Agenda Package - City of Vernon

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VERNON 

AGENDA 

REGULAR OPEN MEETING OF COUNCIL 

COUNCIL CHAMBERS 

CITY HALL 

MONDAY 

July 26,2010 

At 1:30 pm 

Gouncil 

Mayor W. Lippert 

Councillor B. Baumbrough 

Councillor S. Lee 

Councillor M. O'Keefe 

Councillor J. Gilroy 

Councillor P. Nicol 

Councillor B. Spiers 

For Enquiries 

Telephone: (250) 545-1361 

www.vernon.ca


AGENDA 

REGULAR OPEN MEETING OF COUNCIL 

C¡TY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER 

MONDAY, JULY 26,2010 

AT 8:40 AM 

1. 

2. 

CALL TO ORDER 

RESOLUTION TO CLOSE MEETING 

A. BE lT RESOLVED that the meeting be closed to the public in 

accordance with Section 90 (a), (d), (e), and (k), of the 

Community Charter. 

3. 

ADJOURN TO OPEN COUNCIL AT 1:30 PM 

AGENDA 

MINUTES 

DELEGATION - HOWARD 

HOUSE SOCTETY (P. 17) 

RONALD MALLETT - 

DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE 

PERMIT APPL¡CATION FOR 

LOT 1, PLAN KAP69591, DL 6, 

o.D.Y.D. (8341 OKANAGAN 

LANDTNG ROAD) (P.27ì- 

4. 

5. 

A. THAT the Agenda for the July 26, 2010 Regular Open 

Meeting of Council be adopted as circulated. 

ADOPTION OF MINUTES AND RECEIPT OF PUBLIC 

HEARING RECORD 

A. THAT the minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held 

July 12,2010 be adopted; (P. 10) 

AND FURTHER, and the minutes of the Committee of the 

Whole Meeting of Council held July 12,2010, be received. 

GENERAL MATTERS 

A. Ms. Barb Levesque, Executive Director 

John Howard Society of the North Okanagan, re: Proposed 

Redevelopment of Howard House Site - 2307 43'd Street 

B. THAT Council approve the Development Variance Permit 

(DVP) application submitted Ronald Mallett to vary the 

Streamside Protection and Enhancement Area (SPEA) 

setback from 30.0m to 15.0m in order to construct a single 

family residential development on the property at 8341 

Okanagan Landing Road, subject to the following conditions: 

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a) The owner is to have an engineer confirm whether or 

not there is a low point in Okanagan Landing Road 

adjacent to the subject property. lf a low point is 

identified, a storm main design and location shall be 

required and the owner is to register a 3.0 metre 

statutory right of way in favour of the City of Vernon; and 

b) The site, elevation and SPEA planting plans shall be 

attached to the DVP as "Schedule 4". 

Public lnput- DVP ffi0198 

(¡) Public lnput on Development Variance Permit #00198 to 

vary the Streamside Protection and Enhancement Area 

(SPEA) setback from 30.0m to 15.0m in order to 

construct a single family residential development of the 

property at 8341 Okanagan Landing Road. 

o Presentation from Porter, Ramsay, Barristers & 

Solicitors, on behalf of Ronald Mallett, applicant. 

(P.421 

(¡¡) THAT Council authorizes the Corporate Officer to issue 

Development Variance Permit Number 00198 to Ronald 

Mallett to vary the Streamside Protection and 

Enhancement Area (SPEA) setback from 30.0m to 

15.0m in order to construct a single family residential 

development on the property at 8341 Okanagan 

Landing Road, once all conditions of Council have been 

met. 

UPDATE ON THE PARKING 

COMPONENT OF THE CITY 

CENTRE NEIGHBOURHOOD 

PLAN (P. 60) 

REGIONAL GROWTH 

STRATEGY WORKING 

GROUP 

RECOMMENDATTONS (P. 74) 

6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 

(i) Memo dated July 16, 2010, from Mr. Chris Ulmer, Long 

Range Planner, re: Update on Parking Component of 

the City Centre Neighbourhood Plan. 

(a) Letter dated July 7, 2010, from Mr. Tom Nolan, 

Nolan's Pharmasave. (P. 73) 

(¡¡) THAT Council fon¡rrard the report dated July 16, 2010 

from Mr. Chris Ulmer, Long Range Planner, regarding 

the Regional Grovuth Strategy Working Group 

Recommendations, to the Regional Growth Strategy 

Coordinator at the Regional District of North Okanagan. 

7. MATTERS REFERRED: COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND 

IN.CAMERA 

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8. NEW BUSINESS 

A. Correspondence: 

MURAL MAINTENANCE 

FUND (P. 116) 

TEEN JUNCTION FUNDING 

(P.1221 

BILL 11, THE 

M ISCELLANEOUS STATUTES 

AMENDMENT ACT (NO.2) 

2010: IMPLICATIONS FOR 

THE REGIONAL GROWTH 

STRATEGY PROCESS 

(P. 128) 

DROUGHT RESPONSE TEAM 

(P.1321 

(¡) Letter dated July 6, 2010, from Ms. Ruth Hoyte, 

President, Downtown Vernon Association, re: Mural 

Maintenance Fund, request for authorization for $30,000 

expenditure. 

(¡¡) Letter dated July 12, 2010, from Mr. Al McNiven, 

General Manager, Parks, Recreation and Culture, 

Regional District of North Okanagan re: Teen Junction 

Funding. 

(¡¡i) Letter dated July 14, 2010, from Mr. Anthony Kittel, 

Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator, Regional District 

of North Okanagan re: Bill 11, the Miscellaneous 

Statues Amendment Act (No.2) 2010: lmplications for 

the Regional Growth Strategy Process. 

(¡v) Email dated July 13, 2010, from Mr. Arnold Batke, GM 

Engineering, Regional District of North Okanagan, re: 

Drought Response Team - Request for Representative 

from the City of Vernon. 

B. Reports: 

CITY CENTRE DRAFT 

TRANSPORTATION 

STRATEGY (P. 136) 

(¡) THAT Council endorse the Draft Transportation 

Strategy, as presented in the report dated July 16,2010, 

from Mr. Chris Ulmer, Long Range Planner; 

AND FURTHER, that Council authorize staff to work 

with BC Transit on the design of the transit terminus at 

the proposed location on 31 Avenue. 

CRYSTAL VIANA AND 

ALEXIS MURRAY - ALR 

EXCLUSION APPLICATION 

FOR LOT 1, DL 68, PLAN 

18017, ODYD (5862 BELLA 

vrsTA RoAD) (P. 160) 

(¡¡) THAT Council support the application submitted by 

Crystal Viana and Alexis Murray to exclude Lot 1, DL 68, 

Plan 18017, ODYD (5862 Bella Vista Road) from the 

ALR as the property is fragmented and surrounded by 

urban scale residential development, is bisected by a 

designated future roadway and has marginal soil 

conditions for growing crops. 

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BRETT ALLINGHAM AND 

BLAINE NYIRFA - ALR 

EXCLUSION APPLICATION 

FOR LOT 1, DL 68, PLAN 

42105, ODYD (5940 SKWIEW 

ROADXP.187) 

0884042 BC LTD. - LAND 

USE CONTRACT DISCHARGE 

APPLICATION FOR LOT 11, 

sEc. 27,TWP.9, PLAN 27573, 

oDYD (1325 POLSON 

DR|VEXP.217l 


(¡¡¡) THAT Council not support the application submitted by 

Brett Allingham and Blaine Nyirfa to exclude a portion of 

Lot 1, DL 68, Plan 42105, ODYD (5940 Skyview Road) 

from the ALR as the property is suitable for agricultural 

uses, is located contiguous to other lands in the ALR 

and is contrary to the ALR Exclusion Policy supported in 

principle by Council at its Regular Meeting of February 

23,2009. 

(¡v) THAT Council support the application submitted by 

officials oÍ 0884042 BC Ltd. to discharge Land Use 

Contract P2811 and Land Use Contract Modification 

KC83320 from the title of Lot 1 1, Sec. 27,Iwp. 9, Plan 

27573, ODYD (1325 Polson Drive) so that the 

underlying l1 Light lndustrial zone governs the 

development and use on the property; 

AND FURTHER, that a Land Use Contract Discharge 

Bylaw be prepared for Council's consideration. 

REZONING TWELVE 

PROPERTIES FROM 12 - 

AIRPORT ¡NDUSTRIAL TO RR 

- RURAL RESIDENTIAL FOR 

6309 -6473,6535 AND 6545 

OKANAGAN LANDING ROAD 

(P.2271 

(v) THAT Council support the rezoning of the following 

twelve properties from 12 - Airport lndustrial to RR - 

Rural Residential: 

1. Lot 1, Plan 23913, D.L. 66-67, O.D.Y.D. 

(6309 Okanagan Landing Road) 

2. Lot2, Plan 23913, D.L.66-67, O.D.Y.D. 






5. Lot 1, Plan 25314, D.L. 62&67, O.D.Y.D. 


6. Lot 1, Plan 11091, D.L. 62, O.D.Y.D. 


7. Lot2, Plan 11091, D.L.62, O.D.Y.D. 


8. Lot 3, Plan 1 1091 , D.L. 62, O.D.Y.D. 


9. Plan 85356, O.D.Y.D., PT Lot 7 D.L. 62, Plan 1707 


10. Lot 4,Plan 9738, D.L.62, O.D.Y.D. 






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SOIL REMOVAL AND 

DEPOSITION BYLAW 

UPDATE (P. 243',) 


(vi) THAT Council endorse the new Soil Removal and 

Deposition Bylaw in its entirety which applies to all lands 

within the City of Vernon such that a permit would be 

required for the removal or deposition of 10 cubic meters 

or more of soil per parcel of land per calendar year; 

AND FURTHER, that Council endorse the proposed 

amendment to Vernon's Municipal Ticketing lnformation 

(MTl) System Bylaw No.5050, 2006 in accordance with 

the proposed Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw, 

providing delegated authorities with the authority to 

issue fines of up to $500iday for offenses. 

SPIRIT OF BC COUNCIL 

GoMMTTTEE (P. 275) 

(vii) THAT Council dissolve the Spirit of BC Committee as 

the main objective of the Committee regarding building 

excitement and community involvement in the 2010 

Olympic/Paralympic Games, has been achieved. 

9. LEGISLATIVE MATTERS 

Bvlaws: 

ADOPTION 

(¡) THAT Bylaw #5243, "Bella Vista West Neighbourhood 

Plan Plan Vernon Amendment Bylaw Number 5243, 

2010" a bylaw to add the Bella Vista West 

Neighbourhood Plan to the Official Community Plan, be 

adopted. (City of Vernon) (P.2821 

(¡¡) THAT Bylaw #5269, "Fees and Charges Amendment 

Bylaw Number 5269, 2010" - a bylaw to amend fees and 

charges to accommodate charging applicable taxes, and 

amending parking rates, be adopted. (City of Vernon) 

(P. 312) 

(¡¡¡) **THAT Bylaw #5239, "Lot A, Plan K4P62807, District Lot 

298, O.D.Y.D. (Tavistock Road) Rezoning Amendment 

Bylaw Number 5239, 2010" - a bylaw to rezone the 

subject property from "RM1 - Row Housing Residential' 

to "R2 - Large Lot Residential", be adopted. (Tavistock 

Properties Lfd. XP. 31 5) 

*"Conditional on the adoption of "Bella Vista West 

Neighbourhood PIan Plan Vernon Amendment Bylaw 

Number 5243,2010". 

FIRST, SECOND & THIRD 

READINGS 

(¡v) THAT Bylaw #5271, 'Smith Creek Sanitary Trunk Main 

Latecomer Charge Bylaw Number5271, 2010" - a bylaw 

to impose a One Day Latecomer Bylaw, for excess and 

extended sanitary sewer service provided by the Smith 

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Creek Trunk Main extension funded jointly by Predator 

Ridge Developments Ltd., Sparkling Hill and the City of 

Vernon, be read a first, second and third time. (P. 318) 

FIRST & SECOND READINGS 

AND PUBLIC HEARING DATE 

(v) THAT Bylaw #5270 "1325 Polson Drive Land Use Contract 

Number 2733, 1978, (P2811) Discharge Bylaw Number 

5270,2010" - a bylaw to authorize the discharge of Land 

Use Contract Bylaw Number 2733, 1978, be read a first 

and second time; 

AND FURTHER, that the Public Hearing for Bylaw #5270 

be scheduled for Monday, August 9, 2010, at 5:30 pm, in 

Council Chambers. (0884042 B.C. Ltd.) (P.3221 

(v¡) THAT Bylaw #5272, "6309 6473, 6535 and 6545 

Okanagan Landing Road Rezoning Amendment Bylaw 

Number 5272, 2010" - a bylaw to rezone the subject 

properties from "12 - Airport lndustrial" to "RR - Rural 

Residential", be read a first and second time; 

AND FURTHER, that the Public Hearing for Bylaw #5272 

be scheduled for Monday, September 13,2010, at 5:30 

pm, in Council Chambers. (C¡ty of Vernon) (P. 325) 

PUBLIC HEARING DATE 

RESCIND, FIRST, SECOND & 

THIRD READINGS 

(vii) THAT the Public Hearing for Bylaw #5241, '3097 Davison 

Road (City of Vernon), Rezoning Amendment Bylaw 

Number 5241" - a bylaw to rezone the subject property 

from 'A1 - Agricultural' to 'A3 - Rural Small Holdings', be 

scheduled for Monday, August 9, 2010 at 5:30 pm, in 

Council Chambers. (City of Vernon)(P. 330) 

(viii) THAT Bylaw #5122, '6650 Okanagan Avenue Plan 

Vernon Amendment Bylaw - a bylaw to redesignate the 

subject properties from Residential - Low Density to 

Residential - Medium Density be rescinded at first and 

second and third readings, as per Council policy 

"Bylaws-lnactive"; 

AND FURTHER, that the applicant be advised to resubmit 

their application to Planning, Development and 

Engineering Services, when they are ready to proceed 

with the project. ISMD,XP. 333) 

o Our letter dated June 17,2010, to SMD lnvestments 

lnc. re: SMD lnvestments lnc. - OCP Amendment, 

Rezoning and Development Variance Permit 

Applications for Lot 1, D.L. 62, Plan 9807, O.D.Y.D. 

(6650 Okanagan Avenue). (P. 336) 

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(¡x) THAT Bylaw #5121, "6650 Okanagan Avenue Rezoning 

Amendment Bylaw" - a bylaw to rezone the subject 

property from A3 - Rural Small Holdings to RM1 Row 

Housing Residential, in order to construct a 48 townhouse 

project be rescinded at first and second and third 

readings, as per Council policy "Bylaws-lnactive"; 




with the project. (SMD) (P. 339) 

(x) THAT Bylaw #5147, '6650 Okanagan Avenue Housing 

Agreement Bylaw Number 5147, 2008" - a bylaw to 

authorize a housing agreement, be rescinded at first and 

second and third readings, as per Council policy 

"Bylaws-lnactive"; 




with the project. (SMD) (P.3421 

10. 

11. 

12. 

COUNCIL INFORMATION UPDATES 

A. Mayor and Councillors Reports. 

CLOSE OF MEETING 

INFORMATION ITEMS 

A. Letter dated July 6, 2010, from Mr. Glenn Mandziuk, Chief 

Executive Officer, Thompson Okanagan Tourism 

Association, re: Followup on 2010 SILGA AGM & 

Convention. (P. 355) 

B. Letter dated July 14,2010, from Mr. Anthony Kittel, Regional 

Growth Strategy Coordinator, Regional District of North 

Okanagan, re: Regional Growth Strategy Update: May 11, 

2010. (P. 357) 

C. Letter dated July 14,2010, from Mr. Anthony Kittel, Regional 


Okanagan, re: Youth Survey Results (P. 360) 

D. Letter dated July 14,2010, from Mr. Anthony Kittel, Regional 


Okanagan, re: Age-Friendly Survey Outcomes (P. 388) 

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E. Minutes from the following Committees of Council: 

(¡) Communities in Bloom, June 11 (P. 435) 

(¡¡) Heritage Advisory Committee, June 17 (P. 439) 

(¡¡¡) Advisory Planning Board, June 29 (P.4421 

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M¡NUTES OF A REGULAR OPEN MEETING OF COUNCIL 

HELD MONDAY, JULY 12,2010 

PRESENT: Acting Mayor Nicol (Mayor Lippert, absent) 

Councillors: B. Spiers, B. Baumbrough, 

S. Lee, M. O'Keefe (J. Gilroy, absent) 

Staff: L. Gous, Chief Administrative Officer 

M. Bailey, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer 

S. Blakely, Acting Corporate Officer 

K. Bertles, Manager, Finance 

K. Flick, Manager, Planning & Building Services 

E. Harvie, Manager, Vernon Safe Communities 

R. Borisenko, Vernon Safe Com., Program Coordinator 

R. Dickinson, Manager, Engineering Services 

RESOLUTION TO CLOSE 

MEETING 

Acting Mayor Nicol called the meeting to order at 8:40 am. 

Moved by Councillor Lee, seconded by Councillor Baumbrough: 

BE lT RESOLVED that the meeting be closed to the public in 

accordance with Section 90 (d), and (e), of the Community 

Chafter. 

CARRIED. 

Acting Mayor Nicol called the adjourned meeting back to order at 

l:30 pm. 

PRESENT: Acting Mayor Nicol (Mayor Lippert, absent) 

Councillors: B. Spiers, B. Baumbrough, 

S. Lee, M. O'Keefe (J. Gilroy, absent) 

Staff: 

L. Gous, Chief Administrative Officer 

S. Blakely, Acting Corporate Officer 

J. Anderson, Records Goordinator 

K. Bertles, Manager, Finance 

D. Rintoul, Planner 

D. Strachan, Planning Assistant* 

E. Stranks, Manager, Engineering Development 

A. Watson, MunicipalTransportation Tech lll* 

G. Thompson, Municipal FinancialTech lll" 

S. Koenig, Manager, Operation Services" 

A. Tishenko, Manager, Fleet Services* 

*attended as required 

Others: News Media and General Public 

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ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA: 

APPROVAL OF ITEMS LISTED ON 

THE AGENDA 

Moved by Councillor Lee, seconded by Councillor Spiers: 

THAT the Agenda for the Monday, July 12, 2010 Regular Open 

meeting of the Council of The Corporation of The City of Vernon 

be adopted. 

CARRIED. 

ADOPTION OF MINUTES: 

COUNCIL MEETINGS 

Moved by Councillor Baumbrough, seconded by Councillor Spiers: 

THAT the wording of ltem c) of a resolution on Page 4 of the 

minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council held June 28, 2010 

relating to e Development Variance Permit Application by 

Omicron AEC be amended as highlighted: 

c) That the landscape plan illustrate there is to be additional 

plantings within the boulevard area along 25 Avenue and 

43 Street and that a row of trees within the Water 

Reclamation Plant (WRP) property and along the western 

fence of the transit facility site are to be installed. And 

that the landscape plan is to be attached to and is to form part 

of the Development Variance Permit as Schedule 'A'. 

AND FURTHER that the minutes of the Regular Meeting of 

Council held June 28,2010 be adopted as amended; 

AND FURTHER, that the minutes of the Public lnput and Public 

Hearing meetings held June 28,2010, be adopted; 

AND FURTHER, that the minutes of the Special Committee of the 

Whole Meeting of Council held June 25,2010, be received; 

AND FURTHER, that the minutes of the Commiüee of the Whole 

Meeting of Council held June 28,2010, be received. 

CARRIED. 

GENERAL MATTERS: 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS 

MATTERS REFERRED FROM COM]i'IITTEE OF THE WHOLE - 

Julv 12. 2010 

. 2O1O ANNUAL UBCM 

CONVENTION 

Moved by Gouncillor Baumbrough, seconded by Councillor Lee: 

THAT Council ratifies and confirms the following resolution 

adopted at the July 12,2010 Committee of the Whole meeting 

of Council: 

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'THAT Council approves the attendance and related expenses 

for Mayor Lippert, and Councillors Gilroy, O'Keefe, and Lee to 

attend the 2010 UBCM Conference to be held in Whistler from 

September 27 - October 1, 2010.' 

. SAFE COMMUNITIES - 

RURAL PROGRAMS 

COORDINATOR POSITION 

CARRIED. 

Moved by Councillor O'Keefe, seconded by Councillor Lee: 

THAT Council ratifies and confirms the following resolution 

adopted at the July 12,2010 Committee of the Whole meeting of 

Council: 

'THAT Council authorize the extension of the existing 

agreements for the Rural Program Coordinator's position 

with the District of Coldstream, Village of Lumby, Township 

of Spallumcheen, City of Enderby and City of Armstrong, for 

a five month period (December 31, 2010); 

AND FURTHER, that Council refers the mafter of the 

Community Policing Rural Program to the Nofth Okanagan 

Mayor's and Administrator's meeting fo drscuss the potential 

for an intermunicipal agreement between the parties.' 

CARRIED. 

NEW BUSINESS 

CORRESPONDENGE: 

REGIONAL GROWTH STRATEGY 

POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS: 

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL 

LANDS, AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

AND TRANSPORTATION AND 

INFRASTRUCTURE 

(6970-21) 

Moved by Councillor Baumbrough, seconded by Councillor O'Keefe: 

THAT Council refers the letter dated May 20, 2010, from Mr. 

Anthony Kittel, Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator, Regional 

District of North Okanagan, regarding Regional Growth Strategy 

Policy Recommendations: Environment and Natural Lands, 

Affordable Housing and Transportation and lnfrastructure, to the 

Manager, Planning & Building for review and submission of a 

report back to Council regarding input. 

CARRIED. 

OKANAGAN FILM COMMISS¡ON - Moved by Councillor Lee, seconded by Councillor Baumbrough: 

NOTICE OF W¡THDRAWAL 

(0482-01,0230-36) THAT Council advises the North Okanagan Regional District that 

the Notice of Withdrawal for the Okanagan Film Commission, as 

of December 31, 2010 has been rescinded; 

AND FURTHER, that Council gives Notice of Withdrawal for the 

Okanagan Film Commission as of December 31,2011, pursuant 

to Section 9 of the "Okanagan Film Commission Grant Service 

Establishment Bylaw No. 2151,2006'which requires notice prior 

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to September 1"t of the given year thereby taking effect 

December 31't of the following year. 

CARRIED. 

FUNDING REQUEST MIDGET 

GIRLS FASTBALL PROVINCIAL 

CHAMPIONSHIPS 

(0540-25, 1850-01) 

Moved by Councillor Spiers, seconded by Councillor Baumbrough: 

THAT Council supports the recommendation from the Finance 

Committee, that Council not support the funding request 

submitted by the Midget Girls Fastball Team to assist in attending 

their provincial championships in North Delta, as they do not fit 

the necessary grant criteria. 

CARRIED. 

REPORTS: 

LATECOMER BYLAW - SMITH 

CREEK SANITARY TRUNK MAIN 

(2250-711 

Moved by Councillor Baumbrough, seconded by Councillor O'Keefe: 

THAT Council initiate a one day Latecomer Bylaw, as per Section 

939 of the Local Government Act, for excess and extended 

sanitary sewer service provided by the Smith Creek Trunk Main 

extension funded jointly by Predator Ridge Developments Ltd., 

Sparkling Hilland the City of Vemon. 

CARRIED. 

Councillor O'Keefe declared conflict of interest in the following matter, 

as her srsfer is a shareholder in Morning Glory Esfafes property, which 

is affected by this Neighbourhood Plan. Councillor O'Keefe left the 

meeting at 1:49 pm. 

BELLA VISTA WEST 

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN - 

PROPOSED NEIGHBOURHOOD 

PLAN 

(ocP00037) 


THAT Council receives the public input provided, endorse the 

proposed Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan and consider 

Third Reading to Bylaw #5243. 


THAT Council amends the motion to include the trails proposed 

by the Sage Bay property owners be identified on the Bella Vista 

West Neighbourhood Plan. 

CARRIED. 

THE QUESTION WAS CALLED ON THE MAIN MOTION, AS 

AMENDED, AND DECLARED CARRIED. 


THAT 

Bylaw 

pursuant to Part lll, Section 11 of Council Procedure 

Number 4840, 2004, Bylaw #5243, "Bella Vista West 

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Neighbourhood Plan Plan Vernon Amendment Bylaw Number 

5243,2010" be moved ahead on the agenda. 

CARRIED. 

THIRD READING 

Moved by Councillor Baumbrough, seconded by Councillor Spiers: 

THAT Bylaw #5243, "Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan Plan 

Vernon Amendment Bylaw Number 5243,2010" - a bylaw to add 

the Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan to the Official 

Community Plan, be amended to identify the trails proposal by 

the Sage Bay property owners; 

AND FURTHER, that Bylaw #5243, "Bella Vista West 

Neighbourhood Plan Plan Vernon Amendment Bylaw Number 

5243, 2010' a bylaw to add the Bella Vista West 

Neighbourhood Plan to the Official Community Plan, be read a 

third time, as amended. (City of Vernon) 

CARRIED. 

Councillor O'Keefe returned to the meeting at 1:57 pm' 

VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT 

REPLACEMENT PROCUREMENT 

POLICY 

(1280-021 

Moved by councillor Baumbrough, seconded by councillor o'Keefe: 

THAT Council adopt the Vehicle and Equipment Replacement 

Procurement Policy, as shown in Appendix A. of the report dated 

June 30, 2010, from Mr. Alex Tishenko, Manager, Fleet Services. 

CARRIED. 

LEGISLATIVE MATTERS: 

BYLAWS: 

ADOPTION 

Moved by Councillor Lee, seconded by Councillor O'Keefe: 

THAT Bylaw #5258, 'Fleming Road Local Area Service 

Establishment Bylaw No. 5258, 2010' - a bylaw to establish a 

local service area for the purpose of providing sanitary sewer 

Service to benefit the local service area on a portion of Fleming 

Road and Bella Vista Road, be adopted. 

CARRIED. 

THIRD READING 

Moved by councillor Baumbrough, seconded by councillor o'Keefe: 

GARRIED. 

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Moved by Councillor O'Keefe, seconded by Councillor Baumbrough: 

THAT Bylaw #5256, "1808 and 1812 14t¡' Avenue Rezoning 

Amendment Bylaw Number 5256, 2010" - a bylaw to rezone the 

subject property from "R3 - Medium Lot Residential" to "R5 -Four- 

Plex Residential", be read a third time. (Cornerstone Enterprises 

Ltd.) 

CARRIED. 

FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD 

READINGS 


THAT Bylaw #5269, "Fees and Charges Amendment Bylaw 

Number 5269, 2010" - a bylaw to amend fees and charges to 

accommodate charging applicable taxes, and amending parking 

rates, be read a first, second and third time. 

CARRIED. 

COUNCIL INFORMATION UPDATES: 

COUNCILLOR BUFFY BAUMBROUGH 

Councillor Baumbrough, provided a verbal report on the following 

matters: 

OKANAGAN BASIN WATER 

BOARD (OBWB) 

COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM 

COMMITTEE 

. OBWB last week - lengthy discussion with respect to the 

moratorium on reservoir lake properties 

. Communities in Bloom Committee working hard in anticipation of 

judges' arrival next Monday, July 19, 2010, with judging taking 

place on Tuesday, July 20,2010 

COUNCILLOR SHAWN LEE 

Councillor Lee, provided a verbal report on the following matters: 

OKANAGAN REGIONAL LIBRARY . Successful Alternate Approval Process through the RDNO for 

borrowing for the construction of the new library 

o Next step for the Okanagan Regional Library Board is to hire an 

architect 

PITCH IN AND KEEP IT CLEAN 

. While running in Polson Park, noted that individuals were picking 

up cans, etc. in the park and acknowledged individuals and 

organizations that were pitching in and keeping our environment 

clean, whether it was the park or "adopted" portions of the 

highway 

ACTING MAYOR PATRICK NIGOL 

Acting Mayor Nicol, provided a verbal report on the following matters: 

MOBILE COMMAND UNIT 

o Mobile Command Unit was on display and in use at the Funtastic 

Tournament 

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RCMP 

CANADA DAY 

REGULAR OPEN MEET¡NG OF COUNCIL MONDAY. JULY 12. 2O1O 

. Policing has been funded to a full complement and, as a result, 

we now have a designated downtown patrol and municipal traffic 

detail with RCMP support 

. Thanked everyone for the wonderful job done on Canada Day 

celebrations in Polson Park 

, Sonja Gaudet, Josh Dueck, and lna Fonest were inducted as 

Most Valuable People 

INFORMATION ITEMS: 

Council received the following information items: 

A. Minutes from the following Committees of Council: 

(i) Advisory Planning Board, June 17 ,2010 

(ii) Finance Committee, June 17,2010 

CLOSE 

CLOSE OF MEETING: 

Acting Mayor Nicol closed the Regular Open Meeting of the Council of 

the Corporation of the City of Vernon at 2:10 pm. 

CERTIFIED GORREGT: 

Patrick Nicol 

Acting Mayor 

Susan Blakely 

Acting Corporate Officer 

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Addictions Recovery Program (g beds) 

WorkFirst Employment Program 

Administration offices for Gateway Shelter and 

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REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL 

SUBMITTED BY: 

SUBJECT: 

Dean Strachan, Planning Assistant DATE: June 10,2010 

FILE: DVP00198 

RONALD MALLETT DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMIT 

APPL|CATION FOR LOT 1, PLAN KAP69591, DL 6, O.D.Y.D. (8341 

OKANAGAN LANDING ROAD) 

PURPOSE: 

To review the Development Variance Permit application submitted by Ronald Mallett to 

vary the Streamside Protection and Enhancement Area (SPEA) setback from. 30.0m to 

15.0m in order to construct a single family residential development of the property at 8341 

Okanagan Landing Road. 

RECOMMENDATION: 

That Council approve the Development Variance Permit (DVP) application -submitted 

Ronald Malleft tä'vary the Streamside Protection and Enhancement Area (SPEA) setback 

from 30.0m to 15.0min orderto construct a single family residential development on the 

property at 8341 Okanagan Landing Road, subject to the following conditions: 

a) The owner is to have an engineer confirm whether or not there is a low point in 

Okanagan Landing Road adjaient to the subject property. lf a low point is identified, 

a stonñ main design and location shall be required and the owner is to register a 3'0 

metre statutory rignt of way in favour of the city of vernon; and 

b) The site, elevation and SPEA planting plans shall be attached to the DVP as 

"Schedule 4". 

AND FURTHER that council authorize the city clerk to issue the Development Variance 

Permit once the condition has been met. 

ALTERNATIVES & IMPLIGATIONS: 

1. Council may support the variance application subject to additional conditions or subject 

to conditionê other than the conditions recommended by staff' 

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ANALYSIS: 

A. Committee/Board Recommendations: 

At its meeting of August 18, 2009, the Environmental Development Review Group 

passed the following requirements and recommendations: 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

SPEA setback variance is supported, subject to points 2-6, identified below, 

being addressed. 

The rationale for not removing the retaining wall is not supported' A 

geotechnical review of the rationále is required to be submitted by a qualified 

f,rofessional. lf the retaining wall section can be removed without creation of 

ioil stability issues, the seðtion of the t taining wall is to be removed. Other 

mitigation measu 

which will alleviate the issues of soil 

comìpaction, wee slope erosio-n. identified in the July 10, 

200é RAR Asses 

g removal of the retaining wall' 

Rocks, riprap or other materials are not to be placed on the lakeshore side of 

the retaining wall as this may constitute infill on crown land' 

Plants shown as intended to be planted over the statutory right of way are to be 

removed from the plan and alternative placement of these stems is to be 

identified. lf insufficient area remains to accommodate the required 

.orp"nr"tion planting, a revised RAR Variance submission is to be created for 

review. 

confirmation of vegetation survival to a success rate of 80% after 3 years is 

required. 

Progress reports during and following constru.gtiol are to be submitted by a 

euãiReO Environmentãl Professional as outlined in the RAR Assessment 

Report. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

The Environmental Development Review Group (EDRG) has suppôrted the 

SPEA setback variance from 30.0 metres to 15.0 metres (See Figure 6)' 

The property owner has provided a building design that includes a side entry 

gäoö".'Thié will énrur" ihat vehicles backing out of the garage do not back 

ãir""ity onto Okanagan Landing Road (see Figures 2 and 5). 

The property owner will hire an engineel !o rwiew the storm drainage from 

òX"n"g"n ianOing Road. lf the rev¡ew identifies required storm works' the 

owner will be required to provide designs and register a statutory right-of-way 

over the required works ( See Figures 1,2,3 and 4)' 

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4. The proposed home is set far enough back from the rear property line that the 

view-corridors from adjacent properties should not be adversely impacted (see 

Figure 7). The view lines from the adjacent property to the west at 8348 

Oianagan Landing Road are limited by trees on the west and by a home at 

8337 Okanagan Landing Road to the east. The adjacent property to the east at 

8337 Okanagan Landing Road will not have its views impacted by the proposed 

development. 

c. 

Attachments: 

1. Figure 1 - Property Location plan. 

2. Figure 2 - Site Plan. 

3. Figure 3 - 

4. Figure 4 5. Figure 5 - 

6. Figure 6 - 

7. Figure 7 - 

Aerial photo of property. 

Aerial photo of property (smaller scale)' 

Proposed building elevations. 

Riparian Areas Regulation Assessment Report, September 22,2009. 

Aerial photo of property with proposed home view corridors. 

D. 

Strateqic Plan Obiectives: 

This development variance permit application involves the following objectives in 

Council's Strategic Plan: 

E. 

Policv (Existinq/Relevance/None): 

The property is zoned R6 - 

Lakeshore Residential' 

F. 

Relevant Histo¡v: 

At its Regular Meeting of Council on January 25, 2010 Council denied the 

Development Variance Permit application (DVP00148) that included the SPEA 

setback variance from 30.0m to 15.0m. 

tJ. 

Applicant's Response: 

The applicant has been provided with a copy of the staff report for review and the 

opportunity to provide Councilwith comments concerning the report. 

H. 

Reasons for Bvlaw: 

N/A 

t. 

Resources: 

N/A 

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Prepared by: 

submission to Council: 

Dean Strachan, 

Division Manager 

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Trumbley Environmental Consulting Ltd 

Attn: Brook Marshall and EDRG 

Citv of Vcrnon 

34óo-30th street 

Vemon, B.C. VIT 586 

September 22,2009 

Re: summa ry o|*DVP Apptication Rìpatiøn Areas Regulalion, AprìI28,2009",in 

iÀpoo* to dunc n."o.-endations, Januarx 22' 2W 

low, conespond with ttre aforementioned report' 

ED RG Req uireme nts and Reco mmendalíons : 

L SPEA setbøck vorfance ¡rom 30m fo 15m ìs supporled ut this tímc' (Subiect to poinß 

2-6 beíng addressed) 

The QEP has worked with the landowner to decrease the residence fooçrint as well 

as to develop a plan to naturalize the SPEA' 

. The landowner originally requeste.d a SPEA of lom (DVP Applicatio¡' 

RAR Septemaer zùzoog, paç 6, Figure 3) which did not encroach into the 

stormwater or sewer easement' 

r The fooþrint was attcred to accommodate a l5m SPEA which included 

encroachment into the stormwater easement (DVP Application, RAR 

SePtember 22,2009, Page 4, Figure l)' 

. The footprint wa, uguin ¡tereä to iL final dimensions of 384'7m2 which 

utilizes the released sewer easement but does not encroach into the 

stormÌvater easement. The proposed SPEA of l5m is requested (DVP 

Application, RAR Scptember 22,2009, page I l ' 

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2. The røtianøle for not rcnoving the A geotechnicøI 

review of the ratÍonale ís re{uired 

professional..If 

the retaining wall seúìon ian be re 

fo soil stabìW 

iss¿es, lhe sectiotn of rhe retaìning wall ìs to be ¡emaved. olher mitþation 

mctsurcs can bi-tititemente¿ wn¡in wíll allevìate the issues of soil, *rylcrio!' 

weed enuoachmen 

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Assessment Report 

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, Ãttachment 3 - ceotechnical 

Review) 

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the removal of the retaining wall wîtl result in localized soil stability' 

substantial erosion and the undermining of the neighbor's wall. A copy of 

thc letter is included as attachment 3' 

The QEP does not support the removal of the retaining watl at th¡s time' Potential 

impacts of the removäi of *re retaining wall are summarized belol'v (Section 6'0' 

pages 12to 16): 

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. Slope of parcel: The removal of th 

increase in sloPe from49io to 15% o 

Okanagan Lalie. Planted vegelation 

s,hich increåses the risk of slope fail 

. Soil Compaction: Heavy equipment used to rcmovc thc rvall and fill r*'ill result 

in soil ,o*puãon und t"åuô" plant sun'ival thus increasing the duration of 

exposed soil. (Page 14) 

. Dncroachment of'Weáds: Planted vegetation requires- time to establish and 

encroachmcnt of less desirable rvced species 

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including noxious varieties is of concern' (page l4) 

¡ Surface ãnd Rill Erosion: Until vegetation can establish.and effectively reduce 

erosion throrgl, *ninO water aciion, the influx of sediment rvould ultimately 

"ttd 

flou' into Okanagan Lalrc- (Page l4) 

¡ Re-contour the proærtr,: Due to a 5m elevation difference betu'een the 

foreshore un¿ Or.*ãgñLanding Road, difliculties rvould be encountered in 

. connccting rhe parcelio Okanagan Landing Road' (pageJÍì 

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property. An additional retainin 

ncoessary to stabilize the sloPe 

impacting the SPEA. This would i 

ofconcrete. (Page l4) 

3. Rocks. Rþrap o¡ other møteÌials are not to be placed o1 the lakeshore sìde of lhe 

retaìttíng woll as thís may constitute infiII oi C_ron1 Lønd. (DVP Application' 

Septcrnüer ZZ,Z¡Og,Options to Naturatize the SPEA, Section 6.0, page l5) 

. t lo angular rock will be placed on the lakeside of the retaining wall' 

4, plants shown ss intended to he planted over the stotunry Right of way .a-re 

lo^be 

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ed comPensúion Planling, a 

review. (DVPAPPlication, 

Septembcr22,2009, Section 5' page 7) 

o Table I and Figure I outlinc the revised planting plan. The location of the dock 

and access iuit lpuning stones) is included on the site plan. Trees will be 

planted at a recommended height of 2'0m' 

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5. ConftrnatÍon of vegerafion su¡tìval lo a success røte of 80% afier 3 yean ts 

,rquird. (DVP Application, September 22,2009, Section 5, page 8 ) 

. plantings will be monitored for a minimal survival rate of 80% after three years. 

6. Progress rcport durìng andlollowìng conslructìon are to be suhmìned by a Qualified 

Envirõnmental Prolessianal as outlìned k lhe RAR Assessmcnt Report 

o A Post Development Report documenting monitoring during and post 

construct¡on *ìU ¡u submined by the Qualified Environmental Professional as 

outlined in the RAR Assessment Report. 

lf you have any questions regarding the information contained ìn this letter, please feel 

frJc to contact the undersigned at your conver¡ience' 

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INTERNAL MEMORANDUM 

TO: 

PG: 

FROM: 

Mayor and Council 

Leon Gous, CAO 

Kim Flick, Manager, Planning and Building 

Chris Ulmer, Long Range Planner 

FILE: 6520-24 

DATE: July 16,2010 

SUBJECT: UPDATE ON PARKING COMPONENT OF THE CITY GENTRE NEIGHBOURHOOD 

PLAN 

The purpose of this memo is to present staff comments on the June 18, 2010 letter (attached) from the 

Downtown Vernon Association (DVA) regarding the ongoing development of the parking strategy. This 

letter was presented to Council at its Regular Meeting of June 28,2010. 

As paft of the ongoing planning process for the City Centre Plan, statf have been working with the 

Downtown Vernon Association and downtown merchants on the Parking Action Team to come up with 

a parking strategy for inclusion in the plan. The June 18 letter from the DVA summarizes their 

comments and suggested changes on the preliminary parking strategy presented to them by staff. 

The Downtown Vernon Association has been a tremendous resource and their time and dedication to 

the process is greatly appreciated. The input to date has produced a working document that largely 

reflects an agreement on the direction proposed to address parking concerns, A review of the 

Downtown Vernon Association's critique of the preliminary strategy indicates that there is a general 

agreement to the broad direction that has been proposed. A detailed review of the critique is provided 

below. 

It is noted that the draft transportation strategy for the City Centre Neighbourhood Plan also appears 

on this Council Agenda. That strategy includes the policy direction proposed for the parking section. 

As discussed within this memo, there is a general agreement on the overall direction of the strategy. 

Staff will continue to work with the DVA on developing more detailed action items that will be included 

in the lmplementation Strategy section of the Plan. 

Proposed Ghanges to Short Term Goals: 

1. Surveys - add that a full and complete inventory of Downtown parking should be conducted. 

One of the goals of the draft parking strategy is to monitor and evaluate the overall supply and 

demand of parking on an ongoing basis. ln order to accomplish this, a complete inventory will be 

created and updated. The focus to date has been on public parking resources, but the Downtown 

Vernon Association has suggested that future analyses should incorporate private parking lots. 

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2. Cash in Lieu of Parking - show reserve accumulations on parking financials. 

One of the strategies that has been put fonruard is the elimination of the parking exemption on 

commercial developments within the downtown commercial zones. lt is understood that many of the 

properties in the core are not capable of providing on site parking and, in some cases, it would not be 

desirable to have surface parking lots as part of the overall streetscape. The cash in lieu strategy 

requires the developer to contribute money to a fund dedicated to providing off site parking spaces in 

lieu of providing the development's required spaces on site. 

This strategy requires the creation of a dedicated fund for the sole purposes of reinvesting the money 

into the creation of additional parking spaces. These funds would certainly be illustrated on the parking 

financial report. 

3. Shared Use Parking - separate daytime and night parking as distinct categories of usage. 

This is included in the preliminary parking strategy and is intended to look at existing or proposed 

developments and identify opportunities where the types of uses that are within the individual or 

adjacent buildings could reasonably share the available parking spaces based on their typical usage 

times. For example, if a mixed use building proposed residential and office uses, there would be the 

potential to create a shared use parking plan that reduces the overall amount of parking spaces 

required as part of the development, based on the assumption that a percentage of the residential cars 

would be gone during the day, which is when the majority of office cars would require parking spaces. 

This is one example and there are others throughout the area that could be explored, such as the 

Performing Arts Centre parking lot and church parking lots, among other facilities that are only active 

at specific times. The strategy will only be successful if it is associated with land uses that require 

parking spaces at predictable hours of the day that do not conflict with one another. 

4. lmage - 

involve the public in selecting a parking mascot to be used in all educational campaigns. 

This is an excellent idea. The discussion in the preliminary parking strategy focused on the need to 

create a consistent brand image for parking, something that is recognizable and associated with 

downtown parking. Any involvement that the public can have in the process to create the mascot is a 

positive. This is something that can easily be added to the implementation strategy of the plan. 

5. Promotions - 

prize draws should be held to reward customers who use parking lots. 

As part of improved marketing and promotion of parking in the downtown, this may be a project that 

could be undertaken by the Downtown Vernon Association and its members as a way to increase 

promotion of the many businesses downtown. The City could assist in developing the promotional 

program as a partner with the Downtown Vernon Association. 

6. Management - a Parking Commission should be created to oversee the parking system. 

7. Management - two of the Commission's five members should be from the DVA. 

8. Management - all parking issues should be run through the Commission before going to Council. 

There is no doubt that the Downtoùvn Vernon Association has a vested interest in the long term 

viability of the downtown and will be a key stakeholder in decisions affecting not only parking matters, 

but planning initiatives in generalwithin the downtown core and the City Centre as a whole. 

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A critical component of the preliminary parking strategy and the success of the City Centre 

Neighbourhood Plan is the ongoing monitoring and implementation of the objectives and policies put 

forward. ln doing so, there will be an ongoing monitoring of the downtown parking supply and a 

prioritization of the strategic investments required to mitigate the future loss of parking spaces through 

redevelopment and road revitalization projects. The Downtown Vernon Association will be directly 

involved in these discussions through consultation efforts similar to the recent creation of the Parking 

Action Team. 

While the creation of a Downtown Parking Commission would contribute to the implementation of the 

City Centre Neighbourhood Plan, it could lead to additional districts seeking to form their own Parking 

Commission to address the variety of other parking issues the City is faced with. The additional costs 

and impacts on staff workloads that this could present may be problematic. This is not to suggest that 

this proposal should be abandoned, but rather that it should be addressed within a broader context 

than solely the downtown to fully address the potential impacts it may have. 

9. Meter Rates - 

10. Meter Rates - 

a 100% increase in meter rates in one year is unacceptable. 

revenue from a smaller increase should be reinvested in parking facilities. 

The preliminary strategy suggested increasing the hourly cost from $0.50 per hour to $1.00 along 30 

Avenue. The rationale behind the rate increase is related to the high occupancy rate of spaces along 

30 Avenue. The increased cost is in line with standard parking practices that attempt to price the 

spaces accordingly to ensure that users to do not stay for extended periods of time and that there is 

sufficient turnover of the most convenient parking spaces. 

This change was a recommendation from the 1998 parking study that suggested an initial increase 

from $0.30 per hourto the current $0.50 per hour, followed by an increase to $1.00 an hour in the 

following year, which was never undertaken. The preliminary strategy stated the rate increase would 

occur in the short term, but was not explicitly stated in the strategy that the increase would be tied 

directly to a reinvestment of the additional revenues into necessary acquisition or construction of 

additional parking facilities. The increase in rates is not feasible unless they are directly tied to 

improving the management of the overall parking system. 

11. Reduced Time Limits - 

reducing meter parking to 60 minutes along 30 Avenue is unacceptable. 

This suggested change is directly related to the increase in rates. Pricing and time limits are tools to 

help better manage the availability of the most convenient parking spaces. At the time of the 1998 

parking study it was recommended that all spaces remain at 60 minutes, however the results were that 

the majority of downtown spaces were converted to 2 hours at the request of downtown merchants. 

Creating the 60 minute timeframe along 30 Avenue would increase turnover and, combined with the 

rate increases, would more accurately reflect the convenience associated with these parking spaces. 

12. Lot Rates - 

13. Lot Rates - 

given the current economy, increases should be in smaller increments. 

revenue from a smaller increase should be reinvested in parking. 

Similar to the on street rate and time structure, the strategy recommends increasing costs of the off 

street lots and parkade, while ensuring that costs of off street lots remain less than the costs of on 

street meters. This has been identified as an action in the short term (1-2 years) and should be done in 

conjunction with any changes to the on street rate structure. As with the proposed changes to the on 

street rates, a more incremental approach could be adopted. The suggestion to reinvest revenues 

from the increased rates is consistent with the preliminary strategy's recommendation and would help 

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generate the necessary funds to make improvements to the parkade and contribute to the 

replacement of the off street parking spaces when redevelopment occurs, 

14. Financials - a consolidated statement on all City parking revenue and expenses is needed. 

15. Financials - the statement should include only that portion of bylaw costs related to parking. 

This has been included as a recommendation in the preliminary strategies. One of the key directions 

proposed is to reinvest revenue associated with any increase in parking rates into new parking 

facilities, such as small landscaped surface parking lots, parkade improvements or the construction of 

a new parkade. 

ln order to accomplish this, one of the short term action items is to prepare a full revenue and expense 

statement for parking. The goal of increasing rates is to be able to utilize those additional funds to 

invest in the costs associated with making necessary parking improvements and to replace parking 

spaces as they are lost to redevelopment. The initial financial statement would reflect the existing 

conditions and then an appropriate rate increase for parking could be set that would correspond to the 

amount that would be reinvested into parking improvements. 

16. Tourists - a "trolley" should be considered to transport tourists from parking areas tó downtown. 

This is an item that could be explored as part of the upcoming transit service review with BC Transit. 

Currently, the majority of parking areas are within relatively close proximity to the downtown core. As 

the City continues with street revitalization projects that improve the sidewalks and create a better 

walking environment, more of the parking facilities will be well linked to the downtown. As the strategy 

evolves and replacement parking areas move to the periphery, the introduction of a circulatory transit 

route could be a more effective way to get people downtown. 

BC Transit's service review will address the immediate needs associated with the next five years but 

will also include an assessment of the long term needs over the next 25 years. This item will be 

fonryarded for inclusion in the service review so it can be addressed as part of the long term 

assessment. 

Proposed Ghanges to Medium Term Goals: 

17. Surveys - 

annual surveys should be conducted by the Parking Commission. 

The preliminary strategy recommends a comprehensive overview of the entire plan every five years, 

which would include a comprehensive overview of the parking element. As we begin to implement 

changes to the overall parking system, it is recommended that staff conduct interim surveys, in 

partnership with downtown stakeholders, to assess the effectiveness of any changes that have been 

implemented and to address any necessary changes that need to be made. 

Undertaking a comprehensive survey on a yearly basis would be very costly and time consuming and 

may not reflect any significant changes. 

18. Lost Parking - parking spaces recently lost or scheduled to be lost should be replaced. Areas 

where parking has been lost or is scheduled to be lost in the near future include: spirit square, the 

Medical Clinic, the new library, the Polson Corridor, the new bus terminal, etc. 

Staff are aware of the impacts to the supply of parking spaces that are associated with the 

development of existing surface parking lots and the revitalization of streets that result in a reduction of 

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on street spaces. The recent renovations to Spirit Square did not result in the loss of any parking 

spaces. However, subsequent phases are proposed to remove the parking in the existing library lot. 

The elimination of parking associated with the Medical Clinic did not directly impact the availability of 

public parking spaces. The majority of this parking has been transferred to the Parkade, which has 

increased the usage of that facility. The new library is eliminating an existing surface parking lot, 

though it will provide onsite parking for library use. The potential relocation of the transit terminus will 

reduce the amount of on street parking along 31 Avenue but will provide additional on street parking 

spaces at the existing terminus on Coldstream Avenue. 

As these street revitalization projects are considered and designed, staff try to strike a balance among 

the needs of all the users of the road. The initial design of the Polson Greenway had bicycle lanes 

along both sides of the street, which eliminated all on street parking. This was not deemed as an 

acceptable option and the corridor was redesigned to incorporate a multi use path along one side of 

the street so that some of the on street parking could be retained in areas where the road right of way 

could accommodate it. lt is an ongoing process to ensure that the road functions for as many different 

types of users as possible. 

A key element of the preliminary strategy is to ensure the ongoing identification of locations for 

replacement parking. Specific strategies that have been considered are the identification of streets that 

could accommodate additional on street parking through the implementation of back in angle parking, 

which is considered safer than traditional angle parking and does not require as much space, the 

development of small and well landscaped surface parking on corner lots within the downtown and the 

long term identification of a site for an additional parking structure as existing off street parking lots are 

redeveloped. 

19. Promotional Materials - the DVA should be involved in parking promotional programs. 

This is an absolute must. The City must continue to build its partnership with the Downtown Vernon 

Association and utilize the many skills that it brings in promoting and marketing its product. The 

preliminary strategy addresses the need for partnerships among a variety of stakeholders, with the 

Downtown Vernon Association primary among them. They are continually dealing with the public, 

tourists, employees, etc. that frequent the downtown and can provide invaluable input into the creation 

of marketing and promotional campaigns that increase the awareness of parking availability. 

20. Meter Availability - an educational campaign should be launched to put peer pressure on 

merchants who use metered spaces that should be left to customers. 

This is an element that could be included in the broader marketing and promotional campaign that 

specifically addresses the need to retain the availability of on street metered parking spaces for 

customers. This can be done in association with consistent enforcement and education that outlines 

where employees should be parking and why it is important to leave the street spaces for customers. 

The most effective tool for this is likely through the Downtown Vernon Association itself. They have 

recently begun addressing this issue in their monthly newsletter. Considering that their membership is 

best able to monitor the severity of this problem, they are in an excellent position to continue to 

educate business owners on the impacts that employees parking on the street has. 

21. Reports - the Parking Commission should be responsible for reviewing monthly reports. 

The preliminary strategy addresses the need to conduct yearly informal parking surveys that may 

address specifically identified issues and evaluate the etfectiveness of any policy changes or direct 

actions that have been taken. Beyond that, a full comprehensive overview of the parking system will 

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e undertaken on a five year interval in conjunction with a full review of the neighbourhood plan. The 

production of monthly reports may not effectively measure any implemented changes and would 

contribute to increased workloads for staff. 

