver 3) Properties Limited Partnership

2) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 35, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14400

5) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 37, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14403

7) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 39, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14405

Rez. #21-17

Rez. #17-34

Rez. #18-21

2505 Eastbrook Parkway

6433 McKay Avenue and 6366 Cassie Avenue

4355 Maywood Street

From: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the M5 Light Industrial District as a guideline)

From: RM3 Multiple Family Residential District

From: RM3 Multiple Family Residential District

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the M5 Light Industrial District and M1 Manufacturing District as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Tesla Service Centre” prepared by T.I. Studios Architecture Inc.)

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the RM4s Multiple Family Residential District and Metrotown Downtown Plan as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “M Residences & Spa” prepared by Buttjes Architecture Inc. and PWL Partnership Landscape Architecture Inc.)

Purpose: to permit the use of the property as an automotive dealership and service centre for an electric vehicle manufacturer.

Minor interior and exterior renovations to the existing building are proposed

Purpose: to permit the construction of a single, market strata high-rise apartment building with townhouses fronting Cassie and McKay Avenues in accordance with the terms specified in a proposed Phased Development Agreement (PDA) Bylaw. (BYLAW No. 14401)

To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on the RM4s Multiple Family Residential District, C2 Commercial District and Metrotown Downtown Plan as guidelines and in accordance with the development plan entitled “4355 Maywood”prepared by IBI Architecture Inc. and ALA Gauthier + Associates Landscape Architects Inc.)

Applicant: T.I. Studios Architecture Inc.

Applicant: Belford (McKay) Properties Limited Partnership

ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENTS 1) Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No. 34, 2021 - Bylaw No. 14399 Rez. #19-49 3676 Kensington Avenue From: P3 Park and Public Use District To: CD Comprehensive Development District (based on P3 Park and Public Use District and the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex Community Plan as guidelines, and in accordance with the development plan entitled “Burnaby Lake Aquatic & Arena”prepared by HCMA Architecture & Design)

Purpose: to permit the future construction of a single, market strata high-rise apartment building with a residential podium and a neighbourhood commercial space on the corner of Maywood Street and Silver Avenue in accordance with the terms specified in a proposed Phased Development Agreement (PDA) Bylaw. (BYLAW No.14401) Applicant: Belford (Maywood) Properties LP. Continued on next page for further details on public participation...

3) Burnaby Phased Development Agreement (Belford Properties) 2021 - Bylaw No. 14401

Sites Subject to Phased Development Agreement: SITE A - 6630 Telford Avenue (REZ #18-23) SITE B - 6433 McKay Avenue and 6366 Cassie Avenue (REZ #17-34) SITE C - 6444 Silver Avenue (REZ #17-39) SITE D - 4355 Maywood Street (REZ #18-21) Purpose: to enter into a Phased Development Agreement in respect to Rezoning Reference #17-34 (Bylaw No. 14403), #17-39 (Bylaw No. 14404), #18-21 (Bylaw No. 14405), and #18-23 (Bylaw No. 14402) Developer: Belford (McKay) Nominee Ltd.; Belford (McKay) Properties Limited Partnership; Belford (Maywood) Nominee Ltd.; Belford (Maywood) Properties Limited Partnership; Belford (Silver 3) Nominee Ltd.; Belford (Silver 3) Properties Limited Partnership; Belford (Telford) Nominee Ltd.; Belford (Telford) Properties Limited Partnership (collectively, “Belford Properties”).

Specified Zoning Provisions: All those zoning provisions in the Comprehensive Development Districts added to Burnaby Zoning Bylaw, 1965 by the Rezoning Bylaws for Rezoning References #17-34 (Bylaw #14403, 6433 McKay Ave and 6366 Cassie Ave), #17-39 (Bylaw #14404, 6444 Silver Ave), #18-21 (Bylaw #14405, 4355 Maywood St), and #18-23 (Bylaw #14402, 6630 Telford Ave) (the “Specified Zoning Provisions”).

Subject to the Local Government Act, if any of the Specified Zoning Provisions are amended or repealed during the term of the Phased Development Agreement, those changes will not apply unless Belford Properties agrees to the changes.

