The developer behind the proposed Banks Crescent development project and a group opposed to the development both say they have the backing of Summerlanders.
At the municipal council meeting on Monday evening, the Lark Group presented a package showing the support the developer has received.
Gary Tamblyn of the Lark Group had earlier stopped at 2,958 Summerland addresses.
During that time, he received 1,210 signed support letters, 160 of these from Summerland businesses.
There are also 270 letters of support without signatures and 46 people who provided online support.
Of the remaining addresses, 523 were neutral, 163 were opposed and 746 were not at home.
“Of those who responded either in favour or opposed, 1,526 (or 90.3 per cent) were in favour and 163 (or 9.7 per cent) were opposed,” said Malek Tawashy, development project manager with the Lark Group.
However, members of Summerlanders for Sensible Development have collected signatures opposing the proposed development.
Jos Dronkers of Summerlanders for Sensible Development said the petition, which was started in December, 2016, now has 3,159 opposing signatures, with 2,599 from Summerland residents.
The petition includes written and online responses.
Of the 2,828 signatures on the written form, 2,388 are from Summerland addresses, 418 are from outside the community and 12 do not have addresses provided.
Of 319 online responses, 166 of those with names provided are from Summerland and 110 are from outside the community. There are also 43 anonymous responses to the online petition.
In a report to municipal council, Jeremy Denegar, director of corporate services with the municipality said the written petition meets the requirements of the Community Charter and provincial government standards, but the online petition does not.
A statistical analysis, prepared by Ryan Persaud Consulting Group, states that only 64 per cent of the signatures are usable. Others have nonexistent addresses, are duplicates, are from outside the community or are not legible.
The statistical analysis was prepared for the municipality in support of the developer.
While council is receiving the petition pages and the letters of support, the signatures do not necessarily determine the outcome of the council decision on the development.