22.Technology - the Parking Commission should review ways to apply technology to parking. 

Regardless of whether or not a Parking Commission is formed, the Downtown Vernon Association will 

be directly involved in assessing and evaluating any changes proposed to the parking system, 

including any potential introductions of new parking technology. Because of their direct contact with 

users of the downtown, they can provide direct feedback into what may be the most effective changes 

the City can implement to make the overall system more effective and customer friendly. 

23. Parkade - as a proactive step, an additional Parkade site should be identified. 

Part of the preliminary strategy involves identifying how the loss of off street parking spaces to 

redevelopment (specifically the CSB and Bennett lots) will be replaced This includes the identification 

of a site for the development of a new parking structure. However, identifying specific sites for new 

parking facilities within the neighbourhood plan should be avoided. Unless the City owns the lands, it 

creates uncertainty and speculation on what is being proposed on privately owned lands. 

There are criteria that need to be addressed when locating a potential site for a new parkade and a 

detailed cost analysis must be done. Any new parking facility must be developed within the 

neighbourhood context and include additional commercial uses on the ground floor so that the 

structure is seen as an overall benefit to the downtown and not just a parking garage. 

24. Revenue Use - 

parking projects take priority when using revenue generated from parking. 

The strategy includes the goal to utilize revenue generated from the increase in parking fees on 

projects designed to improve the overall parking situation. This is the primary goal of the revenue 

reinvestment. Over the long term the reinvestment could be utilized for streetscape enhancements, 

improvements to other transportation elements (bicycle racks, transit benches and shelters, etc.). 

However, the short term priorities for any reinvestment are to address the parking issues and ensure 

that sufficient spaces are maintained. 

25. "Downtown Vernon" - the correct name for the business district that is the heart of our city. 

The "City Centre Neighbourhood District" stemmed from the Official Community Plan and was 

designed to address the revitalization of the area beyond the traditional downtown core. The intent of 

the plan is to look at all of the areas within the City Centre boundary and identify how they can 

contribute to the City's identified long term goal to accommodate a larger portion of the expected 

population growth within the City Centre District. lt was never the intent to replace "Downtown Vernon" 

with a new name. 

Downtown Vernon is an integral part of the successful implementation of the neighbourhood plan and 

in many ways the focus of the plan. Part of the rationale behind revitalising the entire City Centre 

neighbourhood is to ensure the long term viability of the downtown through increasing residential 

opportunities and densities within a reasonable walking distance. Having more people living in the 

immediate area will contribute to creating a vibrant neighbourhood that can ensure the retention of 

existing businesses and create an attractive investment environment that encourages new business 

growth. 

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A key part of this is ensuring that residents from all parts of the city can access the downtown, whether 

by foot, bicycle, bus or car. Not everyone will live in the City Centre but the plan aims to make it easy 

for all residents to get there and to move around within the neighbourhood. 

The City Centre Neighbourhood Plan will lay the framework for ongoing improvements to the area 

designed to create a healthy and vibrant downtown. The parking component is one piece of the plan 

that is tied in with additional transportation improvements that are necessary to ensure that the 

downtown is accessible to everyone. 

Ongoing and Proposed lnitiatives Downtown 

Beyond addressing transportation requirements, the Official Community Plan and City Centre 

Neighbourhood Plan have identified the following incentives to help stimulate development 

opportunities and illustrate the City's commitment: 

1. Reduced Development Cost Charges (DCC) - this bylaw has already been adopted and 

significantly reduces the DCC for new development within the City Centre. This tool, in 

combination with other incentives should help attract new investment into the area. 

2. Revitalization Tax Exemption Provincial legislation allows municipalities to implement a 

Revitalization Tax Exemption that reduces the amount of municipal taxes paid on a property that 

meets the criteria of the bylaw for a period of up to ten years. 

3. Tax lncrement Financing - this tool is still somewhat new in Canada and is not currently reflected 

in the provincial legislation. The intent of the tool is to allow a municipality to designate a 

revitalization area. The City can then borrow funds for infrastructure improvements within that area 

based on the future incremental increases in property assessments that are expected from the 

revitalization of the area. The actual increases in assessments resulting from the revitalization are 

then used to pay off the debt incurred from the initial work undertaken. The entire time the baseline 

property taxes continue to be accrued by the City so there is no direct impact on municipal 

revenue. The tool allows the City to be more directly involved in stimulating the revitalization of the 

area through strategic investments in the infrastructure upgrades required to accommodate new 

development. 

4. Ongoing lnvestment in Public Spaces - one of the most consistent responses from the public on 

what they like most about downtown is the 30 Avenue streetscape. The revitalization that has 

occurred along that street has created a very attractive area for pedestrians. The continued 

investment in the downtown looks to create similar transformations along other downtown streets 

and the City is beginning the process to revitalize 31 Avenue and 30129 Street (Polson Greenway) 

to enhance the aesthetics downtown and make the area more walkable. Additionally, the ongoing 

investment in Sprit Square and Polson Park reflect the continued commitment to creating high 

quality public spaces within the heart of the city. 

Chris Ulmer 

Long Range Planner 

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Mayor \üayne LiPPert & Council 

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Dear Mayor Lippert and Council Members: 

Attached are the recommendations of the Downtown Parking Task Force created by the Vemon 

Cþ Council in 

ure that the business community's views on 

full consideration during the development of 

p.ilr,g in the d 

the City Centre 

The Downtown parking Task Force has invested considerable time and effort to conduct a thorough 

investigation orno* pñting is handled in other downtown jurisdictions. This investigation has 

involved a review of numeróus downtown parking studies, the reading of parking bylaws from other 

ju¡J.tions, field trips to insp 

elsewhere, and attendance at presentations and 

ïorkshops addressini parking 

issues. our process has arso included the review 

of informational.matãrials anã 

to parking supplied by the City of Vemon 

Planning Department which have provided very helpñrl to us' 

The research and discussions we have engage.d in have resulted in the following principals that we 

U"ti.n. will provide the foundation on *ñi.i a viable downtown parking strategy can be built: 

r MERCHANT INPUT - There must be meaningful, on-going Downtown merchant 

participation in the management of Downtown parking' The importance of parking to 

Downtown business finaicial viability is too great for merchants to be at arms length and 

with a diminished voice and involved in the process late in the game' 

o REVERSE LOSS OF PARKING SPOTS - The decrease inthe Downtown parking supply 

ed with imrninenl future losses (the new 

) will have a huge collective impact and 

alternative shopping locales without parking 

hassles. 

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P arking Solutíon Prìncipals (cont.'t 

o IMPROVED EFFICIENCY - The efFrciency of our parking system 

lust !e improved' A 

better utilization of existing facilities and improved ãissemination of parking information 

and better signage would -ak" oru pa¡king hill less steeP to climb. 

o BUILD A POSITIVE IMAGE - A positive image for the Downtown palking experience 

must be activeìy promoted. Dealini with negæive percepions after they have been created 

is no way to change our image. A iroactive marketing and educational campaign using 

proven communiJations tooli knowledgeably applied will help us to build a more positive 

i*ug. and improve the overall parking environment' 

o REINVEST PARKING REVENUE - All income that is derived as a result of Downtown 

parking (including meter revenues, lot revenues and fines) should be re-invested in 

Downtown Pa¡king 

¡ RE-CALIBRATED PARKING ENFORCEMENT . More of the purc PATKiNg ENfOTCCMCNT 

. effort needs to be directed at repeat offenders while rare offenders and visitors would be 

treated in a more accommodating fashion. Bylaw changes might be required to give ofücers 

new tools to work with and peerþessurt o"ódt to be brought more into play regarding 

merchant Parking Practices. 

¡ WFIY REINVENT TIIE \[/HEEL? - rüe should draw upon the expe{eyeof other 

Downtown communities that have identified solutions ór at least partial solutions to their 

p 

ional and personal networks there are a variety of 

we can explore as to their suitability to our 

p 

requirements. 

In additionto the attached Downtown Parking Task Force ¡ecommendations also enclosed is a 

critique of the Planning Department's Prelirninary Parking strategy which is intended to build upon 

the many shengths ofthis document. 

For downtown merchants, our reality is that parking is a critical factor in determining whether or 

not our business ventures will remain viable. Or toihrase thi_¡res a diff-erent_way,."A well managed 

downtown parking supply strategy contributes tä the well-being of a vibranl downtown'" This 

õi[tir; t.'t t "n Ëo-^ttr Op*Æt ilton Downtown Transpo ation and Parking Study done for 

tire City of Prince George in December of 2007' 

Downtown Vemon merchants are committed to the well-being of a vibrant downtown and are only 

fu¡"ã,¡" we not i" Ñ;h ;position of competitive disadvantage as a consequence of a necessary 

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P arkine Solutíon Prìncíoals kont'.\ 

,rr"** th"t*. ¡offiãepend on and is essential to our success is being taken away from us 

right now to forestall transportation issues down the road' 

Through respect, partnership and cooperation all a¡ound we believe that the City can pursue its 

un¿erfian¿aÈle eltorts to offer its citiiens more tansportation options while at the same time 

uOar.ssittg the enunciated parking needs of Downtown merchants. Our members want that bright 

future 5, f0 and l5 years do*n ttre road but they want to make sure they æe still here when it comes 

a¡ound. 

DVA, 

Onbehalf of the Downtown Parking Ta-sk Force 

Attachments: Downtown Parking Task Force Recommendations 

Critique of Preliminary City Parking Stategy 

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Downtown Parking Task Force 

June 09, 2010 

RECoMMENDATIoNSFORTHEDoIvI\tTowNVERNoNPARKINGPLAN 

MEANINGFUL MERCHANT PARTICIPATION; 

o Create a permanent VernonParking Commission.to oversee all parking matters wïth 2 of 

the5membersofthecommitteetobenarredbytheDVA 

o Initiate a full and complete Downtown parking inventory and keep it cunent 

RE-INVEST DOWNTOWN PARKING INCOME INTO PARKING 

r prepare a consolidated financial stat :nt that outline all costs and revenues attributed to 

parking 

o upgmde the existing Parkade (painting, replace lights, more machines' improved 

signage) 

eLaythefoundationforthedevelopmentofanewmulti.purposeParkade 

REVERSETHEDECREASEINTIIEDowNTowNPARKINGSUPPLY 

o Introduce restricted back alley parking for Downtown merchants especially in a¡eas 

where dumpsters \ryere once located 

o Establish new parking options for motorcycles & scoote$ consistent with their smaller 

size 

CREATE A POSITTVE DOWNTOWN PARKING IMAGE 

o Involve the community in selecting a mascot for Downtown parking PR activities 

r Organize an on-going parking awareness campaign 

public - ñ alîernativès to J;ving toDowntown (carpool, üansit, bike, 

walk) & provide info on parking options 

emPloYees - as above 

merchants-initiatea..Don'tbeaShopperstopper''campaign 

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"ntor¡rage 

visitation to Downtown (in season) 

FINE TUNE PARKING "ENFORCEMENT' 

r Develop a pfogram of progressive ticketing where repeat offenders would face stiffer 

fines 

¡ Issuance of a warning rather than a ticket for visiting out of province "offenders" 

o Intoduce a iolling tlt"w requiring vehicles in 2 hour zones to move at le¿st 300 

meters aftertime runs out 

o Initiate a campaign to apply p"". pr"r.*" to merchants to not be a "shopper Stopper" 

IMPROVE PARKING SYSTEM EFFICIENCY 

oDevelopaplantomakebetteruseofavailabletechnologytoadvisethepublicofparking 

options and availabilities 

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ACTIVELYEXPLOREPARKINGSOLUTIONSTHATHAVEwoRKEDINOTHER 

COMMUNITIES 

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o Explore a'îles" 2 hor¡r parkinq district D 

parïing levy' of merchants in the immedi 

communities 

o Explore a"fræ"historically themed Downtown shuttle bus that would also be a tourist 

attraction a" **îãnñ;í. (visitors, employees, shoppers) arormd the Downtown a¡ea 

druing the summer and Cb'ristna¡i sea¡¡on' 

oExploreandcostsofadaptingthecurrent..pækingmeter 

system,, 

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provide 

ored token that cõuld be provided to customers to 

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Do¡rnto¡m Parking Task Force 

CRITIQUE OF PRELIM¡NARY PARKING STRATEGIES June 9, 2010 

SHORTTERIII GOALS (1 to 2Years) 

Efiective/consistent long term planning 

lmproved marketing and Promotion 

Support economic develoPment 

Effectively manage the overall parking s1ætem 

PROPOSED AGTION ITETTI GHANGES 

t.)sunvgvs - add that a fulland complete inventory of Downtown parking should be conducted 

z.i CnSff lN LIEU oF pARK|NG - shor resen e accumulations on parking financials 

ã.i õnÃneO USE pARK¡NG - separate daytime and night parking as distinct categories of usage 

4.) IMAGE - involve the public ln setectlng a parking mascot to be used in all educational campaigns 

S.i pnOfrlOflONS - prize draws should be treld to reward customers who use the parking lots 

no changes suggested 

be created to oversee the parking system 

mbers should be from the DVA 

n through the Gommission before going to Council 

s in 1 Year is unaccePtable 

ase should be re-lnvested in parking facilities 

king to 60 minutes along 30th ave is unacceptable 

ases should be in smaller increments 

should be re-invested in Parking 

s needed 

to Parking 

s to downtown 

itEDlUM TERit GOALS (2 to 5 Yealg) 

Effective/consistent long term planning 

PROPOSED AGTION ITEI5 GHANGES 

be rePlaced 

ude: 

terminal' etc- 

lmproved marketing and Promotion 

Support economlc develoPment 

Effectively manage the overall parking system 

19.) pRoMoTtoNAL MATÈRnLS - the DvA should be involved in parking promotional Pfogfams 

20.) METER AVAILABILIW - an educationatcampaign should be launched to put peer pressure on 

mérchants who use metered spaoes that should be left to customers 

responsible for reviewing monthly reports' 

ld revieur ways to apply technology to parking 

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July 7,2010 

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Mayor Wayne Lippert and Council 

City of Vernon 

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Vernon, BC V1T5E6 

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Dear Mayor Lippert and City Council 

Over the last several months I have participated in the Downtown Parking Taskforce, set 

up by City Council to receive some feedback from local business with respect to parking 

in the city core, and what will happen to it going forward with the City Centre 

Neighbourhood Planning Process. 

Several excellent recommendations are outlined in the Task Force report. I would like a 

minute of your time to highlight what I feel is the most important one to me, as a member 

of the small business community that holds our core together. The creation of a Parkíng 

Commßsíon with business owners on boa¡d would be an excellent tool to ensure our 

concerns and ideas are heard. I have felt in the past that Council has tried hard to please 

special interest groups with respect to downtown access and street usage, usually at the 

expense of the small business owner. 

The removal of parking spaces, no matter how many, is a serious issue for all of us trying 

to operate a business downtown. It may seem politically correct to remove a row of 

meters and spaces in order to provide a cycle path, but cyclists are out for recreation, not 

shopping. If the intention is to turn the core into a large series of parks and trails then I 

can understand. But if we want the business community to survive and thrive, there has to 

be ample access to parking.......our customers come in cars, not on bikes or jogging! 

I urge Council to consider the creation of a Parking Commission, and mandate the 

inclusion of the business community. 

Thank you, 

Nolan's Pharmasave 

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REpoRr/REcoMMENDA'oN ro couNcrL Ütr[üË[UAt 

SUBMITTED BY: Chris Ulmer, Long Range Planner DATE: July 16, 2010 

FILE: 6970-21 

SUBJECT: REGIONAL GROWTH STRATEGY WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS 

PURPOSE: 

To present staff comments on the Regional Growth Strategy working group 

recommendations on Environment and Natural Lands, Affordable Housing and 

Transportation and lnfrastructure, which were presented to Council at its Regular Meeting 

of July 12, 2O1O and the Governance and Service Delivery working group 

recommendations, which were presented to Council at its Regular Meeting of June 28, 

2010. 


THAT Council forward the report dated July 16, 2010 from Mr. Chris Ulmer, Long Range 

Planner, regarding the Regional Growth Strategy Working Group Recommendations, to the 

Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator at the Regional District of North Okanagan. 

ALTERNATIVES & IMPLICATIONS : 

ANALYSIS: 

1. Council may elect to alter any or all of the comments prior to sending the report to the 

Regional District of North Okanagan. 

A. ns: 

N/A 

B. Rationale: 

Staff have been active participants in the process to prepare the Regional Growth 

Strategy and have contributed to the recommended goals, strategies and actions of 

each of the working groups. Community members, provincial agencies and other 

stakeholders have also participated in the working groups. 

Staff have reviewed the report submitted to Council at its Regular Meeting of July 12, 

2O1O and offer the following comments. lt is noted that at this time, Regional District of 

North Okanagan staff are seeking comments only from member jurisdictions, not 

endorsement of the proposed working group strategies. 

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Environment and Natural Lands (Attachment 1) 

The City supports measures to protect the environment and natural lands and 

recognizes that this requires regional collaboration. Environmental issues cross 

jurisdictional boundaries, requiring a cooperative approach to identifying solutions. 

Strategies ENV-2.1 and ENV-2.2 emphasize the need for a regionally consistent 

approach for the identification of sensitive ecosystems and the implementation of 

policies required to protect them. The City supports this direction and would like to see 

consistency among all of the jurisdictions to ensure that the necessary protection 

measures are adequately applied throughout the region. 

The acquisition of lands for both parks and natural area protection is an important 

component of any environmental preservation strategy. Action ENV-2.3.3 suggests 

creatíng an inventory of priority assets and a dedicated budget for the acquisition of 

lands. Because there is a need to create spaces for recreation and for natural area 

protection, it is suggested that the action more clearly reflect the need to prioritize 

lands necessary for both parks and natural lands acquisition. 

Strategy ENV-3.1 outlines the need to reduce emissions that contribute to air and 

water quality. This is important and should lead to the use of best management 

practices in local policies and bylaws and should include regionally applied incentives 

to protect air and water quality. 

Strategy ENV-3.3 discusses the need to address the impacts of climate change. lt is 

important for the region to gain a better understanding of the potential impacts of 

climate change at a local level, which will require regional collaboration on the 

preparation of a regional climate action plan. 

Strategy ENV-3.4 outlines the need to reduce the amount of solid waste generated 

throughout the region. This is an important regional goal and while a regional solid 

waste management approach is necessary, there are unique sub-regional aspects of 

solid waste management that need to be reflected in any management plan. 

Affordable Housing (Attachment l) 

The need for affordable housing is universal throughout the region and is a complex 

issue that requires a variety of solutions to meet the needs of different households 

(such as young families, seniors, special needs population, etc.). 

The preparation of a regional affordable housing strategy is an important step to 

understanding the issues. The City has connections to all of the surrounding 

municipalities as a place of employment, a shopping destination and the home of a 

number of essential services to a growing seniors' population. Considering the many 

linkages among the municipalities, Goal AH-1, and its corresponding strategies, will 

require a collaborative approach to truly address the needs of the diverse population. 

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Considering the complexities associated with affordable housing issues, local 

governments will require significant support from senior levels of government and 

there needs to be a clear understanding that this is not an issue that local 

governments can address on their own. 

Transportation and lnfrastructure (Attachment 1 ) 

Addressing transportation issues at a regional scale is becoming increasingly 

imporlant considering the interrelationships among each of the municipalities. Goal Tl- 

1, and its corresponding strategies, identifies the need to preserve transportation 

corridors at a regional level. Considering the size of the City's road network and the 

links it creates to all adjacent municipalities, there is a need for municipal cooperation 

on the planning and development of major regionaltransportation corridors. 

Strategies Tl-2.1 and Tl-2.2 outline the need for a regional approach to transportation 

demand management to improve access to alternative forms of transportation. The 

Cíty is committed to this approach and would like to encourage all member 

municipalities to support alternative transportation options, such as regional transit 

and park and ride facilities. The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is a reality 

for all municipalities throughout the region and the City is committed to transportation 

demand management to reduce the impact of emissions generated from vehicle 

traffic. 

Strategy Tl-2.5 describes the need to explore innovative financing options to meet 

transportation and infrastructure goals. ln addition to innovative options, there is a 

need to address collaborative financing options. When dealing with issues of regional 

importance, there needs to be a cooperative effort in financing the necessary 

improvements. 

Linkages among transportation modes are essential to creating a fully functional 

transportation system. Strategy T12.7 supports connections among transportation 

modes. Strategy T12.7-c) is unclear and it is difficult to interpret where pedestrian 

facilities are desired. While important, pedestrian facilities may not be required to the 

same scale on all roads within the regional network. More clarity regarding the phrase 

"...major road networks" is needed to understand the intent of the statement. 

While alternative transportation facilities are an important component of the 

transportation system, Strategy T12.9 seems to imply that all major corridors will be 

designed and built to the same standards. lt is unclear what constitutes a major 

corridor. Depending on the function of the road, multi modal amenities constructed to 

the same standards may not be required. The statement may be more accurate if it 

were more reflective of the need to identify appropriate multi modal facilities based on 

the function of the road within the regional transportation system. 

ln order to provide more clarity on what elements may be implemented to create a 

safe and secure transportation environment, as discussed in Strategy Tl-2.10, it is 

suggested that specific examples, such as rumble strips, paved shoulders and lighting 

be added to the Strategy. 

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Strategy Tl-2.11 is an important strategy considering the existing and projected 

demographic composition of the region's population. As the population ages, access 

to public transportation options will become increasingly important. This will require a 

regional collaborative approach to provide and fund the necessary services for the 

residents that require them. 

Strategy Tl-2.13 implies that new transportation networks will be constructed in 

accordance with economic development initiatives. The intent should reflect the need 

to capitalize on existing transportation networks as a means to target the specific 

transportation needs of different economic sectors. 

While the City supports the need for sustainable commercial transportation options, as 

discussed in Strategy Tl-2.14, "Develop" may not be the most appropriate term' 

"support sustainable commercial transportation options..." may more accurately 

reflect the intent of the Strategy. 

The City fully supports Strategy Tl-3.3, which identifies the need to fully understand 

the true costs of development and the long term ímpacts on the municipality. 

Developing these policies should be a requirement for each of the municipalities 

throughout the region to ensure that the impacts of development are clearly 

understood and factored into every jurisdiction's decision making process. 

There are many interrelationships between transportation and the need to reduce 

greenhouse gas emissions as part of the environmental goal to improve air quality. 

Íne City suggests that an additional Strategy be added to the Transportation and 

Infrastructure section that addresses the opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas 

emissions through implementing transportation tools such as roundabouts and 

improved signalization times that reduce the amount of time vehicles are stopped and 

idling. 

Governance and Service Delivery (Attachment 2) 

To ensure that the Regional Grovuth Strategy is effective over the long term and 

consistently applied among all participating municipalities, a collaborative approach to 

governance and service delivery is necessary. Partnerships among the municipalities 

w¡ll ensure that the other elements of the Regional Growth Strategy can be 

successfully implemented. 

The recommendations put forward emphasize a cooperative approach to dealing with 

regional issues. Considering the complexity of the issues facing the region and the 

neêd to create inter jurisdictional solutions, collaboration among all municipalities is 

essential. 

c. 

Attachments: 

1. Attachment 1: Regional Growth Strategy Policy Recommendations: Environment 

and Natural Lands, Affordable Housing and Transportation and lnfrastructure. 

2. Attachment 2: Regional Growth Strategy Policy Recommendations: Governance 

and Service Delivery. 

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C. Strateqic PIan Obiectives: 

The Official Community Plan amendment application for the subject property involves 

the following objectives on Council's Strategic Plan: 

E. Policv (Existinq/Relevance/None): 

N/A 

F. Relevant Historv: 

N/A 

G. Applicant'sResponse: 

N/A 

H. Reasons for Bvlaw: 

N/A 

L Resources: 

N/A 

BUDGET IMPLICATIONS: 

N/A 

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Approved for submission to Council: 

Authors name 

Suoervisor 

Gous; 

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REGIONAL DISTRICT 


NORTH OKANAGAN 

REPORT 

Attachment 1 

File No.: 3045,06 

TO: 

FROM: 

DATE: 

SUBJECT: 

Regional Growth Managernent Advisory Gornmittee 

Anthony Kittel, Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator 

March 31,2010 

Regional Growth Strategy Goals, Strategies and Actions 

Recommendations: Environment and Natural Lands, Affordable 

Housing, Transportation and Infrastructure 


That it be recornmended to the Board of Direclors that the draft Goals, Strategies and Actions 

recornrnended by the Environment and Natural Lands, Affordable Housing and Transportation and 

lnfrastructure Growth lssues Working Groups and contained in the report dated March 31, 2010 frorn 

the Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator, be included within the draft Regional Growth Strategy; 

And further, that the Regional Growth Strategy Goals, Strategies and Actions results þe referred to 

member municipalities and First Nations to provide comrnent prior to June 15, 2010. 

PURPOSE: 

The above recommendation reflects the changes to the original recomrnendation brought folward at 

the March 24,2O1A Regional Growth Management Advisory Cornrnittee meeting regarding the results 

of the Water Stewardship, Agriculture and Food Systems and Economic Developrnent Growth lssues 

Working Groups- 

This report includes drafr policy recomrnendations that have been developed by the Environment and 

Natural Lands, Affordable Housing and Transportation and lnfrastructure Grovrth lssues Working 

Groups and refined by the Community Advisory Committee and Regional Growth Strategy Support 

Team. lt outlines the policy options, anived at by consensus that may be included within the North 

Okanagan Regional Growth Strategy. Additional Working Group recommendations will be presented 

in separate reports further in the process. 

The selection of growth issues goals, strategies and actions will provide the framework upon which 

the Regional Grovyth Strategy will be constructed. The Working Groups, Community Advisory 

Comrnittee and Regional Growth Strategy Su:pport Team have endeavored to develop policy 

recornmendations that take into consideration public and rnunicipal council input and respond to the 

direction of the Regional Growth Managernent Advisory Committee and Board of Directors, as 

provided within the Regional Grovyth Strategy Terms of Reference, Vision Statement, Guiding 

Principles, Elected Officials Forum and meeting minutes- 

The recornmendations that are contained within this report are intendEd for consideration by the 

Regional Growth Management Advisory Cornmittee for inclusion within the drafr Regional Growth 

Strategy. All recommendations that have been considered by the Board of Directors should be 

forwarded to mernber municipalities and First Nations for comment. 

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Regional Growth Strategy Goals, Strategies and Actions Recommendations 

Reóort to Regional Growth Management Advisory Committee - March 31 ,2010 Page 2 

DISCUSSION: 

ln símple terms, a compact, complete community provides opportunities for people at all life stages to 

live, work, and play close to home. ln doing so, the approach focuses on sustainability in all of its 

major dimensions. Compact, complete communities help promote environmental sustainability 

through broader goals of preventing regional urban sprawl and the preservation of selected open 

spaces and natural lands. They promote economic sustainability by: avoiding the costs of 

unnecessary infrastructure and service duplication; ensuring the critical number of people close 

enough to warrant improved levels of transit; and providing job opportunities close to home. Finally, 

complete communities foster societal sustainability in providing services and functions to meet daily 

needs and help strengthen individuals'ties to local places. 

The specific challenges facing the planning, development and management of sustainable 

communities in the Region are: 

1. The impact of urban development on the quality of the wider natural environment, in particular 

the quality of ground and surface water in the Okanagan and Shuswap Watersheds and land 

use impacts on surrounding agricultural and naturalareas; 

2. The need to consider the longer-term costs of growth and adequately plan for social, economic 

and environmental sustainability; 

3. The need for ongoing coordination and delivery of infrastructure and services beyond the initial 

planning phases; and 

4. The need to provide certainty to landowners and encourage innovative approaches that build 

on the unique qualities and opportunities within North Okanagan communities. 

"Compact development" is a term generally used to refer to urban development at higher densities, 

applied in selected areas and coupled with increased emphasis on innovative urban design to 

enhance the liveability of these areas. "Mixed use developments" are those which combine in varying 

proportions residential, commercial, retail, services, office, or even institutional land uses in a single 

development project. "Compact development" then, is but one of several means of achieving compact 

urban form for the region as a whole, in addition to policies that encourage infill development and 

denser community centres, channelling growth into existing urban areas reduce the need for 

continuous outward expansíon in our agricultural and rural lands. 

BACKGROUND: 

The development of the Environment and Natural Lands, Affordable Housing and Transportation and 

lnfrastructure draft policy framework was guided by the Regional Growth Strategy Terms of Reference, 

endorsed on May 6, 2009 by the Board of Directors, the outcomes of the April 24, 2009 Elected 

Officials' Forum and the results of Phase I public engagement. The eight Working Groups, during their 

deliberations, identified the protection of our rural lands and focusing development within existing 

communities as critical elements for successful implementation of their recommendations. As a result, 

the core focus of the Regional Growth Strategy will be creating compact, complete communities that will 

protect our rural lands. 

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Reóort to Reqional Orowin Management Advisory Committee - lt4glgh9!q]-q 

At their February 20, 2OO7 meeting, the Regional Growth Management Committee resolved to 

incorporate the 1ô Smart Growth priñciples intothe Terms of Reference as guiding principles for the 

RGS process. 

L Mix land uses. Each neighbourhood has a mixture of homes, retail, business, and 

recreational opPortunities. 

2. Build welldesigned compact neighbourhoods. Residents can choose to live, work, shop 

and play in closã proximity. People can easily access daily activities, transit is viable, and 

local businesses are suPPorted. 

3. provide a variety of tänsportation choices. Neighbourhoods are attractive and have safe 

infrastructure for walking, cycling and transit, in addition to driving' 

4. Create diverse housiñg ôppõrtunities. People in different family types, life stages and 

income levels can afford a home in the neighbourhood of their choice' 

S. Encourage growth in existing communit¡es. lnvestments in infrastructure (such as roads 

and schoõlsþre used efficiently, and developments do nottake up new land. 

6. preserve open spaces, natural beauty, and environmentally sensitive areas. 

Development'respecis natural landscape features and has higher aesthetic, environmental, 

and financialvalue. 

T. protect and enhance agricultural lands. A secure and productive land base, such as BC's 

Agricultural Land Reservé, provides food security, employment, and habitat, and is maintained 

as an urban containment boundary' 

L Utilize smarter and cheaper inÎrastructure and green buildings. Green buildings and 

other systems can Save both money and the environment in the long run. 

g. Foster a unique neighbourhood identity. Each community is unique, vibrant, diverse, and 

inclusive. 

10. Nurture engaged citizens. Places belong to those who live, work, and play there' Engaged 

citizens participate in community life and decision-making' 

RECOMMENDATIONS: 

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL LANDS 

With the region's sensitive airshed, grasslands, environmentally sensitive areas, limited valley land 

base, and ri-ver and stream corridors, there are challenges in mitigating the environmental impacts of 

urban and rural development. Furthermore, large rumbers of recreational vacationers place additional 

pressure on the regioÑs natural areas and waienvays. A sustainable approach to development could 

iirit furth"¡. degraðation of the region's land base and natural assets, and could help mitigate the 

potential negatiie impacts of growth on air quality, water quality and quantity, and wildlife habitat. 

protection of the environment and natural areas is a shared responsibility. Many environmental issues 

do not follow administrative or political boundaries; hence, any effort to protect the natural 

environment must be addressed ai all levels of government in collaboration and coordination. The 

Regional Growth Strategy provides a vehicle for working toward solutions for regional environmental 

issues. 

GOAL ENV-1: Protect and Manage Watershed Function 

Upstream affects downstream. All activities that have an impact on water quality, quantity, or rate of 

flów at locations upstream have impacts downstrr am. Because of this, watersheds are logically the 

most appropriate units for managing water quality and quantity. The coord!¡at9d watershed planning 

provides a way to consider a widê range of issues along with the communities' vision for the future of 

watersheds. Coordinating watershed ievel planning initiatives across jurisdictional boundaries can 

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address water quality, quant¡ty, community, wildlife habitat and ecological health issues beyond the 

scope of single jurisdiction. 

Taking a coordinated and cooperative watershed planning approach provides benefits that include: 

underétanding how activities on the landscape influence water quality and quantity, fostering a 

connection to the landscape we live in, and ensuring activities upstream are respectful of downstream 

residents and preserve to ecological function. 

Any activity that affects water quality, quantity, or flow ratg in one part of the watershed may affect 

locãtions dbwnstream. Understän¿in-g this connectivity within a watershed is helpful when planning or 

managing land use activities in the future. For this reason, to protect our water. it makes sense to 

protéãt our watersheds. Effective collaborative watershed management planning is important in 

managing water and land development and maintaining a healthy and sustainable watershed 

environment. 

The Regional District of North Okanagan and member municipalities, in collaboration and cooperation 

with appropriate provincial and federal government agencies, agree to: 

Strategy ENV-1.1: Develop consistent, integrated environmental policy that will protect water 

ecosys'tém function 

services through the 

I 

protection of ecolog - 

ines, stream and river 

systems, aquifers, member municipalities 

the feder 

and implementation of 

"n"our"g" measurel to protect streams and streamside areas 

el' 

Strategy ENV-1.2: ldentify and establish a database of stream and river base flows necessary to 

maintain ecological functioning of North Okanagan waterways' 

Strategy ENV-í.3: Development of a Regional Foreshore Strategy, using foreshore inventory 

måpp¡ñé, that will be incorporated into the ãpplication and permitting process for new and existing 

developments. 

GOAL ENV-2 protect Ecologically Sensitive Areas, Natural Lands and Open Spaces 

Lands in the lower elevations of the valley are under intense pressure. Land that is potentially 

developable is at a premium due the areã's large lakes, a substantial proportion of land in the 

Agricultural Land Resbrve, and abundance of natural, environmentally sensitive and park lands. Most 

ofin" most endangered habitat occurs in the valleys, grasslands, riparian areas and associated lands. 

competition for thì-s limited land base will only continue to increase as growth continues to encroach 

on rural lands, thus intensifying the pressure on important habitat. 

The Regional District of North Okanagan and member municipalities agree to work individually and 

collectively to: 

Strategy ENV-2.1: tdentify, prioritize and map all ecosystems in the North Okanagan and 

ensure they are utilized in local government land planning processes. 

AGTION ENV-2.1.1 Expand sensitive ecosystem mapping to complete a regionally consistent North 

Okanagan ecosystem inventory. 

ACTION ENV-2.1.2: Support data sharing, mapping, and consolidation of existing information into an 

inventory of Southern lnierior ecologically sensitive areas and biodiversity values' 

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ACTION ENV-2.1.3: ln collaboration with local and provincial governments, identify a system of linked 

wildlife corridors and areas of habitat connectivity that will inform planning decisions, with the goal of 

avoiding further fragmentation. 

Strategy ENV-2.2: Develop a regionally consistent policy approach to ecosystem and species 

protection. 

ACTION ENV-2.2.1: Review existing bylaws and environmental policies to work toward the 

incorporation and implementation of complementary environmental management and planning 

policies and incorporating suggestions and the intent of the Green bylaws toolkit into Official 

Community Plans, policies and bylaws. 

ACT|ON-ENV-2.2.2= Protect environmentally sensitive lands when making land and resource use 

decisions. To that end, the Regional District and member municipalities agree to require an 

environmental review for projects and developments with the potential to negatively affect 

environmentally sensitive areas identifled sensitive lands, environmental management areas and/or 

Environmental Development Permit Areas, including follow up studies after development to ensure 

that ecological health has remained intact. 

ACTION-ENV-2.2.3: Cooperate with all levels of government, First Nations and other stakeholders to 

implement consistent, region-wide, best management practices to protect and enhance the region's 

biodiversity, environment, and ecology, including consistent provincial ecosystem protection for Crown 

Lands adjacent to regionally significant environmental lands. 

Strategy ENV-2.3: Encourage the Sustalnable Management of Parks and Natural Areas 

ACTION ENV-2.3.1: Protect open space, natural lands and environmentally sensitive areas that 

reflects the region's landscape character and ecological integrity, and forms a system of 

interconnected areas and natural corridors capable of, ensuring proper connectivity and the protection 

of natural ecosystems at a scale where the ecosystems can maintain themselves. 

ACTION ENV-2.3.2: Collaborate on the creation and management of an inter-connected network of 

regional green spaces and corridors and establish links with federal, provincial, municipal and 

Regional District park systems and greenway initiatives. To that end, the Regional District and 

member municipalities agree to develop designations that establish natural areas, recreational lands 

and trails with specific associated activities and urban green space. 

ACTION ENV-2.3.3: Within parks and natural areas planning, develop an inventory of priority assets, 

a dedicated budget and a Parks and Natural Lands Acquisition Plan. 

ACTION ENV-2.3.4: Establish a dedicated Parks and Natural Lands Legacy Fund to assist in 

accessing add itional innovative and cooperative funding opportu n ities. 

ACTION ENV-2.3.5: Develop a regional foreshore and lakefront public access lands acquisition 

program, as a component of tourism development, parks and trails development and environmental 

strategies that focuses on lands identification and innovative and cooperative funding opportunities 

Strategy ENV-2.4: Engage the community through stewardship and education to improve 

environmental awareness. 

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ACTION ENV-2.4.1: Encourage community education on the importance, value and cost of losing the 

ecosystems of the North Okanagan, including the development of a regional community education 

and stewardship program that encourages community and individual involvement in habitat protection. 

To that end, the Regional District and member municipalities, both individually and collectively, agree 

to continue establishing and supporting environmental partnerships that focus on outreach, 

cooperation and collaboration, as well as the stewardship of recreational areas and natural assets. 

This will be pursued in conjunction with federal, provincial and private sector environmental 

conservation and restoration programs. 

ACTION ENV-2.4.2: Support education programs for private land owners about the importance of 

sensitive ecosystems, including the creation of educational materials describing each sensitive 

ecosystem type found in the North Okanagan and their importance to the economy and health of the 

region. 

GOAL ENV-3: Reduce and prevent pollution of air, land and water 

The continued urban growth within the North Okanagan and through the entire Okanagan Valley has 

presented challenges to maintaining air, water, and land quality. As a result of its geographic setting, 

the North Okanagan's airshed is vulnerable to air pollution generated not only from activities within the 

region but also from communities within the Okanagan Valley. Poor ventilation conditions, especially 

in the summer, restrict the dispersion of pollutants, which often result in air quality episodes. The air 

quality is also affected by internal factors such as increased motor vehicle use, open burning and dust 

from the landscape in the summer months. 

The Regional District of North Okanagan and member municipalities, both individually and 

collectively, agree to: 

Strategy ENV-3.1: Encourage the development and adoption of policies that contribute to the 

reduction or prevention of air, land and water pollution. To that end, The Regional District and 

member municipalities agree to support the use of innovative approaches and technologies (i.e. green 

infrastructure) for water, energy, and waste and emissions management through the use of best 

management practices, local bylaws and incentives. 

Strategy ENV-3.2: Support innovative energy development that results in reduced community 

greenhouse gas production. 

Strategy ENV-3.3 Explore opportunities to collaborate on preparing a southern interior climate 

change strategy that would examine the potential consequences of global warming on the region and 

identiff opportunities and strategies for taking local action on climate change, with a focus on water, 

ag ricultu ral and environ mental vulnerabilities. 

Strategy ENV-3.4: Pursue an solid waste management approach that concentrates on creating less 

waste, with the ultimate long term goal of eliminating the need for waste disposal (i.e., a-"Zero Waste" 

approach). 

AFFORDABLE HOUSING 

Housing is a critical community asset and an important local economic driver. Well-balanced 

communities provide housing opportunities for people in all stages of life, different family types, a 

range of financial situations, and for individuals and families with special needs. A diversity of safe 

and secure housing opportunities can help a community retain working families and attract new 

businesses. Strategic decisions around housing development also helps communities plan for, build 

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and maintain services and amenities. The economic, social, and environmental impacts of housing 

development should enhance and complete the community. Housing policy should seek to encourage 

this balance rather than simply accommodate current market trends. 

There are numerous opportunities through the Regional Growth Strategy to encourage the 

development of housing opportunities for people in all stages of life, different family types, a range of 

financial situations, and for individuals and families with special needs. There also needs to be 

recognition that solutions and responses to housing affordability will vary from the more urban areas 

to the rural areas. Each area needs to be addressed within its unique context. Ensuring this diversity 

of safe and secure housing opportunities will help the North Okanagan retain working families, attract 

new businesses and help local communities to build and maintain services and amenities. 

Complete and more sustainable communities include a wide range of housing options and choices for 

rural and more urban areas. ln both cases, housing should be located in close proximity to 

employment, services and amenities and recreation opportunities to encourage walking between 

destinations. ln more urban areas, consideration should be given to creating housing that will 

accommodate densities high enough to support local commercial services and public transportation. 

ln more rural areas this means preserving land and permitting more affordable housing choices. 

GOAL AH-l: A Regional Approach to the Development of Affordable Housing 

The Regional District of North Okanagan and member municipalities agree to: 

Strategy AH-1.1: Develop a Regional Affordable Housing Strategy that addresses community issues 

and meets the needs of a variety of residents in order to maintain the social sustainability of the North 

Okanagan. There is a full spectrum of housing needs to be met by a range of housing options, 

including: 

o Entry-tevel ownership housing that is affordable for working individuals, professionals, 

young families, and seniors who have a variety of income levels. 

. Ownership housing appropriate for a growing senior population - i.e. Smaller, one-level, 

wheelchair accessible units. 

Affordable rental housing for families. 

o Employee housing for businesses coming into the region. 

Rental housing for seasonal workers like those in the resort industry and agricultural sector. 

Affordable, suitable rental housing for residents who do not wish to become homeowners. 

. Transitional housing and/or emergency shelter for a variety of residents, including those at 

risk of homelessness and young people coming into the community and looking for work. 

Strategy AH-1.2: Encourage the creation of new affordable housing units through regional and 

municipal policy, including: 

. Amending existing bylaws to increase density in areas appropriate for affordable ownership 

and rental housing; 

¡ lncorporating smaller, more affordable housing design into neigbourhood planning, including 

suites, smaller lots, row housing, townhouses and higher density developments; 

. Adopting inclusionary housing policies or density bonus provisions as a means of expanding 

affordable rental and ownership residential stock; and 

. ldentifying local government owned sites which are appropriate for affordable housing that 

could be developed in partnership with non-profit organizations. 

Strategy AH-1.3: Explore regional and local options for maintaining housing choice within 

communities using innovative tools, techniques and partnerships. 

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Strategy AH-1.4: Explore options, beyond government subsidies, that provide affordable housing 

opportunities, including employer-subsidized housing and the development of principles of privatepublic 

partnerships. 

Strategy AH-1.5: Creative use of Development Cost Charges (DCCs) and other local government 

policy options, with an emphasis on removing barriers to affordable housing development. 

Strategy AH-1.6: lntegrate transportation and transit planning with land use planning and 

densification strategies to support a diversity of housing options. 

Strategy AH-1.7: Support affordable housing options through complete community planning, 

including the provision of urban gardens, parks and play areas and local services and businesses. 

Strategy AH-l.8: Affordable housing must be economically, environmentally and socially sustainable. 

trltuniciþâtities will explore policy and planning tools that would ensure that the life-cycle cost of 

affordable housing projects are incorporated into decision-making. 

Strategy AH-1.9: lnvestigate the development of a business case to encourage private sector 

involvement and partnership in the provision of affordable housing options. 

Strategy AH-í.10: ln partnership with University of British Columbia Okanagan and Okanagan 

College, support research into North Okanagan affordable housing barriers, opportunities and feasible 

business cases. 

Strategy AH-1.11: Develop a community outreach initiative to improve understanding of affordable 

housing issues and demonstrate the benefits and opportunities of promoting increased residential 

density and diversity to create affordable housing, including an annual presentation to the Board of 

Directors and member municipal councils on the status of housing affordability within the North 

Okanagan. 

GOAL AH-2: Encourage senior levels of government to create additional policies that support 

the devetopment of affordable housing options to meet community and regional objectives' 


Strategy AH-2.1: Secure additional stable senior government funding for social housing, rental 

subsides, seniors' housings and necessary support services' 

Strategy AH-2.2= Facilitate innovative partnerships with senior government, the development industry 

and non-profit organizations to provide affordable housing options. 

Strategy AH-2.3: Advocate to senior government, through the UBCM and FCM, for increased 

resources for member municipalities to meet affordable housing needs. 

Strategy AH-2.4= Encourage the provincial government to support affordable housing options through 

financial incentives and policies, including: 

o ldentiff opportunities within Community Charter that support housing affordability initiatives 

and options; 

o exempt affordable housing from the HST; and 

r provide enabling legislation for municipalities and the RDNO to allocate some portion of 

municipal development cost charges/levies to an affordable housing fund. 

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Strategy AH-2.5: Encourage the federal government, through the UBCM and FCM, to: 

. develop a NationalAffordable Housing Strategy; and 

. identiff opportunities to provide tax incentives for the construction of new purpose-built rental 

housing. 

Strategy AH-2.6: Encourage senior levels of government, through the UBCM and FCM, to identify 

opportuñities that reduce the income tax burden on the owner of rental, supportive or affordable 

housing units. 

TRAN S P O RTATION AN D I N F RASTRUCT U RE 

The regional transportation systems are vital to the sustainable growth of the North Okanagan. 

Resideñts and the local economy depend on transportation infrastructure, including regional 

highways, roads, public transit, active transportation options and rail. Getting regional transportation 

Oeiis¡oñs right is also critical for environmental and community health, public safety and regional 

accessibility. 

Strong public transit systems and proper land use planning make for places where opportunities to 

live, woik, shop and plãy are accessible to all residents. ln addition to providing a strategy for where 

and how to grow, the Regional Growth Strategy will be a vehicle for guiding provincial transportation 

infrastructure and transit decisions. As such, the Regional Growth Strategy provides an opportunity, 

as a Region, to work out common priorities for investment in a sustainable, efficient and accessible 

transportation system. 

lnfrastructure that supports active modes of transportation includes the transportation network 

infrastructure such as routes, lanes, paths, and sidewalks, as well as equipment that supports the 

activity, such as bicycle racks and benches. While sidewalks are a relatively common feature in town 

centres, they are less common in more rural areas. There are few dedicated cycling lanes and there is 

no integrated network between the town centres which makes commuting by bicycle difficult' 

ln planning for regional and municipal infrastructure, there are two crucial points to keep in mind: 

1 . The ability to provide infrastructure is directly tied to the ability of the valley to absorb growth. 

The region's water operators can only provide so much water without taking necessary flow 

away fiom the fisheries or farmers or BC Hydro. Likewise there are limits on the valley's 

capacity for the disposal of sewage. 

2. lnfrastructure has high associated costs in terms of construction, operation and maintenance. 

Every additional meter of water main or sewer pipe entails higher initial costs of construction, 

and higher annual costs of service and repair, and the eventual replacement cost. 

The planning for infrastructure is directly linked to land use planning. The more dispersed our 

settlement pátterns, the more our infrastructure must be extended, the more expensive it is, and the 

greater impact it will have. Due to their potential impact and cost, extensions of infrastructure must be 

ðarefully considered. Proper land use planning must, therefore, be the driver of infrastructure 

investment. The Regional Growth Strategy provides a key opportunity to come together as a region 

and discuss our priorities and objectives for land use patterns and infrastructure planning. 

GOAL Tl-l: Manage Regional Transportation Gorridors 

The North Okanagan has very few potential future transportation corridors available due to the 

abundance of land within the Agricultural Land Reserve, the mountainous topography, the location of 

settlement lands and environmental constraints such as floodplains and environmentally sensitive 

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areas. The management of transportation corridors is essential to the long term prosperity of the 

Region and will provide transportation options in the future to respond to changing circumstances and 

demand, Transportation corridor management includes more than highway or road potential routing, 

such as trails, walking and cycling paths between communities, rapid transit options and rail corridors. 


Strategy Tl-1.1: ln collaboration and coordination with the provincial government, local governments 

and First Nations, develop, identiff and enhance potential and existing transportation corridors at a 

regional level to ensure that planning for major transportation corridors preserves choices for the 

future, including active transportation options. 

Strategy Tl-1.2: ln partnership with senior levels of government, develop a long-range corridor 

protectìón and/or acquisition strategy to accommodate future needs for active transportation, transit, 

roads, highways and goods movement. 

Strategy Tl-1.3: Coordinate local transportation network planning across jurisdictions to assist in 

regional transportation planning and corridor management. 

GOAL Tl-2: lntegrated Regional Modal Transportation Planning 

The key to low cost transportation infrastructure and economically efficient public transportation is 

appropriate land use planning. Separating services from the communities that need them, isolating 

employment areas from residential areas, and segregating residential areas from retail areas makes 

accesiing them more difficult and can limit transportation options. Conversely, ensuring that homes 

are located within walking or cycling distance of workplaces and the services opens up transportation 

choices for everyone, including those who cannot drive or cannot afford to drive. lt shortens the 

distance that transit infrastructure and transit must cover and reduces the associated cost burden on 

taxpayers. The provision of cost effective active and public transit lessens the need for cars and 

reduces traffic, creating positive environmental, social and economic spinoffs. 


Strategy Tl-2.1: Develop an lntegrated Regional Transportation Plan and lmplementation Agreement 

between all levels of government using a multimodal approach that creates attractive, integrated and 

effective transportation choices to provide a broad range of mobility options. 

Strategy Tl-2.2: Encourage transit-oriented development and provide transportation alternatives by 

linkingìánd use decisions with transit, bikeway, pedestrian, and park-and-ride investments, including 

the establishment of a regional network of park and ride facilities at key transit nodes. 

Strategy Tl-2.3: ln partnership with local and provincial governments, implement the 

recommendations identifìed within the Transportation Options for Rural Residents Study where 

feasible. 

Strategy Tl-2.4: ln collaboration with senior levels of government, agree to reduce the greenhouse 

gas contribution attributed to transportation using a variety of techniques and methods, including 

traffic demand management and public education and outreach. 

Strategy TI-2.5: Explore innovative financing options and opportunities to meet transportation and 

infrastructure goals, in addition to the efficient use of financial resources through timing and phasing 

of transportation and infrastructure projects and expansions. 

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Strategy Tl-2.6: Ensure that land use decision-making is informed by a full and complete 

understanding of the impacts on all aspects of the transportation system, including transit, walking 

and cycling. 

Strategy Tl-2.7: Support effìcient connections among all transportation modes, including: 

a) lnitiate and support expansion of cycling infrastructure, facilities and programs at both local 

and regional levels; 

b) lmprove integration of cycling and transit; 

c) lmprove walking and pedestrian facilities to destinations within major road networks; and 

d) Upgrade access to key transit stations and facilities. 

Strategy Tl-2.8: Assist BC Transit and the Ministry of Transportation and lnfrastructure in the 

development of a North Okanagan Transit Master Plan. 

Strategy Tl-2.9: Ensure that all major corridors provide a choice of transportation modes and are 

designed with multi-modal amenities such as bus stops, turnouts and shelters, bike lanes and 

sidewalks. 

Strategy Tl-2.'10: ln partnership with the provincial and federal government, provide a safe and 

secure transportation environment for the traveling public, addressing roadway hazards, pedestrian 

and bicycle safety, and transit security. 

Strategy Tl-2.'11: Through collaboration, cooperation and partnership with the provincial and federal 

government, provide the people of the region with transportation modal options necessary to carry out 

their essential daily activities and support equitable access to the region's opportunities, including 

addressing the needs of the elderly and other population groups that may have special transportation 

needs, such as non-drivers or those with disabilities. 

Strategy Tl-2.12: Ensure that new development pays for the costs of all transportation-related 

infrastructure, including transit, pedestrian and cycling facilities. 

Strategy Tl-2.13: Provide appropriate transportation networks, through collaboration with, and 

support from, senior levels of government, that encourage the expansion of economic development 

activity. 

Strategy Tl-2.14: Develop sustainable commercial transportation options that reduce the greenhouse 

gas footprint of goods and services available at the regional and local level. 

GOAL Tl-3: Create Effective, Efficient and Sustainable lnfrastructure 

The Canadian Waterworks Association and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) 

recognize a growing gap in infrastructure spending in British Columbia. This means a growing backlog 

in infrastructure in need of repair or replacement. According to the FCM, over 33 percent of water 

distribution infrastructure in Canada's older cities reached the end of its service life in 2002, with 

another 34 percent set to reach that state by 2020. Governments at all levels will have to develop new 

means of financing the replacement of these ageing pipes, pumps, reservoirs and treatment plants. 