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Term: Ten years with option to extend for not more than five years by mutual consent of City and Belford Properties, subject to the approval of both Council and the Inspector of Municipalities and compliance with the Local Government Act. Nature of Development: Belford Properties proposes to rezone the four development sites under Rezoning References #17-34, #17-39, #18-21 and #18-23 concurrently, and will then develop the sites in a maximum of three phases. The first phase will include completion of the two high-density market and non-market rental apartment buildings under Rezoning Ref. #18-23 (6630 Telford Ave) and a single high-rise apartment building with townhouses under Rezoning Ref. #17-34 (6433 McKay Ave and 6366 Cassie Ave). The two remaining phases are the completion of a single high-rise apartment building with townhouses under Rezoning Ref. #17-39 (6444 Silver Ave) and a single high-rise apartment building with a residential podium and a neighbourhood space under Rezoning Ref. #18-21 (4355 Maywood St). These phases may be completed after or concurrently with the first phase.

As part of the development of the four sites, Belford Properties has agreed to provide 220 non-market rental housing units (at below market rental rates) and 168 additional rental housing units (50% at market rental rates and 50% at CMHC median rental rates). Occupancy of the four development sites will be restricted until the rental housing units are ready for occupancy.

Assignment: Belford Properties may assign the Phased Development Agreement to an “affiliate”, as the term is defined in the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), by providing notice to the City and provided the assignee unconditionally assumes all of Belford Properties’ obligations under the Phased Development Agreement. No other assignment is permitted except with the consent of the City.

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CityConnect ELECTRONIC PUBLIC HEARING Continued from previous page...

TUESDAY, 2021 DECEMBER 14 AT 5PM Via a Zoom webinar to receive representations in connection with the proposed amendments to “Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965” mentioned on the previous page.

Reports, bylaws, and related information respecting the zoning bylaw amendments are available on the City’s website at Burnaby.ca/PublicHearings from December 1, 2021.

Any questions regarding the Public Hearing processes and agenda items may be directed to the Office of the City Clerk, 604-294-7290.

B. Zeinabova CITY CLERK The Public Hearing will be conducted via Zoom webinar and live-streamed on the City’s website. Anyone who believes they are affected by a proposed bylaw can participate in the Public Hearing by the following means:

SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS TO COUNCIL

» email to clerks@burnaby.ca » mail to Mayor and Council, c/o Office of the City Clerk, 4949 Canada Way » fill out a webform on the Public Hearings page on our website at Burnaby.ca/PublicHearings

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PLEASE NOTE ALL WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 2:45PM ON THE DAY OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. SUBMISSIONS SHOULD CONTAIN THE WRITER’S NAME AND ADDRESS WHICH BECOME A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. NO PRESENTATIONS OR SUBMISSIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY COUNCIL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

NOTICE OF BURNABY CITY COUNCIL’S INTENT TO REPEAL BURNABY BUSINESS LICENCE BYLAW 2017, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2, 2020 (BYLAW NO. 14220) AND BURNABY BYLAW NOTICE ENFORCEMENT BYLAW 2009, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2, 2020 (BYLAW NO. 14221).

In accordance with the Community Charter, notice is hereby given that Burnaby City Council is considering repealing BURNABY BUSINESS LICENCE BYLAW 2017, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2, 2020 (Bylaw No. 14220) and BURNABY BYLAW NOTICE ENFORCEMENT BYLAW 2009, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 2, 2020 (Bylaw No. 14221) to repeal regulations and associated penalties related to restricting smoking in business premises, which were scheduled to come into effect on January 1, 2022. The provisions in Bylaws No. 14220 and 14221 have been replaced by the regulations and related penalties in the BURNABY SMOKING REGULATION BYLAW 2021 (Bylaw No. 14360) and BYLAW NOTICE ENFORCEMENT BYLAW 2009, AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 1, 2021 (Bylaw No. 14361), which will come into effect on January 1, 2022.

Further detail is available in the report to City Council that may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office at 604-294-7290 or in the 2021 June 28 Council agenda at burnaby.ca.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw amendment may provide written submissions to Council: Mayor and Council c/o Office of the City Clerk 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2 Email: clerks@burnaby.ca

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BURNABY HIGHWAY CLOSURE BYLAW NO. 2, 2021 TAKE NOTICE THAT the City Council proposes to adopt Bylaw No. 14381 cited as “Burnaby Highway Closure Bylaw No. 2, 2021” (Road Closure #21-07) pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter.

