TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO COMMENT ON THE THREE FLAWED OPTIONS UBC HAS BEEN PRESENTING TO THE PUBLIC TO DEVELOP THE UBC FARM.
NONE OF THESE IS APPROPRIATE. PLEASE SEND AN E-MAIL TODAY TO THE FOLKS BELOW TO LET THEM KNOW WE WANT A FOURTH OPTION TO PRESERVE
ALL 24 HECTARES OF THE FARM IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND SIZE. JOSEPH LIN HAS GRACIOUSLY PULLED ALL OF THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER FOR HIS
Take Action to help protect UBC Farm
Last Friday, Metro Vancouver directors unanimously supported protecting
the UBC
Farm in its current location and size. This is great news, although it
doesn't
mean the farm is saved yet. UBC, the other decision maker, hasn't
agreed to
protect the current farm location and size.
UBC Campus & Community Planning is collecting public comments on
their 3
options so far, none of which include preserving the UBC Farm in its
present
location and size of 24 hectares. They have not presented a 4th option
that
protects the current location and size of the farm. This public comment period ends Friday, November
7th.
Please take a few minutes to send an email to the President of UBC
Stephen
Toope and make sure to CC the UBC Board of Governors and other decision
makers.
All contact info is below.
Tell the UBC President that the public consultation process for the
current
campus plan is flawed and not effective, since none of their 3 plan
options
include protecting the UBC Farm in its current location and 24 hectare
size.
Ask him that they need to present a 4th option with the current farm
size and
location to be retained. As well, UBC needs to apply to the
Agricultural
Land Commission to place the entire farm into the ALR (Agricultural
Land
Commission)for protection of our farmlands in perpetuity. Then, UBC
needs to
launch a new public consultation process that includes this 4th option.
For more info and a great backgrounder visit:
http://friendsoftheubcfarm.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/fotf-consultations-brochure.pdf
To see the 3 flawed
options
presented by UBC Campus & Community Planning:
http://campusplan.ubc.ca/docs/pdf/Ph4_Discussion_Guide_Oct08.pdf
Please
send an
email to:
Stephen Toope, President of UBC: stephen.toope@ubc.ca
Make sure to CC:
UBC Board of Governors, c/o Reny Kahlon, Acting Secretary: reny.kahlon@ubc.ca;
Nancy Knight, AVP Campus & Community Planning: nancy.knight@ubc.ca;
Stephen Owen, VP, External, Legal and Community Relations, UBC: stephen.owen@ubc.ca;
UBC/GVRD Joint Committee, c/o Paulette Vetleson, Corporate Secretary: paulette.vetleson@gvrd.bc.ca;
Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier: Gordon.Campbell.MLA@leg.bc.ca;
Geoff Senichenko, Wilderness Committee: geoff@wildernesscommittee.org