The extension of regional and municipal infrastructure to development in new locations can absorb 

funds more prudently spent renovating existing infrastructure and adds an additional burden on 

taxpayers to cover long term capital and operational costs. Additionally, the capital and operational 

costs of infrastructure vary directly with proximity to existing development. For every kilometre a 

building or neighbourhood is from a central pumping facility, the more expensive its services will be. 

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Development that occurs within the existing service area, can often take advantage of existing excess 

water system capacity; distributing the system's capital costs over an enlarged tax base, and reducing 

the costs per resident. Where development within a water service area must add capacity, or requires 

additional or upgraded infrastructure, it can provide an invaluable source of funding to alleviate 

municipal infrastructure deficits. Development within or immediately adjacent to existing urban areas 

can thus be an effective means of financing the replacement of ageing water and sewer infrastructure 

while reducing the overall costs of water and sewer provision. 


Strategy Tl-3.1: Develop supportive policies that will focus growth toward areas with existing 

infrastructure. 

Strategy Tl-3.2= Develop regional cooperation on utility planning. 

Strategy Tl-3.3: Develop consistent infrastructure lifecycle full accounting policies and tools at the 

local añd regional levels to ensure that the full cost of development is incorporated into the permitting 

process. 

Strategy Tl-3.4: Adopt a phased approach to service expansion at the local government level, based 

upon a 20 year projected build-out. 

Strategy Tl-3.5: Adopt best management practices and innovative green infrastructure technologies 

and techniques to address stormwater challenges. 

Strategy Tl-3.6: ldentify innovative options that will assist in maintaining appropriate levels of 

infrastructure and service delivery that address community needs in a fiscally responsible manner. 

Strategy Tl-3.7: Support the development of innovative energy sources that result in reduced 

community greenhouse gas production. 

Strategy Tl-3.8: Conduct an lnfrastructure lnventory and Needs Assessment for the North Okanagan 

that provides an accurate inventory of all infrastructure asset condition, use, maintenance and 

replacement cost. This information is a vital aid in the local decision-making and budgeting priority 

process. 

Strategy Tl-3.9: Develop a Regional Serviced lndustrial Lands lnitiative that will facilitate industrial 

infrastructure servicing arrangements, with an emphasis on recovering infrastructure development 

costs from industrial development applications. 

REFERRAL: 

The Board of Directors is encouraged to fon¡¡ard the draft Environment and Natural Lands, Affordable 

Housing and Transportation and lnfrastructure Working Group policy recommendations to member 

municipal councils for their comments. Referral of draft goals, strategies and actions would enable the 

Board of Directors to hear the views of municipal councils and make any changes to the draft policies 

prior to consideration for endorsement, public review and draft Regional Growth Strategy 

development. Since the opportunity would be available, the public may choose to provide their 

comments to councils rather than the Board of Directors at this stage of the process. lt is suggested 

that municipalities be requested to reply within one month on any major concerns, recognizing that 

further opportunities will be available for detailed review during broad municipal and public 

consultation prior to the creation of a draft Regional Growth Strategy. 

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The Regional Growth Management Advisory Committee may refer any recommendation to staff with 

direction on further development of the policies. This option allows RDNO staff and staff from the 

member municipalities to work on refinement of the draft policies, but will add more time to the 

process. The RGMAC would need to provide staff with clear direction as to the policy areas that must 

be revised. 

SUMMARY: 

The draft Environment and Natural Lands, Affordable Housing and Transportation and lnfrastructure 

recommended goals, strategies and actions are the product of many discussions within the Growth 

lssues Working Groups, Community Advisory Committee and Regional Growth Strategy Support 

Team. ln addition, discussion and input at open houses, public forums such as the meetings held 

throughout the process, the Elected Officials Forum, held on April 24, 2009, municipal council 

discussions, public survey responses, and Board of Directors and municipal council endorsement of 

the Regional Growth Strategy Terms of Reference have informed the Board of Directors direction on 

the development of draft growth issues policy options. 

The completion of the Regional Growth Strategy is the top Board of Directors priority. lt is 

recommended that the Regional Growth Management Advisory Committee consider the Environment 

and Natural Lands, Affordable Housíng and Transportation and lnfrastructure policy recommendations 

for inclusion within the Regional Growth Strategy and refer those draft policy options to member 

municipalities and First Nations for comment on any major concern. Due to the accelerated timeline 

established by the Board of Directors on January 9, 2009, it is recommended that the closing date for 

comment on major concerns be June 15, 2010. Additional opportunities for municipal council input 

and comment into the development of the draft policy framework of the Regional Growth Strategy will 

be available throughout the process, 

Submitted by: 

rApproved For lnclusion: 

Endorsed by: 

Greg Betts, Ad mí nistrator 

General Manager, Planning and Building 

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Attachment 2 




REPORT 

File No.: 3045-06 

TO: 

FROM: 

DATE: 

SUBJECT: 

Reglonal Growth Management Advisory Commiftee 


May 6, 2010 

Governance and Service Delivery Working Group 

Recommendations 


That it be recornrnended to the Board of Directors that the draft Goals, Strategies and Actions 

recommended by the Governance and Service Delivery Working Group and contained in the repoÉ 

dated May 6, 2010 from the Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator, be considered for inclusion within 

the draft Regional Growth Strategy; 

And further, that the draft Goals, Strategies and Actions suggestions be referred to rnember 

municipalities and First Nations to provide comrnent priorto July 30, 2010. 

DISCUSSION: 

This report includes the draft policy recornmendations that have been developed by the Governance 

and Service Delivery Working Group and discussed by the Regional Growth Strategy Suppoft Team. 

The Governance and Service Delivery Working Group invited all North Okanagan regional and 

municipal Administrators and First Nations representatives to discuss and develop governance and 

service delivery policy recomrnendations. The Board of Directors, on Decernber 9, 2009, passed the 

following motion: 

"That as recommended by the Regional Growth Management Advisory Committee, the 

Govemance and Serulce Ðelivery Wor4ing Group of the Regional Groutth Strategy be 

directed to consider a "green field" approach (a fresh staft with no jurisdictional 

boundaries or hislory) to look at what could belshould be done as well as a "brown field" 

approach (cansidering what exrsts in the Regiona[ Distriet today) to identify solutions for 

challenges to regional governance and seruice delivery" 

The Governance and Service Delivery Working Group explored both approaches and, through their 

discussions, brought forward a series of broad, strategic recomrnendations that focuses on 

transparency, collaboration and cooperation- 

The recommendations that are contained within this report are intended for consideration by the 

Regional Grovyth Managernent Advisory Cornrnittee and the Board of Directors for inclusion within the 

draft Regional Growth Strategy. All recornmendations that have been considered by the Board of 

Directors will be fonryarded to rnember municipalities and First Nations for consideration and 

comment. 

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Report to Regional Growth Management Advisory Committee - May 6, 2010 Page 2 

BACKGROUND: 

The development of the Governance and Service Delivery draft policy framework was guided by the 

Regional Growth Strategy Terms of Reference, endorsed on May 6, 2009 by the Board of Directors, the 

outcomes of the April 16,2009 Elected Officials'Forum and the results of Phase I public engagement. 

As well, the Board of Directors tasked the Governance and Service Delivery with exploring governance 

and service delivery options based upon 'greenfield' and 'brownfield' approaches. 

The Regional Growth Strategy Vision Statement was refìned based on input received at the Elected 

Officials' Forum and endorsed by the Board of Directors on June 17, 2009, stated thal 'lnclusive, 

accountable and effective governance based upon a foundation of regional cooperation". The 

urban containmenVrural protection draft policy framework has been developed by the Urban 

Containment Working Group based upon this direction. 

The attached Regionlal Governance Overuiew Repoft, dated November 24,2009, was requested by 

the Governance and Service Delivery Working Group to inform their discussions. The document 

provides an overview of regional governance and service delivery models that have been used 

throughout the world. 

RECOMMENDATIONS 

Decision making over land use, service delivery, environmental protection and many other issues of 

concern to residents within the regional district is a shared responsibility. The Regional Growth 

Strategy intends to improve collaboration between all levels of government within the region: 

municipal, regional, provincial, federal and First Nations. 

Better collaboration and information sharing can lead to improved coordination and cooperation which 

in turn can reduce duplication and inefficiencies in local and regional governance and improve service 

delivery. lt also builds on the core competencies of existing jurisdictions so that limited resources are 

utilized efficiently. 

The governance and service delivery policy recommendations support expanding the opportunities for 

participation and communication in regional decision making. Collaboration among jurisdictions can 

be improved by: 

o Making decisions in ways that are inclusive, coordinated, and transparent, based on mutual 

respect, respect for the rights of others, and a culture of collaborative management; 

o Promoting early and on-going communication, and collaborative dialogue among jurisdictions 

at the regional level; and 

. Continuing to develop a collaborative, multi-faceted approach to governance. 

GOAL GS-1.0: lnclusive, Accountable and Effective Governance Based upon a Foundation of 

Regional Cooperation 

The Regional District of North Okanagan and member municipalities agree: 

STRATEGY GS-1.1: Regional District and municipal staff shall develop mechanisms by which they 

collaborate and coordinate on matters of regional or inter-jurisdictional significance. Activities may 

include regular staff meetings, referral systems, working groups, inter-jurisdictional committees and a 

formal role for Administrators within regional governance. 

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AGTION GS-1.1.1: Local and regionalAdministrators will have a formal role within the annual budget 

process. The formal role should include a review of function budgets, therefore fostering 

understanding and trust amongst participants. 

ACTION GS-í.1.2: Regional and municipal staff will implement monthly meetings to coordinate and 

collaborate on regional or inter-jurisdictional initiatives and issues. 

STRATEGY GS-1.2: That there shall be annual Elected Officials' Forums as a means for maintaining 

cross-regional communication and coordination on regional and inter-jurisdictional issues. 

STRATEGY GS-1.3: All elected officials within the North Okanagan will attend a mandatory 

postelection Elected Officials' Orientation Session to clariff the regional services that are provided, 

the regional governance structure, the rationale for regional governance, and obligations of elected 

officials at the local and regional levels. 

STRATEGY GS-í.4: Define and implement regional protocols that clearly delineate'ground rules'to 

assist in inter-jurisdictional disputes through an efficient, equitable and transparent conflict resolution 

process that is embedded in all Establishment Bylaws. 

STRATEGY GS-1.5: lmplement a local and regional government public education program, including 

annual governance 'Trade Shows' during 'Local Government Awareness Week', to clariff the roles, 

responsibilities and limitations of current governance systems and enhance civic consciousness and 

participation in local and regional government. 

STRATEGY GS-1.6: Petition the Province to review and revise their municipal boundary expansion 

policy by formalizing the role of municipalities and Regional Districts in the boundary expansion 

process on an occurrence basis. 

STRATEGY GS-1.7: Support and participate in any review of Regional District legislation that clarifìes 

and update the roles, responsibilities, limitations and authority of regional districts, provide Provincial 

guidance on regional governance issues and simplifies regional governance processes. 

STRATEGY GS-í.8: Explore cost sharing opportunities, effective, efficient and fiscally responsible 

service delivery that strengthens regional collaborative relationships, recognizing a diversity of needs 

and priorities and engages in capacity building. 

STRATEGY GS-1.9: Collaborate on the development of a regional approach that provides better 

coordination between jurisdictions on urban and rural land use proposals that have cross jurisdictional 

implications. 

STRATEGY GS-1.10: Recognize the key roles played by the private and non-profìt sectors in such 

areas as economic development, environmental protection, agriculture and affordable housing and 

consider partnerships and strategic alliances with groups and organizations prepared to invest in 

and/or support the goals and policies of the Regional Growth Strategy. 

STRATEGY GS-1.11: Recognize the need to engage First Nations, whereas expanding dialogue will 

assist in building mutual appreciation, understanding and respect for land use planning processes 

across governments. 

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GOAL GS-2.0: Efficient, Effective and Fiscally Responsible Service Delivery 


STRATEGY GS-2.1: Develop a communication plan that will provide certainty to the public on the 

expected level of service throughout the North Okanagan. Urban levels of service will be constrained 

to the Growth Areas and rural service levels will be limited to the Rural Protection Areas. 

STRATEGY GS-2.2: Request that the Province develop and update, as required, capital plans to 

meet the needs of the projected population for services, such as education, transportation networks, 

health care and law enforcement, and that lmplementation Agreements are negotiated with local and 

regional governments for the delivery of services that reflect the policies and actions contained within 

the Regional Growth Strategy. 

STRATEGY GS-2.3: Develop and implement a Regional Service Checklist for establishing a new 

regional or sub-regional services which clearly states roles, responsibilities, expectations, costs, 

scope and implications of entering into the service agreement. 

STRATEGY GS-2.4: Strategic Service Plan Reviews should re-evaluate the business case when 

considering the projected growth of the community. Strategic Service Plans should be coordinated 

with Corporate Plans to ensure priorities are represented. 

STRATEGY GS-2.5: Explore establishing agreements with senior levels of government that assist in 

financing service delivery, as more responsibility is transferred to local and regional government, in 

order to build capacity and resources. 

REFERRAL: 

The Board of Directors is encouraged to forward the draft Governance and Service Delivery policy 

framework to member municipal councils and First Nations for their comments and consideration. 

Referral of draft goals, strategies and actions would enable the Board of Directors to hear the views of 

municipal councils and First Nations and make any changes to the draft policies prior to public review 

and draft Regional Growth Strategy development. Since the opportunity would be available, the public 

may choose to provide their comments to councils rather than the Board of Directors at this stage of 

the process. 

The Regional Growth Management Advisory Committee (RGMAC) may refer any recommendation to 

staff with direction on further development of the policies. This option allows RDNO staff and staff 

from the member municipalities to work on reflnement of the policies, but it will add more time to the 

process. The RGMAC would need to provide staff with clear direction as to the policy areas that must 

be revised. 

SUMMARY: 

The draft Governance and Service Delivery Goals, Strategies and Actions Recommendations are the 

product of many discussions by the participating Administrators that sit on the Governance and 

Service Delivery Working Group. 

The completion of the Regional Growth Strategy is a top priority for the Board of Directors. lt is 

recommended that the Regional Growth Management Advísory Committee consider the draft 

governance and service delivery policies and recommend to the Board of Directors to consider and 

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Due to the accelerated timeline established by the Board of Directors on January 9, 2009, it is 

recommended that the closing date for comment be July 30,2010. Additional oppoÍunities for 

municipal council input and comment into the development of the policy framework of the Regional 

Growth Strategy will be available throughout the process. 

Submitted by: 

Approved For lnclusion: 

Endorsed by: 

Bêtts, Administrator 

Rob Smailes, MCIP 


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REGIONAT DISTRICT OF NORTH OKANAGAN 


"One Region, One Future" 

Reg¡onol Governonce 

Overv¡ew 

Governqnce qnd Service Delivery Working Group 

tt l24lzooe 

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Regionol Governonce Overview 


Governonce ond Service Delivery Working Group 

1.0 Governance Models: An Overview 

There ore four moin colegories in regionol government model: (l)one-level; (2) two-level ;( 3) 

cooperolive; ond (4) metropolíÎon council. 

The oneJevel olternolive con be occomplished by three bosic techniques: (l)Annexotion (the 

qbsorption of neorly unincorporoted lerritory); (2) Municipol consolidotion (merger of lwo or 

more incorporoied units); (3) City-county consolidotion (the union of one or more municipolity with 

lhe'couniy' government). 

The fwoJevel olternotive of regionol reorgonizolions is bosed on the theory of federolism. With 

this technique, oreo-wide funclions ore delegoied to oreo-wide government, while purely locol 

functions remoin with locol government, creoÌing o Îv/o-tier syslem, The two-tier system con tqke 

lhree bosic forms: 

(l ) Metropoliton districf (o governmentol unit thot perform one or o few closely reloted 

functions in oll or o substontiol port of metropoliton oreo) ;] 

(2) Comprehensive regionol plon (the simultoneous tronsfer of selecied functions from 

municipolities ond other locol units to the regionol government); 

(3) Federorion (the estoblishmenr of o new oreo-wide governmenl lhol is ossigned new 

responsibilities reg ion-wide). 

The cooperolíve olternoiive model of regionol government, olso referred to os inlerJocol 

ogreemenls, coll for greqter cooperotion belween existing governments withoul the creotion of 

new one. This opprooch represents voluntory techniques 1o oddress regionol problems while 

moinloining locol control. Agreemenl con loke the following bosic forms: 

(l)A single governmenl performs o service or provides o focility for one or more oiher locol 

unils, ínler-locol seryice ogreernenfs; 

(2) Two or more locol governmenl qdministers o funciion or operoles o focility on o ioint 

bosis, ¡binf-power ogreemenls; 

(3) Two or more locol governments ossist or supply mutuol oid fo one onolher in emergency 

situolions. 

A fourth cotegory of regionol or meiropoliton governmeni is the melropolìlon counc¡r. Metropoliton 

counc¡ls ore permonenl ossocioiions of governments thoi meei on o regulor bosis to discuss ond 

seek ogreement on vorious issues. However, becquse of its lock of oulhority, the council mechonism 

cqnnot be clossified os o true melropoliton government except if the outhority is derived from the 

provinciol government. 

Within the Conodion conlexl. Ontorio, Quebec, Alberto (Metro Edmonlon) ond British Columbio 

hove implemenled mondolory (Onlorio, Quebec, Alberlo) or voluntory (British Columbio) seporote 

regionol governonce. Mosl Conodion provinces rely on o single lier orrongement wilh on emphosis 

on consolidolion or omolgomolion of municipolities ond onticipoted oreos (very lorge 

municipolities). 

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2.0 A Menu of Options for Regionol Governonce 

The following seclion detoils the menu of options pertoining to the conslruction of o regionol boord 

using the five crilicol proctices identified in the Americon ond internotionol cose studies. The 

Governonce ond Service Delivery Working Group is encouroged to exomine the elements of on 

effective Regionol Boord from lhis menu of oplions. Below ore summories of Regionol Boord 

governonce orrongements ond slruclures thol hove been implemented throughout the world. 

2.1 Cooperolive Mechonisms 

Single Voluntory Regionol Boord: This mechonism con be fovoroble in situotions where regionol 

consensus is imperotive to the decision-moking process. This mechonism works in sifuqiions where oll 

porties ore prepored ond willing to cooperole, significont finonciol inceniives for cooperotion 

exist. relotionships ore respectful ond nurfured through communicotion, ond key slokeholders hove 

the skills necessqry to colloborote successfully. lt olso ollows for some flexibiliîy oround issues thqt 

ore sub-regionol in nolure. An exomple would be the Regionol District system of Brilish Columbio. 

Single Mondotory Regionol Boord: This model is similor 1o the concepl of o volunlory regionol 

boord except lhot porticipot¡on is mondoled by the province or slote. Porticipotion on the boord 

is mondolory olthough for some issues municipolities moy be given the right to opt out of decisionmoking 

process. This mechonism con be fovoroble in situolions where regionol consensus is 

imperolive 1o the decision-moking process. lt olso ollows for some flexibility oround issues thot ore 

sub-regionol in noture. An exomple would be the Edmonlon Copitol Regionol Boord which the 

province mondoled 1o oddress the lock of locol coordinotion on moior oil qnd gos industriol 

growlh. 

Multiple lssue-Bosed Bocrds: This model is bosed on lhe ideo of developing issue specific 

(tronsportotion, woler delivery, lond use plonning, economic development, etc) boords or 

commiltees os is done in Berlin-Brondenburg, Germony where lhere ore 5 issue bosed groups. 

One of the benefits of this lype of mechonism is lhol if o boord or committee is unoble to 

colloboroie effeclively iÎ will noi necessor¡ly prevenl other boords from colloboroling. As such this 

model cqn help to miligore fie risk of the regionol body disbonding. This model qlso ollows for 

porticipoÌion to be either volunlory or mondotory ond for there to be vorioiion between the 

boords. The greolesl weokness in this governonce orrongement is the potentiol lock of 

coordinolion wilh regord to polÍcy developmeni ond implementolion ocross issues-bqsed boords 

ond polentiol inefficiencies lhot moy result. 

Multiple Stokeholder Boords: Boords w¡th mult¡ple stokeholders open up cooperotive mechonisms 

to o more inclusive process. h inviles porticípotion on boords from multiple stokeholders including 

chombers of commerce, not-for-profits, First Nolions, provinciol governmenl representoiives etc. 

This opprooch ollows for multiple stokeholders to be pori of the decision-moking process, but moy 

be qble 1o olso moke decision-moking more complexes ond time consuming, os well os less 

occountoble to regionol citizens. Liverpool, Englond ollows for this type of porticipotion through 

membership bosed boords. 

Copitol City Significonce: lf lhe'copitol city'(lorgest city in the region) represents morethonTOo/o 

of the regionol populolion, there moy be some ocknowledgement of its speciol position in the 

region. Melbourne, Austrolio hos developed o 'city-oc't' which mondotes thoî Íhe province 

recognizes, through both policy ond funding, lhot the 'copifol city' hos unique chorocleristics ond 

responsibilities. The Voncouver City Chorter ond the Americon 'home-rule' cities ore other 

exomples of legisloted exponded powers to locol governments. 

Volunlory Associolions: This requires o willingness to work together, to opprec¡ote mutuol 

benefiÎs, the obility to negoiiote from multiple perspectives (nol iusl populotion equilies ond 

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inequities), syslems ond regionol thinking, the obility to conceptuolize integroled plonning, 

leodership, lhe use of business model thinking, ond q sense of the public good lhol is nol porochiol. 

It moy require legislotion thot supports regionol decision mokíng powers. Such volunlory 

ossocioiions ore frogile, informol ond lock legisloted decision-moking power. 

2.2 Services 

Becouse lhe terms of reference for lhe Governonce ond Service Delivery Working Group refers 1o 

growth monogement, lhe following summories of the kinds of services thol the Region Boord might 

provide musf give priorily to services thot support economic growth ond development. 

Consequenily, regionol plonnÌng, lond use determinotion, lronsporloiion, ond infroslructure hove 

emerged os imporlonl issues. The cotegories of services lo be offered through regionol 

governonce might olso be influenced by the need 1o ottrocl inveslors for new economic 

developmenl in the oreo. 

Mony of the services offered by Regionol Dislricts evolved over lime. Some considerotion might 

olso be gÍven 1o on incrementolist opprooch with regord to services offered by the Region Boord. 

The initiol scope of services offered might be exponded ond enhonced.. 

Multiple Service Areos: Aside from coordinoting overoll reg¡onol plonning ond providing o venue 

for discussion oround regionol issues, the governing body would provide services in severol oreos. 

These might include dolo colleclion ond onolysis, public lronsporlotion, sociol services (such os 

progroms on heolth or oging), environmenlol services (such os oir ond woter quolily monitoring, 

ond resource monogemenl), technicol ond odminislrotive ossistonce to member governments, 

emergency preporedness progroms, ond economic development. The body would olso be 

responsible for distributing certoin progrom-bosed provinciol ond federol funds, for ínstonce, 

dividing q set omount of provínciol tronsportotion funding omong municipolities in the region. 

Single Service Areos: For single issue boords, lhe services offered could be voried, but would 

remoin within the oreo of focus of the Boord. The Boord might plon ond coordinote services, or 

merely implement the plons of the provinciol government in terms of service delivery. ln the cose of 

Berlin-Brondenburg, Germony, there ore 5 regionol issue bosed boords/ossociolions. However 

there ore olso over 200 inter-regionol conlrocts some thol foll wilhin rhe scope of these issuebosed 

boords qnd some lhol hqve been developed oui of o need to colloborote. 

Municipolities qs Advocqles: The primory purpose of on odvococy boord is 1o odvocole on 

beholf of the municipolities for o voriety of issues. ln this situolion it is lhe provinciol government 

thot hos decision-moking power over regionol issues. As such the boord comes togelher os od-hoc 

individuol municipol representotives who work to come 1o o consensus on the differeni issues in 

order to show o uniled fronl lo lhe decision-mokers. This is the primory cose in the Amslerdom 

(Neiherlonds) cily-region where fhe federol or provinciol government hos decision-moking power 

ond lhe regionol body is invited to sit ot lhe toble when decisions ore being mode but ore nol 

officiolly port of lhe decision-moking process. 

2.3 Decision-moking ond voting mechqnisms 

It is within the Terms of Reference for the Governonce ond Service Delivery Working Group to 

explore decision-rnofting ond votìng mecåonísms thot oppeor to be foir. The systems should embody 

respecf for the principle of one municipolity/municipol representotive hoving one vote os well os 

respect, in some form, for represenlotion by populolion. . 

Provinciol Decision-Mqking: ln this model the Boords ocls qs qdvisors or odvocotors 1o the 

provinciol government. However it is the provinciol governmenl thot hos decision-mokÍng outhorily 

on regionol motlers. This model is used in the Melbourne, Auslrolio city-region. ln this instonce the 

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province decides whot oreos need regionol colloborotion, whot colloborotion should look like, how 

policies or plons need lo be developed ond then they work with the regionol municipolities to 

develop the specific policies ond plons. The Boord's role is lo odvocote on beholf of the 

municipolilies ond then develop policies ond plons following the provinciol mondqles. 

Consensus-bqsed Decision Moking: Consensus-bosed decision-moking works be$ when the 

Boord ís nol lhe finol decision-moker for policies ond plons ond when decision-moking is nol 

mondolory. This model ollows porties to come togelher to discuss issues fhot ore of common 

inleresl ond work lowords on ogreement. ln lhis issue if there is lension porties moy opt-out of the 

process, thus leoving porlies with similor interesls ond opinions to reoch ogreements. Mony 

internolionql regionol governonce systems use this model os they ore primorily voluntory 

orgonizotions thol odvise provinciol/stote decision-moking outhorilies. 

Representolion by Populqtion: This model, which demonslrqtes chorocteristics of mony of the US 

regions, uses o democrotic vote os o finol decision-moking tool. For this model lo be effective 

lhere needs 1o be o formulo thot qcknowledges lhe voriotions in populolion of porticipoling 

municipolities. For exomple, the city with the highest percentoge of the populotion of the region 

would hove more representotives on the Boord(s) giving them more votes. Another woy of 

delermining Boord membership ond voles is through property toxes. With this lype of formulo, 

municipolities with higher properly loxes would hove more voles. Although represenloiion by 

populotion is more democrolic thon o system of 'l municipolily - I vote system it moy still not be 

completely representotive os it would most likely be bosed on proporlionole representolion os 

opposed to octuol represenlotion. lt is importont lhot no one municipolity hos enough voting power 

thol it cqn deiermine o vole or hove veto power. lt wos common in the US for decisions mode by 

this type of Boqrd to be non-binding, with individuol municipolities responsible for implementotion. 

Double Moiority: The concept of double moiority used ¡n this reporl is one where eoch 

municipolity hos ì represenlotive on the boord ond therefore I vofe. However in order to 

ocknowledge voriqtions in populolion or tox bose o second colculotion is mode which gives 

proporlionolely more weight lo those municipolilies wilh hígher populotion or tox boses. 

2.4 Dispute resolulion mechonisms 

The motler of o reosonoble dþufe resorution mecåqnisrn is rore throughout the world ol o regionol 

level. ln most instqnces such o process is nol required becouse extensive consuhotions ond 

negoliolion ore lhe most frequently successful chonnels for the formulotíon of regionol policy. 

Province os Moderolor: ln this model, the province provides o mediotion service ond moderoies 

disogreemenl. 

lndependenl Moderolor: ln this model, on independenT moderotor is ovoiloble to the Boord to 

help resolve disputes. 

Voting Mechonism: ln some coses, lhe voling mechonism ilself con oct os o dispute resolution 

mechonism. lssues do nol go lo vote unless there is thought to be generol consensus thot the issue 

will poss, there is on opporlunity lo use voting os o woy lo resolve disogreements. 

Informol/Consensus-Bqsed: ln this model, issues lend lo be resolved informolly through consensus, 

in subcommitlees or omong officiols ond members lhemselves, prior lo lheir presenlotion to the 

moin voting body, ond so formol dispute resolulion mechonisms ore not needed. ln the event thot o 

dispute does not resolve ilself informolly, o mojority vote in the moin body (in our cose, the Boord 

of Directors). 

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2.5 Funding Mechonisms 

Controcl-bqsed Fúnding: ln this model rhe Boord would submit proposols to potentiol funders for 

regionol proiects. These funders would often include the provinciol or federol governmenls ihough 

moy olso include the privote sector. 

Membership Dues: Membership dues ore often collected from the Boord members. This is 

especiolly effective when Boord membersh¡p is open lo both public ond privote groups ond 

individuols. Money collected through membership dues ore oflen smoll ond used to help cover 

odministrotive costs of the regionol governmeni. 

Regionol Growth Funds: ln some instonces there is o speciol provinciol budget item for regionol 

growfh. This moy be new money coming into lhe province or o chonge in ollolment of existing 

funds. ln Glosgow, Scotlond, Ê90 million were put info o 3-yeor fund for regionol growth. ln Perth, 

Austrolio, o $25 million regionol investment fund put into ploce. 

Incenlive Funds: Outside of lhe scope of proiect funds, odditíonol funds moy be mode ovoiloble 

lo municipolilies os on incentive for colloboroting with olhers in lhe region. These funds musl be 

locolly ond regionolly relevont, ond meoningful in lerms of the potentiol impoct. They musi olso be 

sufficiently voluoble so os to mol¡vote regionol cooperoiion. 

Privote Seclor Finoncing: ln Liverpool, UK, there is relotively little finonciol supporî from lhe stote 

for regionol iniliotives. As o result the regionol body seeks funding through the privote sector. This 

con be on effective woy to fund regionol iniliolives. However, it moy olso oher the power 

relotions between the public ond privote sector. 

Mixed Sources of Funding: ln this model, which represents common feqtures of the US ond 

Conodion regionol governmenl sysiem,, severol sources of funding ore identified, including 

provinciol, locol, ond federol gronÌs; vorious public ond privote sourcesi ond municipolity 

membership dues, which ore cqlculoted bosed on populotion ond moy olso toke into occount such 

considerotions os ovoiloble funds ond onticipoted benefits. Provinciol ond federol gronts moy be 

l¡ed fo specific service or progrom oreos, such os tronsporlotion or regionol growfh. 

3.0 British Columbiq: The Regionol District System 

Prior lo the introduction of the regionol district (RD) in l9ó5, lond use ond plonning were done 

directly by îhe provinciol governmenl, whereos locol services (such os fire protection, lighting, 

woler monogement) were provided by independenlly incorporoted improvement districts or 

municipolities under controct with the province. 

Ropid exponsion in urbon ond outlying rurol oreos highlighted the resulting frogmentotion in the 

provision of-or plonning for-services. There \Mos no generol-purpose locol governmenf, or ony 

stofute or procedure focilitoting oggregolion to ochieve benefits of regionol service delivery. ln 

1964, the Municipol Act wos omended to outhorize the incorporotion of regionol districts ond over 

the next three yeors, 28 would be creoled. Due lo reslructuring ond further omolgomotion, ot this 

time there ore 27 regionol districts in Brilish Columbiq. 

The Locol Government Act recognizes locol government os on independenf, responsible ond 

occounfoble level of governmenl (S. I ). h empowers locol government with brood corporote powers 

(S. l7ó). A number of chonges offect regionol districts directly, gronting odditionol flexibility to 

design, deliver, regulote ond poy for services 

As o form of government, regionol districts ore best chorocterized by diversity ond odoptobility. As 

q response to the growlh BC underwent in the I 9ó0s ond the differences between BC's vorious 

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regions ond municipolities, regionol districts were inlroduced os o meons to provide occess, 

occountobility ond efficiency lo locol ond regionol government. They provide o forum for 

medioting inlerests of o diverse membershipr rurol/urbon; municipol/electorol oreo; ond 

lorge/smoll. They olso help monoge 'fringe issues' lhot ore unincorporoted oreos beyond 

municipol boundories, which grew ot ropid rotes bul did not porticipote in growth plonning or 

cost-shoring. Regionol Dislricts provide o solulion 1o the 'free-rider' problem of rurol users 

benefiting from urbon services without shouldering their shore of the costs. Hence, the flexibility 

inherent in the model occommodoles lorge geogrophic oreos, whose interests ond needs differ 

from compocl urbon centres, 

Principles of Reqionol Districts 

Federol - Confederol: Regionol DistricJs exist to further lhe interests of their members. They do nol 

constituie o distinct level of government, but ore porl of the municipol system. 

Volunlcry: Regionol Districts ore volunlory orgonizotions thot ore self-orgonizing. They provide 

services their members ogree to support. Conlrory to other models of oggregolion (omolgomolion 

or two-tier), uniloterol offlooding of services ond responsibilities is not on opfion. Regionol Disiricts 

do os muclr-or os littl-os their members see fit. They ore bosed on voluntory ond cooperotive 

relotionships. 

Consensuql: Regionol Districls generolly rely on borrowed power (locol government powers, 

funclions ondf or services lhot hove been voluntorily lronsferred to the regionol government) rother 

thon on stotutory oulhority or direcf power. There ore exlensive procedures for obtoining consenl 

of member municipolilies ond elecfor ossent through referendo, petilion ond counter-petilion. 

Flexibility: The sqme legislotive fromework permits different opprooches ond the provision of 

differenr services. 

Fiscol equivolence: There musl be close equivolence between the benefils ond costs of services. 

Eoch service hos o cosi recovery formulo. Electorol oreos ond municipolities thot contribule 1o o 

regionol function or service qre involved in discussion, decision-moking ond voting regording lhot 

service/function. 

Soft boundqries: Services do not need to encomposs the entire districl. Boundories con be 

modified; members of o RD con opl oui of, or choose lo opt into, the provision of o service. ln some 

coses, services con be provided 1o oreqs belonging to onother regionol district. For exomple, 

regionol dislric'fs hove entered into ogreements with neighbouring First Notions communities 1o 

deliver certoin services. 

Governonce Sl¡uclure: Regíonol disrricis qre federolions of municipolities ond elecTorol oreos. The 

system bolonces representotion by populotion with represenlotion by community. Representotion 

of municipol oreos on the districl's Boord of Directors is ensured by director(s) who ore members of 

o municipol council ond oppoinled by the counc¡l for terms up to lhree yeors; represenlotion of 

electorol oreos is direct os the populolion elects directors for terms of Three yeors. Regionol 

districts occomplish three series of roles. While eoch district performs these roles, emphosis on one 

or onolher moy vory qccording to o given region's needs ond requiremenls. Hence, the scope of o 

regionol disfricl's power is confingent on its inierpretqlion ond opplicolion of these principles. 

I . A regionol district is o regionbl government. lt represenls regionol residents ond 

communilies ond is the vehicle for odvoncing ¡nteresls of o region os o whole. l1 sets woste 

monogement plons ond devises long-term growth plons for the oreo. l1 is olso o vehicle 

for delivering typicol regionol services, such os elec-torol oreo governonce, solid woste 

monogemenl ond regionol finonciol plonning. 

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2. Regionol disrricts provide o politicol ond odminislrolive fromework for inter-municipol 

or sub-regionol service delivery on o portnership bosis through the creotion of o 

'benefiling oreo'. Municipolities ond electorol qreos decide on q service they wish lo 

provide iointly. The service need nof encomposs the enlire region, but is limifed 1o o 

benefiting oreo. The poriners estoblish the service ond the cost recovery mechonism. 

3. Regionol dislricls const¡tute locol governmenl for uníncorporoled oreos (electorol oreos). 

Residenfs of electorol oreos elect o represenlotive 1o sil on the regionol disf rici boord. 

Brilish Columbio hos more thon 40 yeors' experience in lhe development of regionol governonce 

inslilutîons. Such on inlegroted system provides o politicol ond odministrotíve plotform for service 

provision regionolly; sub-regionolly ond locolly. Regionol districts form on oll-purpose regionol 

government; o federqtion of municipol ond unincorporoted eleclorol oreos whose purpose is to 

provide services to people ond governmenls os well os represenlotion to rurol oreos. They rely on 

borrowed power roiher lhon on legisloted po\Mer, ond therefore, iÎ is o form of governmenl thot is 

quile 'loose' in the lypes of services provided. ln foct, they operote on the principle thot members 

gel whot they ogree lo poy for, ond procedures for withdrowol from the provision of services ore 

loid out.r 

Regionol districts deliver benefils of economies of scole ond greoter efficiency in the plonnìng ond 

delivery of services, ln oddilion, iÎ provides befter service 'coveroge' os rurol oreos ore porl of 

ond contributes towords-the delivery of regionol services ln oddition, lhe model offords 

flexibility lo members ond occountobility wilhoul creoting o distincl level of government ond 

bureoucrocy. 

ln lhe cose of Brilish Columbio, ond regording the specificity of irs populotion ond its geogrophic 

dispersol, fhis model mokes sense ond is widely regorded os successful. lt moy not be equolly 

opplicoble lo olher iurisdictions os regionol dislricts hove o 35-yeor hislory, ond benefils from the 

lrust ond relotions thot hove been esloblished over time.2 

Regionol dislricts require o commitment to flexibility ond openness-ond o degree of politicol ond 

sociol copitol-which were estoblished through yeors of proctice. 30 yeors of meetings where 

council members from different municipolities os well os elected representotives of electorol oreos 

meet ond work logether hos esloblished o resilienl forum for inleroction ond cooperotion.3 

4.0 Other Exomples 

4.1 Portlqnd, Oregon: Metropolilon Regionol Governqnce 

Seventeen yeors ogo Oregon odopted o low requiring oll locol governments to plon occording 1o 

specified slote gool. Furlhermore, the stote gools hove led locol governments to odopt 

urbon/rurol boundqries ond encouroge higher-density housing, both inlended to prevent urbon 

sprowl. The Oregon lqw mode no provision for slotewide plonning or for regionol plonning, 

excepi in lhe Portlqnd oreo. 

ln 1979, cilizens in the Portlond melropoliton region voted 1o reploce their Council of Governments 

with o directly elecled regionol council ond executive to hondle o moderote portfolio of regionol 

1 

Government of British Columbio, Minisrry of Municipol Affoirs, "Regionol Districl Service Review ond W¡lhdrowol Provisions", Using 

lhe New locof Governmenl Acl Bulletn, No. F.3.5.0, December 2000. 

2 Cashaback, Dav¡d. 2001. 

Governance, June 2001. 

3 Cashaback, David. 2001. 

Govemance, June 2001. 

Regional D¡strict Governance in British Columb¡a,:A Case Study of Aggregatlon. lnst¡tute on 

Regional District Governance in British Columb¡a,: A Case Study of Aggregation. lnstitute on 

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responsibilities including solid wosie disposol, 1o regionol visilor focililies ond lronsporlol¡on 

plonning. 

ln 1995, the voters opproved o home rule chorter for the regionol governmentr now colled Melro, 

emphosizing thot its primory function wos long-ronge lond use ond lronsporlotion plonnîng. The 

chorter reoffirmed Metro's stotutory outhority to require locol government's locol lond use ond 

tronsportolion plons to conform lo o regionol fromework plon. 

Metro's plonning progrom is the subiect of extensive public poriicipotion; over 17,000 people 

hove returned surveys, wirh theîr own postoge, on the regionol plonning effort. Voters get lo 

express their preferences on lhe subiecl by who they elecl to the Metro Council from 25 cilies ond 

three counties in the Portlond metropoliton oreo. 

Melro is the directly elecled regionol government thot serves more Thon I .5 million residents in 

Clockomos, Multnomoh ond Woshinglon counties, ond the 25 cilies in the Portlqnd, Oregon, 

melropolilon oreo. The Metro Council includes o council president elecÌed region-wide ond six 

councilors elecled by district. Metro olso hos qn oudilor who is elected region-wide. 

Melro is the only regionol government ogency in the United Stotes whose governing body, the 

Melro Council, is directly elecied by lhe region's voters. This meels o provision of Metro's home 

rule chorter, opproved by rhe volers in 1992, which insists thot Metro's leodershîp be elected, 

visible ond occounloble. 

Principles of Metro Portlond 

Metropoliton Council: Seporoie level of government wilh enforcemenl power ond voter-endorsed 

Chorter. Esroblish growlh boundories ond regionol plonning initiqtives. 

Mondolory: The primory role of Metro Porflond is lo moinloin the Urbon Conloinment Boundory 

ond provide regionol lond use ond tronsportotion plonning. All municipolities ore obligoted to 

incorporote plonning obiectives ond decisions into lheir locol plonning. All regionol service 

functions ore determined by Metro Portlond. 

Slolutory: Metro Portlond relies on stolutory oulhorily ond direct power, os enshrined wilhin the 

Chorter ond Oregon Slole low. The elected councillors ond president ore responsible to their 

eleclorol districls, which do not correspond to municipol boundories. 

Fiscol responsibility: There must be close equivqlence between the benefits ond cosfs of services. 

Eoch service hos o cost recovery formulo. The regionol ouditor is elected through region-wide 

elections ond is responsible for the efficient provision of services. 

Governqnce Strucfure: The Metro Council consists of o presidenl who is elected region-wide ond 

six councilors who ore elected by districl every four yeors. The presidenl presides over the council, 

sets ¡ts policy ogendo, ond oppoinÌs oll members of Metro committees, commissions, ond boords. 

The Metro Auditor. elecÌed region-wide, operoles independenlly from the Metro Council ond is 

responsible for oversight of Metro's onnuol finonciol stotements ond conducting performonce 

oudits. The Council, with o one-member, on-vote formulo, estqblishes policy ond decides quest¡ons 

brought through lhe ogreemenl of o moiority of Councilors present (one member, one vote). A 

quorum, os defined by the Metro Portlond Chorter, is over 5Oo/o of the Councillors presenl. 

The Merro Council provides leodership from o regionol perspect¡ve, ref leds on ongoing, 

innovotive plonning orienlolion, ond focuses on issues thot cross locol boundories ond require 

colloborqtive solutions. The Metro Council esloblishes policies for ond oversees lhe operotion of 

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Metro's progroms, develops long-ronge plons ond onnuol budgets ond esloblishes fees ond other 

revenue meosures. 

4.2 Edmonton Ccpitol Regionol Boord 

On April 15, 2008 the provinciol government of Alberto possed o regulotion to estoblish the 

Copitol Region Boord. This Boqrd is o corporoiion consisling of 25 municipolities lhot include qnd 

surround the City of Edmonton. 

The oct of government wos o response to yeors of dishormony ond dysfunction in the relotionships 

belween Copitol Region municipol governments ond o lock of effective leodership thot could unite 

oll porlies in consensus decision-moking. Growlh pressures from on exponsion of the oil ond gos 

industry in Alberlo were o cotolysl for chonge. The creotion of o formolized regionol governonce 

structure wos seen os the solution to on inlrqdoble problem: the need to coordinote integroted 

lond-use ond tronsportolion plonning omong inier-dependenl municipolilies. 

On April 15, 2008, the Alberlo government officiolly estoblished the Copitol Region Boord os o 

multi-purpose boord with outhority to moke binding decisions concerning motters included in its 

mondole, which revolves oround issues of lond-use plonning ond service shoring: 

CrÍIícol Ì,llondofe: reg iono I lo nd -use p lo nnin g. 

PrìorÍly l{iondales.' inter-municipol tronsil, developmenl of regionol geogrophic plonning informotion 

system, ond slroiegic plonning for regionol offordoble housing requirements. 

Secondøry Priorifies: solid woste monogemenf, woter monogement, policing, emergency services, 

sociol services, recreoiion, ond economic developmenl. 

With¡n the Alberto Copitol Region, the opprooch to service delivery hos been to oddress multiple 

services oreos, but under the brooder umbrello of regionol plonning. Responding to populotion 

increoses os o resuh of booms within lhe oil ond gqs industry, the Copitol Region hos been 

perenniolly concerned wilh issues of lond-use, but olso lronsil, housing, woste monogemenl, woler, 

emergency services, sociol services, ond recreotion. Responding to populotion increoses, but olso 1o 

encouroge the growlh necessory 1o provide for ond encouroge economic developmenl, lhe Copitol 

Region hos recently begun lo think of regionol plonning in terms of growTh monogemenl ond, os 

such, hos odopted o hierorchicolly ordered sel of mondotes thot strikes o bolonce beiween the 

coordinotion of multiple service oreos, ond the need for solidority through o unified sense of 

purpose in the form of o criticol mondole: reg¡onol lond-use plonning. 

Principles of Edmonton Copitol Reqionol Board 

Mondclory: The provinciol governmeni hos estoblished the Regionol Boord with the coveot thot 

municipol mondotory porticipotion is required with regord to the regionol services provided. 

Slclulory: The Regionol Boord relies on provinciol stotulory outhoriTy ond direct power. 

Fiscol responsibility: There musl be close equivolence between the benefits ond cosls of services. 

Eoch service hos o cost recovery formulo. 

Governonce Struclure: The Regionol Boord is chorqcterized by mondolory porlicipotion with 

voling representotives from eoch of the 25 municipolities in the region. The boord is supervised by 

lhe province lhrough representolives oppo¡nted by the Premier but in on ex-oÍficio copocity. To 

encouroge boord efficocy, decision-moking is bound by on obligolion to ottempt 1o reoch 

consensus (one municipolity, one vole) wiThin o specified period of time (consensus defined os o 

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generol ogreemenl of oll members). ln order for o molion lo poss, o double moiorily must be 

reoched: in order to poss, qn ¡tem must receive 17 of 25 vores AND These must represeni 75o/o ol 

the populoiion in the region. There is olso o provision thot slipulotes thoi the obsence of o voting 

member is construed os o vole in offirmofion for ony molion thol is put for vole. This voting 

struclure is intended for instonces where, lime permitling, consensus could nol be reoched. 

lf o dispule orises, informol ottempts lo ochieve o resolution occur through discussions ot the Boord 

level, lhen provinciol medíotion, followed by binding provinciol orbilrotion if necessory (similor 1o 

the Regionol Growth Strolegy dispute resolution process). 

4.3 The Twin Cities Metropoliton Council 

An exomple of the direct stotulory opprooch lo region-wide growlh monogemenl is the 

Minneopolis-St. Poul region in Minnesolo. The Twin Cities Metropolilon Council hos been oround 

since I 967, creoled by stoie legislotion lo deol wÍth regionol sewer ond woter issues. Mony hod 

pushed for on elected melro council, but finol compromises resuhed in o Governor-oppoinled 

boord. Mission ond function of the council hove exponded over the yeors 1o encomposs brooder 

growth monogement concerns within the region of seven count¡es ond neorly 200 municipolities. 

Region-wide tox bqse shoring wos odded in 1971, supported by rurol uníts ond some of the 

poorer suburbs ond bitterly opposed by lhe more offluent suburbs. The progrom pools 40olo of the 

increqse in ossessed volue of commerciol qnd industriol properly, opplies o common milloge rote, 

ond dîstributes the revenue omong oll units in the region on the bosis of "lox copocity" of eoch 

unit. This wos mode possible by the obsence of strong divisions in Minnesolo, the trodilions of 

sociol reform thot chorocterized lhe oreo ond one-person-one-vote reopporl¡onment thol gove the 

Twin Cities enormous politicol power in the sÎoÎe. A 1994 ollempt to odd resîdentiol property to 

lhe pool wos unsuccessful. ln ,l998, 137 locol units were recipienls,49 donors. 

The Twin Cilíes Metropolilon Council consisls of I7 members who ore oppoinied by the governor 

ond ore responsible for the developmenl of cerloin oreo-wide services thot locol government is 

unoble to provide, including sewoge ond woter systems, tronsportotion, regionol porks, ond moior 

lond uses. lt ploys o coordinoting ond regulotory role omong fhe locql governments. 

The Metropoliton Council is the regionol governmentol ogency in Minnesotq serving the Twin Ciries 

seven-couniy mefropoliton oreo. The Met Council is gronied regionol ouihority powers in slote 

stolutes by the Minnesoto Legislolure. These powers con supersede decisions ond octions of locol 

governments. The legisloture enlrusts lhe Council to mointqin public services ond oversee growth of 

the stote's lorgesl metro oreo. This ogency ís similqr to Melro in Portlond, Oregon in thot both 

ogencies odminister on urbon growth boundory. 

The Council's role in the Twin Cities metro oreo is defined by the necessory regionol services iÎ 

provides ond monoges. These include public lronsporlotion, wostewoter treotmenl, regionol 

plonning, urbon plonning for municipolities, forecosling populotion growlh, ensuring odequole 

offordoble housing, moinloining o regionol pork ond lroils syslem, ond "provides o fromework for 

regionol systems including ovioiion, trqnsportotion, porks ond open spoce, woter quolity ond 

woter monogemenl 

Principles of Twin Cities Metropoliton Council 

Mondolory: The stote governmenl hos esloblished the oppoinled Metropoliton Council os o 

seporote level of governmenl thot supersedes locol decision-moking on regionolly mondoted 

motters. 

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Regionol Governonce OvervÌew 

Slolulory: The Council relies on slote stqlutory oulhority ond direct power qs o sepqrote level of 

governmenl. 

Fiscol responsibilily: There must be close equivolence between the benefits ond costs of services. 

Eoch service hos o cost recovery formulo. Region-wide tox shoring on the increosed volue of 

commerciol ond induslriol londs to reduce complelion for economic developmenl ond 

ocknowledging lhot employment is concenlrole d in o 25o/o of the communilies. 

Governqnce Slruclure: The Met Council currently hqs l7 members, I ó of which represent o 

geogrophic district in the seven-county oreo wîth one choir who serves "ot lorge." lnsteod of 

represenling locol governments qnd speciol districls, os the previous Meiropoliton Plonning 

Commission hod done, the governor of Minnesolo oppoints the members of the melropoliton 

council. Except for the council choir thot wos 1o represent the oreo os o whole, eoch member would 

represent, on o one-person/one-vole bosis, o porticulor district. Thus, lhe bosic tosk of lhe council 

is lo represent regionol interesls in certoin designoted oreos over thol of locol interests. One of 

the moior reosons why council membership wos not comprised of locol government represenlofives 

wos to ensure lhol the council would not be influenced by locol politics. 

The Minnesolo Senote moy confirm or reiect eoch oppointmenl. Geogrophic districts vory in 

chorocteristics but were historicolly drown by populotion percentoge ond the presence of moior 

noturol resources. Districts neor the downtown core ore much smoller while lhe edge districts 

encomposs lorge omounts of rurol lond. The Council delivers regionol services to communities ond 

the public lhrough lhese divisions ond operoiing oreos: 

o Regionol Adminislrotion/Choir's Office - Generolly sets lhe gools ond direclion the Council 

will toke with lhe meiro oreo. lt qlso mqnoges finonces ond mokes budget decisions on 

how shored funding ond gront progroms ore distributed omongsi the region. 

Community Developmeni - The moiorily of lond use, regionol, urbon, ond community 

plonning occur wilh this division. lt olso develops ond odminisiers regionol ond municipol 

fromeworks os well os the long-ronge vision plons. 

Tronsporlolion - This division odminislers oll bus ond light roil lines. lt olso onolyzes ond 

develops future tronsporlotion oplions. However, rood ond street corridor plonning is left 

lo county ond city governments. Highwoys ore plonned ond monoged by the Minnesoto 

Deportment of Tronsportotion. Additionol public tronsil ogencies olso exist under on oplout 

ogreement of Metro Tronsit service. 

Environmenlol Services - This dìvision is mondoted lo oddress woter quolily, woter supply, 

ond sewoge treotment. lt olso hos full iurisdiction of the woslewoler îreotment system. This 

includes mointenonce ond construction of woslewoter inlerceplors ond operolion of eight 

woslewoter treotment plonls fhroughout the melro oreo. Treolmeni of drinking woter ond 

slorm run-off woter monogemeni ore left to municipolities. 

Municipol Urbon Service Areo (MUSA) - While not o division, the MUSA is qn urbon 

growth boundory which insleod of limiting development, limits the services qnd 

infrostructure needed for development. The most importont service of which is conneclion 

to the sewoge treotment system. Growth is controlled becouse slote low prohibits 

disostrous septic tonk systems ond most cilies require development to be connected to o 

syslem. 

