At its April 22 meeting, council decided to participate in Local Government Awareness Week 2013, between May 19 and 25.
The City of Burnaby will make a proclamation recognizing the event, there will be highlights about it in the newspapers and online, and a display will be presented at city hall.
The 2013 theme is "Support Burnaby Business." For more information, visit www.burnaby.ca.
New facility fees
Council approved three new rates in time for the opening of the new Edmonds Community Centre.
The four new rates are for active studio allotment, gymnasium allotment, adult sport and a table tennis fee.
There will also be a 2.5 per cent increase to many services such as swimming lessons, preschool programs, outdoor sports facilities, arenas programs and arena allotments.
Some fees will not change. But council noted rates are actually going down 2.5 per cent with the elimination of the HST.
The fees are increasing based on inflationary projections made by city staff.
Burnaby council approved $750,750 worth of capital projects to fund parks, recreation and cultural services, at its April 22 council meeting.
The funds will be split amongst Burnaby Village Museum, the administration office, Hilda Park, Maple Grove Park and the graffiti wrap program.
The graffiti program will receive $25,000 to cover park-site lighting control, electrical and irrigation kiosks.
Drinking water and public works
May 19 to 25 is also Drinking Water Week an National Public Works Week - Burnaby's staff is planning to host open houses.
The open houses will celebrate two recently completed city projects, which are the new Aldrin water pumpsta-tion and the Watling Alternate Street design projects, according to a staff report.
"Staff will also be attending local neighbourhood schools to provide information on public works, environmental areas of our public works programs and the importance of them to our communities," the report states.
