PLAYGROUND GETS FUNDING
Gilmore Community School will receive funding for its playground upgrade.
Council approved the $2,250 funding request at Monday night's council meeting.
Gilmore was placed on a waitlist for the funding, as it had made another request within the last five years.
The funding was available due to the parks, recreation and culture commission doubling this year's operating playground development grant from $9,000 to $18,000, according to a report from the commission. The city has approved six other playground development funding requests for the year, totalling $15,069.75.
The schools that received funding are Confederation Park, Rosser, Buckingham, Westridge, Brentwood and University Highlands elementary schools.
After Gilmore Community School receives its funding, there will be $680.25 remaining in the budget, according to the report.
Cameron Elementary, Windsor Elementary, Montecito Elementary and Second Street Community schools, which all requested $3,000 for playground development, will be notified that there are insufficient funds for the requests, the report stated.
LEARNING TO PREVENT CRIME
The City of Burnaby is sending up to eight members of the community policing committee to attend the B.C. Crime Prevention Association's training symposium.
The 33rd annual regional training symposium takes place at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre in Burnaby Nov. 3 to 5.
The focus of this year's symposium is safety and wellness, according to a report from the committee.
The cost of sending the committee members is $1,560, at $195 for each of the eight members. The funds were allocated from the city's committees, boards and commissions budget.
CITY ENDORSES VISION FOR CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY
Burnaby council agreed to endorse Tides Canada's review, A New Energy Vision for Canada, at the Oct. 17 council meeting.
The review calls for a national energy strategy with a focus on renewable energy in order to meet climate change objectives, according to a report from the city's environment committee.
The transition from focusing on fossil fuels in Canada as the country's primary energy resource is also smart economically, according to the review.
The review recommends targets and mechanisms for reducing national greenhouse gas emissions to the Copenhagen Accord targets - 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020 - as well as limiting global average surface temperature increases to two per cent above pre-industrial levels and generating 90 per cent of the country's electricity from zero-emitting sources, according to the report. About 130 organizations and businesses have formally endorsed the review, it stated.
BURNABY REMEMBERS
Burnaby council approved funding for the annual Burnaby Remembers project on Oct. 17.
The community heritage commission oversees the project, which includes advertising for the city's Remembrance Day events, and the publication of Burnaby's Honour Roll in the a local newspaper. The Burnaby Honour Roll is a list of war dead from both the First and Second World Wars, according to the commission's report.
The $1,500 for the project is to be allocated from the committees, boards and commissions budget.