The purpose of the proposed bylaw is to close certain portions of highway – closure of 4161 Dawson Street: a small portion of Dawson Street road allowance adjacent to 4161 Dawson Street (Lot 2) and 2108 Gilmore Avenue (Lot 1) (portion of road dedicated in District Lot 119, Group 1, New Westminster District by Plan EPP70913 containing 72.2m²) as shown outlined in bold on Reference Plan EPP98446, prepared by Robert Adriaensen, B.C.L.S. It is proposed to place this bylaw before City Council for consideration of Final Adoption at the regular Council Meeting scheduled for 2022 January 24.

The proposed Bylaw and Plan may be inspected on the City’s website (see 2021 November 22 Council Agenda). For additional information, please contact the Planning and Building Department at 604-294-7400.

Anyone who considers themselves affected by the proposed bylaw is provided an opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting the bylaw to Burnaby City Council by submitting a letter addressed to: Mayor and Council, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2. All submissions must be received by the City Clerk no later than Noon, Wednesday, 2022 January 19.

B. Zeinabova CITY CLERK

YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD. YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR BURNABY. 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL, PUBLIC HEARING & COMMITTEE SCHEDULE. Burnaby City Council has adopted the schedules of Regular Council meetings, committee meetings, and public hearings for 2022. The full schedules of 2022 regular meetings are available on the City of Burnaby website at Burnaby.ca/eAgenda. Copies of the 2022 schedules are available by calling 604-294-7290 or at: Office of the City Clerk | 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC V5G 1M2

All correspondence must be received before noon December 10, 2021

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CityConnect PUBLIC CONSULTATION

OPERATING BUDGET EXPENDITURES

2022 2026 2022-2026 FINANCIAL PLAN

19.1% Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services, $111.5M 16.0% General Government, $93.4M 15.9% Engineering, $93.0M

Burnaby City Council is committed to financial, social and environmental sustainability.

To achieve this goal, the City focuses on providing excellent policing and fire protection services, upgrading roads, water and sewer infrastructure, and ensuring our parks and recreation facilities meet the needs of our community. The City also recognizes the importance of ongoing maintenance and replacement of existing facilities for citizens. As a result, the proposed 2022 operating expenditure budget of $585.1 million and capital plan of $293.2 million is being allocated to provide quality City services and programs for Burnaby citizens.

We want to hear from you!

The City’s 2022-2026 Financial Plan will be presented to Council on January 24, 2022 which incorporates a property tax rate increase of 2.95%, a 2.0% increase in Sanitary Sewer Fund and a 2.0% increase in Waterworks Utility. We would like your views on the budget and, in particular, municipal services and priorities. The Financial Plan Highlights and additional information is available for viewing on our website at Burnaby.ca/FinancialPlan.

In order to allow enough time for Council to consider your comments before final approval of the five-year Financial Plan, please provide your comments by Friday, December 10, 2021 at Burnaby.ca/FinancialPlan.

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Total $585.1 Million

12.6% RCMP Burnaby Detachment, $73.9M 10.1% Waterworks Utility, $59.4M 8.8% Burnaby Fire Department, $51.6M 8.6% Sanitary Sewer, $50.1M

3.3% Planning & Building, $19.4M 2.8% Burnaby Public Library, $16.4M 2.8% PSCS Administration and Business Licence & Property Managemen nt, $16.4M

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New documentary sheds light on firefighter firing, settlement Cornelia Naylor

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A new documentary is shedding light on a controversial firefighters motorcycle club started in Burnaby five years ago – including the fate of a Burnaby firefighter who helped found the club before it disbanded amid a flurry of negative media attention in 2018.

Former Burnaby firefighter Nick Elmes, who co-founded the North Burnaby-based Florian’s Knights Motorcycle Club, was fired by the City of Burnaby in 2018.

The Vancouver Sun had published an article about a photo of him suggesting links between the Florian’s Knights and the Hells Angels.The photo showed Elmes posing with three Hells Angels, including Kelowna chapter president Damiano Dipopolo, whom Elmes has described as a friend from his old East Vancouver neighbourhood.

Lambert Chu, Burnaby’s city manager at the time, said Elmes had been terminated after a city investigation into the Florian’s Knights “including the news story published in the Sun and Province newspapers.”

In a new documentary titled Florian’s Knights, Elmes talks about the firing. He reads out the city’s

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termination letter, which stated he was being terminated with cause.

Elmes went on to file a grievance with help from the Burnaby firefighters’ union. IAFF Local 323 president Jeff Clark told the NOW the union didn’t agree with the termination.