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4.4 Pugel Sound Regionol Council 

The Puget Sound Regionol Council (PSRC) is on ossociolion of cilies, towns, counties, ports ond stote 

ogencies thoi serves os o forum for developing policies ond moking decisions oboul regionol 

growth monogement, economic mollers, ond lronsportotion issues in the centrol Puget Sound 

region. The PSRC is designoted under federol low os the Metropoliton Plonning Orgonizotion 

(MPO) for the Seottle-Tocomo-Everett oreo. PSRC olso functions os lhe Regionol TronsportoÌion 

Plonning Orgonízotíon (RTPO) for King, Kitsop, Pierce ond Snohomish counties. ln oddition to the 

four counties, the Council's members include óZ cities ond towns in the region, three ports, ond two 

stole ogencies -- the Woshington Stote 

The mission of the PSRC, os estqblished in the lnierlocol Agreement, is "fo preserve ond enhonce 

the quolity of life in the centrol Puget Sound oreo." To ochieve this mission, the PSRC: 

¡ Prepores, odopts ond mointoins gools, policies, ond slondords for regionol tronsportolion 

ond regionol growih monogement bosed on locol comprehensive plons of iurisdictions 

wilhin the region; ond 

o Ensures thot provisions of slote ond federol lows perloÍning to regionol tronsportoiion 

plonning ond regionol growth monogement ore implemented in the region. 

The PSRC is o comprehensive plonning ogency thoi does nol duplicole the octivilies of locol ond 

stole operoting ogencies, but supports their needs with complemenlory plonning ond odvococy. 

The PSRC olso serves qs o center for the collection, onolysis ond disseminotion of informotion vitol 

to locol governments in the region. 

The PSRC's lnlerlocol Agreemenl wilh member governments estoblishes lhe orgonizotion's growlh 

monogemenl. lrqnsporlotion, dotobose, forum ond lechnicol ossistonce responsibilities. The 

Agreemeni highlights the following functions: 

o Meet MPO responsibilities for the four counties, develop o regionol tronsportotion plon, 

review ond opprove expenditures of federol tronsporlolion funds, ond identify shortrqnge 

lronsporlotion system development needs ond finonciol strolegies. 

o Fulfill RTPO requirements prescribed by stote low for the four counlies; ensure thoi 

regionol tronsportotion ond lond-use plons ore integrofed ond thot stote, regionol ond 

locol tronsporlotion plons ore consistent. 

¡ Mointoin VISION 2O2O os the odopted regionol growth ond tronsportotion strolegy, ond 

prepore multicounty plonning policies for the region. 

¡ Develop ond mointqin o regionol dolo bose; forecosl ond monitor economic, demogrophic 

qnd trovel condilions in the region 

o Provide lechnicol ossistonce to locol governments, lhe stote ond federol governments, ond 

business ond communily orgonizolions. 

o Provide o forum to discuss emerging regionol issues. 

Members include ó8 cities ond lowns, counlies, ports of Seottle, Tocomo ond Everett, the 

Woshington Stote Deportment of Tronsportotion, ond the Woshinglon Sloie Tronsporlolion 

Commission. The Regionol Council is governed by o Generol Assembly ond Execul¡ve Boord. There 

ore olso odvisory Growth Monogement ond Tronsportotion Policy boords. On lhe Growth 

Monogement Policy Boord, there ore non-voting members thot ore represenlolives from 

environmentol. lobor, business ond communily 

Principles of Puqet Sound Reqionql Council 

Mondolory: The slote governmenl hqs hod odopted Growih Monogement legislotion lhot is 

enocted through the RSRC ond octs os o seporole level of government. 

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Stotutory: The Council rel¡es on slote sÌotutory outhority ond direcl power os o seporote level of 

government (both federol ond stole). 

Fiscol responsibility: The PSRC hos no toxing outhority. Neorly 80 percent of the PSRC's revenue 

is derived from federol qnd stote gronls, ond the remoining 20 percent is from dues poid by 

members ond from other locol sources. 

Governonce Struclure: A Generol Assembly ond Executive Boord govern the PSRC. The Growth 

Monogement ond TronsporÌotion Policy Boords odvise lhe Executive Boord. The Generol 

Assembly is composed of member iurisdictions ond ogencies. The full Generol Assembly includes 

oll council ond commission members from member iurisdictions who cosl I 150 votes, which ore 

weighed proportionolly occording to lhe populotion of eoch iurisdiction. The Assembly meeis oi 

leost onnuolly 1o review ond vote on key Executive Boord recommendolions such os lhose 

concerning the qnnuol budget ond moior policy documenls. 

Execulive Boord members qre oppoinled by their Generol Assembly conslituenls 1o represenl the 

member governments on o proportionol bosis. The Boord is choired by lhe PSRC's presidenl, meets 

monfhly, ond corries oul delegoted powers ond responsibilities belween meeÌings of the Generol 

Assembly. The Operotions Commitlee is composed of Executive Boord members ond is choired by 

the PSRC's vice president. The commitlee reviews ond mokes recommendot¡ons to lhe Execulive 

Boord on the budget ond work progrom, controcts ond olher finonciol ond personnel issues. 

ln the Seotlle region, the structure of the Puget Sound Regionol Council (PSRC) is o product of o 

reslructuring effort initioted in the lote .l980s. During this period of ropid growth in the SeotÌle 

region, concerns begon to surfoce oboul the direction of the predecessor MPO, the Pugei Sound 

Council of Governments (PSCOG). Elected officiols hod developed o long-ronge Vision 2020 

Regionol Plon, bul found its implementorion difficult to ochieve with the existing MPO structure ond 

process. Acfing os cololysls for chonge, the Stote of Woshinglon developed ils sloiewide Growth 

Monogement Acl while the federol ISTEA legislot¡on wos enocled. Thus, in the eorly 1990s, the 

MPO wos restructured, with the following chonges moder 

o ln order 1o provide better direction, o new direclor wos oppointed ond lhe mission ond 

functions of the MPO were chonged to focus on regionol lronsporfotion plonning ond 

regionol growth mqnqgemenl. 

¡ ln order lo be more inclusive of the moior tronsportolion ogencies in lhe region, 

representotives from the three moior pofs, the Store DOT, ond the Srote Tronsportotion 

Commission were odded to the Executive Boqrd. Furthermore, tronsil represenlotion wos 

provided through o requirement thot ol leosl fifty percent of counly ond cily elecied 

officiols who serve on lhe 2ó-member Execulive Boord musl olso serve on one of rhe six 

lronsil ogency boords in lhe region. 

o ln order lo creole o more representotive process, full-time weighted voting in proportion 

to iurisdictionol populolion wos instiluted for both lhe Generol Assembly ond the Execulive 

Boord. The Generol Assembly is composed of oll elected officiqls representing the 

executive ond legislotive bronches of c¡Îies, towns, counlies, ond lribol governmenis in the 

region, with the weight of eqch iurisdiciion's vote proportionol to the lotol populotion 

within the regionol ogency's iurisdiction. The 2ó-member Executive Boord hqs proportionol 

representotion bosed on county or city slolus ond populotion, ond olso hos populotionweighted 

voling. The result is lhot neorly one-hqlf of the voles on both the Generol 

Assembly ond the Executive Boord ore represenled by the 4 counlies in the region with 

neorly one-holf of the votes represented by the 8l municipolities in the region. Additionol 

votes qre controlled by the moior fronsportotion ogencies in the region. 

4.5 The Metropoliton Governmenl of Noshville ond Dqvidson Counly 

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The l9ó2 Noshville-Dovidson Counly consolidotion wos driven lorgely by lhe need 1o improve 

services in unincorporoied, rurol oreos qnd to give the residents of these oreos o greoier voice in 

locol governmenl. Noshville's onnexotion of unincorporoted territory ond ottemprs 1o lox 

commuters gove further impelus to the consolidolion eiiort. City fcounty consolidotion, wilh 

differentioled service level oreos ond lox roies, offered on olternoÍive to furlher onnexotion. 

A consolidoted city-counly is o city ond couniy thol hove been merged inlo one unified iurisdiction. 

It is simultoneously o cily, which is o municipol corporolion, qnd o county, which is on odministrotive 

division of o stofe. Under normol circumslonces, on urbon municipolity merges wilh the 

unincorporoied oreos thot benefil from urbon services, eliminoting the 'free rider' issue, while 

mointoining o municipol council governonce slructure. 

Consolidoted city-counties hove mosily eliminqted duplicotion of service delivery efforts which hos 

increosed efficiency, effecliveness, ond eilher lowered service delivery cosfs or reduced rote of 

the service delivery cost increoses. 

All consolidoted cily-counlies elect moyors ond include o mix of represenlolives elected by district 

or oi lorge. Metro Noshville hos on elected moyor ond o port-time council of 40 represenlotives, 

which is o mixture of represenlotives elected by disfrict ond ot-lorge. Noshville's council includes o 

speciol representofion structure for the USD (the oreo within the old Noshville city limits). 

Typicolly, consolidoted cily-counties ore divided ¡nto o generol service district (GSD) ond on urbon 

service districl (USD). 

¡ GSD: o uniform bose-level tox rote poid throughout the county poys for bosic countywide 

services. 

o USD: oddirionol municipol services ore provided wilhin rhe old city llmits ond ore poid for 

by o correspondingly higher lox rote imposed within rhe USD territory. (Ex: The USD might 

hove woste disposol services plus recycling ond speciol colleclions; but the GSD would 

hove only woste disposol services). 

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General Service District (GSD) 

Urban Servieæ District (USD) 

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Mony city-county consolidolions hove used their two-tier service/lox districls to segregote debit 

ond olher obligotions lo the toxpoyers of the iurisdictions thol originolly incurred the cosls. Six 

incorporoled cities remoin outside the fromework, olthough they poy lhe GSD lox ond receive 

GSD services. Most provide higher levels of vorious services, whích they poy for through their 

higher municipol tox rotes. Some controct with lhe Metro government for odditionol services. 

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Regiono I Governonce Overview 

Six incorporoted cilies remoin outside Metro Noshville, olthough they poy the GSD tox ond 

receive GSD services. Most provÍde higher levels of vorious services, which they poy for through 

their higher municipol lox roles. Some contrqci wilh the Metro government for odditionol services. 

Noshville/Dovidson Couniy Metro hos been credited with better locol government occountobil¡tyi 

economies of scole in sewers, schools, ond fleet operotions; equolizolÍon of service quonlily ond 

quolity; substonliol eliminolion of ciîy ond counly fiscol inequities; ond o belter notionol imoge. 

Melro Noshville hos on elecled moyor ond o port-time council of 40 representotives, which is o 

mixlure of representolives elected by district ond ot-lorge. Nqshville's council includes o speciol 

representotion structure for the USD (the oreo wilhin rhe old Noshville ciry limits). 

Mondotory: Melro Nqshville is o 'single-lier' governmeni thot regulotes service delivery throughout 

the'municipolity', resulting in o single iurisdiction. 

Slolulory: Meiro Noshville wos esloblished by voter referendum ond legislotive oulhority os o 

single level of government. . 

Fiscol responsibility: Services in lhe GSD, which encomposses qll of Dovidson County, include 

generol governmenl odministrotion, police, bosic fire ond ombulonce, coufis, ioils, heolth, welfore, 

schools, librories, mqss fronsit, ond porks ond recreotion. Services in the USD, which encomposses 

the old cily of Noshville ond recently urbonized oreos, include increosed levels of police ond fire 

prolection, woier, sonilolion systems, street líghling, street cleoning ond refuse collection. Under 

lhe provisions of the chofier, the melropoliton governmeni moy expond the USD to oreos lhot 

need odditionol services, provided it con provide those services within o yeor of imposing the 

oddirionol USD tox rote. All county toxpoyers poy o GSD tqx bul only residents of urbonized 

oreos poy the odditionql USD tox. 

Governqnce Slruclure: A 4O-member Melropoliton Council, wilh 35 elected by district ond 5 

elected ol lorge, odopls o budgei for the metropoliton governmenl. There is olso o three-member 

urbon council whose sole purpose is to levy o properly lox for rhe USD sufficient to finonce the 

cosls of providing urbon services. The urbon council is mode up of the three ot-lorge council 

members from lhe USD receiving the highest votes, ond if need be, USD district council members 

chosen by the Metropolilon Council, ln proc'fice, the lorger Metropolilon Council esloblishes the 

properly lox rote, ond the urbon council odopts it pro formo. 

4.ó One-Tier Regionol Governmenls in Conodo 

A number of lorge cities in Conodo ore one-Îier. These include, for exomple, Ontorio cities such os 

Toronto, Ottowo, Homilton, ond Sudbury, oll of which were creoted through the omolgomotion of 

upper ond lower tier municipolities. One-tier governments hove olso been creoled in cities in: 

¡ Novo Scotio - the Holifqx Regionol Municipolity (HRM) wos creoted through the 

omolgomotion of lhe Cities of Holifox ond Dortmoulh, the Town of Bedford, ond Holifox 

County in 'l 99ó. Becouse services ore provided ot different levels in different ports of the 

new municipolity (especiolly belween lhe urbon ond rurol oreos), there ore bose property 

tox rotes (urbon, suburbon, ond rurol), two oddilionol customized rotes for the two former 

cilies, ond over ó0 oreo rotes in lhe new municipolily. 

¡ Monilobo - the City of Winnipeg ond its twelve oreo municipolities were omolgomoted to 

form o single city in 1971. Originolly, residents' odvisory groups (RAGs) were port of the 

City but it wos feh thot these did nol improve responsiveness or qccounlobility. These 

groups were subsequently obolished. 

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Quebec - the Ciry of Montreol wilh o populotion of I million ond 27 other municipolities 

on the islond of Monireol (wirh o iotol populotion of 8OO,OO0) wos merged on Jonuory l, 

2002.The new city ls divided inÌo 27 boroughs, eoch responsible for locol services such os 

gorboge collection, swimming pools, snow cleoring, ond librories. Nine of the boroughs 

ore locoted in the centrol cily where none existed previously. Thus. ohhough residents of 

lhe ex-suburbs lost conlrol over some municipol services, residenls of fhe former City of 

Montreol goined more outonomy. 

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Toble l: Overvìew of Goyernonce Exomples 

Governqnce Model Jurisdiclion Rqtional For Estoblishment Primory Purpose 

Voluntory Regionol 

Boord/Voluntory 

Federotion 

Metropoliton Council 

British Columbio 

Regionol Dislrict 

System 

Porllond, Oregon 

Populotion growth, inefficiency in 

service delivery, regionol plonning 

needs, unincorporoted oreos 

unreguloted 

Populotion growlh, urbon sprowl, 

declining quolity of life 

Service Delivery 

Regionol lond use 

ond lronsportotion 

plonning 

Secondory 

Puroose 

Regionol 

Governonce, 

medioting interiurisdicfionol 

issues 

Regionol 

governonce, service 

delivery 

Governonce Slruclure 

Appointed Regionol Boord 

(13 oppointed/elected 

Directors) 

Elected Metro Council (1 

president, ó district 

councillors) 

Mondotory Regionol 

Boord 

Edmonlon Copitol 

Regionol Boord, 

Alberto 

Growth pressure due to the oil ond gos 

industry 

Regionol lond use 

ond tronsportotion 

plonning 

Service provision, 

economic 

development 

Mondotory porticipotion by 

25 municipoliries, one 

municipolity, one vote, 

procedure for consensus 

building ond dispute 

resolutÌon 

Melropoliton Plonning 

Orgonizotion 

Puget Sound 

Regionol Council 

Growth monogemenï ond interjurisdictionol 

coordinotion on lond 

use/plonning 

Regionol lqnd use 

ond trdnsporlof¡on 

plonning 

Regionol 

coordinolion 

The 2ó-member Execuiive 

Boord hos proportionol 

represenlotion bosed on 

county or cily slotus ond 

populotion, ond olso hos 

populolion-wei ghted voting. 

Governor-Appointed 

Regionol Council 

Twin Cities 

Metropoliton Council, 

Minnesoto 

Coordinoted regionol service delivery 


Tronsporlolion 

plonning, urbon 

conloinment 

boundory 

monogement 

I ó members ond one choir, 

All members ore oppointed 

by the governor. 

Consolidoted 

City/County 

Metropoliton 

Governmenl of 

Noshville ond 

Dovidson County 

lnodequote services to unincorporoted 

oreos ond os on olternotive lo 

onnexofion 


Meiro plonning, 

improved 

governonce 

Port-time Council w¡th 40 

elected representotives Ano 

o moyor. Typicol municipol 

council simple moiority. 

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Mayor Wayne Lippert & Council 

Citv of Vemon 

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Vernon, BC VlT 5E6 

RE: Mural Maintenance Fund 

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Dear Mayor Lippert: 

The Downtown murals aÍe an important part of our community's identity. They reflect the history 

of the Vernon area and the individuals who shaped it and are enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. 

The 27th and last Downtown Vernon mural was painted in 2005. Since that time the collection 

has actually shrunk by two murals and now sits at 25. The "SS Okanagan" sternwheeler mural came down 

when the building was demolished in 2008 and the "Bicycling" mural was lost a short time later when the 

building it was situated upon on \¡/as renovated. 

Since 2005 other mural communities have been adding to their outdoor mural galleries. Some, 

such as Huntsville, Ontario have even evolved cultural festivals built around artists at work on murals to 

the benefit of the entire community. These communities have concluded that culture is a lot like riding a 

bicycle. If you stop moving forward and stand still you have a greater risk of falling down. . 

The DVA would like to jumpstart our tired mural program by replacing these two murals that 

have been lost. There is a joint DVA/City mural maintenance fund that was created to make sure future 

Vernon residents and visitors will be able to enjoy these "windows into our past." The DVA has drawn 

upon this fund to repair or entirely re-paint murals that have been damaged by weather and the elements 

in the past. 

We believe the replacement of these two murals that were lost due to developmenlrenovation is 

also a legitimate use of these mural maintenance dollars and therefore request the City of Vemon to 

authorize the expenditure of $30,000 from the fund for this purpose leaving a balance of some $8,000 in 

the fund. (Note the maintenance fund replenishes itself each year with a $5,000 contribution from the 

DVA and $5,000 from the City of Vernon). 

We look forward to your affirmative reply. 

Ruth Hoyte, 

President

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rhis asreement made h" J8-1^v ot 

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BETWEEN 

AND: 

WHEREAS: 


City Hall 

3400 30th Street 

Vernon, BC 

V1T 5E6 

(the "City") 

THE DOWNTOWN VERNON ASSOCIATION 

#4 - g1O1 29th Street 


V1T 5A8 

("the Association") 

A. Through the efforts of the Association and the financial support of the City, 

murals portraying the history of the City of Vernon were painted on 

buildings throughout the downtown business district; 

B. The City and the Association agree that the murals are a valuable asset to 

the Greater Vernon Community and mural maintenance is of primary 

concern; 

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that in considerAtiON 

of the premises and mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the 

parties hereto agree as follows: 

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1. 

The City agrees to establish and administer the Maintenance Fund for the Murals 

within the boundaries shown on Schedule "A" attached hereto. 

2. 

The Association will commit up to $5,000 per budget year to the Maintenance 

Fund. The City will deduct this $5,000 from the Association's annual Business 

lmprovement Area Levy allocation for deposit to the Maintenance Fund. The City 

agrees that the City will match or exceed the Association's contribution each 

budget year. 

3. 

The Association will work with the City's Fleet and Facilities Manager to identify 

maintenance needs, potential contractors, materials, grants, and other matters 

related to the Murals. 

4. 

The City will notify the Association as to the maintenance work that will be 

undertaken on the Murals; provide a cost estimate of the proposed work and the 

time estimated to complete the work. Statements regarding the Maintenance Fund 

will be supplied at the end of each calendar year. 

5. 

All monies within the Maintenance Fund are for Mural maintenance only, with 

excess monies in any given year being carried over to the next year. ln the event 

that the Maintenance Fund is dissolved, all remaining monies will be divided 

proportionately according to the contribution levels between the City and The 

Association. 

6. 

ln the event of extenuating circumstances such as vandalism causing damage to a 

number of Murals and where the current monies within the Maintenance Fund do 

not cover the cost of repair, the City will advance the required funds to refurbish 

the Murals, until the Maintenance Fund can be replenished. 

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7. 

The Association will assist where possible to replenish the Maintenance 

Fund in the event of extenuating circumstances by seeking grants or by 

fundraising. Grants may also be used to assist with preventative 

maintenance. 

B. The Association shall at all times remain the owner of the copyright in the 

Murals and nothing in this Agreement shall give the city an explicit or 

implied license or right to use the Murals in any manner without the written 

consent of the Association. 

AGREED to the day and year first above written. 

The City of Vernon 

Authorized Signature 

Pri nt N ame, -fu>--Á-fe 

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Vernon Association 

Signature 

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SCHEDULE "A'' 

(DVA BIA BOUNDARIES) 

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BIA Expansion 2800 block2T & 28rh St 

Primary & Secondary Area Boundaries 

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File: 0230-26 

July 8, 2010 

Ruth Hoyte, President 

Downtown Vernon Association 

Suite 4,3101 - 2gth Street 

Vernon, BC V1T 5AB 

Re: Mural Maintenance Fund 

Dear Ms. Hoyte: 

This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter received July 7, 2010 regarding use of the 

joint DVA/City mural maintenance fund to replace two murals. 

Your letter will appear on the July 26,2010 Council agenda and you will be advised 

following Council's consideration of this matter. 

Yours truly, 

-1 64 

Margaret Bailey, Deputy CAO / 

Manager Administrative Services 

City Hall: 3400 - 30th Street, Vernon, British Columbia VlT 5E6 

Telephone (250) 545-1361' Fax (260) 645'7876 

Administ¡ation . Fax (250) 545'4048 

www.vernon.ca 

Airport, Telephone (250) 545-3035 . Fax (250) 542-4533 

City Yards, Telephone (250) 549'6757 ' Fax (250) 54 

Fire Department, Telephone (250) 542-5361 'Fax (250) 54 

Planning, Development & Engineering . Fax (250) 545-5309

oâ 30 -39 

REGIONAL 

DISTRIGT OF NORTH O](ANAGAN 

ELECTORAL AREAS: 

CITY OF ARMSTRONG 

DISTRICT OF COLDSIREAM 

CITY OF ENDERBY 

VILLAGE OF LUMBY 

TOWNSHIP OF SPALLUMCHEEN 

CITY OF VERNON 

"8" - SWAN LAKE 

,C'- B,X. DISTRICT 

.D'_ LUMBY (RURAL) 

'E" - CHERRWILLE 

"F'- ENDERBY (RURAL) 

OFFICE OF: PARKS, RECREATIONAND CULTURÉ 

YOUR FILE No.: 

OUR FILE No.: 

July 12,2010 

JUL 1 4 2010 


Tl¡oqpoflüon d 

3400 30 Street 

üo Clty ol 

. VERNON 

Vernon, BC V1T 5Eo 

Dear Sir/Madam 

Teen Junction Fund 

Representatives of the Teen Junction Youth Centre made a presentation to the Greater Vernon 

Advisory Committee at the June meeting requesting 'ongoing' financial support for the centre. 

The resolution adopted by the GVAC was; 

"that consent be requested from all participants to fund the Teen Junction 

through the Regional District of North Okanagan under the Parks, Recreation 

and Culture function." 

The funding of this service does not fall within the current scope of the Parks, Recreation and 

Culture fuñction outlined in Regional District bylaw 1648 therefore it requires unanimous 

consent of all participants in order to be added to the function. 

Could you please advise the Regional District of your position to include the Teen Junction in 

the paiks, Recreation and Culture function and fund the function on an ongoing basis. 

Yours truly, 

-frØ4fi0** 

Al McNiven, General Manager 

Parks, Recreation and Culture 

AMc/ce 

Attachment -Request from the Teen Junction Youth Centre 

Regional District of North 

9848 Aberdeen Road 

Coldstream, BC V1B 2K9 

Fax: 

Web: 

E-Ma¡ 

250-550-3700 

250-550-3701 

www.rdno.ca 

info@rdno.ca 

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Attachment 'A' 

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100610 GVAC Regular Agenda 

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Attachment'B' 

Literacy and Youth Initiatives Society of the North Okanagan 

Presentation to Greater Vemon Advisory Committee 

May 13ú,2010 

puraose: to request that the G.V.A.C. make a formal recommendation to NORD to support the 

Teen Junction Y-outh Cente within the Regional Disüict's Parks, Recreation and Culture 

fimction. F¡nding and youth cente operations will be the reqponsibility of the Literacy and 

Youth Initiatives Society of the North Okanagan. 

Benefits th¡t Teen Junction Youth Centre provides to the Region 

l. A safe and welcoming place for disadvantaged youth 14 to l8 years old. 

2. An entry point for connections to other youth services (housing, social workers, 

counselling, addictions, return to school). 

3. Free recreation: 

o basketball,.rurirling, kickboxing 

o gardening, cooking, craffs 

o computeis and supervised interne! movie nights, ka¡aoke and comrnunity 

excursions (tubingt water slides, beach days, etc) 

4. Social services: 

o interactions with positive role models Gtaff, seniors, volwrteers) 

o healthy rneals and snacks, clothing 

o advocate to help rehrn to school, tutoring 

Rislss if the centrc closes: 

o cycles of low education" poverty and unemployment continue r¡nbroken 

. drug and alcohol addiction" sexual exploitation and other social problems 

. increased property damage, loitering, graffiti 

Funding Practices of other Okenagan Municipelities: 

parks and Recreation fi¡nds are provided for youth centres and/or progranrs by: 

. Kelowna, West Kelowna" Oliver, Peachland, Lake Country, Penticton and 

Okanagan Falls 

Annual Funding Request: 2 options to consider 

l. Ideal: Extend horus to meet community and youth demand: 

. . 25 hrs per week, 50 weeks per year = $75,000 

2. Maint¡in current oPerations: 

o 2}hours per weeþ 50 weeks per year = $66,000 

Literacy and youth Initiatives Society of the North okanagan 3104 37û'Ave, Vernon Bc V1T 2Y2 

Ph:250 27s'3117 Fax 250 27s'3t18 tÏîtôÊ1i*g+ff*Båtåiy;'tsenaa 

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Attachment'G' 

Teen Junction Youth Centre: History 1995 to 2010 

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1995 to 1999 Suney of N. Okanagan youth seruice providers identified the need for 

a youtb cente in Vernon where at-risk süeet youth have a safe and 

supportive place to connect wittr positive role models 

1999 First Teen Junction opened in a small house on City property (operated 

by the Teen Initiatives Society) 

Nov 01 

June 05 

Sept 06 

Apnll0T 

Sept 09 

Dec 09 

Current 

Fundraising campaignbegins to consüuct a peimaneñt building for the 

youth cente 

$350,000 raised in the community and 2 storey Teen Junction built 

financial pressures threaten closwe of youth cente 

Newly formed literacy society blends into youth society 

Literacy Cente established on 2il floor of Junction building 

Literacy ñurds oñset youth cente staffing and other costs. 

Literacy funds diminished, grming funds on hold, 

Permanent closure considered 

$30,000 "one-time-only' grant approved by City of Vemon 

Substantial community support to keæp Teen J¡¡nction open 

Fundraising efforts bring in $15,000+ 

Presentations to all GVAC stakeholders to: 

. provide updates regarding Teen Junction 

. request support forNORD funding 

Literacy and Youth Initiatives Society of the North Okanagan 

Board of Diroctors 

President Bev Gess 

Vice President: Lynne Reside 

Treasurer:JulietteCunningham Secretary:DianaHorsley 

Directors et Large 

Peter Dubetz Maureen Curry 

Ma¡lene Parsons Roger Perry 

Tom Christensen 

Executive Director 

Debbie Schiller 

ph:250 ZTg-gLt7 Fax 250 275-3LL8 Email: admin@iunctionliteracy.ca 

100610 GVAC Regular Agenda 125 

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\_

Al McNiven 

From: 

Sent: 

To: 

Subject: 

Attachments: 

KariCameron 

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 8:21 AM 

AlMcNiven 

FW: Letter to Regional District 

Anton's Letter.docx 

From: Christy Malden 

Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 B:19 AM 

To: Kari Cameron 

Subject: FW: Letter to Regional District 

From: Gabrielle Donald Imailto:gabrielle.home@gmail.com] 

Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:45 PM 

To: Christy Malden 

Subject: Letter to Regional District 

To Whom it may concern, 

I have attached a letter from a young man who during his teen years went to Teen Junction and has a written 

a very real and heartfelt letter to you. He is awa¡e that the Regional District is currently deciding the fate of 

annual funding for Teen Junction and wants to make sure you know the gravity of your decision. I believe that 

his story is very important for you to realize and the sad part is that most of the kids like Anton are so miss 

understood and turned away from. It's ok, I understand that reaction, who knows how an at-risk kid might act 

and react around you. You might wonder if your safe or not, you probably don't want your child hanging out 

with the likes of Anton, but you know what, that doesn't change the fact that there are at-risk teens in Vernon. 

Teen Junction does understand these kids and knows how to be there for them. Teen Junction has helped so, so 

many teens over the past 14 years or so but it has been such a struggle financially. Keeping the doors open and 

looking for funding has become a full time job. The staffknow what they are doing, they do it well, and believe 

it or not, they do ensure Vemon is safer for everyone. Please understand that not one level of government wants 

to say'yes, we'll annually fund Teen Junction'. Why can't you guys say YES?? You, and all the other 

govemments can keep passing the buck and justiff it with your mandates. Well who will say YES if not for 

you...... 

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When I came to Vernon almost 20 years ago from Alberta, I didn't have much going for me. I was a 16 

year old kid who had just lost his mother, had his father bail on him, and whose mind was spiralling out 

of control from all the drinking and drugs. So with no family mixed with not having anywhere to live, I 

guess I was in pretty tough as a kid. For the most part I ran with some pretty bad people who just 

managed to make a bad thing much worse. They gave me the idea that since l'd already lost so much I 

didn't really have anything else to lose so I should take risks for them. The only saving grace in that 

cesspool filled with kids being forced to be gangsters and the easy access to drugs was and in my 

opinion, and still is, the Teen Junction. When I went there every weekend (or pretty much whenever it 

was open) it was like I had a place to forget for a little while about not having a family and not having a 

home because that place felt like my home and the people were like my family. lt was the only thing I 

had to keep me going through my week. Every time that I thought maybe it was time to give up and 

that this world didn't have a place for me seeing as how I had no family to care for me and no place to 

sleep, the other teens there and the staff would remind me why life is worth living. Whether it be by just 

hanging out and dancing with some friends or spending time with one of the staff, it helped me to be ok 

on the inside for a l¡ttle bit. I know for a fact now that it is what kept me alive during what was one of 

the darkest parts of my life. I might not have grown up to become a doctor or a lawyer but I did manage 

to grow up. Teen Junction gave me the strength to even just hold on in a world that really doesn't care 

about the kids. Teen junction was there for me when I was 17 and the government couldn't find any way 

to help me. A staff member went out of their way to make sure I had a roof over my head and food in 

my stomach and that is a hell of a lot more than anyone else out there can say. So to any of you who go 

about in the streets and see the homeless problem, understand Teen Junction helped to keep one more 

person out of there and actually have him be one of the people trying to prevent that from happening. I 

owe Teen Junction my life and as bad as things were when I was young, there are kids that have it way 

worse that need that place way worse than I do, so please keep that program going so that the world 

can have more children who, at least for a little while in their life, have good memories and not just a 

whole head full of bad ones. 

Anton Dodge 

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REGIONAL 

69?o -¿ I 

DISTRICT OF NORTH OI(ANAGAI{ 


.8" 

- SWAN LAKE 


DISTRICT OF COLDSTREAM 



TOIANSHIP OF SPALLUMCHEEN 


'c'- B x DtsrRtcr 

-D" 

- LUMBY (RURAL) 

.E"- CHERRWILLE 

'F"- ENOERBY (RURAL) 

OFFICE OF: DEVELOPMENT SERVICES 

OUR FILE No.: 

July 14, 2010 


3400 - 30th Street 

Vernon, BC V1T 5E6 

-4JLa-uac 

ptL -òaßL6on. 

PaiJt* 

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JUL 1 4 :titJ 

Ihe Corporation of 

the City of 

r VERN0N 

Dear Mayor and Gouncil: 

Re: B¡ll 11, the Miscellaneous Statutes 

Regional Growth Strategy Process 

Amendment Act (No.2) 2010: lmplications for the 

The Board of Directors of the Regional District of the North Okanagan, on July 7, 2010, passed the 

following resolution: 

That as recommended by the Regional Growth Management Advisory Committee, the repoft 

dated Aprit 26, 2010 from the Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator, regarding the implications of 

B¡tt 11, the Misceltaneous Sfafufes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010 on the Regional Growth Strategy 

process be received for information; 

And further, thatthe reporl:'B¡ll 11, the Miscellaneous Sfafutes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010: 

tmptications for the Regionat Growth Strategy Process" be referred to member municipal councils 

for their intormation. 

Bitl 11: Miscettaneous Sfafuúes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010 received Royal Assent on June 3, 2010. 

The implications of Bitt 11 regarding the Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw adoption process by local 

governments are significant. Below is a synopsis of the changes to the Local Government Act that will 

have an impact on the Regional Growth Strategy process and timeline: 

SECTION 110: [Local Government Act, section 8571 

. changes the acceptance period of a regional growth strategy 'f¡om 120 days to 60 days; 

. prov¡des that a local government is deemed to have accepted a provision of a regional growth 

strategy to which it does not object in a resolution. 

SECT¡ON 112= [Local Government Act, section 859] 

. provides that the minister may set a time when a resolution process must be concluded; 

. provides that an afiected local government is deemed to have accepted provisions of a regional 

growth strategy that were not changed in a resolution process and that the local government may 

not object to provisions that it is deemed to have accepted. 

The Board of Directors has respectfully referred the report titled Bitl 11, the Miscellaneous Sfafutes 

Amendment Act (No.2) 2010: tmptications for the Regional Growth Strategy Process br their 

information. 

lf you have any questions regarding the Regional Growth Strategy, please contact the undersigned 

directly at (250) 550-3750 or by e-mail at anthonv.kittel@rdno.ca. 

Regional District of North Okanagan 



250-550-3700 

250-550-3701 

www.rdno.ca 

info@rdno.ca 

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RGMAC - REGUI.AR AGENDA 

JUNE 9, 2O1O.ITEM F.5 




REPORT 

File No.: 3045.07.04 

TO: 

FROM: 

DATE: 

SUBJEGT: 

Regional Growth Management Advisory Gommittee 


April 26,2010 

B¡ll 11, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010: 

lmplications for the Regional Growth Strategy Process 


That it be recommended to the Board of Directors that the report dated April 26, 2010 from the 

Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator, regarding the implications of Bill 11, the Miscellaneous 

Sfafufes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010 on the Regional Growth Strategy process be received for 

information; 

And further, that the report: "Bill 11, the Miscellaneous Sfafufes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010: 

lmplications for the Regional Growth Strategy Process" be referred to member municipal councils for 

their information. 

DISCUSSION: 

Bill 11, the Miscetlaneous Súafufes Amendment Act (No.2) 2070, was tabled in the British 

Columbia Legislature on April 22, 2010 for first reading. lt is a large Bilt and encompasses 

amendments to a number of different Acts. The amendments to the Local Government Act, Paft 25: 

Regional Growth Sfrafegies are contained in sections 110 to 113 and 140. The proposed 

amendments, once passed, will have a significant impact on the Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw 

adoption process and the manner in which municipal councils and affected parties endorse the 

Regional Growth Strategy. 

The most significant change affecting the Regional Growth Strategy Work Plan and resulting 

established timeline is the reduction of the local government acceptance period during the Bylaw 

process from 120 days to 60 days. Once Bill 11-2010 is in effect, the Regional Growth Strategy 

Bylaw adoption process will be reduced by 2 months. lt should be noted that the reduced municipal 

acceptance period may require greater effort to reach agreement among all parties prior to initiating 

the Bylaw process to avoid non-acceptance and, potentially dispute resolution. 

As well, there are two additional changes should be noted by local governments. Section 110 oÍ Bill 

11-2010 has added a subsection 857 (7.1)which states that a local government is deemed to have 

accepted a provision of a Regional Growth Strategy which is not objected to in a council resolution. ln 

this way, al! parties will have deemed to accept the provisions of a Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw if 

an objection has not been brought forward during the acceptance period and cannot be part of any 

dispute resolution process. 

Section 112 will allow the Minister of Community and Rural Developmentto establish a timeline for 

the conflict resolution to be undertaken and a date when it must be concluded. ln this way, there will 

be certainty regarding conflict resolution process, where in the past many resolutions took an 

extended period of time without a defined end date or outcome. 

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RGMAC - REGUI-AR AGENDA 

JUNE 9, 2O1O - ITEM F.5 

Bill 1 1, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010: lmplications for the Regional Growth Strategy 

Process 

Reoort to Reqional Growth Management Advisory Committee - April 26,2010 

Page2 

BAGKGROUND/HISTORY: 

The Province, on occasion, introduces a m¡scellaneous statutes bill that contains m¡nor amendments 

for numerous acts that do not warrant individual legislative actions. According to the Province, the 

proposed amendments to the Local Government Act, Pañ 25 are to "improve regional growth 

management processes". 

LEGAUSTATUTORY AUTHORITY: 

The Local Govemment Act, Paft 25, is the provincial government legislation that governs the 

requirements of undertaking a Regional Growth Strategy. The Province can revise, amend or repeal 

any section of this Act. The amendments proposed in Bill 11, the Miscellaneous Sfafufes Amendment 

Act (No.2) 2010will come into effect immediately after adoption and all Regional Districts that are 

undertaking Regional Growth Strategy processes will be required to amend their work plans 

accordingly. 

LEGAUSTATUTORY PROCEDURAL REQU IREMENTS: 

The implications for the Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw adoption process by local governments are 

significant. Below is a synopsis of the changes to the Local Government Acf that will have an impact 

on the RegionalGrowth Strategy process and timeline: 

SECTION 110: [Local Government Act, section 85fl 

o changes the acceptance period of a regional growth strategy f¡om 120 days to 60 days: 

o provid€s that a local govemment is deemed to have accepted a provision of a regional growth 

strategy to which it does not object in a resolution. 

SECTION 111: [Local Government Acl section 858] 

o corìsêQUentialto an amendment made to section 857 of the Act by Bill 11-2010. 

SECTION 112: [Local Government Act, section 859] 

. prov¡des that the minister may set a time when a resolution process must be concluded; 

. prov¡des that an affected local government is deemed to have accepted provisions of a 

regional growth strategy that were not changed in a resolution process.and that the local 

government may not object to provisions that it is deemed to have accepted. 

SECTION 113= [Local Government Act, section 867J 

. requires the establishment of an intergovemmental advisory committee if there is a proposed 

amendment to the regional growth strategy that is not a minor amendment. 

S ECT| O N 1 40 : [Local G ov e rn m ent Act tra n sití on] 

r provides that a 120 day acceptance period for regionalgrowth strategies continues to apply 

to a proposed regionalgrowth strategy submitted for acceptance before the section in the Bill 

reducing the acceptance period comes into force. 

COMMUNICATIONS CONSI DERATIONS: 

The proposed Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw adoption requirements introduced by Bill 11, the 

Miscellaneous Sfafufes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010 must be communicated to member 

municipalities and'affected parties' 

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JUNE 9, 2O1O - ITEM F.5 

B¡ll 1 1, the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010: lmplications for the Regional Growth Strategy 

Process 

SUMMARY: 

The changes to the Local Government Act, Part 25 (Regional Grovvth Strategies) proposed in Bill 11, 

the Miscetlaneous Sfafufes Amendment Act (No.2) 2010 will significantly alter the Regional Growth 

Strategy Bylaw adoption process. The effects of Bill 11-2010 will affect local governments most 

significantly. ln summary, the proposed changes are: 

1. The Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw acceptance period (local governments and other affected 

parties) has been reduced from 120 days to 60 days; 

2. Local government acceptance procedure changes have been proposed, Bill 11-2010 has added 

Secfion 857 (7.1) in which "An affected local government is deemed to have accepted any 

provision of the regional growth strategy to which it does not indicate an objection" ín a council 

resolution; and 

3. lf a Regíonal Growth Strategy goes to non-binding arbitration, B¡ll 11-2010 has added Sectr'on 859 

(2.1) in which the Minister may specify a resolution process initiation and conclusion time period. 

These changes in the Local Govemment Act, Part 25, once adopted, will result in a minor change in 

the Regional Growth Strategy Work Plan. Of greater significance, the local government (and other 

affected parties) acceptance process will be compressed and all objections must be brought fonruard 

in a council resolution. Provisions of a Regional Growth Strategy that are not referred to in a council 

resolution are considered accepted by a local govemment and cannot be part of any dispute 

resolution process. 

It is recommended that this Report be refened to member municipal councils for information to ensure 

that all parties understand the potential implications ol Bill 11-2010 on the Regional Growth Strategy 

adoption process and local government acceptance changes. 

Submitted by: 

Approved For lnclusion: 

Endorsed by: 

Rob Smailes, MCIP 


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Patti Bridal 

U/U 

Zø' 

I,-,0 

From: 

Sent: 

To: 

Cc: 

Subiect: 

PattiBridal 

Tuesday, JulY 13, 2010 1 1 :10 AM 

'arnold.badke @ rdno.ca' 

'Paddy JuniPer' 

RE: Drought ResPonse Team 

Good Morning 

As perthe email below, I hadn,t received anything formal requesting appointments to the'team'therefore it was not on 

Monday's Council Agenda. 

Admin has just provided me with an email of yesterday, with information regarding the Committees resolution 

Tlr- . t. 

^rl 

composition of the team, can you also provide me with the Terms of Reference to include with this email? Nwyt 

tn reviewing the composition of the Team - is it the intent that a coun cilyáver gets appointed oR a staff member 

with the expertise for this type of plan. 

v/ 

Regards, 

Patti 

From : Arnold Badke [mai lto : a rnold. badke@rdno'ca] 

Sent: JulY 9, 2010 1:43 PM 

To: Mayor 

Cc; Renee Clark; PaddY JuniPer 

Subject: Drought ResPonse Team 

Mayor LipPert 

Yes 

the 

dat 

GVAC aPProval forthe Drought 

August at which time I assume 

to who shall be representative 

B/C. lf we had the names of these representatives for the n 

the Drought Response Team immediately after the Board meeting. would this be acceptable to yourself? 

Have a good daY 

Regards 

Arnold Badke, PEng 

GM, Engineer¡ng 



Coldstream, BC, V1B 2K9 

Direct Tel: 250.550.3795 

a rnold.badke@ rdno'ca 

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Greater Vernon Advisory Gommittee 

Drought Response Team 

Terms of Reference 

The overall goal of the Drought Response Team (DRT) is to bring together representatives of 

major water use interests with the common intent to develop an effective drought response plan. 

Besides the water supplier, Regional District of North Okanagan 

shall represent major water users. This shall include, but not li 

agricultural and industrial / commercial sectors as well as 

the local business sector. 

), members of the DRT 

representatives from 

, public services and 

1. Purpose 

Overall, the DRT shall work together to satisfy 

roles and 

. Review and provide input to the Response 

. Help to determine appropriate responseslQ 

. Develop water use priorities in the supply potential conflicts among 

user groups and to improve 

efforts. For example, priorities 

may include: 

Water use imperative to 

and basic aquatic ecology; 

o Water use important to 

well-being of the Greater 

Vernon and 

; and 

o Water be for a short-term without 

Understand water demand and the potential effects of a limited 

supply 

Coordinate management practices) with various 

stakeholders 

industry, and neighboring communities, 

public communication and education regarding water 

their 

conservation 

to the Greater Vernon Advisory Committee regarding 

nagement recommendations; and 

major water users about drought management goals and 

the Drought Management Plan. 

Composition 

DRT membership 

ll be comprised of the following: 

1. Ad Hoc Sub Committee (Core DRT Group) of the Greater Vernon Advisory 

Committee consisting of: 

. One (1) representative as appointed by the City of Vernon 

. One (1) representative as appointed by the District of Coldstream 

. One(1) representative of the Electoral Area "8" or "C" 

. General Manager of Engineering 

The Ad Hoc Sub Committee will be a voting group responsible to forward 

recommendations from the DRT to the Greater Vernon Advisory Committee 

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File No.: 5720.21.07 IDRT 

Re: Terms of Reference 

Dated: July 8, 2010 

2ol3 

2. Sub Committee of the Core Group consisting of: 

. Four (4) Representatives of Major Water Users (Agricultural, lndustrial / 

Commercial) 

. Five (5) Representatives from the local business sector 

. Up to Five (5) Representatives from the General Public 

o One (1) Representative of Department of Fisheries and Oceans or the Ministry of 

Environment 

The Sub Committee will be a non-voting group 

Hoc Sub Committee (Core DRT Group) for 

Greater Vernon Advisory Committee. 

forward input to the Ad 

recommendation to the 

3. 

Chairperson of Committee 

¡ The Ad Hoc Sub Committee (Core 

from among its members. 

. The Chairperson will coordinate and the 

o The services of a facilitator will be 

Response Team. 

) shall, at its first elect a Chair 

4. Meetings of the Committee 

. lt is antici 

. The 

.An 

priortorise 

members is recommended. 

first of all, develoP and 

5. Order of 

be indicated in the meeting agendas which will be prepared 

Secretary (RDNO Staff). 

. Thd tary (RDNO staff) will be responsible for preparation of the 

all Committee meetings. 

. Records anYall documents shall be available within 30 days following the meeting' 

7. Conduct of Members at Meetings 

Committee members are expected to be respectful of one another and to otfer input and 

suggestions that are relevant, constructive and productive. 

. Recommendations will be based on consensus. 

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Dated: July 8, 2010 

Paqe 3 of 3 

Members should be committed to providing advice on developing 

recommendations. 

Members will respect the ideas, concerns and opinions of others. 

Everyone will have an opportunity to speak, but only one person shall 

speak at a time. There will be a timekeeper to ensure all persons 

concerns are heard within allotted time. 

8. Reporting 

. Reports will be available for the next scheduled GV 

meetings. 

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RE'.Rr/RE..MMENDAT.N ro couN Ëüi ,,qÅ. 

SUBMITTED BY: Chris Ulmer, Long Range Planner DATE: July 16, 2010 

FILE: 6520-24 

SUBJECT: 

CITY CENTRE DRAFT TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY 

PURPOSE: 

To present the Draft Transportation Strategy that will form part of the City Centre 

Neighbourhood Plan. 

REGOMMENDATION: 

THAT Council endorse the Draft Transportation Strategy; 

AND FURTHER, that Council authorize staff to work with BC Transit on the design of the 

transit terminus at the proposed location on 31 Avenue. 

ALTERNATIVES & IMPLICATIONS: 

ANALYSIS: 

1. Council may choose not to endorse the Draft Transportation Strategy. 

2. Council may choose to endorse the Draft Transportation Strategy with changes to the 

document. 

A. Committee/BoardRecommendations: 

N/A 

Rationale: 

The Draft Transportation Strategy (Attachment 1) has been prepared as part of the 

City Centre Neighbourhood planning process. The Strategy outlines the overall 

diréction for pedèstrian, bicycle, transit and motor vehicle modes of transportation 

within the Ciiy Centre, with a focus on making the City Centre accessible for all 

residents and visitors, 

The Strategy represents the general policy direction for addressing transportation 

elements w-¡ifr¡n the City Centre. Throughout the development of the Strategy, staff 

have worked with the City Centre Transportation Advisory Committee and the Parking 

Action Team. The Committee consisted of a variety of stakeholders representing the 

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various transportation interests in the City Centre. The Parking Action Team is 

comprised of downtown merchants and representatives of the Downtown Vernon 

Association. ln addition, staff continue to work with the Parking Action Team on the 

development of the priority implementation items related to parking. This information 

will be included with the City Centre Neighbourhood Plan, which is expected to be 

presented to Council at its meeting of September 27,2010. 

Transit 

Public transit offers a viable alternative to the private automobile, thereby reducing 

congestion and offering an affordable transportation option. Continued efforts to 

improve the public transit system need to be focused on the most cost effective 

methods to increase ridership on the existing bus system. 

ln line with these strategies, and in an effort to make transit the first choice for people 

accessing and moving around the City Centre in the longer term, the Neighbourhood 

Plan is intended to support initiatives related to transit service expansion, the 

improvement of transit accessibility, the provision of transit supportive land uses and 

the enhancement of the transit corridors and transit stops. 

The strategic directions of the transit component of the draft plan include the following: 

. Offer people a choice in meeting their mobility needs and reduce dependence 

on the automobile. 

o Enhance the area's quality of life by attracting new employment and housing 

options and mixed-use development to the transit corridors. 

for 

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Neiqhb is to ta eofan work with 

Trans¡t oñ the des¡qn of a new trans¡t terminus. The existing terminus at 

Coldstrearn Avenue is restricted in capacity and is not wide enough to accommodate 

the additional space necessary to meet the demands of the expanded transit service. 

Alternative sites within the central core of the downtown were evaluated in a report 

presented to Council in November 2007. These sites were brought forward in the 

ðurrent review, reflecting the desire to centralise the transit terminus. The proposed 

locations were presented to the City Centre Transportation Advisory Committee for 

their consideration and staff toured each of the candidate sites with representatives 

from BC Transit and local transit service provider. The preferred location was 

identified as 31 Avenue adjacent to Cenotaph Park. There was agreement among the 

Committee members, BC Transit and staff that this was the best location for a 

centralized transit terminus and that it could be designed to accommodate the existing 

and future transit needs for the City. 

The impetus for selecting the location of the new terminus is based on the opportunity 

to collaborate with BC Transit on the detailed design. BC Transit has made $75,000 in 

funds available to assist in the design. The funds are required to be utilized during 

their fiscal year, which expires in April 2011.|n order to ensure that the project can be 

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completed within the identified timeframe, it is important that the process begin as 

soon as possible. 

Parkinq 

The City's Transportation Plan 2008 identifies the goal of a 20o/o modal split by 2031, 

meaning thal20% of all trips to work and school will be taken by non-single occupant 

vehicle modes of travel. That figure means that 80% of trips will still be taken by motor 

vehicles, and as such, sufficient parking must be provided. Parking is a key 

component of a successful central business district, and its location, pricing and timing 

are all key considerations in the development of a successful strategy. Both on street 

and off street parking options are included in the strategy. 

The strategic directions of the parking component of the draft plan include the 

following: 

. lmprove the overall understanding of parking supply/demand within the City 

Centre, and manage the necessary parking infrastructure and facilities that will 

enhance and support growth. 

. Develop parking facilities and access management programs to function as a 

positive, marketable asset for the City Centre. Publicise and market parking 

availability to enhance the perception of parking as a positive element of the 

City Centre experience. 

. Support parking and access management as a key element of the City's 

economic development strategy. Promote mixed use development and shared 

use parking strategies as well as alternative modes of transportation for 

commuter access to attract investment. 

Pedestrians 

Regardless of how someone arrives in the City Centre, everyone is a pedestrian at 

some point - whether walking from a parked vehicle or bicycle or a bus stop. The 

development of a strong pedestrian network is fundamental to a successful downtown. 

The strategic directions of the pedestrian component of the draft plan include the 

following: 

o The pedestrian realm requires attention to pedestrian safety, as well as comfort 

and ease of access. Pedestrian safety and comfort are directly related to the 

width of the sidewalk, the amount of buffering from traffic and illumination. 

o Design the pedestrian realm to accommodate the needs of a broad range of 

users, including older pedestrians, people with disabilities and children. 

. Provide physical and spatial definition to the street to reduce the impact and 

dominance of automobile traffic on the safety and comfort of pedestrians. 

. Orient land uses to the street to increase and focus pedestrian activity. 

Supporting an active pedestrian environment is vital to the function and identity 

of a street within commercial areas. 

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Though not appropriate, for most people, for year round transportation, cycling is a 

highly viable alternative for many months of the year. The size of Vernon makes it 

particularly attractive to cyclists, as many neighbourhoods are easily within cycling 

distance of the City's downtown and key commercial areas and recreation amenities. 

For the most part, experienced cyclists tend to favour sharing the street with motor 

vehicles or using bike lanes at the edge of pavement. Bicycle lanes provide exclusive 

space for cyclists to ride on a street with other traffic. Lanes are identified with signs 

and road markings and are separated from the other travel lanes by a painted stripe. 

