Locke said at the meeting the project has “never been supported by the neighbourhood” and wanted it put over to the next council, after it’s elected, for reconsideration. The Now-Leader has reached out to Jassar for comment. Sebastian Sajda | Surrey Council Candidate October 3, 2022Īmong items she expressed concern about was the final approval granted to re-designate from urban to multiple residential a project proposed by Satish Kumar – reportedly the father-in-law of Raman Jassar who is running for council with McCallum’s Safe Surrey Coalition – to permit the development of 173 townhouse units and four single family lots.

How is a councillor – let alone a citizen – supposed to get through that over a weekend? War and Peace is 1,225 pages long. …that meeting has a 79 page agenda ( ) and an agenda package so big it had to be split into two PDFs that total 3,555 pages. And it’s scandalous to provide cover for developers who want to hide.” “It’s scandalous to zone a property involving a candidate’s family.

“It’s scandalous to create a 4800-page agenda 12 days before Election Day,” she said. Brenda Locke, mayoral candidate for Surrey Connect, did attend the meeting. “I would be lending legitimacy to what is an absolute slap in the face to the people of Surrey,” she reasoned.Ĭoun. A lot of people made a lot of money last night with those approvals and a public inquiry will shine a very bright light on what was a very dark night for our city.”Īnnis boycotted the meeting, saying she couldn’t sit in her council seat “and watch this sham. “Last night Doug McCallum went too far with his friends first approach, and the voters of Surrey have had enough. “We normally have 10 to 15 applications on any given council night, but last night had nothing to do with good planning or community consultation,” she said. Linda Annis, the lone Surrey First councillor this term, said council “normally” sees 10 to 15 applications during such a meeting. Last night was the last straw and it’s time to shine a light on the last four years.” “At the same time, there was a complete disregard for any sort of fair or ethical process around approving development applications. “Last night’s stampede to approve more than 50 land use applications showed that Doug McCallum does not care what the public thinks when it comes to developing Surrey,” Hogg charged in a press release.

The final land-use meeting to conclude this Surrey council’s fractious four-year term was, to no great surprise, saturated in controversy Monday as council dealt with the 4,800-page package before it.įollowing the meeting, held just 12 days before the civic election, the Surrey First slate led by mayoral candidate Gordon Hogg promised, if elected, to hold a public inquiry into “Doug McCallum’s four-year approach to approving development applications in the city.”

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