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The conference. entitled Who's Afraid of Citizen Participation? featured a wide array of speakers dis- cussing various aspects of citizen participation, high- lighted by case studies on current controversial en- vironmental issues, such as the Berger Commission (MacKenzie Pipeline Issue) and the West Montrose Dam. A panel, composed of people with various back- grounds and different ex- periences, opened Friday's session with a discussion of the public's perception of planning, the relation- ship among planners, politi- cians and the public and the limits of citizen partici- pation. Rowell elected He succeeds George Prid- die, a University of Water- loo professor, who stepped down as chairman but re- mains a member of the 10 member committee of vol- unteers. Bob Rowell of Waterloo has been elected chairman of a citizens' advisory com- mittee working with -the Grand River Conservation Authority on an environ- mental assessment of water control structures. Ivan Stinson of Ariss re- mains as vice-chairman. Mr. Priddle decided to step down as chairman be- She called the present state of citizen participation a "contraceptive democ- racy" because of its dor- Novia Carter, faculty member of the urban and re- gional planning faculty at UW, lumped planners, politicians and develop- ers into a "power group" that blames everyone else for its mistakes. Mr. Stricker is also op- posed to the opening of all elective meetings to the pub- lic. A small group of irate, emotional citizens could storm a meeting and pre- sent a very onerided minor- ity view. he said. ward seven in Toronto, took the stand of the blue- collar worker when she attacked city planners and politicians for exploiting the “less articulate work- ing class” by expropriat- ing their homes. As long " a neighbour- hood is sprinkled with a few doctors and lawyers, it is easier for tenants and proprietors to oppose urban renewal,shesaid. Her statements were con- tested by Herb Stricken president of Heathclitfe Developments Ltd. Mr. Stricker said the average citizen is not qualified to talk about planning for the entire community because he is concerned primarily with what is happening.to his own property. He is ignorant of zoning bylaws and other factors taken into consideration by plan- ners. Janet Hound, citizen rent feelings -ot 'animosity and resentment felt by one group towards another. The citizens' advisory committee is currently studying ways of gathering public opinion about the en- vironmental assessment. A program of public involve- ment is planned for the spring. Mr. Owen called for a com- promise in techniques by planners, politicians and citizens, to replace the cur- cause he disagreed with findings of a technical team which carried out the en- vironmental assessment. The team ranked a dam at West Montrose plus river channel improvements as the most effective solution to problems of flood con- trol, water supply and low flow augmentation. "We must make resources available to citizens," he said. "Sometimes you can get too much methodology and other times too little s...' Citizen participation cannot replace planner in- put. It can only assist the planner if it is properly Tom Owen, president of an environmental consult- ing firm in Toronto and executive member of the Ontario Association ', tor Environmental Manage- ment, called for a change of techniques in both poli- tics and citizen participation. He said rules -are presently foreign to citizens due to a scientific and legalistic set- up. mant Mate. She said du- nen participatiqu is one case when action is need- ed rather tion, and urged the develop ment at a sense of respon- sibility tor one's on des. tiny and community. Karl Mallette, president of Gray Coach Lines, said that planners and politi- cians generally receive only ridicule and that the current push for commun- ity involvement was part of that scheme. “Most people don’t want to get involved," he said citing the fact that only 25 per cent of the electorate vote in municipal elections.