Inexperienced cyclists and children tend to feel more comfortable on a segregated 

facility with some form of buffer between them and the travel lane. ln order to create a 

bicycle friendly community, facilities designed to accommodate users of all skill levels 

must be provided. 

The strategic directions of the cycling component of the draft plan include the 

following: 

. Streets should incorporate multi-modal facilities in their design. Tradeoffs 

among design features should be considered based on right-of-way constraints. 

. Overall width of the vehicle realm needs to balance considerations of the 

available right-of-way, needs of the pedestrian, bicyclist, traffic capacity and 

overall street function. 

. Consider the design of travel lane widths that focus on a lower target speed on 

City Centre roads. 

lmplementation Strateqv 

As the process to prepare the remainder of the City Centre Neighbourhood PIan 

continues, staff will work with the Downtown Vernon Association to identify the 

implementation items necessary to meet the parking objectives. The plan is long term 

in nature and will include implementation strategies reflecting the potential needs into 

the future as the City Centre grows and evolves. 

There are other items that will be recommended for the short term, reflecting priority 

projects that can be immediately undertaken to alleviate some of the ongoing 

concerns. The lmplementation Strategy will reflect the short term need to identify and 

acquire small corner lots within the downtown core for the use as parking lots. ln 

addition, one of the ongoing concerns is the underuse of the parkade and the 

continued perception that it is an unsafe environment. An immediate action that will be 

proposed is a review of the facility in relation to Crime Prevention through 

Environmental Design (CPTED) principles to identify safety issues and the necessary 

solutions to improve the parkade's image and to increase the number of people using 

the facility. 

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B. Attachments: 

1. Attachment I - Draft Transportation Strategy 

C. Strateqic Plan Obiectives: 

The draft Transportation Strategy involves the following objectives in Council's 

Strategic Plan: 

D. Policv(Existing/Relevance/None): 

N/A 

E. Relevant Historv: 

The downtown transit termínus was relocated from 31 Avenue to Coldstream Avenue 

in the autumn of 2004. ln November 2007 staff presented a report to Council 

discussing the need to relocate the transit terminus from Coldstream Avenue. The 

need to identify a centralized location was reflected in the four candidate sites that 

were chosen. 

The preferred option was identified as 31 Avenue at Cenotaph Park. Council 

requested that the review continue as part of the City Centre Neighbourhood Plan 

process to determine if that was the best location in relation to other proposed 

changes to the downtown core. 

F. Applicant's Response: 

N/A 

G. Reasons for Bvlaw: 

N/A 

H. Resources: 

N/A 


Cost estimates for the relocation of the downtown transit terminus to any of the candidate 

sites have not been completed at this time. Once a site has been identified, a detailed 

design and cost estimate can be completed. lt is anticipated that BC Transit will contribute 

to the development of the terminus in addition to the funds committed for its design. 

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DRAFT TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY 

Accessibility is an important component of any 

city centre and transportation, which can be 

defined as the safe and efficient movement of 

people and goods, must be carefully considered 

to ensure that it supports the guiding principles 

of the City Centre Neighbourhood Plan. 

Historically, the road network has developed to 

accommodate the motor vehicle. Crucial to the 

success of the City Centre is how people move 

by foot, bicycle, bus and automobile. 

During the Plan's public consultation process, 

transportat¡on issues were identified as a top 

priority for the successful revitalization of the 

City Centre. Realistic alternative travel modes to 

the automobile are important to create a City 

Centre that is accessible to all residents. 

However, these alternatives must be 

convenient and cost effective in order to be 

well used. Providing a welldesígned system of 

interconnected sidewalks, bicycle facilities and 

transit routes will provide residents choice and, 

through management measures, decrease the 

number of automobile triPs. 

Vernon has placed a strong emphasis on 

improving multi-modal transportation options. 

The 2008 Transportation Plan outlines the goal 

to achieve a 20% modal split (indicating that a 

combined 20% of all trips will be accomplished 

by pedestrians, cyclists and transit users) by the 

year 203L. ln order to achieve this, the overall 

transportation system needs to focus on 

improving the efficiency and accessibility of the 

pedestrian, bicycle and transit networks. 

Safe and efficient access is the basic objective in 

developing transportation strategies for 

everyone traveling to the City Centre. The key is 

balancing how to achieve that objective with an 

emphasis on strategies that reinforce and 

strengthen the pedestrian environment. The 

objective becomes "complete streets", which 

promote efficient vehicular circulation while 

creating a pleasant and safe environment for 

pedestrians, transit users and bicyclists. 

4.t. Streetscape Guidelines 

"Greot streets do not iust haqqen. 

Overwhelmingly, the best streets derive from a 

conscious oct of conception ond creotion ofthe 

streets os o whole." - Alløn B. Jocobs 

Streets and their sidewalks are the main public 

places of a city. This reinforces the notion that 

streets should be considered to be part of the 

public realm and serve a greater function than 

simply moving traffic. Streets are an important 

element in the design of livable 

neighbourhoods. 

The design of the street includes more than the 

asphalt paving between curb edges. lt also 

includes the improvements between property 

lines, such as sidewalks, paving textures, street 

trees and landscaping as well as controls over 

the relationship of the property edge to the 

public right-of-way. A great street provides a 

positive experience, not just a pathway. 

The conventional street design hierarchy of 

arterials, collectors, and local roads focused 

almost exclusively on two functions: vehicular 

movement and vehicle access to adjacent 

properties. This has often neglected other travel 

needs beyond automobile travel. Recent 

movements are addressing the need to create 

"complete streets", which are designed to 

better serve all users, rather than focusing only 

on automotive traffic. There are many different 

types of streets, each playing a different role in 

the community context. Despite this, the 

conventional standard for street design has 

limited variety and the ability to create 

distinctive neighbourhoods. 

The following guidelines identify the individual 

elements that are included in street design and 

present recommendations for creating 

balanced, complete streets that serve the 

transportation needs of all residents. The design 

elements are organized into four main areas: 

. Street Realm: the overall environment of 

the street 

o Vehicle Realm:the elements devoted to 

motorized and non-motorized vehicle 

movements 

o Pedestrian Realm: the areas where 

pedestr¡an use is a PrioritY 

o Adjacent Land Use Realm: the elements 

that abut the street and define the street's 

character and use 

Attachment I

DRAFT TRANSPO RTATION STRATEGY 

4.l.l.Street Realm 

The street realm is the overall setting in which 

people experience the character and use of a 

street. lt is composed of the vehicle, pedestrian 

and adjacent land-use realms. Streets are 

complex systems that support all travel modes, 

vehicle movements, land uses, business, leisure 

and recreational activities and social 

interactions. 

PEDESTRIAN REATM 

VEHICLE REATM 

The vehicle and pedestrian realms usually 

occupy the public street right-of-way. Within 

the vehicle realm are the vehicle zone (vehicle 

travel lanes), the bicycle zone (bicycle lanes), 

and the parking zone (parallel or diagonal 

parking). Within the pedestrian realm are the 

pedestrian zone (sidewalk and streetscape 

amenities) and the green zone (landscaped 

boulevards). The adjacent land use realm 

contains the development zone and is an 

integral part of the street considering the 

influences adjacent land use has on the street 

type as well as the character and intensity of 

the use ofthe street. 

Strategic Objectives 

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Motor Vehicle Zone 

cyclists, transit and motorists in order to create a sense of place and to build a network of links that 

enhance the City Centre and prioritize the public realm. 

transit, protect and enhance predominantly residential areas by reducing regional traffic travelling 

on residential streets, reduce the number and length of local vehicle trips, and conserve energy. 

environment for children. 

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4.l.2.Vehicle Realm 

Design of the vehicle realm should provide a 

balanced transportation system that fully 

integrates automobile, transit, bicycle and 

freight needs, without compromising the 

overall function of the street. Design of the 

vehicle realm should minimize traffic hazards 

and conflicts between travel modes and 

emphasize safe travel for all users. The vehicle 

realm is generally composed of the vehicle 

travel lanes, bicycle facilities and on-street 

parking areas as well as medians, intersections, 

pedestrian crossings and other elements 

devoted to vehicle movement. 


facilities in their design. Tradeoffs 

among design features should be 

considered based on right-of-waY 

constraints. 

needs to balance considerations of the 

available right-of-way, needs of the 

pedestrian, bicyclist, traffic capacity and 

overall street function. 

widths that focus on a lower target 

speed on CitY Centre roads. 

Bicycle Network and Facilities 

Thinking in terms of a complete street leads to 

accommodating cyclists as a routine part of 

planning, design and construction of 

transportation facilities. Cyclists can generally 

be defined as persons riding any cycle, 

propelled by human effort or a power assisted 

device. 

For the most part, experíenced cyclists tend to 

favour sharing the street with motor vehicles or 

using bike lanes at the edge of pavement. 

Bicycle lanes provide exclusive space for cyclists 

to ride on a street with other traffic. Lanes are 

identified with signs and road markings and are 

separated from the other travel lanes by a 

painted stripe. 

lnexperienced cyclists and children tend to feel 

more comfortable on a segregated facility with 

some form of buffer between them and the 

travel lane. ln order to create a bicycle friendly 

community, facilities designed to accommodate 

users of all skill levels must be provided. 

The Walkable and Livable 

Communities lnstitute provides the 

following safety reasons for on street 

bicycle facilities: 

L. Provide space to make evasive 

manoeuvres 

2. Accommodate driver error 

3. Add a recovery area to regain 

control of a vehicle, as well as 

lateral clearance to roadside 

objects, such as signs and Poles 

4. Provide space for disabled 

vehicles to stop 

5. Provide increased s¡ght distance 

for through vehicles and for 

vehicles entering the roadwaY 

6. Contribute to driving ease and 

reduced driver strain 

7. Reduce passing conflicts between 

motor vehicles and bicYclists and 

pedestrians 

8. Makes the crossing Pedestrian 

more visible to motorists 

9. Provides for storm water 

discharge farther from the travel 

lanes, reducing hYdroPlaning, 

splash and spray to following 

vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists 

10. Provide safety to motorists when 

getting in and out of Parking 

spaces 


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The following represents a general outline of a 

cyclist's general needs for a functional network: 

1.. 

Space to ride: cyclists require space to ride 

and manoeuvre around potential obstacles. 

While cyclists are permitted on nearly all 

streets, they can be better accommodated 

through signage and by designating extra 

space on the streets to make cyclists feel 

more comfortable. Alternatively, cyclists 

can be accommodated by an off street 

shared use path, which is shared between 

pedestrians and cyclists. 

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2. 

Smooth surface, free of obstacles: a 

smooth surface is important for the comfort 

and safety of cyclists. Obstacles can include 

gravel or snow on the road, broken glass, 

catch basins or overgrown vegetation. 

Gravel and snow must be removed from 

key routes and catch basins should be flush 

with the street and be of a bike friendly 

design to avoid getting wheels caught. 

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3. 

Connectivity: Connections need to be 

direct, convenient and clearly marked. At 

points of transition it must be clear where 

the cyclist is intended to go. 

5. 

Feeling of security: Safety should be 

inherent in all streets and path design with 

particular attention given to the design of 

crosswalks where cars, cyclists and 

pedestrians meet. 

4. Parking and amenities at destinations: 6. 

Cyclists require more than a convenient 

network of facilities. They also require 

convenient parking facilities and other 

amenities (lockers, showers, etc.) at their 

destinations. 

Education and enforcement: lncrease the 

acceptance and understanding among all 

road and pathway users to decrease 

conflicts between cyclists, pedestrians and 

motorists. 

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Bicycle Network and Facilities Policies 

1. Complete the bicycle network in the City 

Centre in accordance with the 

Transportation Plan through the 

implementation of bicycle facilities and 

consistent route signage that meet the 

needs of cyclists of varying skills and levels 

of experience. 

2. lmprove the availability of convenient and 

secure bicycle parking facilities as a tool to 

encourage more bicycle use in the City 

Centre. 

3. Through ongoing Transportation Demand 

Management (TDM) efforts conti nue to 

promote cycling as a viable alternative to 

driving and dedicate portions of the yearly 

capital budget on transportation items to 

implementing identified TDM infrastructure 

projects or initiatives. 

4. Where bicycle lanes are not possible due to 

right-of-way constraints and on-street 

parking needs, a wide outside lane, wide 

enough to allow an average size motor 

vehicle to pass a bicyclist without crossing 

over the adjacent lane, is acceptable. Wide 

outside lanes should be considered where 

any of the following conditions exist: 

a. it is not possible to eliminate or reduce 

lane widths 

b. topographical constraints exist 

c. 

d. 

additional pavement would disrupt the 

natural environment or character of the 

natural environment 

parking is essentialto serve adjacent 

land uses or improve the character of 

the pedestria n environment 

8. 

9. 

For curbside bicycle lanes always provide 

bicycle friendly curb inlet. 

Provide uniformity in facility design, signs, 

and pavement markings for bicyclist and 

motorist safety. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Construction of a separated bicycle facility 

(multi-use path) is an acceptable alternative 

to on street bicycle lanes. 

Provide bicycle facilities without gaps to 

significant destinations such as schools, 

parks and the centralcommercial area. 

Maintain and clean bicycle lanes to ensure 

they are smooth and obstruction free. 


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lntersections 

I ntersections Policies 

lntersections are junctions with other streets or 

driveways that provide for change in travel 

direction and controlthe right-of-way for 

conflicting traffic movements. M ulti-moda I 

intersections are intended to operate with 

vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles moving in 

many directions, usually at the same time. 

lntersections have the unique characteristics of 

the repeated occurrence of conflicts among all 

modes. 

L. 

2. 

Multi-modal intersection design needs to 

accommodate appropriate level of service, 

design speed and expected mix of traffic. 

Avoid the eliminatíon of any travel modes in 

intersection design. lntersection widening 

for additional turn lanes to relieve 

congestion is acceptable provided it 

encourages pedestrian and bicycle 

movement. 

lntersection design is performed on a case-bycase 

basis depending on vehicle capacity, 

pedestrian, bicycle and large vehicle 

requirements as well as existing right-of-way 

constraints. Proper ¡ntersect¡on design 

considers many factors including design 

elements and standards based on the design 

speed of the street and the expected mix of 

traffic. 

3. 

4. 

The preferred location for pedestrian 

crossings is at intersections. Mid block 

crossings may be constructed in areas with 

high volumes of pedestrians or where the 

frequency of intersections is reduced. 

Support innovative intersection designs that 

reduce right-of-way needs. 

The following policies are not intended to 

address the multitude of factors in intersection 

design, but to emphasize the need to improve 

designs for pedestrian, bicycle and transit 

modes of travel. The intersection design should 

consider the trade off between increasing 

vehicle capacity and improving pedestrian and 

bicycle mobility and safety. 

5. 

lmprove access management by 

consolidating multiple driveways into single 

intersections. 

6. Promote intersection design that includes 

striped crossings and ensure they are 

placed at all intersections near major 

origin/destination points (for example, 

schools, major recreation areas, etc.). 


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7. Provide either pedestrian pushbuttons or 

automatic pedestrian signals at all 

signalized intersections and crosswalks. 

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8. 

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10. 

17. 

72. Extend bicycle lanes up to intersection stop 

13. 

Consider special paving treatment (brick, 

paving stone, alternative colors, etc.) in 

crosswalks to enhance visibility. 

lncorporate universal design elements into 

all intersections to ensure they are fully 

accessible to all users. 

Reduce crossing width at intersections by 

either providing curb extensions into the 

street equal to the width of on-street 

parking (provided it does not interfere with 

the bicycle lane). 

Ensure adequate illumination exists to light 

all four corners of intersections with 

crosswalks. 

bars or crosswalks. Where right-of-way is 

constrained, use appropriate markings and 

signs to end bicycle lane prior to 

intersection. 

At intersections with exclusive right-turn 

lanes transition the bicycle lane to the left 

of the right-turn lane. Where right-of-way is 

constrained use appropriate markings and 

signs to end the bicycle lane prior to the 

intersection. 

1.4. Curb return radiiand the configuration of 

medians should be designed to shorten 

pedestrian crossing width, while also 

accommodating large vehicles on primary 

truck routes. 

On Street Parking 

On street parking is a higher priority design 

element in high intensity commercial areas. ln 

lower intensity areas and along many corridors 

on-street parking is not necessary to serve 

adjacent land use but remains ímportant to 

provide additional parking spaces within 

proximity to key commercial areas. On street 

parking is discussed in greater detail in 4.3. 

Where necessary, on street parking provides 

the following functions: 

o supports localeconomic activity by 

providing access to local uses as well as 

visitor needs in residentialareas 

¡ increases pedestrian safety by providing a 

buffer for pedestrians from traffic 

¡ increases pedestrian activity on the street 

. supports local land use by reducing 

development costs for small business by 

reducing their on-site parking needs 

On Street Parking Policies 

L Provide on street parking wherever feasible 

on City Centre streets. 

2. Provide on-street parking as a buffer 

between pedestrians and moving vehicles. 

3. Ensure the visibility of pedestrians by 

prohibiting on-street parking adjacent to 

crosswalks or by extending the curb equal 

to the width of the on-street parking lane. 



4.L.3. Pedestrian Realm 

Everyone who comes to the City Centre, 

regardless of how they get there, becomes a 

pedestrian for some portion of their trip. 

A functional, safe pedestrian realm is vital for 

successful multimodal street design. The 

pedestrian realm extends from the vehicle 

realm to the edge of the right-of-way. The 

pedestrian realm consists of the pedestrian 

zone (sidewalks and amenities) and the green 

zone (street trees and landscaping) and serves 

the following general functions: 

o provides a continuous travel corridor for 

pedestrians 

o provides a buffer for pedestrians and 

adjacent properties from the traffic and 

noise on the street 

. serves local land use by providing 

pedestrian access to commercial and 

residential buildings 

o provides open space and public outdoor 

activity space 

Pedestrians can generally be defined as persons 

walkíng or jogging, usíng wheelchairs or 

mobility aids and people walking their dogs or 

with children's strollers. 

Vernon's City Centre has a variety of buildings 

and well defined spaces that contribute to a 

positive pedestrian environment. Some 

features, however, detract from a positive 

experience, such as open surface parking lots, 

buildings with blank walls, wide streets and high 

traffic volumes (specifically Highway 97) that 

inhibit pedestria n movement. 


pedestrian safety, as well as comfort and 

ease of access. Pedestrian safety and 

comfort are directly related to the width of 

the sidewalk, the amount of buffering from 

traffic, and illumination. 

Design the pedestrian realm to 

accommodate the needs of a broad range 

of users, including older pedestrians, people 

with disabilities and children. 

Provide physical and spatial definition to 

the street to reduce the impact and 

dominance of automobile traffic on the 

safety and comfort of pedestrians. 

Orient land uses to the street to increase 

and focus pedestrian activ¡ty. Supporting an 

active pedestrian environment ís vital to the 

function and identity of a street within 

commercial areas. 

The Walkable and Livable 

Communities lnstitute lists the 

following Walkable Community 

Principles: 

L. Low speed, attractive streets 

2. Well connected, streets and 

walkways 

3. Streets and buildings align to 

form strong, compelling views 

4. Streets work for everyone 

5. Mix of buildings and uses, 

allowing easy walking access 

6. Welcoming, socially engaging 

mixing places 

7. Compact housing and many 

housing types and a range of cost 

8. Emphasis on downtown and 

other key centres 

9. Well located parks and open 

space (easy access to all) 

10. Well located schools, within 

walking distance of homes 

11. Easy access to efficient and 

welcoming trans¡t 

12. Land use and transportation 

partnerships 

l-3. Homes and buildings face 

principle streets, parks and 

schools 

1-4. Codes, taxes and other incentives 

that favour compact land form 

l-5. Decisions favouring long term, 

sustainable growth and value 


DRAFT TRANSPORTATIO N STRATEGY 

The following represents a general outline of a 

pedestrian's general needs for a functional 

network: 

1. Connectivity and convenience: For walking 

to be viable as a means of transportation, 

direct, convenient, safe and comfortable 

pedestrian routes must be provided 

between land uses and across barriers, such 

as Highway 97 and the railroad tracks. 

2. Routes free of obstructions: The pedestrian 

throughway should be clear of obstructions, 

including signage, utility elements, 

landscaping or street furniture. The 

network also needs to maintain even 

walking surfaces and remove materials on 

the surface of the sidewalk (such as snow, 

gravel, etc.) in a timely fashion. Space for 

pedestrians must provide barrier free 

comfort for travelling or waiting. Comfort is 

affected by physical obstructions, the 

separation from traffic, illumination and 

informal "eyes on the street" provided by 

increased pedestrian activity and urban 

design that focuses on windows, doors and 

quality edges on the pedestrian routes. 

4. An interesting place to walk: lmproved 

walkability requires a design scale that 

revolves around the pedestrian as opposed 

to the car. For example, if buildings are not 

set in the right locations or if streets fail to 

create a proper enclosure, then traffic 

speeds will be too high and people will not 

feel comfortable walking. A focus on 

combining land use planning and 

transportation as a single community 

building tool can improve the pedestrían 

experience and contribute towards building 

successful and sustainable communities. 

Sidewalks 

Sidewalks are critical transportation routes 

in a community and are the fundamental 

pedestrian element in street design. 

Sidewalks provide visual, as well as physical 

access to adjacent land uses. Sidewalks are 

typically designed to minimum widths and 

can become crowded with street furniture 

and amenities. Wide sidewalks are essential 

in establishíng an active pedestrian 

environment. This is important to the 

function of a street, particularly within 

commercial areas that attract a higher 

volume of pedestrians. 

3. Feeling of security: Thoughtfully designed 

streetscapes, buildings and sites can create 

inviting places in which pedestrians want to 

walk while feeling secure and safe. The 

principles of Crime Prevention through 

Environmental Design (CPTED) must be 

applied to the design and retrofit of public 

spaces. 

Page 9


Sidewalks Policies 

L Provide adequate width for all sidewalk 

uses, including loading and unloading of 

people from on-street parking, walking 

traffic, window shopping traffic, bicycle 

parking and the use of on-street parking. 

2. Require a minimum sidewalk width of 1.5 

metres of unobstructed space. ln 

commercial areas or other high volume 

pedestrian corridors the minimum width 

should be 2.5 metres. 

3. Provide pedestrian-scaled lighting to 

provide a separation from street traffic and 

spatial definition that is human scale. 

8. Work with the Ministry of Transportation to 

improve the pedestrian environment along 

the Highway 97 corridor addressing the 

following elements: 

a. create strong edges to the street 

buffering the pedestrian from vehicle 

traffic 

b. improve aesthetics through street 

trees, landscaping, lighting and other 

amenities 

c. enhance crossing opportunities that 

improve pedestrian connectivity across 

the Highway, particularly between 32 

and 39 Avenues. 

4. Maintain proper accessibility and preserve 

the quality pedestrian environment through 

the continued construction of an 

interconnected and well maintained 

sidewalk network. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Provide pedestrian and sidewalk 

improvements on all new and 

redevelo pment street projects. 

Ensure the minimum sidewalk width for 

pedestrian through traffic is not obstructed 

with street furniture, utility poles, traffic 

signs or trees. 

Avoid combining sidewalk and bikeways 

unless designed as a specific multi-use path 

separated from the traffic. 


Plan 

Page 10


Street Trees and Landscaping 

Street trees are indispensable to the 

attractiveness, comfort and safety of street 

design. Street trees, along with the overall 

width of the street, are a primary element ¡n 

providing a sense of safe separat¡on from 

traffic. Without street trees, or appropriately 

scaled landscaping , a major street is dominated 

by vehicles and appears barren. Street trees 

increase the appeal of walking and serve the 

following functions: 

. separate and define the boundary between 

the pedestrian and the vehicle realms, 

reducing the impacts of the volume and 

speed of traffic on pedestrians and the 

adjacent land uses 

r provide tranquility to the street, slow the 

pace and intensity of street activity and 

enhance the well being of pedestrians and 

motorists by creating a sense of enclosure 

o provide an important stormwater 

management function by reducing run-off, 

providing stormwater interception, 

detention and improving water quality 

o provide shade in the summer and allow 

sunlight in the winter 

2. Tree species may be alternated to provide 

variety. Larger species are preferred to 

maximize stormwater and other benefits. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Plant trees in planting strips in areas with 

less intensive pedestrian and commercial 

activity or implement tree wells with tree 

grates in areas with more íntensive 

pedestrian and commercial activity. Ensure 

the placement of tree grates is outside the 

pedestrian zone and does not obstruct 

pedestrian movement. 

Provide regular maintenance to ensure 

clear travelways and to maintain 

stormwater function. 

lncorporate xeriscaping into the green zone 

to reduce landscape water requirements. 

Select tree species whose canopy does not 

encroach into pedestrian headroom or into 

tall curbside vehicles. 

Preserve existing mature trees through 

flexible street design. 

Street Trees and Landscaping Policies 

1. Provide continuous, uniformly and closely 

spaced tree plantings to create a 

continuous canopy across the length of the 

street. Tree spacing should be dependent 

on the tree species. 

8. 

Ensure proper sight distance and other 

safety elements in designing and 

landscaping planting strips. 


Plan 

Page 11


Streetscape Features 

Streetscape features serve pedestrian and 

outdoor activities, as well as provide lighting 

and signs for pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles. 

Streetscape features are the elements that 

furnish the street environment and enhance 

community livability. 

Streetscape Features Policies 

L Provide pedestrian-scaled lighting to 

provide separation from street traffic and 

spatial definition that is human-scale. 

Pedestrian-scale lighting should be lower 

and more closely spaced than conventional 

street lights and provide more illumination 

of the sidewalk. 

4.t.4.Adjacent Land Use Realm 

The site planning and building design of the 

adjacent land use realm can significantly 

contribute to supporting walking and transit as 

an attractive choice over the automobile. 

The design guidelines for adjacent land use 

focus on supporting and encouraging 

pedestrian activity, including providing 

pedestrian linkages to transit and among 

dífferent land uses. The site and building design 

of adjacent land use is an opportunity to 

redirect private investments to support multimodal 

transportation. 


2. lncorporate low-emission lighting, such as 

solar to reduce energy use. 

3. Ensure adequate lighting at all crosswalks. 

4. 

5. 

Provide continuity of streetscape features 

along the length of identified streets. 

Provide and maintain streetscape furniture 

such as benches, trash receptacles, 

recycling bins, hanging flower baskets, etc. 

to increase the social aspects ofthe street. 

encourage and support walking trips among 

land uses. 

Create safer and secure environments 

through the designs of streets and 

buildings. 

Balance the need to accommodate vehicles 

and respect pedestrians and public space 

through the appropriate design of streets. 

pedestrian environments to support public 

outdoor activity. 


Plan 

Page 1.2


The following images illustrate the impact of 

the adjacent land use on the character of the 

street. The first image illustrates 30 Avenue 

westbound at the intersection of 30 Avenue 

and 29 Street. The second image is at the same 

intersection but facing south down 29 Street. 

The two environments are very different and it 

is very easy to see which street is more 

pedestrian friendly and will attract users. 

Policies 

1. Orient the front entrance of buildings to the 

street to facilitate pedestrian access and 

support pedestrian activity on the street. 

4.2. Transit Network 

Public transit offers a viable alternative to the 

private automobile, thereby reducing 

congestion and offering an affordable 

transportation option. Continued efforts to 

improve the public transit system need to be 

focused on the most cost effective methods to 

increase ridership on the existing bus system. 

ln line with these strategies, and in an effort to 

make transit the first choice for people 

accessing and moving around the City Centre in 

the longer term, the Plan will support initiatives 

related to transit service expansion, the 

improvement of transit accessibility, the 

provision of transit supportive land uses and the 

enhancement of the transit corridors and 

transit stops. 

2. Provide a buffer along property lines along 

commercial corridors with buildings set 

back from the street and parking lots 

abutting the street. 

Given the limited space available to expand the 

road network in the City Centre and the 

anticipated residential and office growth, trans¡t 

systems must be expanded and enhanced to 

provide more and better transit services for the 

residents, employees and visitors of the City 

Centre. As the public transit system expands, 

the current location of the transit terminus will 

have to be relocated to accommodate the 

additional buses. Potential locations have been 

reviewed and evaluated with city staff, BC 

Transit and local stakeholders and the preferred 

location is at 31- Avenue between 30 and 3L 

Streets. 


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Page 13

DRAFT TRANSPO RTATIO N STRATEGY 


mobility needs and reduce dependence 

on the automobile. 

attracting new employment and 

housing options and mixed-use 

development to the transit corridors. 

Policies 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Work with BC Transit to develop a 

functional design of the new transit 

terminus at the preferred location at 3L 

Avenue between 30 and 31 Streets. 

Ensure the provision of high-quality 

pedestrian and bicycle facilities in order to 

support the use, functionality and 

enjoyment of the public transit system. 

Design transit stops that provide efficient 

access for pedestrians with all levels of 

physical abilities. 

Provide adequate líghting and way-finding 

systems for the transit system. 

5. Upgrade passenger information systems 

(maps, route information, etc.) within the 

transit corridors. 


Plan 

Page 14


4.3. Public Parking 

Decisions on parking affect all aspects of 

downtown development including land use, 

built form, economic development, travel 

behaviour and financial health. The setting of 

parking policy is a complex issue involving many 

interests and stakeholders. 

ln many city centres throughout Canada, 

parking has been approached from a simple 

demand/supply problem without consíderation 

of the many factors that influence the demand 

for parking or the impacts of the supply of 

parking. This Plan is based on the conviction 

that a balanced approach must be adopted for 

all facets of parking. 


parking supply/demand within the City 

Centre, and manage the necessary parking 

infrastructure and facilíties that will 

enhance and support growth. 

management programs to function as a 

positive, marketable asset for the City 

Centre. Publicise and market parking 

availability to enhance the perception of 

parking as a positive element of the City 

Centre experience. 

element of the City's economic 

development strategy. Promote mixed use 

development and shared use parking 

strategies as well as alternative modes of 

transportation for commuter access to 

attract investment. 

4.3.t. Off Street Pa rki ng 

Two of the main public off street parking lots, 

CSB and 29 Avenue lots, (refer to the map on 

the following page illustrating the locations of 

Monitored Off Street Parking lots) have been 

identified for futu re development opportunities 

and a third, the 30 Avenue Lot is scheduled to 

become the new Library. As the Spirit Square 

project continues the parking spaces in the 

existing Library Lot will also be eliminated. lt is 

clear that additional parking supply will be 

required to support growth in the City Centre. 

The exact location and size of parking supply 

options is dependent on how the 

redevelopment opportunities play out. 

As development continues to occur in the City 

Centre, so too will the need for adequate 

parking. This will include both municipal parking 

as well as private parking to support new 

development. Efforts to reduce parking demand 

by improving transit and other modes of travel 

can help off-set the need for parking expansion. 

Policies 

1. ldentify opportunities for the acquisition of 

corner properties within 2 blocks of 30 

Avenue for the use as small surface parking 

lots. When adjacent to the streets, surface 

lots must reduce the visual impact through 

landscaping along the edge that conceals 

the vehicles. 

2. ldentify a potent¡al site and compile the 

costs associated with constructing a new, 

multistorey and mixed use parking 

structure in conjunction with the 

replacement of off street parking associated 

with the current redevelopment sites.

3. Evaluate the potentialto implement new 

technology enhancements in the parkade 

that improve customer service (such as 

updated parking ticket dispensers, 

alternative payment methods, etc.). 

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4. 

lmplement design improvements in 

accordance with Crime Prevention through 

Environmental Design (CPTED) provisions to 

the parkade to make it more inviting to 

users including improved lighting, 

consistent and identifiable signage, design 

improvements to increase security and 

aesthetic improvements. 

5. 

Review off street parking rates and facility 

allocation between monthly and hourly 

spaces in conjunction with the on street 

price structure in order to efficiently 

manage the parking system as a whole and 

to coordinate the price between on and off 

street parking supplies to discourage long 

term parking in metered on street spaces. 

Any changes shall be implemented in a 

phased manner. 

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Explore the potential to enter into a shared 

use parking arrangement with existing land 

uses, such as churches, to accommodate 

public parking during business hours. 

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4.3.2.On Street Parking 

Parking availability has been identified as a 

concern within the downtown core. This issue is 

not unique to Vernon and is typically associated 

with retail "hot spots", such as the 

concentration of retail and restaurant 

establishments along 30 Avenue. As part of the 

planning process a parking occupancy survey 

was conducted. The results indicating that there 

is an adequate supply of parking throughout the 

entire City Centre, but sections in the 

downtown core (29-31 Avenues) experience 

high peak occupancy rates. 

While the overallsupply in the City Centre is 

adequate, it is apparent that more effective 

management of the on street parking supply is 

needed to ensure there is frequent turnover of 

parking spaces along the identified "hot spots". 

Policies 

L. Evaluate the potential to implement angled 

parkíng on one or both sides of streets 

where space allows as a means to increase 

on street supplies. 

2. Develop a consistent message that clearly 

indicates the time restriction associated 

with each meter (coloured meters, stickers, 

etc.). 

3. As the need arises to implement changes to 

the on street meter systems evaluate the 

potential to implement technology 

enhancements that offer the potential to 

improve streetsca pes, provide additional 

customer payment options, reduce 

collection costs, improve enforcement 

efficiency and provide increased revenue 

per space. 

It is an accepted principle that when 

determining whether or not parking in the City 

Centre is adequate is related to the effective 

supply of available spaces. When an area's 

occupancy reaches 85-90% of the total capacity 

it is considered to be full and drivers will 

become increasingly frustrated at not finding a 

space at their desired location. The parking 

survey indicated that the overall occupancy rate 

in the entire neighbourhood was adequate but 

along 30 Avenue the rate exceeded 85%for 

prolonged periods, with portions of 29 Avenue 

and 33 Street exceeding 85% during the peak 

hour. The study was conducted during the 

winter and factoring in seasonal variations for 

summer tourism indicates that these "hot 

spots" need to be addressed. 

4. Review on street metered parking rates and 

time limits: The parking survey has 

identified areas that are in high demand 

and a review is requíred to better manage 

the parking supply by adjusting the rates, 

time limits and allocation to promote 

greater turnover of the most convenient 

parkíng spaces. 

City Centre Neighbourhood Plan Page'J.7


4,3.3. Parking Management 

The parking system must be viewed as a whole 

with all of the components combined to create 

an effective parking system. Parking must be 

managed to make parking less of an 

impediment to visiting the City Centre and more 

of a positive element of the overall City Centre 

experience. However, considering the amount 

of competing interests it is unrealistic to expect 

to satisfy all requests and expectations. 

Effective management of the parking system 

strives to develop and operate parking facilities 

that are clean, convenient, safe and secure and 

continually evaluates and implements parking 

management best practices and new 

technologies on an ongoing basis. 

Management of the system willexplore 

opportunities to allocate portions of parking 

revenue streams from on street, off street, 

enforcement, special assessments and cash in 

lieu, to develop a parking system that funds 

operat¡ng and maintenance expenses, facility 

maintenance reserves, ongoing evaluation of 

the system and future capital program 

allocations for parking facilities, TDM initiatives 

and infrastructure improvements in the City 

Centre. 

Policies 

2. Reassess current parking standards within 

the Zoning Bylaw that exempt off street 

parking requirements associated with new 

commercial development. 

3. Customise parking standards for the City 

Centre commercial zones that meet the 

parkíng needs of the City Centre while 

reducing the economic impacts associated 

with providing on site parking for small 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

businesses. 

Work with local stakeholders to develop a 

branding image for the parking system that 

is easily understood and clearly indicates 

the locations of parking facilities. 

Coordinate the development of a program 

of marketing initiatives that will educate the 

community on the range and variety of 

parking and tra nsportation options 

available. 

Work with the Downtown Vernon 

Assocíation to develop special programs to 

mitigate the negative impacts of parking 

enforcement and promote a more visitor 

friendly City Centre. 

Regularly evaluate the existing use of 

technology within the overall parking 

system and identify the potential for 

improvement. 

Centre to enhance the neíghbourhood and 

buíld support for paid parking through 

thoughtfu I reinvestment. 

9. ldentify short and long term parking areas 

to accommodate recreational vehicles 

associated with tourism (recreation 

vehícles, tour buses, etc.). 

10. Evaluate the creation of a City Centre 

Disabled Parking Permit that would allow 

permit holders to park in any metered 

space within the City Centre, in addition to 

dedicated spaces at key areas to ensure 

adequate access for wheelchair users and 

other special needs persons. 

7. Monitor the parking supply, demand and 

utilisation on a regular basis to maintain 

current information on the parking system. 

8. 

Explore the potential to use a portion of 

parking revenue generated within the City 


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HE coRPoRAÏoN oF rHE crry oF vERNoN 

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SUBMITTED BY: 

Brooke Marshall, 

Environmental Planner 

DATE: 

FILE: 

June 28, 2010 

A1R00005 

SUBJEGT: 

CRYSTAL VIANA AND 

APPLICATION FOR LOT 

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ALEXIS MURRAY ALR EXCLUSION 

1, DL 68, PLAN 18017, ODYD (5862 BELLA 

PURPOSE: 

To review the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) exclusion application submitted by Crystal 

Viana and Alexis Murray for their property at 5862 Bella Vista Road. 

REc.@ 

THAT Council support the application submitted by Crystal Viana and Alexis Murray to 

exclude Lot 1, DL 68, Plan 18017, ODYD (5862 Bella Vista Road) from the ALR as the 

property is fragmented and surrounded by urban scale residential development, is bisected 

by a designated future roadway and has marginal soil conditions for growing crops. 


ANALYSIS: 

1. Council may support the ALR exclusion application subject to certain conditions being 

satisfied. One of these conditions could be the dedication of a "no-build" covenant area 

and a "road reserve" covenant area for the Heritage Drive connection which include 

minimum building setbacks from that future road right-of-way' 

2. Council may deny the application. The negative recommendation in response to the 

application will therefore be fonruarded to the ALC. Extension of Heritage Drive through 

the property would require ALC approval which may not be granted as it would sever the 

farming unit. Redevelopment of the property would be based upon ALR goals, objectives 

and regulations. 

A. Gommittee/Board Recommendations: 

The Advisory Planning Board, at its May 13, 2008 meeting adopted the following 

resolution: 

"That the Advisory Planning Board recommends to Council that the ALR 

exclusion application submitted by Crystal Viana and Alexis Murray be 

supported." 

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Rationale: 

1. The subject property is located in the ALR and is surrounded by urban scale 

residential develäpment as shown on the attached aerial photos and the map 

illustrating the ALR boundary (Figures 1-4, Figure 6). There is a road network preplan 

in place which proposes inãt neritage Drive be extended through the subject 

property as shown on fiþut" 7. This roadway extension would most likely take place 

*n"n the subject property is redeveloped for non-agricultural purposes' 

2. The applicant has provided information (see Figure 5) related to 1!.,." 

soil conditions 

on the property 

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th" marginal farming capabilities those conditions provide. As 

per the nln Êxclusion Poliõy, supported in principle by Coyncll at its Regular 

Meeting of February 2g,29og (Figure 9), the property_fits within.the soil condition 

range rin¡cn has beän pioposeo'for ALR exclusion applications to be supported' The 

proþerty contains sloped iopography, bedrock.near the surface and a soil moisture 

deficiency. The soils are ä m¡x between Class 7 with rockiness and bedrock 

limitations and Class 4 with topography limitations, both limiting the ability for the 

property to be used for viable agriðuftural cultivation. Even with improvements, such 

as irrigátion of the soils, the agricultural capacity is very limited on the site. 

3. Staff support the subject property be excluded from the ALR in order to allow those 

propertiäö to be rezoned and redeveloped fo 

al purposes. Thiswill 

allow for improvements to the Bella Vista 

the completion of 

the Heritage Oiive connection The subject pr 

rom neighbouring 

agriculturaì lands, site conditions severely limit farming capability' 

Attachments: 

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area (smaller scale) 

5. Figure 5 - ALR exclusion application summary sheet 

6. Figure 6 - ALR boundary Plan 

T. Filure 7 - Road networli pre-plan (contours and site info on subject property) 

8. Figure I - Photos of subject property 

L Figure 9 - ALR Exclusion PolicY 

10. Figure 10 - Neighbour responses 

D. 


The subject application involves the following objective in Council's Strategic Plan: 

E. 

Policv (Existi ns/Relevance/None) : 

1. The subject property is zoned A1 - 

Agricultural as per Zoning Bylaw #5000. 

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2. The applicant has followed the ALR exclusion application process set out by the 

ALC. tñat includes notifying neighbours of the application, having ads published in 

the local newspaper and inétatting a notice sign on the property. To date Planning 

staff have not'received any input from area residents concerning the subject ALR 

exclusion aPPlication. 


This ALR Exclusion application was originally brought to Council at its Regular Meeting 

of June 23,2008. At-ti'rat time, consideration of the application was deferred pending 

completion of the OCP and expected policy on ALR exclusions. At its Regular Meeting 

of February 29,2009, Council endorsed, in principle, the ALR Exclusion Policy' 

Subsequenily, th" ALC raised concerns regarding the proposed annual review of 

exclusion apþiications, given the regulations which require review within a specified time 

of receipt.' Àt its Regular Meetiñg of December 14, 2009, Council endorsed a 

recommendation to request the Province amend the regulation to permit annual 

consideration of applications. Given that the City is still waiting for a response from the 

province to this request, it is desirable to process this application to provide certainty to 

the landowner. 

G. Applicant'sResPonse: 

The applicant has been provided with a copy of the staff report to review and to submit 

any comments for Council's consideration. 


N/A 

l. Resources: 

N/A 

ETJDGET IMPLICATIONS: 

The application does not involve a request for tax exemption. 

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Telephone: (250) 545-1361 Fax: (250) 545-4048 

website: www.vernon.ca 

Draft Gorporate PolicY 

Section: 

Planning and Building Services 

Sub-Section: 

Title: 

ALR Exclusion APPlications 

RELATED POLICIES 

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Title 

APPROVALS 

POLICY APPROVAL: AMENDMENT APPROVAL: SECTION AMENDED 

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Corporate Policy Manual 

ÃiÉ Èxclusion Ápplications - DRAFT Policy Page 2 

POLICY 

In order to ensure that productive agricultural lands in Vernon are protecteO_q{ 

sustained, and that tne gúiOing principÍes of the Official Community Plan (OCP) 2008 

are not eroded, Agricultuial Lañd Reserve exclusion applications will.be reviewed on an 

annual basis, in óollaboration with the Agricultural Land Commission, subject to the 

criteria identified below. 

DEFINITIONS 

PROCEDURES 

1. pursuant to Section 34(4) of the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) Act, alocal 

government must rev'lew all exõlusion applications for ALR lands within a 

ñrunicipality and forward the application together with comments and 

recommendations to the commission except as noted below. 

2. Pursuant to sections 30(a) and 25(3) of the ALC Act, an application may not 

proceed unless authorized'by a resolution of the local government if, on the date 

the application is made, the application 

(a) applies to land that is zoned by bylaw to permit agricultural orfarm use, or 

(b) requires, in order to proceed, an amendment to an official settlement plan, 

an official community plan, an official development plan or a zoning bylaw. 

3. ALR exclusion applications affecting properties with Canada Land lnventory, or 

B.C. Land lnventoþ agricultural capãnil¡ty classes 1-3, will not be considered for 

exclusion from the ALR bY the CitY' 

4. ALR those properties with Canada Land lnventory, or 

B.C. 

al capability classes 4 - 7 will be considered for 

exclu 

City on an annual basis. All applications received 

on or before March 31 will be considered during that calendar year. 

5. ln addition to the ALC exclusion application form, exclusion consideration for 

those lands with agricultural capacity classifications of 4 - 7 requires the 

submission a detailed soil capabiíity analysis completed by a qualified 

professional agrologist who is also a soils specialist . 

6. Exclusion applications for class 4 - 7 lands will be evaluated by the City with 

reference to the following criteria: 

a. Proposed use with reference to the supply of other lands designated 

for the proPosed use; 

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. Anticipated impacts on, and isolation of, adjacent agricultural lands' 

Those exclusion applications which would put pressure on adjacent 

ajricultural lands 'ór isolate agricultural lands will likely not be 

suPPorted' 

c. Eiciusion applications for lands which support efficient, effective 

protection oi'infrastructure rights-of-way or support the creation of 

community oriented services, will be considered' 

d. Considerátion will be given to buffering, setbacks and reduced 

residential densities (whére applicable) adjacent to the revised ALR 

nounOary. The ALC;s "Landscape Buffer Specifications" and the 

Ministry'of ngriculture publication "Guide to Edge Planning" will be 

used by the -City to plan the AlR/urban edge should exclusion be 

Permitted' 

7. The Agricultural Land Commission will undertake its review of ALR exclusion 

applicaltions independent of the timing of City review. Th.is policy in no wayobiigates 

the ALi to follow the recommãndations submitted by the City as part of 

the overall exclusion application review process' 

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Figure 10 

File: 41R00005 

July 6, 2010 

Brooke Marshall 



RE: Agricultural Land Reserve Application for Lot 1, Plan 18017, DL68, 

ODYD (5862 Bella Vista Road) 

We are opposed to the subject property being excluded from the ALR. 

We chose to live in a neighborhood consisting of a mix of residential and rural 

properties with both orchards and livestock. We enjoy the view of a semi-rural 

setting, the presence of numerous wildlife species, and the low-density traffic 

patterns. We also betieve that it is important to preserve arable land for 

agricultural purposes. 

We feel that the City of Vernon would be providing a disservice to its residents by 

granting exclusions to the ALR, except under extraordinary circumstances and 

the unanimous approval of all property owners who feelthey are affected by the 

exclusion. 

Martin & Edith Leier 

14 - 5901 Heritage Drive 

Vernon, BC V1H 1Z:5 

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Agricultural Land Reserve Application 

Hello Brooke Marshall, I live on Heritage Drive a received a notice from the city of vernon about two 

pur.àt, of land. Over ti.re last year or sõ a lot more animals have been present here. Deer, pheasants 

loyotes, hawks, snakes, porcupines. I am just worried about what they are planning to gse the land for' 

More buildings? Roads? A park or a walkiñg trail that would still respect the animals habitat would be 

fine. For plan 1g017 DL6g I could see them wanting to connect the road. From the Heritage road that lies 

below which would be alright for the residences for walking and biking purposes as long as they provided 

a sidewalk and biking patñ. stilt it would mean trucks and construction in a bird sanctuary' we are 

fushing all the an¡mãtÀ out of their homes, where are they suppose to go? I just feel like sticking up for 

natureãnd the natural state of things. Thanks Jocelyn Silva 

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Weón-esday, JulY 07, 2010 9:05 AM 


ALR 

Hello Brooke: 

RE: File:4LR00005 

Wewouldliketosubmitourcommentsre5362BellaVistaRoad' 

Wedon,thaveanyissueswithbuildingonthissite,aslongastheunits-.. 

do not block the view of our area at n itta Vita Views. Also, we would not like 

to see a pile of units crammed in the small spot there' 

Thank you 

Sincerely, 

Brent & KellY HornbY 

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Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:13 PM 


Bob Buchan 

ÃOnlCUr-fURAL LAND RESERVE APPLICATION FOR LOT 1, PLAN 18017, D168, ODYD 

(5862 BELLA VISTA ROAD VERNON 


I would like at this time to acknowledge your correspondence of June 22,zoLo, requesting input regarding 

the above noted aPPlication. 

I would like it to be known that both my wife Rosemary and I are opposed to this application and would 

prefer that this lot remain in the ALR. 

The reasons we have for this position are as follows: 

1. There continues to be a requirement for agricultural land and this lot continues to this day to be used 

as such. Hay has been taken off of this land ãn a regular basis. More hay could be harvested if it was 

taken care' 

2. I understand in the past that this lot at one time has been a vegetable garden and provided a living to 

the peoPle who worked it. 

3. Wild life utilises this land to raise their young' 

4. There is currently a large vacant lot on Heritage Dr which is not in the ALR. This lot is available for 

development as I understãnd it. If this is so, we?eel that it should be developed prior to the lot in 

question being removed from the ALR' 

If you should have any further questions I may be reached at 250 545-O77O' 

Your consideration is appricated. 

Bob & Rosemary Buchan 

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Wednesday, JulY 07, 2010 6:20 PM 


FW: AGRICULTURAL LAND RESERVE APPLICATION FOR LOT 1' PLAN 18017' DL68' 

oDYD (5862 BELLAVISTA ROAD VERNON 

subject: AGRTCULTURAL LAND RESERVE AppLtcATtoN FOR LOT 1, PLAN 18017, D168, ODYD (5862 BELLA 

VISTA ROAD VERNON 


I would like at this time to acknowledge your correspondence of lune 22,2oLo, requesting input regarding 

the above noted aPPlication. 

I would like it to be known that both my husband Horst and I are opposed to this application and would 

prefer that this lot remain in the ALR' 

The reasons we have for this position are as follows: 

1. There continues to be a requirement for agricultural land and this lot continues to this day to be used 

as such, Hay has been taken óff of this iand ón a regular basis' More hay could be harvested if it was 

taken care. 

2. I understand in the past that this lot at one time has been a vegetable garden and provided a living to 

the peoPle who worked it. 

3. Wild life utilises this land to raise their young' 

4. There is currently a large vacant lot on Heritage Dr which is not in the ALR. This lot is available for 

development as I un¿erstãno ¡t, If thi; ü "o, 

we?eel that it should be developed prior to the lot in 

question being removed from the ALR' 

If you should have any further questions I may be reached at 250 549-0450' 

Your consideration is appricated' 

Horst & Claudia Clausing 

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Ken &Amber Taves [aktaves@hotmail.com] 

Thursday, July 08, 201012:41PM 


agricultural land reserve 

Dear Ms. Marshall, 

Thank you! 

reserve file # ALROOOOS (5862 Bella Vista Rd) and 

land kept as agricultural land for both 

diminishing and it is an important part of our 

moving into a trend of buying produce/products 

ll make this harder to do. 

SincerelY, 

Ken & Amber Taves 

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Thursday, July 08, 20101:54 PM 


file 4LR00005 

otberemovedfromthealr.Althoughtheparcelinquestion 

bella vista rd. 

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Wolfgang Kaske [wkaske@notra.ca] 

Tuesday, July 06, 2010 5:56 AM 


Kim Flick; Dale Rintoul 

RE:41R00005 

Ms. Marshall, 

p1""." take this email as my of¡cial Vote against the removal out of the ALR and new development for the subject 

property reasons below; 

1. To much area in the city limits are already removed out of the ALR; 

2. The litle pieces of greeî fields and orchãrds give the area there special character and act as a buffer zone 

between the different zonings; 

3. The field is home for may different animals including deer, Snakes and owls; 

4. There are cheery trees on the property now. Why not planting more? lnstead houses; 

Thanks for asking my opinion and to keep me informed about your decisions. 

Regards, 

Wolfgañg Kaske 

NOTRA Inc. 

Director EOD Div¡sion 

PH: 613-738-0887 Ex:225 

Fax: 613-7384405 

Cell: 613-2274015 

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heather d'andrea [crispapples@yahoo.ca] 

Wednesday, July 07, 201012:14 AM 


crispapples@yahoo.ca 

Preserve the Land Reserve 

Dear Brooke Marshall, 

Re: Agricultural Land Reserve Applications for Lot 1, Plan 18017, DL 68' ODYD (5862 Bella Vista 

Road), and Lot 1, Plan 42105,DL 68, ODYD (5940 Sþview Road) 

Keep these Lots part of the Agricultural Land Reserve. 'We have bought land next to the Land Reserve to be 

living amongst nature. I enjoy sitting on my porch looking onto the undisturbed fields, watching the deer frolic 

and the pheasants and the quail run. 'We have already taken a hard hit with the illegal dumping of dirt on the 

Sþview property last fall. The quail (that were not run over) and the pheasants left the area. Only now are we 

starting tó seè thã quail come back- though not to the numbers that there once was. It is further exhilarating to 

watchã family of deer emerge from the gully on this property, to hop the fence and cross the road to the orchard 

across the way. We are losing more and more wildlife as more and more buildings and streetlights are 

established. We want to keepthe heritage of Bella Vista. It is known for it's fields, orchards and wildlife. 

