The Burnaby Farmers' Market is returning to its original home in the city hall parking lot.
Council approved the move at Monday night's meeting.
Coun. Colleen Jordan had previously expressed concerns about the cost to the city and wanted to know whether or not the move would affect attendance at the Burnaby Village Museum.
The market was located at the museum last season.
"It looks like it won't affect attendance and won't cost the city money, so I will support it," she said.
Mayor Derek Corrigan responded that it looked like the plan would make everyone happy, but Jordan shook her head and said she doubted that.
While the market was a draw for those attending the Burnaby Village Museum, according to a city staff report, it is difficult to tell how much it increased attendance, as last season was also the first free admission season for the museum.
It is possible the market and museum will continue to draw people to the area around Deer Lake Park, to enjoy both attractions, the report added.
The move means the Artisan Farmers' Market Society, which runs the market, will be responsible for portable toilets being delivered to the north parking lot every weekend and then removed, the report stated.
Lyn Hainstock, manager of the market, had asked if they could install a semipermanent set of portable toilets, fenced in and locked at the back of the parking lot, for the season. This would bring the costs for portable toilets down from $6,000 - for temporary toilets that need to be removed each weekend - to about $880 for the season, she explained in a February interview.
Either way, she was hopeful the society could resolve any of the city's questions so they could begin planning for the 2012 season, she said.
Hainstock could not be reached for comment on the move this week.
The museum location was a beautiful setting, she said in February, but it was also rife with complications, from the muddy ground to the lack of access for seniors, people on bikes or customers with dogs.
The market opens on Saturday, May 5, and runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every weekend until Oct. 27.
