By Pepper Parr
February 12th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
Noted in the Staff report that was discussed at length during xxx meeting last week:
Turns out this is not going to be the entrance to the Robert Bateman Community Centre.
This would be accomplished by the expansion of environmental features, an improved “doormat” to the new public entrance at the back of the building, intentional and dedicated pedestrian connections throughout the site and preserving space for the future addition of outdoor recreational amenities.
So the entrance is going to be at the rear of what was the high school. Very little was said about this change.
It is decisions like that that disturb people about the way public engagement has been handled.
We are currently working on a detailed report on what Denise Beard, Manager of Community Development at Parks, Recreation and Culture reported.
Some very necessary work has been done and a lot of what the citizens of the city want to see happen at Bateman are now on the table.
Makes sense if the entrance to Brock is at the rear and the Library at the front if one looks at the layout.
How do we spell “illogical”? Perhaps the good bureaucrats at City Hall believe citizens should all access buildings via the tradesmen’s entrance.
My only hope is that this complex looks better than the renovated arena going up on Kenwood Avenue. This thing is huge! The little park looks like it has disappeared, replaced with an enormous parking lot. So much for environmental concern.
Yet another initiative City Hall can’t get right.