According to the documentary, Elmes eventually got a settlement from the city and “retired with no disciplinary record.”

“I will leave it for the audience to decide what they feel was fair and what they feel wasn’t fair and who deserves what.That’s not my job,” filmmaker Panayioti (Pan)Yannitsos told the NOW in a recent interview.

Yannitsos said he wasn’t going reveal the source of his information about the settlement but maintained none of the Lower Mainland firefighters featured in the film violated any kind of non-disclosure agreement.

“I’m not going to go on the record and talk about where I found certain things, but I believe that fact to be true, and that’s why I disclosed it in the

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Behind the scenes: Former Burnaby firefighter Nick Elmes, right, poses with members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in 2018. Above left (photo courtesy Crowbar Pictures): A screen grab from the Florian’s Knights documentary shows Elmes’s June 2018 termination letter PHOTO CONTRIBUTED/FILES

movie.”

The NOW filed a freedom of information request with the city in May 2020 to get access to Elmes’s settlement agreement, but the city first said it couldn’t release it for privacy reasons.

After the NOW appealed that decision to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, the city changed its argument, saying it couldn’t release the documents because of settlement privilege.

Settlement privilege is a legal principle that allows parties trying to settle a dispute to keep the details secret – that includes public bodies, like the city, when they settle disputes with departing employees.

Nine months after the NOW’’s original FOI re-

quest, an OIPC investigator confirmed the documents the NOW was requesting from the city are covered by settlement privilege because they were “created while the parties were in a dispute or negotiation” over a settlement.

The number of costly agreements the City of Burnaby has signed with employees who’ve left the city, has risen sharply over the last three years, according to its statements of financial information.

The city signed six severance agreements last year and paid out between seven and 20 months’ salary and benefits for each, according to the 2020 SOFI.That compares to three such agreements in 2019, two in 2018 and one in 2017.

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Burnaby Mounties host cruiser drive for food bank Cornelia Naylor

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Burnaby Mounties will be out in the community for two days this week trying to get local residents to cram a police cruiser full of food for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

The food bank provides food to approximately 9,000 people in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and the North Shore every month, according to its website.

It also provides food support to 112 community agency partners, including women’s and children’s shelters and school food programs.

“As we approach the holiday season, these food banks are under even more pressure than usual to have items of food for those in need,” states a police press release.

Burnaby RCMP officers will be collecting food at the Safeway at 4440 Hastings St. from

8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. today (Thursday).

On Friday, they’ll be at the Real Canadian Superstore at the Metropolis at Metrotown mall (4700 Kingsway) from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

“We’ll be at the main entrance of each store as well as inside, so we won’t be hard to find,” states the release.

On the Mounties “most wanted” list this week is low-sodium canned salmon, canned beans,

canned fruits and vegetables and canned chili, plus baby products, including formula, baby food and diapers.

Other items always needed at the food bank include natural peanut butter, whole wheat pasta, couscous, brown rice, barley, oats, canned chicken and canned turkey.

Officers will also be accepting grocery gift cards and cash donations for the food bank.

Fill it up: Burnaby RCMP are looking to fill a cruiser with donations for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

You can help be Santa for an isolated senior this season Home Instead is working to make sure no senior in Burnaby will be forgotten this holiday season.

The Be A Santa to a Senior program helps support older individuals who

might be overlooked, isolated or alone during the holiday season.

“We’ve all experienced feelings of loneliness during the pandemic, and seniors are at a particularly

high risk for isolation,” said Harpreet Singh, owner of the Home Instead office serving Burnaby and South Vancouver, in a press release.

“Be a Santa to a Senior

shows the older adults in our community that they are valued and thought of during the holidays.”

Community members who want to participate can visit the decorated tree at the London Drugs (4970 Kingsway) where they will find ornaments on the tree.

Each ornament includes a gift request from a local

senior, such as a blanket or slippers.

Home Instead says the gifts that are collected make a big impact and help Burnaby seniors combat the “holiday blues.”

“A small act of kindness can make a big difference. And a heartfelt gift brightens the lives of older adults who may feel alone

during the season,” Singh added.

You can find the tree on display from now until Dec. 20. Shoppers can pick an ornament, buy the requested gift and return it unwrapped to the store with the ornament attached.

The Burnaby office expects to provide gifts to roughly 300 seniors.