Slowly, we are losing Bella Vistu'r natural beauty. Farm owners have begun clear cutting their orchards. 

preserve this area. We purchased here to be living this lifestyle. There are plenty of properties in town for sale 

that arenot moving. Do not disturb this beautiful natural habitat. 

Sincerely, 

Heather and Sherron D'Andrea 

#2 5951Heritage Drive 

Vernon BC V1H 125 

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REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO COUN *iFE 

SUBMITTED BY: Brooke Marshall, 


DATE: June 28, 2010 

FILE: A1R00006 

SUBJECT: 

BRETT ALLINGHAM AND BLAINE NYIRFA ALR EXCLUSION 

APPLTCATTON FOR LOT l, DL 68, PLAN 42105, ODYD (5940 SKWIEW 

ROAD) 

PURPOSE: 

To review the application submitted by Brett Allingham and Blaine Nyirfa to exclude a 

portion of the property at 5940 Skyview Road from the ALR. 


THAT Council not support the application submitted by Brett Allingham and Blaine Nyirfa to 

exclude a portion of Lot 1, DL 68, Plan 42105, ODYD (5940 Skyview Road) from the ALR 

as the property is suitable for agricultural uses, is located contiguous to other lands in the 

ALR and is contrary to the ALR Exclusion Policy supported in principle by Council at its 

Regular Meeting of February 23,2009. 


ANALYSIS: 

1. Council may support the property being excluded from ALR. This may result in 

neighbouring property owners applying for exclusion support with the objective to 

redevelop with non-agricultural uses. 

2. Council may support the application subject to certain conditions being satisfied such 

as the registration of an ALR buffer covenant or dedication of any necessary road 

rights-of-way. 

A. ns: 

At their meeting held on July 15, 2008 the Advisory Planning Board adopted the 


'THAT the Advisory Planning Board recommends to Council that they 

not support the ALR exclusion application submitted by Breü 

Allingham and Blaine Nyirfa for lands legally described as Lot 1, DL 

68, Plan 42105, ODYD (5940 Skyview Road) because the 

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neighbouring properties are all in the Agricultural Land Reserve and 

because the subject property is "Class A" with irrigation." 

B. 

Rationale: 

1. The applicants have applied for ALR exclusion approval so the property can be 

subdivided and redeveloped in accordance with Figure 3. The actual type and 

density of the proposed residential lots have not yet been designed. At this stage, 

the applicants are requesting Council support for the ALR exclusion application so 

it can be forwarded to the ALC for its review and decision. 

2. Staff do not support the ALR exclusion application as there is no justification to 

exclude a portion of the property from the ALR. The attached application under 

Section 30(1) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act (Figure 5) as well as the 

Agrologist's letter of May 21, 2007, both indicate that the overall soil capability on 

the property is considered to support a wide range of agricultural cultivation when 

irrigated (Class 1). There are several areas of the property where the improved 

rating varies from Class 1 to Class 4 soils, and all are considered to be of value for 

cultivation with irrigation. 

3. The ALR Exclusion Policy, supported in principle by Council at its Regular Meeting 

of December 14,2009, does not support the exclusion of lands to be considered of 

value for cultivation falling within soil classes 1 to 3, with consideration of other site 

conditions including the property's location relative to adjacent ALR lands. As this 

property is within and contiguous to ALR lands, as shown on Figure 1, is buffered 

from non ALR lands by Skyview Road and Bella Vista Road, and contains soils of 

high cultivation value, staff do not support the exclusion of these lands. 

c. 

D. 

Attachments: 

1. Figure 1 2. Figure 2 3. Figure 3 4. Figure 4 5. Figure 5 6. Figure 6 7. Figure 7 - 

Figure 8 L Figure 9 - 

10. Figure 10 - 

11. Figure 11 - 

12. Figure 12 -ALR 

13. Figure 13 - 


Property location plan and ALR boundary 

Aerial photo of property and area 

Proposed ALR exclusion and subdivision areas 

Photos of subject property 

Summary of ALR application 

Agrologist's report of May 21,2007 

Letter dated May 29, 2008 from Rose Pollock 

Letter dated June 2, 2008 from Elma Dalziel 

Letter dated June 6, 2008 from Ron & Randi Pattermann 

Letter dated June 4,2008 from Susan & Chris Cunningham 

Letter received June 10, 2008 from Deborah Wilson 

Exclusion Policy 

Neighbour responses 

1. The subject application involves the following objective in Council's Strategic Plan: 

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1. The subject property is zoned A1 - 

Agricultural as per Zoning Bylaw #5000. 

2. The applicant has followed the ALR exclusion application process set out by the 

ALC. That includes notifying neighbours of the application, having ads published in 

the local newspaper and installing a notice sign on the property. To date planning 

staff have not received any input from area residents concerning the subject ALR 

exclusion application. 

3. ln order for the ALR application to be forwarded to the ALC for its review, City 

Council must authorize it to proceed to the ALC. Council can fonryard the 

application with their support or with no comment. lf Council does not support the 

exclusion or have not comment, then the application is terminated and does not 

proceed to the ALC. 


This ALR Exclusion application was originally brought to Council at its Regular 

Meeting of July 28, 2008. At that time, consideration of the application was deferred 

pending completion of the OCP and expected policy on ALR exclusions. At its Regular 

Meeting of February 23, 2009, Council endorsed, in principle, the ALR Exclusion 

Policy. Subsequently, the ALC raised concerns regarding the proposed annual review 

of exclusion applications, given the regulations which require review within a specified 

time of receipt. At its Regular Meeting of Decembe¡ 14,2009, Council endorsed a 

recommendation to request the Province amend the regulation to permit annual 

consideration of applications. Given that the City is still waiting for a response from the 

Province to this request, it is desirable to process this application to provide certainty 

to the landowner. 

G, Applicant'sResponse: 

The applicant has been provided with a copy of the staff report for their review and 

opportunity to submit further comments for Council's consideration. 


N/A 

l. Resources: 

N/A 


The application does not involve a request for tax exemption' 

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Lot 1, DL 68, Plan42t05, ODYD 

5940 Skyview Road 

Greater Vemon Services Water Division 

Cunent- A1-Agriculturai within the AIR 

RAGR - Rural Agricultural 

To exclude a portion of the property under the provisions 

of the Agricultural Commission Act' 

The site is bounded by agricultural uses to the north, west 

and south. A four-plex residential use lies to the west' 

The subject property is 4.9 acres in size wh'ich contains 

gently unautãting to rolling topography, with slopes less 

lhartl¡%in most aÍeas. Some areas contain slopes of up 

to 20Yo. The unimproved clirnate rating for the subjegt 

property is class 5A indicating that the land is limited to 

p"råo"i¿ forage a'd other selected crops, and that the land 

^has 

a soil moiiture deficiency. When the land is irrigated, 

however, the climate rating improves to Class lcG, 

indicating capability for a wide variety of crops' 

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soil capability varies throughout the site. 51% of the site 

is rated 5A (3TD when irnproved)' l3%oís 5A (3TD to 

4TD improved), l lYois 5A(2D improved), and 8o/ois 

5AD (4b improved). Th'e remaininglTYo of the land is 

a[ocaìed to remain as the existing home and yard' 

o CLI (Calada Land Inventory) Land Classification 

rating system defines classes of soil as follows; 

class 1: Land is class 1 is level or nearly level. The soils 

are deep, well to imperfectly drained under natural 

conditiåns, or have a good artificialwater table control 

and hold moisture weli. They can be managed and 

cropped without diffrculty. Productivity is easily 

maintained for a wide ftmge of freld crops' 

class 2: Land in class 2 has limitations which constitute a 

continuous minor rnanagement problem or may cause 

lower crop yields cornpared to Class 1 land but do not 

pose a tftreát of crop loss under good management' The 

soils in Class 2 are deep, hold moisture well and can be 

managed and cropped with tittle diffrculty' 

Class 3: The limitations are more severe than in Class 2, 

and land management practices afe more difficult to apply 

and maintain. The limitations may restrict the choice of 

suitable crops or affect on or more of the following 

practices: timing and ease of tillage, planting and 

harvesting, and methods of soil conservation' 

Class 4: Land in Class 4 has lirnitations whicir make it 

suitable for only a few cïops, or tire yield for a wide range 

of crops is low, or the risk of crop failure is high, or soil 

conditions are such that special developrnent and 

rnanagement practices are required. The iimitations may 

seriorisly affect one or more of the following practices: 

timing ánd ease of tillage, planting and harvesting, and 

methods of soil conservation. 

Class 5: Land is class 5 is generally limited to the 

production ofperennial forage crops or other specially 

adapted..ropt. Productivity of these suited crops is high' 

Class 5 la'ds can be cultivated and solne may be used for 

cultivated field crops provided unusually intensive 

managernent is employed and/or the crop is particularly 

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adaptedto the conditions pattíuiar to these lards' 

Cuitivated freld crops may be gro'\ilt1ot1some Class 5 land 

where adverse climate is the main limitation, but crop 

failure can be expected under average conditions' 

class 7: All classified areas not included in classes 1 to 6 

Class 7 does not Provide 

estic livestock due to 

included are rock land, 

other non-soil area, and water bodies not shown on the 

maps. Some unimproved Class 7 Landcan be improved by 

draining, diking, inigation andlor leveling' 

Subclass A: Soil Moisture Deficiency - crops are 

adversely affected by droughtiness caused by low soil 

water holding capacily or insufficierf precipitation' 

Subclass D: Undesirable Soil Structure and/or Low 

Perviousness: Soils are difficult to till, require special 

itv 

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dbv 

conditions other than high water table, bedrock, or 

permafrost. 

Subclass R: Depth to Be 

are limited by bedrock n 

outcrops which restrict r 

ils 

growtlr and the maturity of crops as well as the hazatd of 

erosion. 

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5940 Skyview Road 

Vemon, tsÇ Vffif IEl 

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.qs roquc$e{ the fuffiowing surTxmairiues my frndings regardingfhe soíts and traad 

capabíXí{y for agriounuuo coc}diÊíodÌs of tho abovo properry. .Ajso çofrßu.lted wËre 

m*p'sheeÍ, 82[-.t24 of Soifs øf,Íke Nmk tkanagan,4yea qndClimatícCæpabilÌff,fu 

Agriculture nnËpsheeil 82[JSÏV. rThe ln¡¡d eapabiliqy fo'r agr-ículUue rætíngr were 

deúenmrned acc+rding to ülo nrcthodoloW ot¡tlincd tn Land Capability ÇlassÌfrcqtionfo, 

Agriaalare in þrttìslt Ççtruzt¡bìa, MàEManuàltl. 196t. 

,rrisar 

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twioali- y Iïnnited to earty seasomf,onago amd pælwe productf,ore ftæ tq aqidity. The 

i¡nproved (iffigôted) rating imç'rov+e *uhetantially fo Class (1eG) imdicatìng tÍrat, 

clfumaticalþ, Ín'o&¡ct[om ef a wfide rangE of agníe]¡$h$al erops is pscsfihtro" T'hcse çeÊr 

ralg+ frora tree &utrs and grnpe* ËÐ roo$t srrx¿fl Ëruit6 and rcgeMhnee (íarcludfutg ttrosç thñt 

arç hoat lovrng), 10 cofft, cereal G['oFs and f'orages. 

iwcperfy. 

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A@e¿, encempassfurg ttrc traqgest pm't cfúe Br,opefiy,.has 

unóuÍatimgTo gffiqtly 

roÏüng topos-aplty wítrr s[ope gradienft Seflerally lcss TfMür t0 %o. The soils åiE olayey in 

tefh¡ffi. Thc rcryreoil fayer', ahom 25-30 sm ttuuh is silty enay or iilff elay üoam md sticþ 

whc'n wet The elay cübcì¡Fface.atud s{rbeoil is dËñae and rmodøareþ resFíeting to root 

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åïË tl$Ê(}tllffioD-, 

The unftnpravcd (non"inþated) tr¡nd eapabíliryfot agricu1ure ratíngis Çlass 5Á 

due to climatic arídity. The impoved (inígatcd) rating is Class (3DT) due to trodrl;atc, 

ongoing límit¿tions lior runuageìrient uod u""ru erops írnpmed by the úer*u, ,""t 

reelrioting subsoil- 

ArÈn 3, occupyí¡rg a snlalt elongated sornowhat depreseionål arca has sloper 

geoeralþ less thäl 5 s/o, Tnre topsoil layer ís 30-45 om thick and silty olay lo¡rrl in 

toxturc. Thc s.ubsurf,ace md zubsoil is silty clay, SoiI drainage is moderatety well to 

irnpafect DiscofltifluouË sÊÊpagÊ fiorn upslopç arËas may períorlically oolleot here, 

The unímprovcd lærd capability f,or agricutrture rating is Ctaff 5A dup to climatic 

ffidiEy. The ir*prowd raaing ís Çlass (2D) becausc of slight ongoing rüotre$kidticns 

rmpoeed by dre olayey rubsoil. 

,Á.re¿ 4 occupies â.riâffow band afong fhe wçstçfil boundary of f,he propurty and 

ccnrsists of ttro strope leading to a ¡nt¡ral draftrage channel. SloppÊ are abft¡t 7O tn 2ü o/o, 

Tfic soilß æe similar to ftoee dercribsd fot Area Z. 

Ïhe unimgroved land capability rating is Class 5,4 whito the inoprove.d rating is 

Clase (3TD) to (4TD) duc to ongoingrcpographic trimitatíone. 

Ârç¡ 5 aprproxirnrtor a location fr,oqr q¡{rich the topsoi!. ha¡ been strippod in fhe 

Fåßt afi, iB cc¡rt{o thc souttL The 

sitç for a operation as evidfirced 

by the bark and wood chþs remaining, Thç soil is ctrayey, dçngc and ooryact and simil.ar 

úo thç subguface ãnd subsoil in Á¡ea 2. 

Tho uaímproved land capabitrity for agricuitme i¡ Ctass 5¡4D úæ tc clilnatio 

ãridíty and d*rrsq conupacÏ, slowlvpervious soil conditions. The irnproved rating is 

CXass(aD) in the ountfit stå!e. If the to'psoil w¡ls rcdishíbuterl øve,rthe a¡,e4 theiating 

would innprove to Class (3Ð) and be si¡uila¡ to ,Area 2. 

Ad3'acørt fmrd uset mcludc a nEEr ruban cubdivision afomg Sþview [{oad ancl 

Heúfage Dríve on ftc sa$t afttr smdlrurai holdirtgs mostly in hay or pasfnrre to thc nordr, 

A $üpll n¡ral holdfug and orchards lic to tho west whitc fu thc sffirth is a mostly 

tmdweloped lrotrding 

Ïf any of the foregoing is unclea'or requíres ¡aoro detail please co¡rtapt nro ¿t 

(250) 86r,-5407. 

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Augmlemted mrap (aonmpfleted hy Ken Langedyfl

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hÂAY 3 0 ?008 

,A.pplication for exclusion from the Agricultural Land Reserve. 

Lot 1 District Lot 68 O.D.Y.D Plan 42105 Parcel ldentifier: 015-210-651 

Located at 5940 Sþview Road. vernon B.C. Off Bella vista Rd. 

Applicants Brett Allingham and Blaine Nyirfa 

To City of Vemon. 

I live at 5g48 Bella Vista Rd. I cannot agree for this property, to removed from the A L R the top 

soil is excellent and is suitable for farming. vy'e are losing too much good land, for housing 

developments [which this appears to be]. 

Mrs. Alma Dalziel5gs3 Skyview was denied. exclusion, as was Brent Deacon at 5955 Bella Vista 

Road. All are 5 acre parcels, as is the above' 

It is important that we conserve what farm land we still have left. 

Thank you for Your time. 

Rose Pollock 

::- 

5848 Bella Vista Rd. Vernon, B. C. 

May 29ù 2008 

f, qu?e 7 2ot

iui\ rJ 5 i1Ût,3 

5983 Skyview Rd., 

Vernon,8.C., 

VIH IB1 

June2,2t08 

Re: 5940 Sþview Road, exclusion from ALR 

V/ith regard to the application of the above property to remove part from the 

agricultural land reserve and rezone for fourplexes as have been built to the East. 

I just would like to say that I have been tumed down three times to have my property 

subdivided into two so I can build a smaller house as the ALC says it would reduce the 

likelihood of agricultural investment and development and would also raise expectations 

that the subdivision of other similar size ALR parcels would be permitted. Also, my land 

has a lot of rock and swamp and the above property is flat and not rocky and is also five 

acres. 

I do not have an issue with the above application but i feel that if they get their 

application approved, mine should also be approved. 

Thank you. 

Yours truly, 

-¿, ,J, ,t14.'z- 

815 tegal Notices 

Elma Dalziel 

NOTICE OF EXCTUSION APPLICATION 

REGARDING I.AND IN THE 

AGRICUTTURAI. LAND RESERVE 

We, Brett Allingham and Blaine Nyirfa of 5940 

Skyview Road intend on making an application 

pursuant to Section 30(l) of the Agricultural Land 

Commission Act to exclude from the Agric¡¡ltural 

L¡nd Re¡erve th!.following propert! which is 

legaliy deitríbed as, _ 

Lot 1 D¡str¡ct Lot 68 Osoyoos Division 

Yale District plan 42105 

Parcel ldentifier: 0l 5-21 (Þ65l 

and located at 5940 Skyview Road, Vernon, BC. 

Any person wishing to express an'¡nterest iri the 

application may do so by foiwardlng their 

comments in wr¡ting to the Corporatiõn of the 

City of Vernon, 3/tü)-30th Street, 

Vemon, BC VIT 5E6 byJune t5,2008 

Fíqq

Ron & Randi Patte¡rrann 

6040 BellaVisø Road 

Vemon, B.C. V1H 184 

Q50) 542-0774 

June 6,2008 

Corporation of the CitY of Vemon 

3400 30th Street 

Vernon, B.C. VlT 586 

Identifier 01 5-210-65 I 

With regards to the application described above, we wish to voice our opposition to this 

development for a number of reasons. 

Vernon has for the 

were asked to give 

into. What clearlY 

e 

F'rthermore, this land borders a large apple orchard as well as a small vegetable producer on its 

west side, neither of which a¡e stated o" irr" application The north adjacent lot is a cattle ranch 

which also is not stated on the application. W¿ recognize high density housing developments so 

close will eventually result in urban conflicts with those operations' 

Farmland is being destroyed at an alarming pace in this city. The Bella vista area is one of a 

handful of micro-climates in the province ihat can sustain commercial vegetable, Íee fruit and 

osal' 

urgently reform farming rules to boost the state t 

that could th¡eaten intemational security and the fight against poverty' 

liqa1

At present the West Bypass corridor protection has not been passed by council,,and we have to 

qrr.ïioo why this appíiõation would be brought forward at a time when the land use in this area 

hä not yet been clarified bythe City of Vemon. We have been giventwo different versions by 

city staffof where the potential Western bypass is actually situated and one would severely 

impact this application. This area is not short of development sites and the demand is not grcater 

than the r,rppfy. In the meantime landowners along other parts of the proposed bypass have been 

denied any buitding or improvements on their propefy. 

This is nothing but a case of speculators buying up good farmland property along a proposed 

road in the hopes of develoPing it' 

Yours truly, 

Ron & Randi Pattennann 

Hand delivered 

CC Agricultural Land Commission 

Mayor Wayne Lþert 

Councillor But Baumbrough 

Councillor Barry Bea¡dsell 

Councillor Pat Cochrane 

Councillor Juliette Cunningham 

Councillor Jack GilroY 

Councillor Patrick Nicol 

FTeuêe 9 

Czo¡7) 204

Exclusion ApPlication ALR 

Cunningham 

Page I of2 

Suson ond Chris Cunninghom 

3088 Dunsmuir Rood 

Vernon , BC VIH 183 

Tel: (250) 260-6655 

June 4,2008 

Planning DePartment 


3400-30th Street 


To The Planning DePartment: 

RE: Application to exclude from the Agricultural Land Reserve 

Loi l, District Lot 68, oDYD, Plan 18017 

5862 Bella Vista Road, Vernon, BC 

We are writing to you to express that we are not in agreement with the removal 

òiinìr properi'y from the agricultural land reserve. We challenge you as our 

council to look at ãtner *"-yt for Vernon to grow, sustainably, within our present 

framework. 

You, as our council, have a unique and vital opportunity to take a stand to 

establish and maintain our ALR and, in fact, highlight it and move away from the 

usual urban develoPment sPrawl' 

, fertile land is a valuable but scarce 

r agriculture and onlY 1% oJ the 

asluch as the Okanagan ValleY 

ultural land in Canada. 

TRisincreasingrapidly.Arenewedcommitmenttoits 

n 

aabilityandgreenspaceofcommunitiesacrossBritish 

Columbia. 

sential to the t=utuie oi tne farming economy in BC, but 

A disappointing and indeed alarming aspect of application for exclusion to the 

ALR is that landowners and local gõuernments see ALR land as simply'urban 

land bank'. By eictuàlng prime faimland from the ALR our city's council and the 

land comm¡ss¡on ãré iá¡ing in their mandate to preserve agricultural land for

Exclusion Application ALR Cunningham Page2 of2 

present and future use. lf we allow ALR to be excluded, subdivide and/or a¡low 

non-farm uses on prime farmland a dangerous precedence is being set. 

The maintaining of ALR is important for the following reasons: 

. Diverse farmlands create a var¡ety of wildlife habitats and support biodiversity. 

. Open, green spaces near urban areas arc avaluable resource, adding 

value and providing scenic landscapes, recreation opportunities, 

and "ti.renity contribute to our enjoyment of BC's expans¡ve outdoors. 

. The agricultural land reserve has acted as an effective urban growth 

boundãry protecting against development and urban sprawl since its 

legislatíon was created in 1973. 

Zoning change applications and applications to exclude ALR appear to be 

increaling *ñich'both seem to only accornmodate and benefit developers and 

individuals; not the community. We think Council should ensure that 

developments fit within the zoning and ALR rather than continually applying to 

amend and exclude. 

We are opposed to the removal of this property from the Agricultural Land 

Reserve. 

Yours truly, 

'1// zl--tt-- 

r 

\-' 

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Ft qrrcE tê 

Czofz)

Deborah Wilson 

6002BellaVist¿ Rd 

Vernon B.C. HIH lB4 

(2s0) s42-0630 

Corporation of the CitY of Vernon 

¡¿oõ ¡oú Streø 

Vernon B.C. VIT 5E6 

Parcet Identifier 015-21 0-651 

In regards to the above application I am writing this letter of opposition' 

Here are my reasons. 

ä"HT3ff'JåJ,'il" one of 

the best apple orchards in the Okanagan' 

Both of ou, uurinrrr"s *o"r¿ be negãtively impacæd by having homes- built that close to 

ãr, ãprræions. There is also a cafilJranch" oross the stieet which would also bç affected' 

I 

É 

There is a growing movement on to gfow our own food closer to home' Surely this 

council seçs the rerit in protecting tñese tracts of land for the purpose of encouraging 

families and businesses to do just that' 

the Halina Centre where the Western Bypass 

at the video which shows the path of the 

roperty according to your video' If 

s validitY questionable? 

ultimately, I see this as one mofe movs in the direction of pro development, with land 

that shouíd be preserved for our future agricult'ral necds' 

Sincerely, 


lvlaggadean Ga¡lic Farm 

It q'an= t I 

207


3400 - 30th Street, Vernon, B.C. V1T 5E6 

Telephone: (250) 545-1361 Fax: (250) 545-4048 

website: www.vernon.ca 

Draft Gorporate PolicY 

Section: 

Planning and Building Services 

Sub-Section: 

Title: 

ALR Exclusion APPlications 


Number 

Title 

APPROVALS 

POLICY APPROVAL: AMENDMENT APPROVAL: SECTION AMENDED 

Approved by: 

Amendment 

Approved by: 

Mayor 

Date: 

Mayor 

Date: 

Figure 12 2og


ALR Exclusion ications - DRAFT 

POLICY 

ln order to ensure that productive agricultural lands in Vernon are protected and 

sustained, and that the guiding principles of the Official Community Plan (OCP) 2008 

are not eroded, Agricultuial Lañd Reserve exclusion applications will be reviewed on an 

annual basis, in óollaboration with the Agricultural Land Commission, subject to the 

criteria identified below. 

DEFINITIONS 

PROCEDURES 

1. pursuant to Section 34(4) of the Agriculturat Land Commission (ALC) Acl a local 

government must review all exclusion applications for ALR lands within a 

ñunicipality and forward the application together with comments and 

recommendations to the commission except as noted below. 

2. pursuant to Sections 30(4) and 25(3) of the ALC Act, an application may not 

proceed unless authorized by a resolution of the local government if, on the date 

the application is made, the application 

(a) applies to land that is zoned by bylaw to permit agricultural orfarm use, or 

(b) requires, in order to proceed, an amendment to an official settlement plan, 

àn official community plan, an official development plan or a zoning bylaw. 

3. ALR exclusion applications affecting properties with Canada Land lnventory, or 

B.C. Land Inventory agricultural capability classes 1-3, will not be considered for 

exclusion from the ALR bY the CitY' 

4. ALR those properties with Canada Land lnventory, or 

B.C. 

al capability classes 4 - 7 will be considered for 

exclu 

City on an annual basis. All applications received 

on or before March 31 will be considered during that calendar year. 

5. In addition to the ALC exclusion application form, exclusion consideration for 

those lands with agricultural capacity classifications ol 4 ' 7 requires the 

submission a Oetã¡leO soil capabiiity analysis completed by a qualified 

professional agrologist who is also a soils specialist ' 

6. Exclusion applications for class 4 - 7 lands will be evaluated by the City with 

reference to the following criteria: 

a. Proposed use with reference to the supply of other lands designated 

for the proposed use; 

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ALi Exclusion Applications - DRAFT Policy Page 3 

b. Anticipated impacts on, and isolation of, adjacent agricultural lands. 

Those exclusion applications which would put pressure on adjacent 

agricuttural lands or isolate agricultural lands will likely not be 

supported. 

c. Exclusion applications for lands which support efficient, effective 

protection of infrastructure rights-of-way or support the creation of 

community oriented services, will be considered. 

d. Consideration will be given to buffering, setbacks and reduced 

residential densities (where applicable) adjacent to the revised ALR 

boundary. The ALC's "Landscape Buffer Specifications" and the 

Ministry of Agriculture publication "Guide to Edge Planning" will be 

used by the City to plan the AlR/urban edge should exclusion be 

permitted. 

7. The Agricultural Land Commission will undertake its review of ALR exclusion 

applications independent of the timing of City review. This policy in no wayobiigates 

the ALC to follow the recommendations submitted by the City as part of 

the overall exclusion application review process. 

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Figure 13 

File: 4LR00006 

July 6, 2010 




RE: Agricultural Land Reserye Application for Lot l, Plan 42105, DL68, 

ODYD (5940 Skyview Road) 

We are adamantly opposed to any portion of the subject property being excluded 

from the ALR. 

One of the primary reasons we purchased our property was because the subject 

property was in the ALR. We paid a premium for our residence because of its 

location. As purchasers, we relied on the ALR designation to prevent residential 

development on the adjacent property. Development would have adverse effects 

on the enjoyment of our residence. We enjoy the view of a semi-rural setting, the 

presence of numerous wildlife species, and the low-density traffic patterns. 

We chose to live in a neighborhood consisting of a mix of residential and rural 

properties with both orchards and livestock. We also believe that it is important 

to preserve arable land for agricultural purposes. 

We feel that the Gity of Vernon would be providing a disservice to its residents by 

granting exclusions to the ALR, except under extraordinary circumstances and 

the unanimous approval of all property owners who feel they are affected by the 

exclusion. 

Regards, i 

I 

Martin & Ed¡th Leier 

14 - 5901 Heritage Drive 

Vernon, BC V1H 1Zs 

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heather d'andrea [crispapples@yahoo.ca] 

Wednesday, July 07, 201012:14 AM 


crispapples@yahoo.ca 

Preserve the Land Reserve 

Dear Brooke Marshall, 

Re: Agricultural Land Reserve Applications for Lot 1, Plan 18017, DL 68, ODYD (5862 Bella Vista 

Road), and Lot 1, Plan 42105,DL 68' ODYD (5940 Sþview Road) 

Keep these Lots part of the Agricultural Land Reserve. We have bought land next to the Land Reserve to be 

living amongst nature. I enjoy sitting on my porch looking onto the undisturbed fields, watching the deer frolic 

and the pheasants and the quail run. We have already taken a hard hit with the illegal dumping of dirt on the 

Skyview property last fall. The quail (that were not run over) and the pheasants left the area. Only no\il are we 

starting to see the quail come back- though not to the numbers that there once was. It is fuither exhilarating to 

watch a family of deer emerge from the gully on this property, to hop the fence and cross the road to the orchard 

across the way. 'We are losing more and more wildlife as more and more buildings and streetlights are 

established. We want to keep the heritage of Bella Vista. It is known for it's fields, orchards and wildlife. 

Slowly, we are losing Bella Vista's natural beauty. Farm owners have begun clear cutting their orchards. 

Preserve this area. We purchased here to be living this lifestyle. There are plenty of properties in town for sale 

that are not moving. Do not disturb this beautiful natural habitat. 

Sincerely, 

Heather and Sherron D'Andrea 

#2 5951Heritage Drive 

VernonBC VlH lZ5 

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First of all I would like to thank you for the opportunity to speak on this matter. I would like to state that I 

emphatically oppose the request by the owners of 5940 Skyview road to have a portion of the land removed from 

the ALR. Here are some of my reasons. 

Firstly, the last time I was notified of an application for removal on this property, I contacted the British Columbia 

Grape Growers Association and the British Columbia Fruit Growers Association whose hundreds of members 

representing thousands of acres of ALR land, the presidents of both organizations assured me their rnembers were 

opposed to any land coming out the ALR. lf you would like me to get updated letters of support let me know and I 

will do so. 

Secondly, I believe that in the OCp meetings I have attended in the last couple of years it was concluded that the 

city intends to help preserve farm land when and where it could. The voting public stressed the need to do this in 

all the public forums and workshops that were held. At these forums, people said they wanted to preserve our 

farm lands and they also wanted to stop more urban sprawl, to fill subdivisions already started and to go with 

higher densities. I believe the city adopted the resolutions made by the general public at these forums. 

Communities in the Okanagan always use Vineyards and Orchards as their poster child to attract people to this 

area. Why would you want to get rid of what draws those very people here. 

Owning and farming the22.3 acres right beside the property in question since 1992 I know the land in question 

can sustain fruit and vegetable crops. With the popularity of the 100 mile diet and a little hard work, this class I 

ALR land is well suited for that type of industry. whatever short sighted reason given (S$5SS) for exclusion of this 

land l'm sure it does not outweigh the impact on society this could have in years to come. 

Being heavily involved in agriculture I believe we have to protect our farm land for our children and generations to 

come. 5% of the land in B.C. is in the ALR and of that 5% only 0.05% can commercially sustain vegetable, grape and 

tree fruit production due to the micro climates and soil types ¡n these regions. These numbers are similar right 

across the country. I do not think we want to erode this already very fragile land base. Once you build a house or 

putinaparkinglotyoulosethatlandforever. Dowewanttodependonothercountriesforourfoodsupplyifwe 

chose to develop our agricultural land base rather than preserve and farm it? I don't, do you? 

Can the notion of making a quick buck be more important than preserving something that can sustain our society 

for generations to come? The establishment of the ALR and its guiding principles in the 1970's should be taken 

seriously. I would love to have my farm come out of the ALR and see the price maybe double, but I feel it is 

fundamentally wrong. 

Yours Sincerely 

Ron Pattermann 

250-308-1481 

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Deborah \Mlson [everg reenjade@shaw'ca] 

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Response to ALR application 5940 Skyview Rd 

High 

To the City of Vernon, regarding the property which has applied to be removed from the ALR: 

Legal description of this property : 

Lot l,Plan 42105, DL 68, ODYD,5940 Skyview Rd, in Vernon' 

I have lived next door to this property lor 24 years and have been a commercial garlic grower since the early 90s. The soil 

nêre ¡s productive, and I wouid du"si that thêre is great potential for the property in question as well' 

This is a rural to have-yet another condo ãevelópement so close to the most recent one ( Bella Vita) would 

change the nature "r", of "nã this lovely part of Vernon. 

I recommend that the City of Vernon refuse to allow any developement on this property. 

Respectfully, 


6002 Bella Vista Rd, 

Vernon Vl H 184 

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agricultural land reserve 

Dear Ms, Marshall, 

Thank you! 

reserve file # ALROOOOS (5862 Bella Vista Rd) and 

land kept as agricultural land for both 

diminishing and it is an important paft of our 

moving into a trend of buying produce/products 

ll make this harder to do' 

Sincerely, 

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Your File: 41R00006 

Ms. Brooke Marshall 


Citv of Vernon 

e¿óogoth street 

Vernon, B.C. VlT 5E6 

Via email: bmarshall@vernon.ca 

Dear Ms. Marshall: 

Re: Agricuttural Land Reserve Application for Lot l, Plan 42105, DL68' ODYD 

(5940 Skyview Road) 

I am writing today in opposition of the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) exclusion application for the above 

noted propérty. There are several reasons on which I base my opposition. 

The first is that, at least visually, the land appears suitable for agricultural use. Although not currently used as 

such, vegetation grows thickly and voraciously on the property in the absence of irrigation' Much of the 

piopérty is flat, anã steep stopês which limit agricultural production on some properties do not appear to be an 

issue at this one. 

I investigated this further by reviewing the existing 'Soil Capability for Agricultu.re". mapping (1977 - see 

below) which indicãtes that tñe property iJeither class 3 or 5, or a combination of those' Based on 

'"t"r"n.é discussion with ãgroùgists, I understano ihai Clåsses 1 through 5 may pose some limitations to agriculture, 

urt o"Rnit"ty do ñot präctuäe it. Class 7 soils, which are defìned as having no capability for agriculture, are 

not present any where in this part of Vernon. 

My second Vista area west for 

agriculture, north and west' the 

pioperty is in the ALR' Exc an 

island óf "n ntly limit the abili on 

all sides by potentially arable land, as well as the potential for agg 

Finally, I purchased my townhome with the knowledge that properties located to the west were within the 

ALR.'i válue the view í currenfly have of cattle grazing and orchards, and would not like to see this change. 

1ñe v¡ew and adjacent land use undoubtedly adãs valúe, both aesthetically and financially, to my home, and 

with exclusion of the subject property from the ALR, there is the potential for this to be degraded. 

I understand that exclusion from the ALR does not necessarily mean that land use on the subject parcel 

would change, nowevãr it opens up the possibility for that change. For these reasons I am opposed to the 

exclusion from the ALR. 

Yours TrulY, 

Ryan Rhodes 

#7 5951 Heritage Drive 

Reference: 

Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (DoEMR). 1977. Soil Capability for Agriculture Mapping - 

Scale: 1:125,000. Ottawa' 

Vemon Area' 

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REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO COUN ' 

JiruAL 

SUBMITTED BY: 

Dale Rintoul, Planner 

DATE: July 14, 2010 

FILE: 1UC00008 

SUBJECT: 

0884042 BC Ltd. - LAND USE 

FOR LOT 11, SEC. 27, TWP. 

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CONTRACT DISCHARGE APPLICAT¡ON 

9, PLAN 27573, ODYD (1325 POLSON 

PURPOSE: 

To review the application submitted by officials of 0884042 BC Ltd. to discharge Land Use 

Contract p2B11and Land Use Contract Modification KC83320 from the title of the property 

situated at 1325 polson Drive so that the underlying 11 - Light lndustrial zone may govern 

the proPertY. 


That Council support the application submitted by officials of 0884042 BC Ltd. to discharge 

Land Use Contiacl P2811 and Land Use Contract Modification KC83320 from the title of 

Lot 11, Sec. 27,Fwp.9, Plan 27573, ODYD (1325 Polson Drive) so thatthe underlying l1 - 

Light lndustrial zone governs the development and use on the property. 

AND FURTHER, that a Land Use Contract Discharge Bylaw be prepared for Council's 

consideration. 


ANALYSIS: 

1. Council may support the discharge application subject to certain conditions being 

satisfied. 

2. Council may deny the discharge application. Redevelopment of the slte would be limited 

to the plan and uses contained in the registered land use contract and modification. 


At its meeting of July 13, 2010, the Advisory Planning Board adopted a resolution 

supporting thé proposed discharge of the subject Land Use Contract and Land Use 

Contract Mod ification. 

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B. Rationale: 

1. Currently the subject property (shown on Figures 1 - 4) is governed by a land use 

contract and a modification which allows for only the following uses: 

"1. Sales and storage of diesel fuels; 

2. Sale and storage of gasolines; 

3. Sale and storage of petroleum products generally; 

4. The operation of key-lock diesel and gasoline pumps for the 

sale of gasoline products; 

5. The parking and storage of commercial motor vehicles and 

commercial trailers in the compound area; 

6. Office space necessary for the use of the operator of the business 

located on the premises; 

7. The development and operation of a bulk fuelfacility." 

2. New owners of the property are proposing to construct a "high technology research 

and product design" facility on the property. This use is permitted in the 11 - Light 

lndustrial zone (as shown on Figure 5) which is the underlying zone on the property. 

By discharging the land use contract and the modification to the contract, it allows 

for the underlying zone to govern development and uses on the property. Staff 

support the discharge as the proposed development is more in keeping with the long 

range plans for this area, which are for business park uses. A site plan of the 

proposed redevelopment has not been submitted with the subject application. 

3. lt should further be noted that one of the purchase conditions the new owner had to 

agree to was the registration of a non-competition covenant which indicates there is 

not to be any sale or storage of fuels on the property. As the land use contract limits 

the uses to fuel storage and sales and a newly registered covenant prohibits such 

uses, it is appropriate to discharge the land use contract at this time. 

c. 

Attachments: 



5. Figure 5 - copy of the l1 - 

property location plan 

aerial photo of property 

property location plan (smaller scale) 

aerial photo of property (smaller scale) 

Light Industrial zone 

D. 


The discharge application involves the following objectives in Council's Strategic Plan: 

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E. Poticv (Existinq/Relevance/Noneì: 

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1. The property is designated Service Commercial/Light lndustrial on the Land Use 

Plan in the Official Community Plan. 

2. The original land use contract (registered as P2811 on Jan.16, 1979) and 

subsequent modification to the conìract (registered as KC83320 on Oct. 18, 1989) 

govern the development and use of the property' 

3. The underlying zoning on the property is 11 - Light Industrial. lf the land use 

contracts aie d-ischargéd, then the underlying zoning would govern the property. 

4. A land use contract discharge bylaw is processed similar to a rezoning bylaw 

where there are four readingJ and a public hearing. A notice sign is pg.sted .o.n 11"," 

property, neighbours are noi¡fied of the public hearing and an ad is published in the 

local paPer. 


N/A 


The applicant has been provided with a copy of the staff report for their review and 

opportunity to provide Councilwith comments regarding the report' 


To allow for the underlYing 11 

develoPment of the ProPertY. 

Light lndustrial zone to govern the use and 

l- Resources: 

N/A 

BUDGET IMPLIGATIONS: 

N/A 


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The purpose is to provide a zone for the development of light industrial uses' 

11.1.2 Primary Uses 

' animal clinic, minor @ylaw5155) 

. animal clinic, maior Fytaw5155) 

. auctioneering establishments 

. autobody repair and paint shops 

' automotive and recreation vehicle services 

. automotive and equipment repair shops 

. brewing or distilling, class A 

. brewing or distillíng, class B 

. bulk fuel depots 

call centres 

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' contractor services, general 

. contractor services, limited 

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crematorium (Bylaw 4992) 

r custom indoor manufacturing 

. drive-through vehicle services 

' equiPment rentals 

r emergency and protective services 

' fleet services 

. food primary establishments 

. funeral services @ylaw 4992) 

. gas bars 

. general industriat uses 

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outdoor storage 

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r participant recreation services, indoor 

' recycling depots 

. recycled materials drop'off centres 

. service stat¡ons, minor 

. 'service stations, major 

. truck and mobile home sales/rentals 

. utility services, minor 

. utility services, major 

. vehióle and equipment services, industrialand agricultural 

. warehouse sales 

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11.1.3 SecondarY Uses 

. residential security/operatorun¡t 

11.1.4 Subdivision Regulations 

. Minimum lot width is 40.0m. 

. Minimum tot area is 4000m2. 

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Minimum front Yard is 7'5m. 

H¡in¡rrm side yard is 4.5m, except it is 7.5m for any flanking street, and is 0'0m 

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ãuutr¡ng land iå zoned-or oåsignateO Residential, Agriculture or lnstitutional' 

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No use shall produce dust, or other s 

i"girt"tion, without written authorization 

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REPORT/RECOMMEN DATION TO COU NCIL 

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SUBJEGT: 

BY: Dean Strachan, Planning Assistant DATE: July 6, 2010 

FILE: 20N00163 

3360-20 

REZONING TWELVE PROPERTIES FROM 12 - AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL 

TO RR - RURAL RESIDENTIAL FOR 6309 - 6473, 6535 AND 6545 

OKANAGAN LANDING ROAD 

PURPOSE: 

To review the rezoning of twelve properties (6309 - 

6473, 6535 and 6545 Okanagan 

Landing Road) from 12 - Airport lndustrial to RR - Rural Residential to bring existing 

residential uses into legal conformity' 


THAT Council support the rezoning of the following twelve properties from 12 - Airport 

lndustrialto RR - Rural Residential: 

Lot 1, Plan 23913, D.L. 66-67, O.D.Y.D. (6309 Okanagan Landing Road) 

Lot2, Plan 23913, D.L.66-67, O.D.Y.D. (6321 Okanagan Landing Road) 


Lot4, Plan 23913, D.L. 66-67, O.D.Y.D. (6347 Okanagan Landing Road) 

Lot 1, Plan 25314, D.L. 62&67, O.D.Y.D. (6361 Okanagan Landing Road) 

Lot 1, Plan 11091, D.L. 62, O.D.Y.D. (6375 Okanagan Landing Road) 

Lot2, Plan 11091, D.L.62, O.D.Y.D. (6387 Okanagan Landing Road) 


plan 85356, O.D.Y.D., PT Lot 7 D.L. 62, Plan 1707 (6423 Okanagan Landing Road) 





1. Council may support the rezoning subject to conditions. 

Z. Council may support the Advisory Planning Board (APB) recommendation and require 

as a condit¡ôn oî rezoning the prwision of a statutory right-of-way on each of the twelve 

properties for the future construction of a public trail connecting Fulton Secondary 

School to Okanagan Lake. The proposed rezoning is to bring the properties into 

conformity with thé current Official Community Plan (OCP) and does not include an 

application for new development on the subject properties. 

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3. Council may deny the rezoning of the subject properties. Existing uses on the subject 

properties will continue to be legally non-conforming. 


The Advisory Planning Board (APB) at their June 29, 2010 meeting passed the 


THAT the Advisory Planning Board recommends Council approve a rezoning 

application to rezonê the following 12 subject properties from 12 - Airport Residential 

to RR - Rural Residential: 


Lot2, Plan 23913, D.L.66-67, O.D.Y.D. (6321Okanagan Landing Road) 


Lota, Plan 23913, D.L.66-67, O.D.Y.D. (6347 Okanagan Landing Road) 

Lot 1, Plan 25314, D.L. 62&67, O,D.Y.D. (6361 Okanagan Land¡9 Road) 


Lot2, Plan 11091, D.L. 62, O.D.Y.D. (6387 Okanagan Landing Road) 

Lot 3, Plan 11091, D.L.62, O.D.Y.D. (6399 Okanagan Landing Road) 

plan 85356, O.D.Y.D., PT Lot 7 D.L.62, Plan 1707 (6423 Okanagan Landing Road) 


Lot2, Plan 9738, D.1.62, O.D.Y.D. (6535 Okanagan Landing Road) 

Lot 1, Plan 9738, D.L. 62, O.D.Y.D. (6545 Okanagan Landing Road); 

AND FURTHER, that the Advisory Planning Board recommends that subject to the 

rezoning the property owners provide dedication of a right-of-way along Vernon Creek 

for a public trail. 

B. Rationale: 

1. Several property owners have requested Council consider rezoning their property 

from A2 -'Airport Industrial to a residential zone (See Figure 8)' The church 

property located at 6525 Okanagan Landing Road has not been included in the 

i"ql"titor rezoning as the property is currently zoned P3 - Public lnstitutional and 

the religious assembly use conforms to the current zoning. 

2. ln order to provide additional area for future airport expansion, the subject 

properties *"r" designated Airport lndustrial in the OCP in 2001 (See Figures 1-4). 

in order to comply wi-tfr tf'e property designations, the propertie_s were re-zoned A2 

- Airport ¡nOustr¡ãl in July 2OO4 with adoption of Zoníng Bylaw #5000. 

3. During the OCp 2OOB review process, it was noted that the Airport lndustrial 

develópment on the south side of the creek was not required as property north of 

Tronson Road was secured for future airport expansion. ln addition, the presence 

of the creek to the north of the subject properties makes their use for airport 

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purposes problematic. Therefore, the proposed re-designation to Residential Low 

Density will bring the subject properties into conformity with the OCP 2008. 

4. 

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7. 

Future residential development of the subject properties would likely require 

rezoning as the minimum lot size for properties zoned RR - Rural Residential is 

4000sqm and the maximum density is one unit per acre. Therefore, rezoning to RR 

at this time merely brings the properties into conformance with their actual and 

historic use. 

Future subdivision and/or rezoning of the subject properties would require 

dedication for a public trail. The trail is to follow the creek from Fulton Secondary 

School to Okanagan Lake. Portions of the dedication are in place to the east of the 

subject properties (See Figures 5-7). At this time, no portion of the trail has been 

designed or constructed. 

lf Council supports the Advisory Planning Board recommendation and selects 

alternative two, tne owners of the subject properties would be required to provide 

dedication for a public trail adjacent to the creek' 

ln order to determine the trail dedication required on each of the twelve properties 

the following would have to be undertaken: 

a) Survey the creek centre line and high water marks; 

b) Prepare a design for the public trail; and 

c) Seek Ministry of Environment approval on the trail design. 

L As the property owners are not seeking additional development potential for their 

properties'and therefore would not realize financial gain through the rezoning, 

survey and legal costs associated with dedicating the trail may be considgred. a 

signifi-cant undue hardship for the property owners, and is not recommended by 

staff at this time. 

C. Attachments: 

1. Figure 1 Property location plan (large scale). 

2. Figure 2 - Property location plan (small scale). 

3. Figure 3 - Aerial photo of property (large scale). 

4. Figure 4 Aerial photo of property (small scale)' 

5. Figure 5 - Large scale plan showing future trail location. 

6. Figure 6 - Large scale aerial photo showing future trail location. 

7. Figure 7 Small scale aerial photo showing future trail location. 

8. Figure I - Letters from property owners requesting rezoning. 

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D. Strateqic Plan Obiectives: 

The development variance application for the subject properties involves the following 

objective in Council's Strategic Plan: 

E. Policv(Existins/Relevance/None): 

N/A 


The subject properties were designated for future expansion of the airport, however, 

the designation was changed to Residential Low Density with the adoption of the new 

OCP in October 2008. 


The applicants have been provided with a copy of the staff report for review and the 

opportunity to provide Councilwith comments concerning the report' 


To rezone twelve properties located on Okanagan Landing Road from 12 - Airport 

lndustrialto RR - Rural Residential. 

l. Resources: 

N/A 


lf Council setects alternative two, a funding source for costs associated with surveying, 

design and MOE approvals would need to be identified as this project is not within the 2010 

budget. 


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April 15,2010 

Cþ of Vernon Planning Departrnent 

3400 - 30h Street 

Vernon, B.C. 

Att: Dale Rintoul, Planner 

Dear Sir, 

RE: Rezonine of the 6300 Blk. - 

6500 Blk. of Okanagan Landing Rd. 

Further to our meeting in early February in relation to the above-referenced matter, we 

enclose herewith a consent form from the affected properfy owners. All were able to sign 

the form with the exception of Mr. Dutt (6375) who responded by e-mail. 

We ask that you prepare a recoÍrmendation to Council and advise us in due course, of the 

date which this matter will be placed on the agenda. 

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at the following 

numbers; 

Home: (250) 545-3489 

Cell: (250) 558-8695 

E-Mail : douglas_macaulay@telus.net 


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February 4,2010 

To: Residential Property Owners 

6300 Blk. to 6500 Blk. 

Okanagan Landing Road 

Vernon, B.C. 

RE: Property Rezoning 

As some of you are aware, in2004 the City of Vernon caused ourproperties along the 

Airport side of Okanagan Landing Road to be rezonedAirport Industrial (12). Pnorto 

annexation underNORD we were zoned Country Residential (CR). 

At the public hearings for the City of Vernon Offrcial Community Plan in 2009, we were 

able to get City Council to pass an amendment to the OCP to place us back into 

residential zoning. 

On February 1,2010, Dave Enns and myself met with Kim Flick and Dale Rintoul of the 

planning departrnent. V/e explained that we were very concerned that our property 

values had been seriously affected by the 12 zoning and that we wished to be restored to 

the comparable residential zoning that was in effect prior to annexation. As the City does 

not have aCRzoning it was suggested that Rural Small Holding (Aj) wouldbe the best 

fit. 

The aforementioned rezoning, would be at no cost to the property owners, and would be 

accomplished by the presentation of a request to Council along with a Staff report 

recommending same. 

Please provide the name ofthe registered property owner along with a contact number 

and/or e-mail address and an acknowledgement that you have read, understand, and agree 

with the foregoing. 

Should you have any legal question please seek an opinion from your lawyer. 

Douglas MacAulay, 6361Ok Landing Road, 250-545-3489 

Dave Enns, 6423 OK Landing Road, 250-542-4625 

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From: Keshav Dutt [dutt-keshav@hotmail.com] 

Sent Thursday, March 25, 2010 9: 15 AM 

To: douglas-macaulaY@telus.net 

Subject: RE: 6375 Okanagan Landing Rd., Vernon 

March 25,2010 

RE: 6325 Okanagan Landing Rd. Vernon I am the owner of the above noted propqty and I am 

ware and have no objection tõ tne City of Vernon changing the Zoning from Airport lndustrial 12 to ResidentialA3.l 

do not have any objeêtion to the for góing.if you have any concerned please e mail to me @ 

d utt_keshav@hotmai l. com. 

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SUBMITTED BY: Robert Lee Dickinson 

DATE: July 9, 2010 

Manager, Engineering 

FILE: 3900-02 

SUBJECT: 

SOIL REMOVAL AND DEPOSITION BYLAW UPDATE 

PURPOSE: 

To update the Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw No. 5072 for the City of Vernon. 


THAT Council endorse the new Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw in its entirety which 

applies to all lands within the City of Vernon such that a permit would be required for the 

removal or deposition of 10 cubic meters or more of soil per parcel of land per calendar 

year; 

AND FURTHER, that Council endorse the proposed amendment to Vernon's Municipal 

Ticketing Information (MTl) System Bylaw No.5050, 2006 in accordance with the proposed 

Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw, providing delegated authorities with the authority to 

issue fines of up to $500/day for offenses. 


Council may choose to not support the Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw as proposed 

and recommend that staff revise the bylaw. This will result in delaying the adoption of an 

updated Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw. 

Council may choose to not support a Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw for lands within 

the City of Vernon. This will result in the continuation of current practice. 

Council may waive or vary the proposed changes to MTI System Bylaw No.5050. 

ANALYSIS: 

A. Committee/Board Recom¡ne¡detþns: 

N/A 

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B. Rationale: 

1. The proposed Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw compliments existing bylaws 

which require Development Permits, Site Preparation Permits and Road Right-of- 

Way Use Permits in order to move significant amounts of soil. Where the existing 

bylaws are not deemed legally applicable or necessary this bylaw will allow for 

regulation of the movement of soil as well as enforcement. 

2. The City receives numerous complaints every year from residents adversely 

affected by earthworks on neighbouring properties. The effects include but are not 

limited to the following: 

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blocking or rerouting of historic drainage paths, including surface and 

ground water, where these paths have not been identified, mapped or 

designated by the City and are therefore not easily protected; 

flooding of property, including buildings and septic fields; 

flooding of well heads and aquifers with surface water; 

damage to landscaping and vegetation; 

lack of safeguards to prevent slope failures; 

lack of assurance from a Professional Engineer certifying the management 

of materialtype and compaction methods; and 

uncontrolled erosion potentially causing siltation to obstruct drainage paths 

and infrastructure or infill creek beds and deltas. 

