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Yet, while certain City Council members did not, according to very
reliable sources, even know GVRD was coming until the preceding
Friday afternoon, when Agendas were given out, or even as late as
Saturday evening; while the general public, much less all the
residents in and on the borders of the land area in dispute , and
even less the 75 petitioners in favour of agricultural retention,
did not know and were not informed GVRD was coming to this Council
meeting of April 14, a few property owners in the area, in favour of
a change to industrial designation, knew very well of GVRD's coming
and had submitted, to be included in that April 14's meeting, a
20-name petition and sheaths of letters in support of their interests,
When only a privileged few are told, or know, about Council
discussions coming up, it is bound to result in a biased presentation
before Council, and any other attending bodies, such as GVRD,

By fluke, some of us found out GVRD was going to be there, at
Council meeting, April 14, just after Friday noon. We prepared our
presentations as best we could, considering . Hence, the chaotic,

angry meeting of April 14. Due to speaking restrictions and

insufficient notice, many residents felt we had to shout out truths,

corrections, and protests,

At this very recent City Council meeting, raucously but accurately
described at the beginning of this account, Mr. Laking, as Mayor,
was prepared to hear two speakers on the entire issue, for five
minutes each, representing petitioners from both sides, totalling some
300 people, a petition of 113 names supporting agricultural use of the
325 ~ acre triangle having been presented that evening to Council

petition,
to augment the already—mentioned 75-name SKXXXX, now grown to

86 signatures.