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5 tips for holiday shopping to overcome supply chain holdups

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Your cup of coffee or your child’s favourite toy could end up costing you a pretty penny.

This year, a global shipping container shortage has seen the average cost to move a 40-foot steel container of cargo by sea rise by upwards of 500% above the seasonal average, according to Drewry Shipping.

The long-lasting impact could mean we see price increases in many common household goods, including appliances, furniture, toys and more.

Then came an atmospheric river event in B.C. on Nov. 15 that wiped out large sections of the province’s highway infrastructure, largely cutting off the Interior and the Lower Mainland.

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Start with the most in-demand stuff first: tech and toys always fly off the shelves. Shop early and always triplecheck delivery options and estimated dates for your area. #5: DEDICATED CANADIAN SHIPPING

Current road conditions aside, ordering goods that don’t cross a border is a smoother process than international shopping (no duty and fewer delays). Have your heart sent on a gift that you can’t find in Canada? Before caving into a pricey and lengthy international shipment, check the manufacturer’s site to see if they list stockists and retailers who carry their goods. Whenever possible, choosing a Canadian retailer—whether they be big or small—will mean a smoother shipment. Keep in mind that some U.S. big box retailers, such as Zara and the Gap, also have warehouses within Canada. If you’re purchasing through Amazon, a Prime subscription offsets shipping costs and speeds up the process, too.

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Season of Giving

This Holiday Season, let’s support these deserving charities & groups. Together we can make a difference!

More information at: guidedby.ca/spotlights/season-of-giving

Amanda Todd Legacy Society

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Burnaby firefighters will be at Metrotown mall this weekend collecting toys for children in need this Christmas.

On Saturday, volunteers will be in the grand court at Metropolis at Metrotown (lower level, near Toys “R” Us and T&T Supermarket) between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. accepting donations of money and new, unwrapped toys for the Burnaby Christmas Bureau.

The first 200 people to donate a toy will receive a $10 Metropolis at Metrotown gift certificate.

“It’s the time of year when the Burnaby firefighters look forward to helping all those needy children who otherwise wouldn’t have a Christmas to look forward to,” Burnaby firefighters’ union president Jeff Clark said

Santa’s helpers: Burnaby firefighters load donations at a drivethru toy drive last December. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR/FILES

in a press release. “With all that is going on in the world, if we can, through generous donations, make a child’s life happier at this time of year then that is our main goal.”

The annual toy drive, now in its 10th year, is a partnership between the Burnaby Firefighters Charitable Society and

Burnaby Community Services.

Over the last 10 years, the firefighters’ charitable society estimates it has collected enough toys to fill a five-storey toy store.

Last year, because of COVID restrictions, the firefighters hosted a drivethru toy drop-off.

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Citynow Drunk driver sentenced for pile-up Cornelia Naylor

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A 39-year-old man has been handed a one-year conditional sentence and an 18-month driving ban after pleading guilty to driving drunk and causing a four-vehicle crash in Burnaby that left a motorcyclist with internal injuries two years ago.

James Denny Mitchell had been charged with six counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm in relation to a multi-vehicle crash at Imperial Street and McKay Avenue on April 19, 2019.

Mitchell had been driving a black Dodge Journey in a line of traffic westbound on Imperial at around 10 a.m. that day, according to agreed facts presented by Crown prosecutor Patrick Fullerton in Vancouver provincial court

last week.

The traffic stopped at a red light at Imperial and Sussex Avenue, but when it began moving again, Mitchell’s SUV stayed put.

When another driver honked, the Journey “essentially bolted,” according to Fullerton. “(It) began swerving on the road, narrowly missing a pedestrian walking a dog, and slammed into a vehicle in front of it at the next intersection,” he said.

The vehicle that Mitchell hit, a Toyota Corolla, then careened into another vehicle which slammed into a motorcycle.

The motorcyclist initially appeared to be “relatively OK,” according to Fullerton, but ended up needing emergency surgery.

“It turned out he was suffering from internal bleeding as a result of injuries, having been knocked

clear off of his motorcycle,” he said.

Mitchell and the people in the Corolla were also hurt.

At the hospital, blood tests revealed Mitchell had a blood-alcohol concentration of up to more than twice the legal limit.

A police investigation later found his vehicle had been going between 76 and 83 km/h in a 50-km/h zone before the chain-reaction collision.

He was charged with six counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm but pleaded guilty to just one last week.