3. The City of Vernon is also affected by the movement of soil without a permit. In 

addition to receipt of neighbour complaints, the City's public lands and utilities have 

the potential to be negatively effected by unregulated movement of soil, in ways 

similar to those listed above. Preventable maintenance costs may be incurred by 

the City of Vernon as a result such as street sweeping, dredging of ditches and 

waterways, slope stabilization and more. Adoption of a Soil Removal and 

Deposition Bylaw would allow for review of all applicable soil movement works by 

staff in order to ensure that the potential for such negative impacts is minimized. 

4. The successful creation and application of a Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw 

has been demonstrated by Kelowna as well as many cities similar in size to 

Vernon. Such bylaws elsewhere were also the result of problems comparable to 

those in Vernon, as outlined above. 

5. The 2008 Official Community Plan (OCP) denotes the following Guiding Principles: 

a. Protect and preserve green spaces and sensitive areas 

b. Create a culture of sustainability 

c. Ensure development pays for itself. 

Ensuring that removal and deposition of soil is considered in the context of all new 

development and in advance of development allows for comprehensive planning 

that takes into account the environment as well as orderly development. 

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C. Attachments: 

1. Attachment 1: Draft Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw. 

2. Attachment 2: Proposed revisions to MTI System Bylaw No. 5050, 2006. 

3. Attachment 3: Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw No. 5072, 2007. 

D. Strateqic Plan Obiectives: 

This proposed bylaw involves the following objectives in Council's Strategic Plan: 


1. Section 8(3Xm) of the Community Chañer, S.B.C. 2003, c.26, as amended, 

provides that the City of Vernon Council may, by bylaw, regulate, prohibit, and 

impose requirements in relation to the removal or deposit of soil on any land or 

area in the City of Vernon. 

2. Section 15(1) of the Community Chafter, S.B.C. 2003, c.26, as amended, provides 

that the City of Vernon Council may provide for a permitting system to prohibit, 

grant, refuse, suspend, and establish terms and conditions to regulate the removal 

or deposit of soil on any land or area in the City of Vernon. 

3. Section 195 the Community Cha¡fer, S.B.C. 2003, c.26, as amended, provides that 

the City of Vernon may, by bylaw, impose rates or levels of fees for a permít for the 

removal or deposit of soil from or on any land or area in the City of Vernon. 

4. Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No.3843 in regards to Development 

Permits and Site Preparation Permits. 

5. Traffic Bylaw No.2747 in regards to Road Right of Way Usage Permits. 

6. 2008 Official Community Plan, Bylaw No.5151 in regards to the associated Hillside 

Development Guidelines 2008 which guide development on and around steep 

slopes. 

7. Building and Plumbing Bylaw No.4900 with respect to slopes exceeding 1.5h:1v or 

the use of retaining structures greater than 1.2m in height. 

8. Tree Protection Bylaw No.4152 with respect to tree removal and replacement 

requirements on properties where the bylaw applies. 

L The Community Charter empowers the City, by bylaw, to designate those bylaws 

for which Municipal Ticket lnformation may be used as a means of bylaw 

enforcement. The Community Charter further empowers Council, by bylaw, to 

authorize the use of any word or expression on a Municipal Ticket lnformation to 

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designate an offence against a bylaw. This provides the City with the ability to 

update the Municipal Ticketing Bylaw No.5050 in accordance with the proposed 

Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw. 


ln 2007 a Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw was adopted by Vernon City Council. 

Further legal review has since been completed and the proposed Soil Removal and 

Deposition Bylaw has been updated accordingly. 


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To provide The City of Vernon with a permitting process to reduce the amount of 

earthworks exempt from other bylaws that cause environmental, private and public 

property damage. 

l. Resources: 

Staff resources will be required to enforce and implement the bylaw in the same 

manner existing permits are currently processed. 


In order to cover the costs incurred by staff for processing the permit, answering 

questions of concerned residents and for site visits the City obtains a fee for each 

Permit, as per Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 3909, 1993. This will be a task of the 

Planning, Building and Engineering Services Department. 

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GITY OF VERNON 

BYLAW NO. 

A bylaw to regulate the removal and deposition of soil within the 

Gity of Vernon 

The Municipal Council of the City of Vernon hereby enacts as follows: 

1. ADMINISTRATION 

1.1 Bylaw Number 5072, cited as "soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw Number 

5072,2007", and all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed. 

1.2 This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Soil Removal and Deposition 

Bylaw Number _,2010. 

2. APPLICABILITY 

2.1 This Bylaw applies to all land within the City of Vernon. 

2.2 Nothing in this Bylaw shall preclude anyone from complying with the 

provisions of any other local, provincial, or federal regulations or enactment. 

2.3 An enactment referred to in this Bylaw is a reference to an enactment of 

British Columbia, and the regulations thereto, and any bylaw referred to 

herein is a reference to an enactment of the Council of the City of Vernon, as 

amended, revised, consolidated, or replaced from time to time. 

3. DEFINITIONS 

3.1 In this Bylaw: 

"Bylaw Enforcement Officer" means the person appointed by the City as 

the Manager, Bylaw Enforcement, and includes any person designated by 

Councilto act in his or her place; 

"Deposit" or "Deposition" means to place, store, stockpile, spill, or release 

directly or indirectly, soil on any land where that soil did not previously exist 

or stand; 

"City Engineer" means the person appointed by the City as the Gity 

Engineer, and includes any person designated by Council to act in his or her 

place; 

"Highway" means any public street, road, lane, bridge, or walkway but does 

not include a private right-of-way on private proper$; 

"Land" means any land within the boundaries of the City including land 

covered by lakes, streams, wetlands or other such watercourses; 

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"Parcel" means any lot, block, or other area in which land is held or into 

which land is subdivided but does not include a highway; 

"Permit" means a Permit issued by the Gity Engineer in accordance with 

Section 6 of this Bylaw, the form of which is attached to this Bylaw as 

Schedule "A"; 

"Private Service Corridor" means land accommodating the servicing of a 

building or facility with a Water, Sewer, energy, or communications system, 

which connects directly to or from any highway, municipal or other right-ofway, 

or municipal property; 

"Public Seruice Corridor" means land accommodating the collection or 

distribution of any Water, Sewer, energy, or communication system, but 

excludes private service corridors; 

"Qualified Professional" means a person registered with the Association of 

Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC or the Corporation of the 

Province of British Columbia Land Surveyors, or a person who has the 

knowledge, training and experience to organize, supervise and perform the 

duties required under this Bylaw; 

"Remove" or "Removal" means the excavation, transfer, movement or 

extraction of soil from any land where that soil previously existed or stood; 

"Soil" means topsoil, sand, gravel, rock, silt, clay, peat, or any other 

substance of which land is naturally composed, or any combination of them; 

"stockpile" means a man-made accumulation of soil held in reserve for 

future use, distribution or removal; 

"Watercourse" means a natural channel or Source of water supply, including 

a lake, river, creek, spring, ravine, wetland or gulch, whether or not usually 

containing water or groundwater. 

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4.2 

4.3 

4.4 

RESTRICTIONS 

Except as othenuise permitted in this Bylaw, no person shall remove soil, 

deposit soil, or undertake any action which results in the removal or 

deposition of soil, on any land within the City, unless the person seeking to 

remove or deposit the soil has first applied for and has obtained a Permit 

for such removal or deposition, approved by the City Engineer under the 

provisions of this Bylaw. 

Every application for a Permit shall be in writing on the approved City 

application form, attached to this Bylaw as Schedule "B", and shall be signed 

by the owner of the parcel in respect of which the soil is to be removed or 

deposited, or by the owner's agent, who the owner has authorized in writing. 

Upon filing of a complete application for a Permit under section 4.2, including 

all plans, data and specifications required by this Bylaw, the City Engineer 

shall issue that person a Permit to remove or deposit soil. 

No person shall remove or deposit soil, or undertake any action which 

results in the removal or deposition of soil, on any land within the City 

within 30m of a watercourse unless that person has applied for and obtained 

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a Permit under this Bylaw and completed a Riparian Areas Regulation 

assessment to the satisfaction of the Ministry of Environment. 

4.5 No person shall deposit, or cause or permit the deposition of any "waste", 

as that term is defined in the Environmental Management Acf (British 

Columbia), on any land, except as permitted under Refuse Collection Bylaw 

No. 3148, 1982 or Sanitation Bylaw No. 1914, 1970. 

4.6 No person shall deposit or remove soil, or undertake any action that results 

in the removal or deposition of soil, on any land in the Agricultural Land 

Reserve unless approval ín writing is first obtained from the Agricultural Land 

Commission in accordance with the AgriculturalLand Commission Act (British 

Columbia), and a Permit is issued under the terms and conditions of this 

Bylaw. 

5. EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMIT REQUIREMENT 

5.1 Despite Section 4, a Permit is not required where the removal or deposition 

of soil on land: 

(a) is by a florist, grower, nurseryman, or horticulturist on lands owned by 

that person, and is required and used on those lands in connection 

with such trade or business; 

(b) is required for the erection of a building or structure, provided that a 

valid Building Permit or Site Preparation Permit has been issued by 

the City for that building or structure; 

(c) is in accordance with a valid Development Permit or Site Preparation 

Permit as issued by the City; 

(d) is required for the regular operation and maintenance of a golf course; 

(e) occurs on a highway right-of-way, future highway, or forest service 

road and is required for construction, maintenance or repair of the 

highway and is in accordance with a valid Road Right-Of-Way Use 


(f) occurs on a public service corridor and is required for its creation, 

maintenance or repair; 

(g) involves less than 10 cubic metres of soil per parcel of land per 

calendar year; 

(h) is in accordance with a letter of Preliminary Layout Review, as issued 

by the City's Subdivision Approving Officer, and a Site Preparation 


(i) involves stockpiles on land where such use is permitted under 

Zoning Bylaw No. 5000, and where a valid business license for that 

use exists; 

û) is performed by an employee or agent of the City in the creation or 

maintenance of a public trail, park or recreation facility, in the 

reclamation of a disturbed area, or in association with any other public 

works function; 

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6.1 

(k) is required as part of a solid waste processing and disposal operation, 

including composting facilities, which has been approved pursuant to 

federal,þrovincial or municipal regulations or bylaws; 

(m) is required as part of a concrete and asphalt plant operation where 

such use is permitted under City Zoning Bylaw No. 5000, and where a 

valid business license for that use exists; 

(o) is in accordance with a site grading plan approved by the city; 

(p) is required for the construction, maintenance or repair of a private 

s"*age disposal system for which a sewage disposal permit pursuant 

to thJHea in nct (British Columbia) has been issued; or 

(q) involves the open storage of soils which are intended to be processed 

and removed in conneõtion with a present lav'¡ful use of the land on 

which they are stored, the storage of which is approved by the City 

Engineer. 

PERMIT REQUIREMENTS 

Every application for a Permit shall include detailed plans, data and 

rpe.itic"iions prepared in a satisfactory fo1ry by .a 

registered Professio.nal 

Ëngineer or Geoscientist of the Province of British Columbia, or any other 

quãtit"O professional, and the application shall contain information with 

respect to the following matters: 

(a) the legal description of the property, including the name and address 

of the registered owner or owners; 

(b) all pertinent topographic features, including existing buildings, 

structures, watercourses and tree cover; 

(c) the proposed slopes which will be maintained on completion of the 

soil removal or dePosition; 

(d) the methods proposed to control the erosion of the banks formed by 

the removal or dePosition; 

(e) the proposed methods of drainage control for the site during and after 

the removal or dePosit operaticn; 

(f) the proposed methods of access to the site during the removal or 

depôsii operation, including the routing of truck and vehicular traffic 

necessary for removing or supplying the soil; 

(g) the proposed methods of noise, dust, and silt control during the 

removal or dePosit operation; 

(h) the proposed progressive stages of removal or deposition, depicting 

contours at no greater than 1 metre intervals, grades and slopes, on 

separate plans Ìor each stage including specific completion dates for 

each stage; and 

(i) 

the proposed contour of the ground in its final state upon completion of 

the removal or deposition, with contours at no greater than 1 metre 

intervals, showing the methods of access and positive methods of 

permanent drainage on a separate plan' 

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6.2 A Permit shall allow the holder thereof to remove soil from or deposit soil 

on land described in the Permit for a period of time, subject to the conditions 

outlined in the Permit. Every application for a Permit shall be accompanied 

by a non-refundable application fee in the amount set out in the City's Fees 

and Charges Bylaw No. 3909, as amended from time to time. 

6.3 

6.4 

6.5 

Application for a Permit shall be made to the City Engineer, and the City 

Engineer shall refuse to issue a Permit if the plans, data and specifications 

do not satisfactorily meet the requirements of this Bylaw. 

A Permit issued pursuant to this Bylaw shall be subject to the following 

conditions: 

(a) no person shall remove or deposit soil or perform any activity directly 

related to the removal of deposition of soil so as to cause damage to 

municipally or privately-owned drainage facilities, highways, or lands, 

or other municipally or privately-owned property, unless such damage 

is repaired by the permit holder to the satisfaction of the City; 

(b) no person shall remove or deposit soil so as to obstruct any drainage 

facility or natural watercourse with silt, clay, sand, rubble, debris, 

gravel or any other matter or thing originating from any removal or 

deposition and causing obstruction to such drainage facility or natural 

watercourse; 

(c) no person shall remove or deposit soil so as to encroach upon, 

undermine or physically damage any property; 

(d) no person shall remove or deposit soil so as to alter or divert any 

natural watercourse, except with the approval of the Ministry of 

Environment as provided for under Section 9 of the Water Acf (British 

Columbia) or as authorized by the federal Department of Fisheries and 

Oceans under the Fisheries Act (Canada); 

(e) no person shall remove or deposit soil such that the finished slope of 

the removal or deposit exceeds a maximum slope of 3:1, or three (3) 

metres of run in one (1) metre of rise, unless otherwise authorized by 

the City Engineer; any finished slope greater than 1.5:1 shall require 

a Building Permit as per the British Columbia Building Code; 

(f) 

no person shall remove or deposit soil such that the size and 

configuration of the removal or deposit adversely affects the air, light 

or view of adjoining or adjacent properties, or substantially alters the 

appearance and nature of the surrounding area; and 

(g) no person shall remove or deposit soil so as to lower or raise the 

elevation of a legal parcel more than 1.2 metres above the natural 

grade of an abutting property, except as required by the Ministry of 

Environment for flood protection or as approved by the City Engineer. 

As a condition of a Permit for the removal or deposition of soil, the City 

Engineer may require as-built drawings and a completion certificate prepared 

by a Registered Professional Engineer or Geoscientist of the Province of 

British Columbia. 

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6.8 

6.9 

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7.1 

7.2 

7.3 

7.4 

Unless waived by the City Engineer, prior to the issuance of a Permit, the 

applicant is required to provide security in the form of cash, or an 

unconditional, irrevocable letter of credit drawn on a Canadian chartered bank 

at a Vernon branch in a form acceptable to the City Engineer in an amount 

equal to 30% of the estimated cost of the work to be performed under the 

Permit to a maximum of $10,000, to ensure full and proper compliance with 

the provisions of this Bylaw and all terms and conditions of the Permit' 

A Permit applies only to the removal or deposition area(s) as specifically 

set out and described in the Permit. 

No Permit or interest in a Permit may be transferred or assigned' Where 

there is a change of ownership in the land for which a Permit has been 

issued, the Permit shall immediately become void and the deposit or 

removal operation shall immediately cease' 

lf the deposit or removal operation authorized by a Permit is not completed 

before the Permit expires, or it becomes necessary to alter or deviate from 

the particulars of the original Permit application, the City Engineer may 

renew or modify the Permit upon written request of the Permit holder, 

subject to the following: 

(a) an application to renew a Permit shall be made in the same manner 

and upon payment of the same fees and deposit of the same security 

as provided in this Bylaw for the original Permit; 

(b) 

the city Engineer may require that the Permit holder provide 

additionãl information as a pre-condition to the consideration of an 

application for Permit renewal or modification; and 

(c) the terms and conditions set out in the original Permit shall apply to 

each renewal or modification of the Permit except where the terms 

and conditions are expressly amended or modified by the renewal or 

modification. 

ENFORCEMENT 

Any person who does not comply with this Bylaw or the conditions of a 

Peimit shall, in addition to any penalties levied by this Bylaw, pay 

compensation for any resultant damage to City and Provincial drainage 

facilities, highways, or other City or Provincial property or facility. 

The Gity Engineer may at all reasonable times enter upon and inspect any 

lands tó Oetelm¡ne whether the provisions of this Bylaw or the conditions of a 

Permit are being observed, and no person shall obstruct such entry. 

The City Engineer may give notice to any person, including but not limited to 

the holder oia Permit, the owner or occupier of lands upon which there has 

been a deposition or removal of soil, or any person engaged in a deposit or 

removal operation, of a breach of, or non-compliance with, the provisions of 

this Bylaw, or the conditions of a Permit. 

Any person receiving a notice under Section 7.3 of this Bylaw shall 

immediately cease all deposition or removal activities until such breach or 

non-compliãnce is remedied to the satisfaction of the City Engineer, and 

every owner of land shall refuse to allow the further removal of soil from or 

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9.1 

deposition of soil upon the land until such time as the breach or noncompliance 

is remedied to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. 

ff a person having received notice under Section 7.3 of this Bylaw does not 

remedy the breach or non-compliance within the time period specified in the 

notice, the City, its agents, or its contractors may enter upon the lands where 

the breach or non-compliance has occurred and carry out any works required 

to remedy such breach or non-compliance, or repair any resultant damage, 

and the expense of doing so shall be paid by the person ín breach or noncompliance 

within 30 days of receiving the City's invoice. 

OFFENCE 

Every person who violates any provision of this Bylaw or fails to comply with 

the terms and conditions of a Permit or an order issued under this Bylaw 

commits an offence punishable on summary conviction and 

(a) is liable to a fine of not less than $10,000 and, 

(b) if the offence is a continuing offence, each day that offence is continued 

will constitute a separate offence, and the person is liable for an additional 

fine of not less than $10,000 in respect of each day. 

Every person who violates the provisions of this Bylaw or fails to comply with 

the terms and conditions of a Permit as outlined in "Schedule S" of the 

Municipal Ticketing lnformation System Bylaw No. 5050 may be subject to 

fines as outlined in that Schedule and Bylaw to a maximum of $500. 

TICKETING 

This Bylaw is designated under Section 264 of the Community Chañer, 

S.B.C. 2003, c.26 as a bylaw that may be enforced by means of a Municipal 

Ticket lnformation. 

10. RECONSIDERATION 

10.1 Where an applicant or owner of property subject to a decision made by the 

City Engineer pursuant to Section 4 or Section 6 of this Bylaw is dissatisfied 

with the decision, the applicant or owner may apply to Council for 

reconsideration of the matter within 30 days of the decision being 

communicated to them. 

10.2 An application for reconsideration must be delivered in writing to the City 

Clerk and must set out the grounds upon which the applicant considers the 

requirement or decision of the Gity Engineer to be inappropriate and what, if 

âhy, requirement or decision the applicant considers Council ought to 

substitute. 

10.3 The City Clerk must place each application for reconsideration on the agenda 

of a regular meeting of Council to be held not earlier than two weeks from the 

date the application for reconsideration was delivered, and must notify the 

applicant and any other party who the City Clerk reasonably considers may 

be affected by the reconsideration, of the date of the meeting at which the 

reconsideration will occur. 

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10.4 At the meeting, Council may hear from the applicant and any other person 

interested in the matter under reconsideration who wishes to be heard, and 

may either confirm the requirement or decision of the City Engineer or 

substitute its own requirement or decision. 

11. SEVERABILITY 

11.1 lf any section or lesser portion of this Bylaw is held invalid, it shall be severed 

and the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected. 

Read a first, second and third time by the Municipal Council this 

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day of 

Adopted by the Municipal Council of the City of Vernon this _day of 

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Mayor: Wayne Lippert 

City Clerk: Patti Bridal 

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SOIL REMOVAL/DEPOSIT PERMIT 

TO: NAME 

STREET 

CITY PROV POSTAL 

NO. SRD000#*ËF 

1. This Soil Removal/Deposít Permit is issued subject to compliance with all of the bylaws of 

the Municipality applicable thereto, except as specifically varied or supplemented by the 

Permit. 

2. This Soil Removal/Deposit Permit applies to and only to those lands within the 

Municipality described below, and any and allworks thereon: 

for: [LEGAL] 

and having a civic address at [ClVlC ADDRESS]. 

3. Works shall be conducted strictly in compliance with and according to the plans and 

specifications set out in the Permit, Schedule "A" attached hereto, and relevant Municipal 

bylaws. 

4. lf the Permittee commences the works as permitted by this Permit, then the Permit will 

remain valid for twenty-four QQ months from the date of works commencement. After 

twenty-four (24) months from the date of works commencement this Permit shall lapse. lf 

the Permittee commences the works but does not complete them within twenty-four (24) 

months of the date of this Permit, the Municipality shall use the security to carry out the 

work by its servants, agents or contractors. lf the Permittee does not commence the 

works within twenty-four QÐ months of the IDATE] Soil Removal/Deposit Permit 

lssuance date the permit shall lapse as of [DATE]. 

6. This is not a Building Permít, Development or Development Variance Permit. 

PURSUANT TO CITY OF VERNON DELEGATION BYIAW M825, SECTION 3, Soil 

day of 

Removal/Deposit Permit #SRD000#*H is approved for íssuance as of the 

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or: 

Mark Dowhaniuk, Infrastructure Engineer 


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Ed Stranks, Manager 

Engineering and Development Services 


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SOIL REMOVAL/DEPOSIT PERM¡T #SRDOOO#TH PAGE 2 

I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND 

CONDITIONS UPON WHICH THIS PERMIT IS ISSUED: 

Applicant (or Authorized Agent or 

Representative of Applicant) 

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SCHEDULE B 

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Schedule B ofSoil Removal and Deposition Bylaw No.5072 

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Soil Removal / Deposit Permit Application 

Before completinB this Appl¡cation, please refer to the following documents: 

Foi Office Use Only 

. Building and Plumbing Bylaw No. 4900 

. Hillside cuidelines 2008 

. Official Community Plan 2008 Bylaw No.5151 

. Site Preparation General Conditions 

. Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw No.5072 

. Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No. 3843 

. Tree Protection Bylaw No.4152 

File Number 

Roll Number 

Related Files 

DÉte Stamp 

Should the City of Vernon approve a Soil Removal and Deposition Permit for 

the proposed site preparation, work would be permitted to proceed as 

detailed in the approved Permit 

Applicant lnformation 

Property Owner I nformation 

Civic Address 

ls the Property in the Agricultural Land Reserve? 

Legal Description 

Attachment 1

Movement of Fill 

. lf fill is to be used, please provide the location of the source 

of the fill. 

Pleose include civic oddress(es). 

Yes No 

. ls material from a contaminated site to be used? 

lf Yes, pleose provide item 9 in the Application ChecklÌst. 

. lf material is to be removed, please provide the location 

where the material is to be deposited. 

Please include civic oddress(es). 

1. Photographs (referenced to map or sketch) 

Application Checklist 

2. East/West and North/South cross-sectional profiles of fill and/or removal areas 

3. Confirmation of slope stability of proposed cross sections by a Professional Geotechnical Engineer for all slopes 

exceeding 1.5h:1v or the use of retaining structures greater than 1.2m in height, as per the Building and Plumbing 

Bylaw No.4900. 

4. Confirmation that any onsite sewage disposal systems have been abandoned to the satisfaction of the Ministry of Health, 

where applicable 

5. Confirmation that any wells have been abandonded and/or capped to the satisfaction of the Ministry of Health, where 

applicable 

6. Silt and sediment control plan, including a timeline for proposed works and securities for reinstating the property to a 

natural vegetated state should the work discontinue 

7. Stormwater management plan addressing runoff associated with onsite works and proposed contours 

8. Commitment to prevent negative impacts on City of Vernon road infrastructure including accumulation of mud on the 

roads that may require use of a grader and street sweeper for removal 

9. Copy of Schedule 1 of the Environmental Management Act Contaminated Sites Regulation, as submitted to the Ministry 

of Environment, where applicable. 

10. Application Fee: S75.00 

Note: All works must be in accordance with City of Vernon Bylaw standards and all other appropriate government regulations. 

IMPORTANT3 

This is NOT a Soil Removal / Deposit Perm¡t, Please see the referenced SRD number if noted below that permit has been issued. 

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Applicant's Name: 

Applicant's Signature: 

Send completed application forms and accompanying documentation to: 

Corporation of The City of Vernon: 3400 - 30th Street, Vernon B.C. V1T 5E6 

Phone: 250.545.1361 Fax: 250.545.5309 E-mail: dsbreception@vernon.ca 

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Signed: 

Approv¡ng Oficer / Municipol Engineer 

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BYLAW NO. 

A bylaw to amend Gity of Vernon Municipal Ticketing lnformation 

System Bylaw Number 5050, 2006 

WHEREAS the Council of the City of Vernon has adopted City of Vernon Municipal 

Ticketing lnformation System Bylaw Number 5050, 2006; and 

WHEREAS the Council of the City of Vernon deem it necessary and expedient to amend 

City of Vernon Municipal Ticketing lnformation System Bylaw Number 5050, 2006; 

NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Vernon, in open meeting assembled, enacts 

as follows: 

1. This Bylaw may be cited as "City of Vernon Municipal Ticketing lnformation System 

Amendment Bylaw No. _, 2010". 

2. City of Vernon Municipal Ticketing lnformation System Bylaw Number 5050, 2006 is 

amended by adding the following to Schedule "4" in appropriate numerical order: 

18. Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw #_ Bylaw Enforcement Officer 

3. City of Vernon Municipal Ticketing lnformation System Bylaw Number 5050, 2006 is 

further amended by adding Schedule "4" to this Bylaw as Schedule "S" of Bylaw No. 

5050. 

READ A FIRST TIME this _ day of 2010. 

READ A SECOND TIME this _ day of 

READ A THIRD TIME this _ day of _ 

,2010. 

2010. 

ADOPTED this _ day of 

2010. 

Mayor: WAYNE LIPPERT 

Clerk: PATTI BRIDAL 

Attachm ent 2 

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SCHEDULE ¡fA'' 

BYLAW 5O5O 

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SCHEDULE fIS'' 

SOIL REMOVAL AND DEPOSITION BYLAW 

- Deposit or Remove Soil without Permit 

- Deposit Waste 

- Deposit or Remove Soil in the Agricultural Land Reserve 

. without written approval from Agricultural Land Commission 

- Cause damage to drainage facility, highway, land, other 

property, or natural watercourse 

- Obstruct drainage facility or naturalwatercourse 

- Encroach upon, undermine or physically damage property 

- Alter or divert naturalwatercourse 

- Deposit or Remove Soilto finished slope exceeding 3:1 

- Adversely affect air, light, view of adjoining or adjacent 

properties, or alter appearance of surrounding area 

- Raise elevation of parcel more than 1.2 metres above that 

of abutting property 

- Obstruct entry to property 

SECTION 

4.1 

4.5 

4.6 

6.4(a) 

6.4(b) 

6.a(c) 

6.4(d) 

6.a(e) 

6 4(Ð 

6.4(g) 

7.2 

FINE 

$500.00 

$500.00 

$100.00 

$500.00 

$500.00 

$500.00 

$500.00 

$500.00 

$500.00 

$500.00 

$500.00 

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THE CORPORATION OF THE CIry OF VERNON 

BYI.AW NUMBER 5072 

WHEREAS Section 8(3Xm) of the Community Cha¡ter, S.B.C. 2003, c.26 allows 

a local government to regulate or prohibit the removal of soil and the deposit of 

soil or other material; 

NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the City of Vernon, in open 

meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 

1. This Bylaw may be cited as "Soil Removal and Deposition Bylaw 

Number 5072,2007". 

2. This Bylaw applies to all lands within the City of Vernon. 

3. Nothing in this Bylaw shall preclude anyone from complying with the 

provisions of any other local, provincial, or federal regulations or enactment. 

4. Any enactment referred to herein is a reference to an enactment of British 

Columbia, and the regulations thereto, as amended, revised, consolidated or 

replaced from time to time, and any bylaw referred to herein is a reference to an 

enactment of the Gouncil of the Corporation of the Gity of Vernon, as amended, 

revised, consolidated, or replaced from time to time. 

Attachment 3 264

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BYLAW NUMBER 5072 

DEFINITIONS 

5. ln this Bylaw, unless the context otherwíse requires: 

"City" means the City of Vernon; 

"Council" means the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of 

Vernon; 

"Deposit" or "Deposition" means to place, store, stockpile, spill, or 

release directly or indirectly, soil on any land, where that soil did not 

previously exist; or as the context requires, the actual deposit of soil on 

the land; 

"C¡ty Engineer" means the person appointed by the City as the Gity 

Engineer, and includes an employee of the City authorized by the Gity 

Engineer; 

"Highway" means any public street, road, lane, bridge, or walkway but 

does not include a private easement on private property; 

"Land" means any land within the boundaries of the City including land 

covered by lakes, streams, wetlands or watercourses; 

"Parcel" means any lot, block, or other area in which land is held or into 

which land is subdivided but does not include a highway; 

"Permit" means a Permit issued by the City Engineer in accordance 

with Section 6 of this Bylaw; 

"Private Service Gorridor" means land accommodating the servicing of 

a building or facility with any water, sewer, energy, or communications 

system, which connects directly to or from any highway, municipal or 

other right-of-way, or municipal property; 

"Public Service Corridor" means land accommodating the collection or 

distribution of any water, sewer, energy, or communication system, but 

excludes private service corridors; 

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"Qualified Professional" means a person registered with a professional 

association including the Association of Professional Engineers and 

Geoscientists of BC, the Corporation of the Province of British Columbia 

Land Surveyors, or other person who is acceptable to the City Engineer 

and is qualífied because of knowledge, training and experience to 

organize, supervise and perform the duties required in this bylaw; 

"Removal" means the excavation, tranSfer, movement Or extraCtiOn of 

soil from any land, where that soil previously existed; or as the context 

requires the actual removal of soil from land; 

"Soil" means soil, topsoil, sand, gravel, rock, silt, clay, peat, or any other 

substance of which land is composed, or any combination thereof; 

"stockpile" means a man-made accumulation of soil held in reserve for 

future use, distribution or removal; and 

"Watercourse" means a natUral watercOunse or SOUTCe of Water supply, 

whether usually containing water or not, groundwater, and a lake, river, 

creek, spring, ravine, wetland and gulch. 

RESTRICTIONS 

6. Except as othenryise permitted in this bylaw, no person shall remove or 

deposit soil, or undertake any action which results in the removal or deposit of 

soil, on any land within the City until a Permit for such removal or deposit is 

approved by the Gity Engineer pursuant to the provisions of this Bylaw. 

7. No Permit shall be issued until the plans, data and specifications required 

by this Bylaw to be filed with the City Engineer have been approved by the Gity 

Engineer. 

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8. Application for the said Permit shall be in writing on the approved City 

application form, and shall be signed by the owner of the property on which the 

soil is to be removed or deposited, or his authorized agent. 

9. No person shall remove or deposit soil, or undertake any action which 

results in the removal or deposit of soil, on any land within the City which has 

been designated as a Riparian Development Permit area in Plan Vernon prior to 

the issuance of both a Riparian Development Permit and a Permit pursuant to 

the provisions of this Bylaw. 

EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMIT REQUIREMENT 

10. Notwithstanding Sections 6,7,8, and 9, a Permit is not required where 

the removal or deposit on that land: 

(a) 

is by a florist, nurseryman, or horticulturist and such soil is required and 

used on Iands upon which that person occupies and carries on such 

trade, purpose or use; 

(b) 

(c) 

is requíred for the erection of a building or structure provided a valid 

Building Permit has been issued for that building or structure; 

is in accordance with a valid Development Permit or Site Preparation 

Permit; 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

is in accordance with a valid Soil Placement Permit for land within the 

Agricultural Land Reserve, pursuant to the So/ Conseruation Act; 

is required for the regular operation and maintenance of a golf course; 

occurs on a highway right-of-way, future highway, or forest service road 

and is required for construction or maintenance of the highway and is in 

accordance with a valid Road Right-Of-Way Use Permit; 

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(g) occurs on a public seruice corridor and is required for its creation or 

maintenance; 

(h) involves less than 10 cubic metres of soil per parcel of land per calendar 

year; 

(¡) is in accordance with a letter of Preliminary Layout Review as issued by 

the City's Subdivision Approving Officer and a Site Preparation Permit; 

ú) involves stockpiles on land where such use is permitted under the City 

Zoning Bylaw No. 5000, and a valid business license for that use exists; 

(k) is performed by an employee or agent of the City or Greater Vernon 

Services in the creation or maintenance of a public trail, park or recreation 

facility, in the reclamation of a disturbed area, or in association with any 

other public works function; 

(l) is required as part of a solid waste processing and disposal operation, 

including composting facilities, which has approval pursuant to federal, 

provincial and/or municipal regulations or bylaws; 

(m) is required as part of the clean-up or remediation of contaminated soils as 

directed and approved by the Ministry of Environment; 

(n) is required as part of a concrete and asphalt plant operation where such 

use is permitted under the City Zoning Bylaw No. 5000, and a valid 

business license for that use exists; 

(o) involves the movement of existing soil within the boundaries of a single 

legal parcel; 

(p) is in accordance with an approved site grading plan; 

(q) is required for the construction or maintenance of a private sewage 

disposal system for which a sewage disposal permit pursuant to the B.C. 

Health Act has been issued; or 

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(r) involves the open storage of soils which are intended to be processed 

and removed in connection with a present lawful use of the land on which 

they are stored and is approved by the Gity Engineer. 

PERMIT REQUIREMENTS 

11. Unless a requirement is waived by the City Engineer, every application 

for a Permit shall include detailed plans, data and specifications prepared 

by a registered Professional Engineer or Geoscientist of the Province of 

British Columbia, or any other qualified professional, in a satisfactory 

form, and the application shall contain information with respect to the 

following matters: 

(a) The legal description of the property including the name and address of 

the registered owner. 

(b) All pertínent topographic features, including existing buildings, structures, 

watercourses and tree cover. 

(c) The proposed slopes which will be maintained upon completion of the soil 

removal or deposit. 

(d) The methods proposed to control the erosion of the banks of the removal 

or deposit. 

(e) The proposed methods of drainage control for the site during and after the 

removal or deposit operation. 

(Ð The proposed methods of access to the site during the removal or 

deposit operation, including the routing of truck and vehicular traffic 

removing or supplying the soil. 

(g) The proposed methods of noise, dust, and silt control during the removal 

or deposit operation. 

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(h) 

The proposed progressive stages of removal or deposit, depicting 

contours at no greater than I metre intervals, grades and Slopes, on 

separate plans for each stage including specific completion dates for each 

stage. 

(í) 

The proposed contour of the ground in its final state upon completion of 

the removal or deposit, with contours at no greater than 1 metre 

intervals, showing the methods of access and positive methods of 

permanent drainage on a separate plan. 

12. A Permit shall allow the holder thereof to remove from or deposit on land 

described in the Permit for a period of time, and subject to the conditions 

outlined in the Permit. Every application for a Permit shall be accompanied by a 

non-refundable application fee as set out in the Gity's current Fees and Charges 

Bylaw. 

13. Application for a Permit shall be made to the Gity Engineer, and the Gity 

Engineer shall refuse to issue a Permit if the plans, data and specifications do 

not satisfactorily meet requirements of this Bylaw. 

14. Unless a provision is waived or modified by the Gity Engineer, a Permit 

issued pursuant to this Bylaw shall be subject to the following conditions: 

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(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(Ð 

All damage to municipally or privately-owned drainage facilities, highways, 

or lands, or other municipally or privately-owned property, or natural 

watercourses, resulting from the removal or deposit, or any activities 

related directly to the removal or deposit, shall be repaired by the 

Permittee. All drainage facilities and natural watercourses shall be kept 

free from silt, clay, sand, rubble, debris, gravel and any other matter or 

thing originating from any removal or deposit and causing obstruction to 

such drainage or natural watercourses. 

The removal or deposit operations shall not encroach upon, undermine 

or physically damage any property. 

No natural watercourse shall be altered or diverted, except with the 

approval of the Ministry of Environment as provided for under Section 9 of 

the Water Act or as authorized under the Fisheries Act (Canada) by the 

federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 

The finished slope of the removal or deposit shall have a maximum slope 

of 3:1, or three (3) metres of run in one (1) metre of rise. 

The size and configuration of the removal or deposit shall not adversely 

affect the air, light or view of adjoining or adjacent properties, nor shall it 

substantially alter the appearance and nature of the surrounding area. 

No person shall remove or deposit soil so as to lower or raise the 

elevation of a legal parcel more than 1.2 metres above the natural grade 

of an abutting property, except as required by the Ministry of Environment 

for flood protection or as approved by the City Engineer. 

15. The City Engineer may require as-built drawings and a completion 

certificate prepared by a Registered Professional Engineer or Geoscientist of the 

Province of British Columbia, for the removal or deposit as a condition of the 

Permit. 

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16. A Permit applies only to the removal or deposit area(s) as specifically set 

out and described in the Permit. 

17. Prior to the issuance of a Permit, the applicant is required to provide a 

security in the form of cash, or an unconditional, irrevocable letter of credít drawn 

on a Canadian chartered bank in a form acceptable to the City Engineer in an 

amount equal to 30% of the estimated cost of the work to be performed under the 

Permit to a maximum of $10,000, to ensure full and proper compliance with the 

provisions of this Bylaw and all terms and conditions of the Permit. 

ENFORCEMENT 

18. Any person who does not comply with this bylaw or the conditions of a 

Permit shall, in addition to any penalties levied by this bylaw, be required to 

compensate for any resultant damage to City and Provincial drainage facilities, 

highways, or other City or Provincial property or facilities. 

19. lf a person does not comply with this bylaw or Permit conditions, the Gity, 

its agents, or contractors may enter upon the lands where the non-compliance 

has occurred and carry out any works required to remedy such non-compliance, 

or repair any resultant damage. 

20. Any person who does not comply with this bylaw or Permit conditions 

shall, upon injunction, be liable to a penalty up to ten thousand dollars 

($10,000.00) for each offence. 

21. Where an offence is a continuous one, each day that the offence is 

continued shall constitute a separate offence. 

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RE-CONSIDERATION 

22. Where an applicant or owner of property subject to a decision made by the 

City Engineer pursuant to Sections 6, through and including section 9, and 

sections 11, through and including section 17, of this bylaw is dissatisfied with 

the decision, the applicant or owner may apply to the Council for reconsideration 

of the matter within 30 days of the decision being communicated to them. 

23. An application for re-consideration must be delivered in writing to the City 

Clerk and must set out the grounds upon which the applicant considers the 

requirement or decision of the City Engineer to be inappropriate and what, if 

any, requirement or decision the applicant considers the Council ought to 

substitute. 

24. The Gity Clerk must place each application for re-consideration on the 

agenda of a regular meeting of Council to be held not earlier than two weeks 

from the date the application for re-consideration was delivered, and must notify 

the applicant and any other party who the City Clerk reasonably considers may 

be affected by the reconsideration, of the date of the meeting at which the reconsideration 

will occur. 

25. At the meeting, the Council may hear from the applicant and any other 

person interested in the matter under re-consideration who wishes to be heard, 

and may either confirm the requirement or decision of the City Engineer or 

substítute its own requirement or decision. 

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26. lf any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this bylaw is for any reason 

held to be invalid or illegal by a decision of any Couñ of competent jurisdiction it 

shall be severable. Such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining 

sections, subsections, clauses or phrases of this Bylaw. 

27. This bylaw shall take full force and effect upon the date of adoption. 

READ A FIRST TIME this 23'd day of April ,2007. 

READ A SECOND TIME this 2gd day of April ,2007 . 

READ A THIRD TIME this 23d day of April ,2007. 

ADOPTED this 14rh day of May ,2007. 

"Wayne Lippert" 

Mayor 

'Susan Blakely" 

Acting City Clerk 

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#RrtrhïË\L 

sUBMITTED BY: Michelle Jefferson, Mgr. Tourism services DATE June 30, 2010 

FILE: 0540-39 

SUBJECT: 

SPIRIT OF BC COUNCIL COMMITTEE 

PURPOSE: 

To review the purpose, role and need for an ongoing Spirit of BC Committee. 


THAT Council dissolve the Spirit of BC Committee as the main objective of the 

committee regarding building excitement and community involvement in the 2010 

Olympic/Paralympic Games, has been achieved. 


That Council continue to operate a Spirit of BC Committee as a Committee of Council' Should 

Council continue to operate the Committee, the following would need to occur: 

ANALYSIS: 

1. The purpose of the Committee needs to be reviewed and revised as many activities 

outlined in the original Terms of Reference were linked to the 2010 Olympic initiatives 

that were completed early in 2010 or are no longer being supported due to change in 

focus of 2010 Legacies Now. 

2. A new funding sóurce(s) would need to be found for any initiatives as 2010 Legacies 

Now and Spirit of BC funding is no longer available. 

g. New committee members w-ould need to be appointed based on interest in the revised 

purpose of the committee. 

4. Staff assignment to the committee should be reviewed based on capacity and purpose 

of the committee. 

A. Rationale: 

1. The primary intent of the Committee was to take advantage of a wide range of 

community opportunities associated with the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic 

Games. -Over the past few years, funding had been available through various 

initiatives for literacy, volunteerism, Spirit of BC Week and the Torch Relay events. 

However due to the downturn in the provincial economy and change in focus for 

the provincial organization, these initiatives are no longer supported through 2O1O 

Legacies Now. 

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2- 

2. Various initiatives were undertaken in 2009 but most were focused on building 

excitement for the 2O1O Olympic/Paralympic Games and the Olympic Torch Relay. 

g. ln 2009, an Olympic Torch Rehy faêf Group worked diligently to organize and 

coordinate the óommunity torch relay event that took place on January 26,2010' 

4. once the olympic Torch Relay was completed, the task group dissolved. 

S. ln April 2OiO, Bruce Dewar -CEO of 2010 Legacies Now, wrote to community 

committees to advise that they had decided to'sunset'the Spirit of BC program. 

B. 

c. 

Attachments: 

a, Letter from Bruce Dewar, CEO, 2O1O Legacies Now, regarding the end of the 

Spirit of BC program. 

b. Terms of Reference for Spirit of BC Committee' 


N/A 

D. 

None 

E. 

Relevant Historv: 

The Spirit of BC Committee had operated under the GVS Economic 

DevelopmenVTourism department from 2005 to mid 2008. lt was created as a 

Committee of Council for the City of Vernon in July 2008' 

At its October 26,2OOg meeting Council adopted the following resolution: 

"THAT Councit suspends the Councit Spirit of BC Committee as it is not 

functioning under the present Terms of Reference; 

AND F\JRTHER, that the Manager of Tourism provide council with a report 

recommending amendments to-the Terms of Reference for the Spirit of BC 

Committee ilíat witt enable the Committee to operate as a CommÍttee of 

Council, together with information on what the long term obiective of the 

Committee would be beyond the 2010 Games. 

F. 

Aoolicants Response: 

N/A 

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Spirit of BC Supported by the 2010Legacies Now and Province of British Columbia 

Page i of 

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f$¡ u. llrç lr. ßliË r. 

Important Message + April20lO 

As we look beyondthe 2010 Olympic and Faralyrnpic Winte¡ Games,I want to thank the Spirit ofBC Community Committees makhg Spirit of BC such en 

outståndjng program, reaching every comer of the province' 

A recent poll conducted afteithe conclusion ofihe 2010 Olympics Winter Games shows that people across Canada bêlieve that hosling tlre 2010 Winter Games 

brought lubståntial benefús for Ca¡rada and British Columbia- In fac! among B¡rtish Columbians alone, 80 per cent saw some or great benefits for BC. 

This is in no small part thairks to our Spìrit of BC Chain and the anazilg voluntecrs who have given their timê to over 90 Spí¡it of BC community committees over 

the last six years. The ontire province truly felt the spirit of the 2010 Olympio and Paraþmpic Winter Games long before the Olympic and Paralympic cauldrons 

were lif. 

As \de suûset the Spirit of BC progtari¡, many communities will continue to carry on Spirit of BC communþ commiüee s in various ways. The Abbotsford Spirit of 

BC Community Committee, for example, will not be contrnuing on under the Spirit of BC benner but has instead worked with theif stakehçldçrs to crÇate Volunteel 

Abbotsford, a community vohmt€er cÊnt¡e that works to match voluntse¡s with non-profit organizations. 

With the 2010 Wínter Games complete, 2010 tægacies Now is beginning to implement our plans for the loag-temr future of our organization, buìldíng on our 

experience in helping social organizations create largc scale and lasting impacts across B.C. and Canada- 2010 Legacies Now will work with high-potential nonprofit 

organizaticns io significantly improve aûd expand their sooial reach by entering inüo an intensrve parhershipto provide funding, business planning 

mentorsñip and other suppon. We rvtll collaborate with iffiovative non-prcfit o¡ganizations that a¡e wotking to achíeve major social cbange in t}le areas of literacy, 

lifelong leaming, sport and healthy living. 

For more information on the futu¡e of 2010 Legacies Noq please visit wu,w.2010t-egaciesNow.com/movine-f'orward/ 

ot uuu20l0andBeyo¡d.ea. 

Sincerely, 

Bruce Dewar 

ChiefExecutive Officcr 

2010 Legacies Now 

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7/t4/20]] 

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278

TERMS OF REFERENCE 

Committee Name: SPIRIT OF BC COMMITTEE 

Type: Select 

Ap provals/Reviews/Amendments 

Approved by 

Council: 

Amendment 

Approved by: 

Amendment 

Approved by: 

Section Amended: 

Mayor: Mayor: Mayor: 

Jp \ 

Date: Julv 28, 2008 Date: Date: {Ë & 

h-d 

1.0 Gomrnitteê,PùrPose,'- 

\|r 

^& 

1.01 To leverage OlYmPic 

and post the 2010 

focus in the area 

convention, trade 

literacy and 

ity opportunities Pre 

components 

and culture, tourism, 

t, human resources, 

Z;0,;.,Dutiês , 

2.01 The structure for all community partners and 

2.02 

and marketing. 

ís to focus on developing strategies to realize a wide 

nities associated with the 2010 Olympic and 

Winter Games. 

ôõîrmittee is to coordinate and implement project activities 

ired for new initiatives. 

Committee will be involved in the Olympic Torch Relay 

Coordination. 

ittee 

synergy with the Spirit of BC Committee. 

build community spirit and pride through 

2.06 The Committee will report to Vernon Council on all 2010 

opportunities for the area. 

2.07 Actively identify grants and programs. 

,3.O,: Mêm-bershtip.:',t:',:..:',"= 'i,- ' : l'.,'''.-':' ,,''-i.',"' .:'. 

3.01 Appointment bY Council: 

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The committee will consist of 7 people from the following disciplines: 

City of Vernon Council Member 

Tourism and Marketing Person 

Olympian Athlete 

National ParalYmPic Athlete 

Okanagan lndian Band 

Visitor Centre Manager 

School District Liaison 

Downtown Vernon Association 

Vernon & District Chamber of Commerce 

Pursuant to Section 1.4 ol the Council 

terms of appointment are for two years 

in office until their resPective 

A Chair and alternate shall be 

of the Committee. 

a majority vote 

4.01 Meeting 

The 

and 

meeting dates, time and location 

times per year. 

to Public 

shall be posted on the City Hall bulletin board in 

Council Procedure BYlaw. 

lmittee meetings will be open to the public and the chairperson 

I advise the City Clerk of meeting dates and times' 

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4.04 Rules of Procedure 

Meeting Agendas 

Meeting agendas will be set by the chairperson. The agenda is to 

be distributed to all members of the Committee at least five days 

prior to the meeting date. 

The Committee Clerk will prepare the Agenda, under the advice of 

the Chairperson. 

Reports 

A report of the Committee activity will 

quarterly basis. 

Recommendations 

All decisions of the 

recommendations of 

Council shall be 

Council, A me 

recommendations 

information 

Committee. 

vote. The 

referred to it bY 

the next meeting of 

be prepared, outlining the 

, including the background 

been provided to the 

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A bylaw to amend the City of Vernon's Plan 

Vernon Bylaw Number 5151 

WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the City of Vernon has determined to amend 

the "Plan Vernon Bylaw Number 5151, 2008"; 

AND WHEREAS all persons who might be affected by this amending bylaw have, before the 

passage thereof, been afforded an opportunity to be heard on the matters herein before the 

said Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 890 of the Local Govemment Act, 

and all amendments thereto; 

NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the City of Vernon, in open meeting 

assembled, enacts as follows: 

1. This bylaw may be cited as "Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan Plan 

Vernon Amendment Bylaw Number 5243,2010". 

2. That Schedule "A'of Plan Vernon Bylaw Number 5151 is hereby amended as 

follows: 

A. ADD the following new item to the Table of Contents, Supplementary Plans, Policies 

and Strategies, : 

'12. Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan' 

as shown on Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming part of this bylaw. 

3. Plan Vernon Bylaw Number 5151 is hereby ratified and confìrmed in every 

other respect. 

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READ A FIRST TIME this 22nd day of February, 2010. 

READ A SECOND TIME this 22nd day of February, 2010. 

PUBLIC HEARING held this 22nd day of March, 2010. 

SECOND READING RESCINDED this 12th day of April, 2O1O 

READ A SECOND TIME, AS AMENDED, this 1 2th day of April, 2O1O 

SECOND PUBLIC HEARING held this 10th day of May, 2O1O 

SECOND READING RESCINDED this 25th day of May, 2010 

READ A SECOND TIME, AS AMENDED, this 25th day of May, 2010 

THIRD PUBLIC HEARING held this 28th day of June, 2010. 

READ A THIRD TIME this 12th day of July, 2010. 

ADOPTED this day of ,2010. 

Mayor 

Corporate Officer 

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Schedule'A' 

Attached to and Forming Part of Bylaw #5243 

Bella Vista West Neighbourhool Plan Plan Vernon Amendment 

Bylaw Number 5243,24IO 

Revised July 12,2010 


Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan 

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1.0 Physical Characteristics... """"' 3 

2.0 Planning Context.. """"""" 6 

3.0 Residential........ """' 9 

4.0 Commercial........ """12 

5.0 Neighbourhood Amenities, Parks & Open Space'.. '"'""13 

6.0 Transportation... """' 17 

7.0 Environment...... """"' 20 

8.0 Energy. "' "" "" 23 

9.0 Agriculture 24 

1O.O Social Planning... ""' 25 

11.0 lnfrastructure..... ""' 26 

12.0 Fire lnterface..... """"28 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Context Map... """' 3 

Air Photo of Plan Area.. " ""' 5 

Land Use Map.. """' 8 

Parks and Trails. ""' 16 

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Transportation Network...... 

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1 .0 Physical Characteristics 

The Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan area consists of 296 hectares (731 acres) located 

eight kilometres west of the City Centre District. The neighbourhood plan area is defined by the 

shoreline of Okanagan Lake to the south and west, the City boundary with lndian Reserve 1 

(1.R. 1) to the north and property parcel boundaries on the east. 

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Site topography within the neighbourhood plan area consists of slopes with southeast to 

southwest aspects. The southern portion of the plan area includes predominately south and 

southeast aspects. The north portion of the plan area includes predominately west aspects. 

Steep slopes are found throughout the plan area including large areas exceeding 30%. Steep 

slope areas are found both in the higher elevation portion of the neighbourhood plan area and in 

lower elevation areas, including portions adjacent to Okanagan Lake. Site elevation extends 

from 342 metres at Okanagan Lake to the highest point in the plan area at 835 metres. 

