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		<title>Central Avenue Streetscape Project</title>
		<description>Discuss Central Avenue Streetscape Project</description>
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			<title>COUNCIL IGNORES GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN ITS CENTRAL AVENUE DECISION</title>
			<link>http://www.wolfville.ca/central-avenue-streetscape-project.html#comment-73</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In 2004 the Council set out its Guiding Principles “as the foundation for [its] decision-making process.” The Princi-ples are: (1) Sustainability; (2) Fairness, Equity, and Inclusiveness; (3) Fiscal Responsibility;  (4) Health, Well-being and Social Responsibility;  and (5) Open and Transparent Communication. In 2008, Council adopted a new Mu-nicipal Planning Strategy (MPS) which is largely based on the principle of sus-tainability. The first principle of the “Melbourne Principles Adapted for Wolfville” is “Provide a long-term vision for Wolfville based on the three pillars of sustainability… ” On September 21st, after about an hour of discussion, the Council ap-proved the Central Avenue Streetscape Project, at a total cost of $306,683. Not once during the discussion were issues of sustainability addressed. As to Principle No. 3, Fiscal Responsibil-ity, Councillor Irving posed a number of questions concerning the cost of the project and whether the project was worthwhile. Council failed to follow the very princi-ples it has adopted in the past to guide its decision making. Why make the effort (by staff, Council and public) to draft a Strategic Plan which has as its first and third core principles, respectively: sustainability and fiscal responsibility? (At the Committee of Council meeting on Oct. 05, 2009 the Acadia Community Farm asked Council for $6,000 a year for three years, beginning this November. This project, where a number of com-munity members grow food, including food for the Food Bank, is consistent with the Town’s principles of sustain-ability. Could the Council in good faith turn down this request after approving over $400,000 for the Town Centre and Central Avenue projects, where sus-tainability is questionable?) David A. Daniels]]></description>
			<dc:creator>David A. Daniels</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:19:05 --400</pubDate>
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