In a joint sentencing submission, Fullerton acknowledged Mitchell had an “unenviable driving record” and hadn’t had a valid driver’s licence on the day of the crash.

But Fullerton also noted Mitchell, who battles alco-

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Fullerton also noted Mitchell had had a traumatic childhood, with his mother having survived residential school and his father having been taken in the Sixties Scoop.

Fullerton further noted Mitchell’s relatively early guilty plea.

Fullerton and defence lawyer Anthony Robinson both called for Mitchell to be allowed to serve his sentence in the community, with a curfew, mandatory addictions counselling, a ban on alcohol consumption and an 18-month driving prohibition.

Vancouver provincial court Judge Ellen Gordon agreed the sentence was appropriate.

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A 24-year-old man accused of 27 counts of fraud, including six in Burnaby, has been sentenced to more jail time and ordered to repay his victims after pleading guilty to 15 charges.

Surrey RCMP put out a press release in April requesting help locating Clayton Brooks Hayden, who was wanted in connection with multiple frauds.

“In each occurrence, victims were approached by a man who claimed to be in dire need of money, who requested their help,” states a police news release.

“Victims were asked to deposit a cheque into their account through an ATM, and to withdraw funds for the man. Days later, the victims learned that the cheques were fraudulent.”

Surrey RCMP’s financial crime unit took conduct of multiple investigations, including frauds in Burnaby, Surrey and Richmond.

Hayden was eventually charged with 27 counts of fraud under $5,000, including six in Burnaby in December 2020 and January 2021, according to Court Services Online.

He pleaded guilty this month to 15 counts, including one in Burnaby in December 2020. He was sentenced the same day to 15 months in jail – minus eight months’ credit for time already served – and two years of probation.

Hayden, whom Surrey RCMP described in April as having no fixed address, was also ordered to pay restitution to the 15 people he admitted to victimizing.

The total amount of the restitution order is $12,240 and includes sums from $120 to $1,400, according to court documents.

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Citynow Bail denied in mall handgun case Cornelia Naylor

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The following is a report about a bail hearing, which means the alleged facts discussed have not yet been proven in court.

A 24-year-old man accused of packing a loaded handgun at a busy Burnaby mall at the height of a spate of deadly gang shootings has been denied bail.

Luis Manuel Baez was arrested by MetroVancouver Transit Police officers on May 18.

He had first drawn their attention for smoking suspected marijuana too close to a doorway at the Metropolis at Metrotown mall, according to alleged facts presented at a bail hearing inVancouver provincial court on Nov. 24.

Crown prosecutor Jonas Dow said the officers were ready to ticket him for a

bylaw infraction when he entered the mall.

They tailed him for a time and approached him in a parkade after he left, according to the alleged facts. As the officers were collecting information from him, Baez suddenly ran to a nearby vehicle, jumped inside and tried to take off, Dow said.

But officers got into the vehicle on either side of Baez, and a struggle ensued, according to Dow. The officers lost their grip on Baez when they fell out of the vehicle, and Baez again took off, according to the alleged facts.

Baez is then alleged to have pulled out a handgun and thrown it under a nearby vehicle.

The 45-calibre pistol was recovered with six rounds of ammunition in the magazine, according to Dow.

Dow never mentioned the Lower Mainland gang conflict, which erupted in a series of fatal public shootings in May, but appeared to invoke it in a rhetorical question: “What on earth compels someone to conceal a loaded handgun and go to Metrotown mall on a Tuesday at four o’clock in May?” he asked.

Dow also noted Baez had been under two lifetime firearms bans at the time.

He argued letting Baez out on bail could lead to a public loss of confidence in the justice system.

Defence lawyer Kristy Lee Neurauter acknowledged the allegations were serious and the Crown had a strong case but said Baez had the right to be presumed innocent and to be granted reasonable bail.

She also noted there

were a number of possible Charter challenges that, if successful, could render everything that led to the discovery of the handgun unlawful.

She said there were questions about whether the officers had had the right to detain Baez in the first place and noted possible excessive force, including “multiple blows to the back of the head,” the officers had used during the struggle in the car.

“This occurs at a time where their only intention is to ticket him for smoking suspected marijuana,” she said.

Neurauter urgedVancouver provincial court Judge John Milne to release Baez to a drug treatment facility on a $5,000 cash deposit, but Milne ruled to keep him in jail.

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