After identifying three potential locations in Metrotown for the new Burnaby City Hall, the City will now redevelop the existing building.
"I'm going to change that recommendation and I'm going to put forward a motion that reads that 'the location of the current City Hall campus at Deer Lake be selected as the site for Burnaby City Hall.'"
This unexpected turn of events brings a quick end to the backlash the City received after a staff report was published last weekas the site for the new City Hall building. It was chosen among three proposed sites, after the City conducted public engagement between May 31 and July 30 to identify which of the three the public preferred.
One of the bigger concerns regarding the Civic Square site was the impact the project would have on the library. All other councillors spoke in support of Mayor Hurley's motion and redeveloping the current City Hall.
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