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A significant ridgeline extends from the highest point 

in the northeast portion of the plan area and extends 

southwest to the peninsula point. View corridors 

from the southern portion of the neighbourhood plan 

area are of the Vernon Arm of Okanagan Lake' 

View corridors from the northern portion of the 

neighbourhood plan area are of the North Arm of 

Okanagan Lake. The southern portion of the plan 

area is prominently visible from throughout the 

Okanagan Landing Road and Eastside Road areas, 

and is also visible from higher elevation locations 

within the City Centre, Mission Hill, East Hill and Middleton areas of the City. Although the 

northern portion of the neighbourhood plan area is not visible from areas within the City of 

Vernon, it is visible from development on the west side of Okanagan Lake and from areas 

adjacent to the North Arm of Okanagan Lake. 

Site Geoloqv and Soils 

The neighbourhood plan area includes areas 

of lacustrine, glacial till and colluvial soils with 

sandy to loam textures. Soil depth is variable 

with areas of deep lacustrine soils to areas of 

thin soil veneer over bedrock' Exposed 

bedrock is found throughout the site, but is 

concentrated on steep slope sites adjacent to 

Okanagan Lake and as higher elevation rock 

bluffs. Site bedrock consists of both 

sedimentary materials and intrusive and 

extrusive igneous rock. 

Site Ecoloqv 

The neighbourhood plan area is within the lnterior Douglas-Fir biogeoclimatic zone. Ecosystems 

include tree stands of Douglas Fir and open stand Ponderosa Pine, as well as areas of rock 

outcrop and grasslands. Sensitive Ecosystem lnventory (SEl) mapping completed in 2003 is 

available for the entire neighbourhood plan area (see Map 6)' 

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2.0 Planning Context 

time as it occurs. 

On JulY 22, 1996 Council adoPted OCP 

Amendment Bylaw #r';246 to include the Bella 

Vista West Neighbourhood Plan in the OCP' 

Since the neighbourhood plan was adopted' 

the number of homes in the plan area has 

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a is identified in the OCP 2008 as being within 

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a. OCP 20OB Guiding Principles; 

b. Current and future community needs; 

CommunitY imPact and benefit; 

Contextoftheneighbourhoodplanningareawithinthecommunity; 

Natural features; 

Environmental management considerations arising from application of the 

Environmental Management Areas Strategy; 

Potential archaeological significance of the site; 

where applicable, tñe H/lsr¿e Guidetines must be incorporated; 

Existingandrequiredinfrastructure(e'g'storm'sewer'water'roads); 

Transportationlinkages(e'g'vehicle'pedestrian'cycling'transit); 

Parks, recreation and oPen space; 

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l. Community facilities, services and amenities; 

m. Land use and densities; 

n. Development pattern and sequencing; 

o. Neighbourhood built form and character; 

p. opportunities for the use of alternate development standards (e'g' green 

infrastructure,greenbuildings,alternateenergysources); 

q. Neighbourhooã sustainability and contribution to overall community sustainability; 

r. City identified need for additional residential development that cannot be 

accommodated in Neighbourhood Planning Area 1 (NPA-1); and 

s. Directty adjacent to existing infrastructure, and the City has identified an economic 

benefit to the city with greater utilization of existing infrastructure. 

The neighbourhood plan area is within ocp 2oog Development District and Development 

permit Area #3. eoth ihe Hillside Guidelines and the Environmental Management Area Strategy 

apply to lands within the plan area. 

The land use designations to be applied to lands within the Bella Vista west Neighbourhood 

Plan area are illustrated on MaP 3. 

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3.0 Residential 

Goals: 

To provide a variety of sizes and formats of residential units in the context of existing residential 

development, including secondary suites. 

To pursue the provision of attainable housing units within the neighbourhood plan area. 

provide opportunities for greater residential density where site conditions and locations provide 

the opportunity for greater utilization of existing infrastructure and services. 

Ensure that new development sustains existing views from adjacent residential units as much 

as possible. 

Ensure that new development considers the form and characteristics of existing adjacent 

residential units. 

Context: 

Existing residential development within the neighbourhood plan area consists of predominately 

single family development. However, there are components of multifamily development located 

on peregrine Way and Adventure Bay Road. Average home size and average lot sizes in the 

neighbourhood plan area are higher than the City average. Home values within the plan area 

are also above average for the City. Residents in the area include a mix of families, couples, 

active senior couples and some single person households. There is a significant component of 

residential occupancy within the plan area which is seasonal, with the neighbourhood 

experiencing more residents occupying their homes in the summer than during the winter 

months. Many of the current home owners within the neighbourhood plan area have a second 

residence outside the Okanagan where they spend the winter months' 

The majority of the existing development within the neighbourhood plan area that is designated 

in the OCp 2oog as Residential Low Density is developed with single family dwellings. The 

Residential Low Density ocp 2oog designation permits a maximum unit density of 12 units per 

acre (30 units per hectare). The Hillside designation in the OCP 2008 does not include a 

maximum density provision. However, in Zoning Bylaw #5ooo, the HR1 - Hillside Residential 

Single and Two Family zone includes a maximum density of 10 units per acre (24 units per 

hectare). lt is important to protect the character of the existing neighbourhood as new 

development occurs. Conflicts can occur when the size and setbacks of new homes are out of 

scale and context with adjacent existing homes. 

Although the majority of existing development within the Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan 

area is in single family format, as noted there are components of ground oriented multifamily 

development. ln addition, larger undeveloped parcels offer an opportunity for additional 

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multifamily development that will add to the diversity of housing types within the neighbourhood 

plan area. The creation of a variety of housing types will assist in developing additional diversity 

within the neighbourhood. 

Apartment housing development forms are also limited within the neighbourhood plan area' 

Opportunities for additional apartment development are in the centre of the plan area above 

Tronson Road and in the southwest portion of the plan area below Tronson Road. Although 

topography in the plan area limits the opportunities to pursue apartment housing, the addition of 

units in this form within the neighbourhood plan area will also add to the diversity of the 

neighbourhood. 

Supportino Policies: 

3.1 All lands within the neighbourhood plan 

area are subject to the Vernon Hillside 

Guidelines 

32 All lands within the neighbourhood plan 

area are subject to the Environmental 

Management Area StrategY 

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3.4 

3.5 

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3.7 

3.8 

All lands within the neighbourhood plan 

area are subject to the requirements of 

the OCP 2008, Section 19.0 Fire 

lnterface. 

All lands within the neighbourhood plan area are subject to the requirements of the OCP 

2008, Section 23.0 Development Permit Areas (All Areas)' 

The city will increase pedestrian connections and cycling access to this area by 

promoting development that encourages alternative transportation as per Section 26'7' 

ocP 2008. 

The City will work with new development to create better pedestrian and alternative 

transportation access to recreation arees and parks as per section 26.8, OCP 2008. 

During the subdivision and development permit application review process, the applicant 

shall demonstrate the impact of new development on views from existing residential 

development. Further, the applicant shall demonstrate that wherever possible, the 

proposed new development has been sited to reduce view impacts. 

During the subdivision and development permit review process, the applicant shall 

demonstrate how new development forms and characteristics will complement existing 

residential develoPment. 

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3.g All properties designated Residential Low Density shall have a maximum density of 12 

units per acre (30 units per hectare). 

3.10 All properties designated Hitlside Residential Single and Two Family (RST) shall have a 

maximum density of 10 units per acre (25 units per hectare), as calculated per policy 

3.14 below. 

3.11 All properties designated Residential Medium Density shall have a maximum density of 

44.5 units per acre (110 units per hectare). 

312 All properties designated Hillside Residential Multifamily (RMF) shall have a maximum 

density of 22 units per acre (55 units per hectare), as calculated per policy 3.14 below. 

3.13 All properties designated Hillside Residential Apartment Housing shall have a maximum 

density of 44.5 units per acre (110 units per hectare), as calculated per policy 3.12 

below. 

3.14 For the purpose of calculating density in lands designated for hillside development, only 

predevelopment areas with a slope 30% or less shall be used. 

3.1S Where appropriate, pursue opportunities for secondary suites and flex units. 

3.16 Where topography allows, ground orientation with at grade, private entrances and 

pedestrian scale detailing and forms shall be pursued, as per policy 6.5 in OCP 2008. 

3.17 Medium density residential areas and any sites where multiple family housing (with four 

or more units) is developed are designated as Development Permit Areas and are 

potentially subject to guidelines stipulated in Sections 23, 24, 25 and 26 and as per 

policy 6.5 in OCP 2008. 

3.18 All properties proposed for the following secondary uses (Bylaw #4858, 2004): 

a. Bed and Breakfast Home 

b. Care Centres, Minor 

c. Group Homes, Minor 

d. Home Based Business, Major 

e. Secondary Suites 

are designated as Development Permit Areas, subject to Sections 23,24,25 and 26 and 

policy 6.13 of OCP 2008. 

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4.0 Commercial 

Goals: 

To provide opportunities for home based 

businesses within the neighbourhood plan 

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To provide opportunities for viable 

commercial development in the context of a 

limited neighbourhood customer market. 

Context: 

With a build out of approximately twelve hundred residential units proposed for the 

neighbourhood plan area, the population of the neighbourhood will require some commercial 

services to reduce their need for trips to the nearest neighbourhood centre currently located 

around Landing plaza on 25th Avenue and future commercial complexes in the Waterfront 

Neighbourhood plan area. As the neighbourhood plan area is at the end of Tronson Road, and 

at this time there are no plans to extend Tronson Road northward through lR #1 lands, no traffic 

from outside the plan area will assist in supporting businesses. Due to this isolated location, 

commercial uses must be fully supportable by the neighbourhood population. However, the 

customer market is not sufficient to support a designated commercial area, particularly given the 

significant seasonal fluctuations in residential occupancy. Without consistent year round 

customers, even small scale businesses such as a convenience store are unlikely to be viable. 

ln the future, as residential development areas are completed and the neighbourhood 

population grows, opportunities for seasonal temporary food services may be viable in the form 

of a summer ice cream shop or other business of a similar scale. A possible location is adjacent 

to the public park, as the lake access across from this location and the central location in the 

neighbourhood may create enough of a customer base during the summer months to support 

business in this format. 

One commercial operation (a restaurant) is located within the northern portion of the plan area 

adjacent to Tronson Road. Although the neighbourhood plan has the restaurant property 

designated Residential Low Density, the commercial zoning of the property is intended to 

remain in place. Therefore, the business operation on the property will remain legally 

conforming. 

Policv: 

4.1 Commercial uses shall be limited to home based businesses and temporary seasonal 

commercial operations adjacent to the public park near Tronson Road and Tavistock 

Road. 

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5.0 Neighbourhood Amenities - Parks & Open Space 

Goals: 

Work with Regional District of North Okanagan 

- Greater Vernon Parks, Recreation and 

Culture to provide active and passive park 

space meeting the growing and changing 

needs of the Bella Vista West neighbourhood. 

Work with Regional District of North Okanagan 

- Greater Vernon Parks, Recreation and 

Culture and community organizations to 

provide additional recreational facilities and 

services to meet the needs of the 

neighbourhood's growing population. 

Work with the Regional District of North Okanagan - Greater Vernon Parks, Recreation and 

Culture to provide two neighbourhood parks within the neighbourhood plan area. 

Context: 

The need for additional public trails and public neighbourhood parks has been identified by the 

current residents of the area and in the Greater Vernon Parks and Recreation Master Plan' 

Additional passive and active park areas are required to accommodate passive activities, 

recreation play areas, hard surface play areas and pocket parks. Additional private recreational 

facilities including tennis courts, pool and private common beach areas are located within the 

developed portions of the neighbourhood plan area. However, these are not public facilities and 

are not accessible to all residents within the neighbourhood plan area. 

parks, recreation, and cultural services in Vernon are provided through the Regional District of 

North Okanagan - Greater Vernon Parks, Recreation and Culture. One passive public park 

(designed for viewing, resting and other uses involving limited physical activity and limited need 

for facilities and/or equipment) is located in the Bella Vista West neighbourhood plan area along 

the lake in the southwest portion of the Neighbourhood Plan. This park is identified in the 

Greater Vernon parks and Recreation Master Plan as a Natural Area. Facilities will include a 

trail connecting Tronson Road to the shore of Okanagan Lake (Trail 4). This moderately steep 

trailwill provide pedestrian and access to the lakeshore. 

The Greater Vernon Parks and Recreation Master Plan identified a need tor a 2'5 hectare 

neighbourhood park within the plan area. The neighbourhood plan divides this 2.5 hectare park 

into two smaller active neighbourhood parks (designed for recreation activities and includes the 

required facilities and/or equipment for these activities). One is a 1.0 hectare park located on the 

south side of Crofton Road (shown as P1 on Map 4). The second is a 1.5 hectare park located 

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etween Tronson Road and Goldclaim Road (shown as 

P2 on Map 4). These two parks are intended to be 

constructed as a function of further residential 

development in the neighbourhood plan area. All three 

public park areas are designated as Parks and Open 

Space on Map 3. 

In addition to these three public parks, the neighbourhood 

plan area contains significant private park areas that will 

form a part of common properties for adjacent residential 

developments. These areas are designated Parks and 

Open Space on MaP 3. 

Five future public trails are identified, one connecting 

Goldclaim Road to Tavistock Road (shown as Trail 1 on 

Map 4), the second connecting the terminus of Tavistock 

Road to Tronson Road (shown as Trail 2 on Map 4), the 

third connecting Tavistock Road switchbacks along the eastern edge of the neighbourhood plan 

area to Crofton Road (shown as Trail 3 on Map 4), the forth trail connecting Tronson road to the 

waterfront (shown as Trail 4 on Map 4) and the fifth trail connecting Adventure Bay Road to the 

Foster Road lake access (shown as Trail 5 on Map 4). Trails 1 & 3 in connection with portions of 

Goldclaim Road, Tavistock Road and Crofton Road create the "Ribbons of Green Trail" within 

the neighbourhood plan area. All trails will be designed to accommodate pedestrians and 

whereever topography will allow and where appropriate will be designed to also accommodate 

cyclists. The three trails defined in the neighbourhood plan will include allweather surfacing. 

Suppoqtinq Policiçs: 

S.1 Support the Greater Vernon Parks and Recreation Master Plan recognition of the need 

for neighbourhood park area in the Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan. 

S.Z Support the creation and expansion of recreational parkland (shown as P1 and P2 on 

Map 4) and trails (shown as Trail 1, Trail 2, Trail 3 and Trail 4 on Map 4) serving the 

needs of the neighbourhood and meeting the following criteria: 

a. Centralto the population it serves; 

b. Within or adjacent to designated residential areas; 

c. Enhances the liveability of the neighbourhood; 

d. Meets an identified need in the neighbourhood; 

e. lncreases resident access to recreation opportunities; 

f. provides enhanced and/or expanded access to the Okanagan Lake waterfront; 

g. Provides connections to and between parks; 

h. Easily accessible for pedestrians and where terrain allows cyclists; 

i. Topographically suited to the intended uses; 

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j. Does not adversely impact on highly sensitive ecosystems, threatened species, or 

riparian features; and 

k. Park design to include public participation. 

S.3 The City supports the addition of neighbourhood park areas (shown as P1 and P2 on 

Map 4), including the provision of the following: 

a. Hard surfaced PlaY area; 

b. Grass surface PlaY area; 

c. Playground equiPment; 

d. Natural Passive Park areas; 

e. Benches and Picnic area; 

f. Public on-site vehicle and bicycle parking; and 

g. Appropriatesignage. 

5.4 Three of the designated public trails (Trail 1, Trail 2,Trail3) are to be provided through 

statutory rights-of-way and are to be designed to accommodate pedestrians and where 

terrain will allow and where appropriate cyclists. 

S.S Trail 4 is to be a public trail within the lakeshore public park connecting future parking 

adjacent to Tronson Road with the waterfront. 

5.6 ldentify and mark the "Ribbons of Green Trail" connection joining Tronson Road at 

Goldclaim Road west to the end of crofton Road at Tronson Road. 

5.7 Support retention of passive parkland and natural areas meeting the following criteria: 

a. Preserves and enhances a unique or threatened ecosystem or species; 

b. Preserves and enhances riparian ecosystems adjacent to Okanagan Lake and other 

wetland features; 

c. Provides connections between natural areas; 

d. Provides and protects wildlife corridors; 

e. Provides protection of visually sensitive areas in the city; and 

f . Provides non invasive public access opportunities to protected features through 

facilities such as viewing platforms, low impact trails and interpretive centres. 

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6.0 Transportation 

Goals: 

lmprove the livability of the Bella Vista 

Neighbourhood Plan area by increasing the 

use of alternative transportation modes 

including, but not limited to, cycling and 

walking. 

Secure adequate rights-of-way for future 

transportation Projects. 

Provide a secondary emergency access route 

connecting through the Bella Vista 

Neighbourhood Plan area from the end of 

Goldclaim Road to the southeast corner of the 

neighbourhood plan area at Tronson Road. 

Context: 

The location of the Bella Vista Neighbourhood Plan area presents several transportation 

challenges. Tronson Road is the only road access into the neighbourhood plan area. All 

vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians share the right-of-way for access to the area. The area is not 

serviced by public transit, and the number of residential units proposed within the plan area will 

not support transit service in the future. However, School District #22 does provide bus service 

to carry children to elementary and secondary schools. Limited pedestrian infrastructure is 

available within the neighbourhood plan area. The proposed trail network and the addition of 

sidewalks and bicycle lanes will improve the opportunities for alternate transportation in the 

neighbourhood plan area. During the 2009 public consultation process, residents stressed the 

need for an emergency access alternative to Tronson Road. The portion from the end of Crofton 

Road to Tronson Road is existing and the portion connecting Goldclaim Road to Tavistock Road 

will be constructed as a function of new development in the area. 

Supportinq Policies: 

6.1 pedestrian and cycling connections to and within this area will be supported by 

promoting development that encourages alternative transportation as per policy 26.7 in 

ocP 2008. 

6.2 The City will work with new development to create better pedestrian and alternative 

transportation access to recreation areas and parks as per policy 26.8 in OCP 2008. 

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6.3 

6.4 

6.5 

Provide a public access route from the end of Goldclaim Road to Tavistock Road (shown 

as Trail I on Map 5). This public access is to be gated at both ends, will be available for 

pedestrians and cyclists and in the case of emergency, will be capable of 

accommodating vehicle traffic. The connection from the intersection of Tronson Road 

and Goldclaim Road to the intersection of Crofton Road and Tronson Road is 

designated as a "Ribbons of Green Trail". 

Wherever possible, pedestrian connections between roads are to be provided in order to 

increase connectivity and minimize the length of travel for pedestrians. 

Transportation networks are to be designed and constructed according to the Hillside 

Guidelines. 

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7.0 Environment 

Goals: 

Protect grassland, rangeland and gullies. 

Support invasive species management and 

encourage the selection of appropriate landscape 

species. 

Protect biodiversity, sensitive ecosystems, wildlife 

habitat and movement corridors. 

Provide for the maintenance of ecosystem 

function. 

Reduce the interface conflict between residential, 

agricultural and park lands. 

Provide connectivity between natural areas. 

lntegrate habitat protection, interface management, wildlife corridor creation and invasive 

species control into all permitting processes and land use decision making. 

Gontext: 

The Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan area includes lands having low, medium and high 

ecosystem sensitivity according to the Sensitive Ecosystem lnventory (SEl). ln addition, the 

neighbourhood plan area includes south facing, arid grasslands and rangelands, sparse forest 

cover in the upper lands and lakeshore riparian areas along Okanagan Lake. 

This area has been impacted by cattle grazing, but is otherwise a greenfield site which supports 

diverse wildlife species and grassland habitats. The creation and protection of wildlife corridors, 

refuges and access to open water is important for the modification of this land from lightly 

disturbed greenfield conditions to a residential neighbourhood. Wildlife currently living on and 

moving through this area will be brought into conflict with new residential property owners 

should insufficient area and access be provided for their movement and habitat needs. 

As well, during the development of a neighbourhood in this area, consideration of buffers 

between residential uses and remaining grassland, agricultural lands and park lands need to be 

included to avoid unnecessary issues arising from fire break requirements, agricultural animal 

escapes, noise and nuisance issues along the land use interface lines' 

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Suooortinq Policies: 

7.1 Apply the Environmental Management 

Areas Strategy to all lands within the 

neighbourhood plan area during review 

of all development applications 

including rezoning, subdivision, 

development permit and development 

variance permit. 

7.2 

7.3 

7.4 

Protect open spaces, natural areas, 

natural features, essential habitats and 

sensitive ecosystems within the neighbourhood plan area as per policies 1 1.3, 1 1.4 and 

11.5 in OCP 2008 and in compliance with all applicable provincial and federal 

regulations. 

Support opportunities for neighbourhood residents to participate in the protection and 

conservation of the environment within the plan area. 

Support opportunities for education on the features, species, and ecosystems located 

within the neighbourhood plan area. 

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8.0 Energy 

Goals: 

lntegrate the use of solar, geothermal and wind energy generation throughout the 

neighbourhood plan area, as appropriate. 

Explore opportunities for neighbourhood energy projects, as appropriate' 

Gontext: 

The neighbourhood plan area is located on a south facing slope at the end of Okanagan Lake in 

an area with natural bedrock. This provides ideal conditions for the integration of solar, wind and 

geothermal energy generation into residential construction, as well as part of street and trail 

lighting. The price of energy, and its availability, can impact not only how energy efficient homes 

aie, but determine the long term cost of operating a home. This can also be applied to those 

shared amenities and infrastructure elements which require energy to operate, such as street 

lights and trail lights. lmplementation of energy generation capacity within the plan area will 

piovide residents and strata organizations with the option to operate their homes and common 

areas at a lower cost over the long term, with less environmental impact' 

Supportinq Poligies: 

g.1 Encourage the planning, design and construction of energy aware neighbourhoods and 

buildings, including the minimization of the non-renewable energy use and investing in 

energy efficient design features as per policy 10.2 in ocP 2008. 

g.2 Emphasize innovation in building design and raise awareness of green building options, 

materials sourcing, energy alternatives and consideration of the needs of future property 

owners for energy efficient options, balanced with the cost of construction as per policy 

10.3 in OCP 2008' 

8.3 Promote energy conservation and community awareness of energy use and its 

alternatives as per policy 10.8 in OCP 2008. 

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9.0 Agriculture 

Goals: 

ldentify and protect agricultural lands. 

Provide opportunities for food production to residents within 

the neighbourhood Plan area. 

Gontext: 

All lands within the Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan area are within the Agricultural and 

Hillside Residential District (District 3) of the OCP 2008 Land Use Plan. Within the northeast 

portion of the Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan area are lands designated as Rural 

Agriculture (RA). portions of these lands are currently utilized for agricultural purposes but due 

to topography and rocky soil conditions, use has been limited to cattle grazing and calving. 

Although the plan area does not support large scale agricultural cultivation, residential gardens 

may be viable in certain portions of the neighbourhood plan area. Limitations on the viability of 

residential garden space will include irrigation, water availability, poor soils, rocky outcrops and 

steep slopes. 


g.1 Create buffers to discourage interaction between agricultural activities, grazing and 

calving and residential activities through the installation of dense landscaping and 

fencing. 

g.2 Encourage the construction of community garden space adjacent to residential 

developments without private, ground level outdoor space, or in areas readily accessible 

to residents in multifamily residential developments. 

g.3 Ensure the creation and use of residential gardens are not impeded through strata 

bylaws andior covenants registered on titleg.4 

Support opportunities for education on gardening and food production for neighbourhood 

plan area residents. 

g.S prevent the spread of noxious weeds and the introduction of invasive species from 

gardens and residential landscaping as per Landscape Bylaw #5014. 

9.6 Ensure buffer landscaping is composed of grassland ecosystem appropriate native 

plants. 

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10.0 Social Planning 

Goals: 

Ensure development proposals are reviewed in the context of the health and safety of the 

existing and future residents of the neighbourhood. 

lnclude Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) considerations in the review 

of development applications. 

Support the development of a variety of residential housing form and sizes within the 

neighbourhood. 

Support the development of accessible childcare for residents within the neighbourhood plan 

area. 

Contelt: 

It is important that the health, safety and well being of current and future residents are included 

in planning for the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood plan area is situated on the periphery of 

the city, does not have public transit service and does not offer health, personal or commercial 

services within the neighbourhood. This limits the opportunity to provide housing options for all 

members of the community. However, there are opportunities to encourage a variety of 

residential development forms and unit sizes to provide housing options for more household 

types, and to enhance the accessibility of public amenities to ensure the needs of the people 

utilizing the facilities are being met. 


10.1 Encourage a variety of housing forms and unit sizes. 

10.2 Work towards universal physical accessibility in new development and to public facilities 

and amenities, policy 16.13 in OCP 2008. 

10.3 Continue efforts to support affordable and accessible childcare for residents in the 

neighbourhood plan area. 

10.4 Utilize Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design principles (CPTED) in the 

review process for rezoning and development applications (policy 16.19 in OCP 2008). 

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1 1 .0 lnfrastructure 

Goals: 

Conserve water through reduced water use in existing development and designing for lower use 

in new development. 

Maintain natural surface watenruays and groundwater routes. 

Pursue on-site stormwater retention. 

Maximize the number of residential units serviced by infrastructure. 

Facilitate the siting of new development adjacent to existing infrastructure. 

Limit the amount, size and impact of infrastructure (sewer services, water services, storm 

services, roads, solid waste and recycling, other utilities and related structures). 

Gontext: 

The topography and soil conditions within the Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan area create 

significant issues for servicing and accessing. Through the Hillside Guidelines, the City limits the 

amount of infrastructure constructed and ensures that the infrastructure constructed is as 

efficient as possible. This limits the amount of infrastructure the City must maintain and replace 

in the future. Existing infrastructure within the neighbourhood plan area includes both municipal 

and private utility services for water, sewer and storm. The northwestern portion of the plan area 

is currently serviced by a private water and sewer utilities and the southern portion of the plan 

area is serviced by public services. 


11.j Development is to follow the Hillside Guidelines during the design of all new 


11.2 Encourage water conservation in existing and new development. 

11.3 Ensure efficient use of infrastructure by siting new development adjacent to existing 


11.4 Wherever site conditions will allow, on-site storm water retention will be required. 

11.S Ensure the natural pattern of ground and surface water is maintained wherever possible. 

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12.0 Fire lnterface 

Goals: 

Reduce the firehazard risk within the Bella Vista West Neighbourhood Plan area. 

Context: 

All lands within the Bella Vista west Neighbourhood Plan area 

are identified as being within a wild land fire protection and 

interface area. As the plan area includes significant components 

of forest and grasslands, the risk of wild land fire in the plan area 

is high. ln order to reduce the risk to the residents of wild land 

fire moving from the natural areas to developed areas, new 

development is required to adhere to the policies in section 19 - 

Fire lnterface, of the OCP 2008. 

The steep slopes and limited access in the neighbourhood plan 

area will add to the difficulties in controlling wild land fire. The 

principle of protection through prevention applies as a best 

practice for the neighbourhood plan area. 

All new development will require the installation of fire sprinklers' 

Suooortino Policies: 

12.1 Apply the requirements of policies 19.1 to 19.9 in OCP 2008. 

12.2 Support the education of neighbourhood plan residents in the risks and preventative 

actions that should be Pursued. 

1,2.3 Support the Vernon Fire Department and Bylaw Enforcement Division in identifying 

accumulations of materials presenting a high fire risk and supporting their removal' 

1.2.4 Property owners are to follow the Fire Smart principles as included in Section 19 in OCP, 

2008. 

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A bylaw to amend fees and charges 

for various CitY services 

WHEREAS the Council of the City of Vernon has determined to amend the "City of 

Vernon Fees and Charges Bylaw Number 3909, 1993" to accommodate charging 

applicable taxes, and amending parking rates. 

NOW THEREFORE the Council of the corporation of the city of Vernon, in open 


1. This bylaw may be cited as "Fees and Charges Amendment Bylaw Number 

5269,2010". 

2. That Fees and Charges Bylaw 3909, 1993, be amended as follows: 

a) That Section 2 be amended to include the following wording" "All fees within 

fhrs Sche dule wilt be charged the appticabte taxes" as shown in Red on 

Attachment 1. 

b)ThatSchedule..A''E99-@,beamendedbydeletingthewords'GST 

included where aPPlicable" ; and 

c) That Schedule "A' Fee Schedule, Section 11 - Bylaw Enforcement Services, 

Subsection C (e) - BCBC Parking Lot be amended to $21.00 per month, as 

shown in Red on Attachment 2' 

3. lf any section, subsection, paragraph, clause or phrase, of this Bylaw is for any 

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reason held to be invalid by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such 

decision does not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this bylaw. 

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4. The Fees and Charges Bylaw Number 3909 is hereby ratified and confirmed in 

every other resPect. 

READ A FIRST TIME this 1 2th day of July, 2010' 

READ A SECOND TIME this 12th day of July, 2010- 

READ A THIRD TIME this 12th day of July, 2010. 

ADOPTED this daY of ,2010. 

Mayor 


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Attachment "2" to 

Bylaw Number 5269 

Schedule A 

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part of Bylaw 3909 

11. BYI.AW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FEES 

A. SidewalURoadway Area Use Permit - 

Business LicenceÆraffic Bylaws 

a. Application Fee $100.00 

b. Renewal Fee $50.00 

c. Sidewalk Public Area Rental Fee $3.00 per square foot 

d. Newspaper Distribution Box $3.00 per box 

e. Roadway Public Area Rental Fee $45.00 per month per metered parking 

space and $3.00 per square foot for 

unmetered right of waY 

B. Metered Parking - Parking Facilities Bylaw $.50 per hour 

C. Parking Lots - 

Parking Facilities Bylaw 

a. Parkade $55.00 per month ($25.00 on roof with 

waiver) 

$14.50 per week 

$3.50 per daY 

$.60 per hour 

b. CSB Parking Lot $35.00 per month 

$10.00 per week 

$2.50 per daY 

$.25 per hour 

c. 29tn Avenue and 25'n Avenue Lots $35.00 per month 

d. Library Parking Lot $35.00 per month 

$.50 per 2 hours 

e. BCBC Parking Lot $e¡¡g+er+enth 

$21.00 per month 

D. Administration Fee for Direct Bylaw 

Enforcement Action 

E. Replacement of Parking Permits, lssuance of 

College Way and Resident Parking Only 

Passes 

F. Administration Fee for Direct Bylaw 

Enforcement Action for sidewalk Snow 

Clearing 

$25.00 in addition to actual costs 

$10.00 per permit 

$20.00 in addition to actual costs 

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A bylaw to amend the CitY of Vernon 

Zoning Bylaw Number 5000 


the City of Vernon Zoning Bylaw Number 5000; 

AND WHEREAS all persons who might be affected by this amendment bylaw have, before 

the passage thereof, been afforded an opportunity to be heard on the matters herein 

before the said Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 890 of the Local 

Govemment Act, and all amendments thereto; 



1. This bylaw may be cited as the "Lot A, Plan K4P62807, District Lot 298, 

O.D,Y.D. (Tavistock Road) Rezoning Amendment Bylaw Number 5239,2010"' 

2. pursuant the Official Zoning Map, Schedule "4" attached to and forming part 

of Bylaw Number 5000, is hereby amended as follows: 

That the following legally described lands be rezoned from 'RM'l - Row 

HousingResidential'to'R2-LargeLotResidential' 

Legal DescriPtion: 

Lot A, Plan KAP62807, District Lot 298, O.D.Y.D' 

(Tavistock Road) 

and by changing the Zoning Map accordingly, all in accordance with the hatched area as 

shown on Schedule "4" attached to and forming part of this bylaw. 

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3. Zoning Bylaw Number 5000 is hereby ratified and confirmed in every other 

respect. 

READ A FIRST TIME this 22nd day of February, 2010. 

READ A SECOND TIME this 22nd day of February, 2010. 

PUBLIC HEARING held this 22nd day of March, 2010. 

READ A THIRD TIME this 12th day of April, 2010. 


Mayor: 

Corporate Officer: 

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Schedule'A' 

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of the CitY of Vernon to imPose a 

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WHEREAS Predator Ridge Developments Ltd., sparking Hill and the city of 

Vernon have constructed 200mm and 250mm diameter sanitary sewer pipes in 

okanagan Landing Road from approximately the 8100 Block of okanagan Landing 

Road to the intersection of Eastside and sunset Road, and a 250mm main from 

that point to the decommissioned wastewater Treatment Facility at Predator Ridge 

(off the north end of chicopee Road), including a flushing chamber at that point, as 

shown in attached Schedule "A"; 

AND WHEREAS the council is empowered under section 939 (5) (c) to impose, as 

a condition of an owner connecting to or using the excess or extended service, a 

charge related to the benefit determined under paragraph (b), subsection (5)' 

Section 939; 

NOW THEREFORE the council of The corporation of the city of Vernon, in open 


1. That the charge for each property in the benefiting areas, shall be 

levied for any properties connecting to the Smith Creek Sanitary Trunk Main' as 

follows: 

a. The latecomer is to have a I day term with an initial charge 

amount of $1,176'009 per Equivalent Development Unit' (EDU) 

forsanitaryasshownontheattachedSchedule,,B,,. 

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3. That this bylaw be cited as the "Smith Creek Sanitary Trunk Main 

Latecomer Charge Bylaw Number 5271,2010" 

READ A FIRST TIME this daY of ,2010 

READ A SECOND TIME this daY of 

,2010' 

READ A THIRD TIME this daY of ,2010 

ADOPTED this daY of ,2010 

Mayor: 


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Schedule'A' 

Attached to and Forming Part of Bylaw 5271 

"Smith Greek Sanitary Trunk Main Latecomer Bylaw #5271,2010" 

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A bylaw to authorize the discharge of Land Use 

Contract Bvlaw Number 2733,1978 

WHEREAS the owner of Lot 11, Sec, 27, Twp. 9, Plan 27573, ODYD (1325 Polson 

Drive) has requested that Council of The Corporation of the City of Vernon to discharge 

Land Use Contract Bylaw Number 2733,1978, registered as P2811and all amendments 

thereto; 

AND WHEREAS Section 930 of the Local Govemment Act permits a municipality to 

discharge a Land Use Contract by bylaw, with the agreement of the local Council and the 

owner of any parcel that is described in the bylaw as being covered by the Land Use 

Contract; 

NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the City of Vernon, in open 


1. This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "1325 Polson Drive Land Use Contract 

Number 2733,1978, (P2811) Discharge Bylaw Number 5270,2010" ' 

2. That The Corporation of the City of Vernon be and is hereby authorized to 

discharge Land Use Contract Bylaw Number 2733, 1978 registered as P2811, and the 

amended Land Use Contract KC83320, being registered againstthe'following described 

lands in the Land Title Office, Kamloops, B.C.: 

Lot ll, Sec.27,Twp.9, Plan 27573, ODYD 

(1325 Polson Drive) 

as shown outlined in bold on the plan attached hereto as Schedule "A". 

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3. That the Mayor and City Clerk be and are hereby authorized to execute the 

necessary discharge documents on behalf of The Corporation of the City of Vernon, and 

generally to do all things necessary to give effect to the matters set out herein. 

READ A FIRST TIME this day of ,2010' 

READ A SECOND TIME this daY of ,2010- 

PUBLIC HEARING held in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government 

Acf this day of ,2010. 

READ A THIRD TIME this daY of ,2010' 

APPROVED pursuant to the Transportation Act this day of ,2010 

David Solberg; District Development Technician 

Ministry of Transportation & lnfrastructure 

ADOPTED THIS day of ,2010. 

Mayor 


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A bylaw to amend the CitY of Vernon 






before the said Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 890 of lhe Local 




1. This bylaw may be cited as the "6309 -6473,6535 

Landing Road Rezoning Amendment Bylaw Number 5272,2010"' 

and 6545 Okanagan 

2. Pursuant the Official Zoning Map, Schedule "A" attached to and forming part 


That the following legally described lands be rezoned from "12 - Airport 

lndustrial" to "RR - Rural Residential" 

Legal Description: 

Lot 1, Plan 23913, D.L.66-67, O.D.Y.D. 


Lot2, Plan 23913, D.L.66-67, O.D.Y.D. 


Lot 3, P\an23913, D.L. 66-67, O.D.Y.D. 


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Lot 4, Plan 23913, D.L. 66-67, O.D.Y.D. 


Lot 1, Plan 25314, D.L. 62&67, O.D.Y.D. 


Lot 1, Plan 11091, D,L. 62, O.D,Y.D. 


Lot2, Plan 11091, D.L.62, O.D.Y.D. 


Lot 3, Plan 11091, D.1.62, O.D.Y.D. 


Plan 85356, O.D,Y.D., PT Lot 7 D.L. 62,Plan 1707 


Lot 4, Plan 9738, D.L. 62, O.D.Y.D. 


Lot.2, Plan 9738, D.1.62, O.D.Y.D. 


Lot 1, Plan 9738, D.L. 62, O.D.Y.D. 


and by changing the Zoning Map accordingly, all in accordance with the bolded area as 

shown on Schedule "4" attached to and forming part of this bylaw. 


respect. 

READ A FIRST TIME this daY of ,2010' 

READ A SECOND TIME this daY of ,2010' 

PUBLIC HEARING held this day of ,2010' 

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READ A THIRD TIME this daY of ,2010. 


Mayor: 


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A bylaw to amend the City of Vernon 






before the said Council, in accordance with the provisions of Section 890 of lhe Local 




1. This bylaw may be cited as the "3097 Davison Road Rezoning Amendment 

Bylaw Number 5241 ,2010". 

2. Pursuant the Offìcial Zoning Map, Schedule "4" attached to and forming part 


That the following legally described lands be rezoned from '41 

Agricultural'to'43 - Rural Small Holdings' 


Lot 11, Plan 1689, Sec 32, Tp 9, DL 69, ODYD 

(3097 Davison Road) 


shown on Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of this bylaw. 

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respect, 

READ A FIRST TIME this 8th day of March, 2010. 

READ A SECOND TIME this 8th day of March, 2010. 

PUBLIC HEARING held this day of ,2010. 

READ A THIRD TIME this day of ,2010. 

ADOPTED this day of ,2010 

Mayor: 


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A bylaw to amend the City of Vernon's Plan 

Vernon Bvlaw Number 5151 

WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the City of Vernon has determined to 

amend the "Plan Vernon Bylaw Number 5151, 2008"; 

AND WHEREAS all persons who might be affected by this amending bylaw have, before 



Government Act, and all amendments thereto; 

NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the City of Vernon, in open 


1. This bylaw may be cited as "6650 Okanagan Avenue Plan Vernon 

Amendment Bylaw Number 5122, 2008". 

2. That Schedule "4" of Plan Vernon Bylaw Number 5151 is hereby amended 

as follows: 

That the following legally described lands be redesignated from "Residential 

- Low Density" to "Residential- Medium Density" 


LOT 1, D.L. 62, PLAN 9807, O.D.Y.D. 

(6650 OKANAGAN AVENUE) 

as shown on Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming part of this bylaw. 

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3. Plan Vernon Bylaw Number 5151 is hereby ratified and confirmed in every 

other respect. 

READ A FIRST TIME this 28th day of January, 2008. 

READ A SECOND TIME this 28th day of January, 2008. 

PUBLIC HEARING held this 25th day of February, 2008. 

READ A THIRD TIME this 9th day of June, 2008. 

RESCIND THIRD READING this 22nd day of June, 2009. 

THIRD READING, AS AMENDED, this 22nd day of June, 2009. 

ADOPTED this day of ,20 

Mayor 

City Clerk 

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SCHEDULE'A' 

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"6650 Okanagan Avenue Plan Vemon Amendment 

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THE CORPORAÎION OF THE CITY OF VERNON 

File: DVP00119, 2ON00105, OCP00032 

June 17,2010 

SMD lnvestments lnc. 

3205 32nd Street 


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Dear Sir; 

RE: SMD lnvestments lnc. - 

OCP Amendment, Rezoning and Development 

Variance Permit Applications for Lot 1, D.L. 62, Plan 9807, O.D.Y.D. (6650 

Okanagan Avenue) 

The last official readings of Rezoning Bylaw #5121 and OCP Amendment Bylaw 5122, 

was June 9, 2008. 

Please be aware, pursuant to Council Policy, that all 

(June 9. 2009). We acknowledge the extension granted by Council at their Regular 

meeting held on June 22,2009 which granted you an extension to June 10, 2010. We 

are now writing to request the current status of your project. 

The City's 'lnactive Bylaw' Policy allows for Council to consider rescinding the initial 

readings of the Bylaw, due to inactivity, after the noted twelve month period. For your 

information we are enclosing a copy of this Council policy. 

We request your response to our request regarding the status of your project by Fridav. 

Julv 2,2010. lf no response is received, or if Mr. Rintoul cannot confirm that you are 

actively working on completing the conditions, Council will consider rescinding the initial 

readings of the Bylaw, due to inactivity, at their Regular meeting scheduled for Julv 26. 

2010. 

Please contact Mr. Dale Rintoul, City Planner at 550-3575 or drintoul@vernon.ca if you 

Patti Bridal 


pc: Dale Rintoul, City Planner 

www.vernon.ca 

BritÍsh Columbia Vlî 5E6 

545-7876 

Airporl Telephone (250) 545-3035 ' 

Fax (250) 542-4533 

CityVaras, Telepbone (250) 549'6757 ' 

Fa¡r(250) 545- 

Fire DepãrtmenL Telephone (250) 542-536L' Fax (250) 542- 

fUnning, Development & Engineering ' 

Fax (250) 545'5309


3400 - 30th Street, Vemon, B.C. V1T 5E6 

Telephone: (250) 545-1361 Fax: (250) 5454048 

website: www.vernon..ca 

Corporate Policy 

Section: 

Sub-Section: 

Title: 

Clerk's 

Administration 

Bylaws - lnactive 


Number 

Title 

APPROVALS 

Approved by: 

Wayne Lippert 

Amendment 

Approved by: 

February 12,2007 

337

Corporate Policy 

- lnactive 

POLICY 

Recognizing that Council direction and policy may change during an in-active time 

period of a Bytaw, and that the approval conditions of Bylaws which are in-active, may 

differ from 12 months previously, Council will provide staff with direction in how to 

proceed with these situations. 

DEFINITIONS 

tnactive Bylaws are described as being bylaws in which no further action has been 

taken in regards to further readings of Council or have not proceeded due to conditions 

set by Council not being completed over a 12 month period from the last official reading 

of the Bylaw. 

PROCEDURES 

Staff will review any outstanding Bylaws which have been in-active for 12 months. 

ln rezoning and OCP Bylaw amendments, PDES will confirm that bylaw is in-active and 

that the a[plicant is not activety working on completing the conditions of Council. The 

applicant w¡ll Ue provided, in writing, a request from City staff as to the status of their 

amendment Bytaw and advised that Council will be proceeding with consideration of 

rescinding theinitial readings of the Bylaw due to inactivity. The applicant will be given 

an opportìrnity to respond tó Council in this regard, and if no response is received within 

the time frame allotted (30 days), Councilwill proceed with consideration. 

For internal Bylaws which may have been deferred pending further information, or not 

acted upon dúe to other circumstances, Council may request an update on the Bylaw 

from the originator and then consider rescinding the initial readings of the Bylaw' 

338



A bylaw to amend the City of Vernon 










1. This bylaw may be cited as the "6650 Okanagan Avenue Rezoning 

Amendment Bylaw Number 5121,2008 ". 

2. Pursuant the Official Zoning Map, Schedule '4" attached to and forming part 


That the following legally described lands be rezoned from '43 - Rural 

Small Holdings to RM1 - Row Housing Residential 


Lot l, D.L. 62, Plan 9807, O.D.Y.D. 


shown on Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of this bylaw. 

ctCLERI(BYLAWS\ZONING AMENDMENTS\AMENDMENTS TO 5000\ZONAMD 5121 -6650 Okanagan Land¡ng Roed doc 

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respect. 

READ A FIRST TIME this 28th day of January, 2008' 

READ A SECOND TIME this 28th day of January, 2008. 

PUBLIC HEARING held this ZSth day of February, 2008' 

READ A TH¡RD TIME this 9th day of June, 2008' 

ADOPTED this daY of , 2008. 

Mayor: 

City Clerk: 

340

SCHEDULE'A 

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A Bylaw to authorize a Housing Agreement 

WHEREAS the owner of certain land in the City has applied to rezone the land to permit 

the construction of new residential dwellings; and 

WHEREAS the Council has determined that, if the land is rezoned to permit such 

construction, a portion of the occupancy of the dwellings should be limited in 

accordance with the affordable housing policy contained in the zoning bylaw and official 

community plan; and 

WHEREAS the owner has agreed to restrictions on the occupancy of the dwelling units 

to be constructed on the land as more particularly set out in Schedule A to this bylaw; 

The Council of the City of Vernon, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: 

1. The signatories of the City are authorized to execute and deliver a housing 

agreement with the owner of land legally described as Lot 1, District Lot 62, Plan 

géOz, ODYD, 6650 Okanagan Avenue, in the form set out as Schedule A to this 

Bylaw. 

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2. This Bylaw may be cited as'6650 Okanagan Avenue Housing Agreement Bylaw 

Number 5147,2008'. 

READ A FIRST TIME this 9th day of June, 2008. 

READ A SECOND TIME this 9th day of June, 2008. 

READ A THIRD TIME this 9th day of June, 2008. 

ADOPTED this daY of , 2008 

MAYOR 

CITY CLERK 

342

FILED BY: Corporation of City of Vernon 

GIVEN THAT: 

HOUSING AGREEMENT. RENTAL T]NITS 

A. The Owner (hereinafter defined) is the registered owner of the Land (hereinafter defined); 

B. The Owner and the City wish to enter into this Agreement to provide for Attainable 

housing on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement, and this Agreement is a 

housing agreement under Section 905 of the Local Government Act; and 

C. The Owner acknowledges the City will file this Agreement on title to the Land in the 

Kamloops Land Title Office under section 905 of the Local Government Act; 

In consideration of good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is 

acknowledged by Uõtn parties), and in consideration of the promises exchanged below, the 

Owner and the City covenant and agree as follows: 

PART I - DEFINITIONS 

1. In this Agreement the following words have the following meanings: 

(a) "Attainable Housing Unit" means the fourteen (14) Dwelling Units designated as 

such on Appendix A in accordance with Part II herein to be used and occupied in 

accordance with this Agreement; 

(b) "Dwelling Units" means all residential dwelling units located or to be located on 

the Land whether those dwelling units are lots, strata lots or parcels, or parts or 

poftions thereof, into which ownership or right of possession or occupation of the 

Land may be Subdivided (hereinafter defined) and includes single family 

detached dwellings, duplexes, townhouses, auxiliary residential dwelling units, 

rental apartments and strata lots in a building strata plan; 

(c) "Eligible Tenant" means, subject to Section 3, a person other than the Owner, a 

p"rrãn related to the Owner by blood, marriage, common-law relationship or 

ãdoption, or in the case of a corporate owner, a director, officer or shareholder of the 

corporate owner; 

(d) "Interest" means the property interest of the Owner in an Attainable Housing 

Unit; 

(e) "Land" means that certain Land legally described as [¡t l, DL62, Plan 9807, 

o.D.Y.D.; 

(Ð "LTO" means the Land Title Office or its successor; 

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(h) 

(Ð 

c) 

,,Owner" means the person registered in the Land Title Office as the owner in fee 

simple of the Land; 

'.Subdivide" means to divide, apportion, consolidate or subdivide the Land' or the 

ownership or right to possession o. o""upation of the Land into two or more lots, 

strata lots, parcãlr, purtr, portions of shares, whether by plan, descriptive words or 

otherwise, ìnder tie lâi¿ Title Act, the Strata Propefi Act, or otherwise, and 

includes the creation, conversion, organization or development of "cooperative 

units" or "shared interests in land" as defined in the Real Estate Act; 

"TenanCy Agreement" means a tenancy agreement, lease, license or Other 

ugr""-rnt granting rights to occupy an Attainable Housing Unit; and 

"Tenant" means an occupant of an Attainable Housing unit by way of a Tenancy 

Agreement. 

PART II . USE OF LAND AND CONSTRUCTION OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING T]NITS 

2. The Owner covenants and agrees with the City that: 

(a) 

the Land will not be developed and no building or structure will be constructed or 

used on the Land unless ai part of the development, construction or use of any 

such building or structure, the Owner also designs and constructs to completion, 

in accordance with a building permit issued by the City and in accordance with 

any development permit issued by the City, at least the fourteen (14) Attainable 

Hóusing Units shãwn as "Rental lJnits" on Appendix A, except this paragraph 

2(a) must not be interpreted so as to limit the Owner's ability to phase the 

construction of Attainable Housing Units; 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

the Owner will meet or exceed the construction standards for Attainable Housing 

Units as specified by the City in its bylaws and any required building permit issued 

by the City in respect of development on the Land; 

the Owner will at all times ensure that the Land is used and occupied in 

compliance with all statutes, laws, regulations, and orders of any authority having 

jurisdiction and without limiting the generality of the foregoing all bylaws of the 

"City ana ail federal, provincial, municipal or local laws, statutes or ordinances 

relãting to environrnental matters, including all rules, regulations, policies' 

guidelines, criteria or the like promulgated under or pursuant to any such laws; 

the Owner will do everything necessary, at the Owner's expense, to ensure that a 

notice under section 905(5) of the Local Government Act will be filed on the title 

to the Land; 

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the Owner will not apply for a building permit for any construction or 

development on the Land unless the proposed construction complies with the 

requirements of this Agreement; 

(Ð notwithstanding any other provision of any City enactment, a parcel of land that 

constitutes one Attainable Housing Unit shall not be Subdivided. 

PART III - USE AND OCCUPANCY OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING UNITS 

J. 

4. 

The Owner agrees that each Attainable Housing Unit may only be used as a permanent 

residence occupied by an Eligible Tenant, and the Owner further agrees that the number 

of individuals who permanently reside in the Attainable Housing Unit must be equal to or 

less than the number of individuals that the City's building inspector determines can 

reside in the Attainable Housing Unit given the number and size of bedrooms in the 

Attainable Housing Unit and in light of any relevant standards set by the City in any 

bylaws of the City. An Attainable Housing Unit must not be occupied by the Owner. 

Within 5 days after receiving notice from the City, the Owner or their agent authorized by 

the Owner in writing must in respect of each Attainable Housing Unit, deliver, or cause 

to be delivered, to the City a statutory declaration, substantially in the forms attached as 

Appendix B, sworn by the Owner, containing all of the information required to complete 

the statutory declarations. The City may request these statutory declarations in respect of 

the Attainable Housing Unit no more than four times in any calendar year. The Owner 

must submit the Owner's statutory declaration a minimum of once ayeat- 

5. 

The Owner hereby irrevocably authorizes the City to make such inquiries as it considers 

necessary in order to confirm that the Owner is complying with this Agreement, and 

irrevocaúly authorizes and directs the recipient of the request for information from the 

City to provide such information to the City. 

PART IV - DISPOSITION AND ACQTIISITION OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING I]NITS 

6. The Owner will not permit an Attainable Housing Unit Tenancy Agreement to be 

subleased or assigned unless such subletting or assignment is done in compliance with 

this Agreement. 

7. The Owner must not rent or lease anY 

Tenant in accordance with Section 3 

additional conditions : 

Attainable Housing Unit except to an Eligible 

and except in accordance with the following 

(a) only an Eligible Tenant may reside in an Attainable Housing Unit; and 

(b) the Attainable Housing Unit will be used or occupied only pursuant to a Tenancy 

Agreement. 

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PART V . DEMOLITION OF ATTAINABLE HOUSING T]NIT 

8. The Owner will not demolish an Attainable Housing Unit unless: 

(a) the Owner has obtained the written opinion of a professional engineer or architect 

who is at arm's length to the Owner that it is no longer reasonable or practical to 

repair or replace any structural component of the Attainable Housing Unit, and 

the Owner has delivered to the City a copy of the engineer's or architect's report; 

or 

(b) the Attainable Housing Unit is damaged or destroyed, to the extent of 40Vo or 

more of their value above its foundations, as determined by the City in its sole 

discretion, and 

a demolition permit for the Attainable Housing Unit has been issued by the City (unless 

the Building hur, or the Dwelling Units have been destroyed by an accident, act of God, 

or sudden and unanticipated force) and the Attainable Housing Unit has been demolished 

under that Permit. 

Following demolition, the Owner will use and occupy any replacement Dwelling Unit in 

compliance with this Housing Agreement, and this Agreement will apply to the 

consiruction of any replacement Dwelling Unit to the same extent and in the same 

manner as those Sections apply to the construction of the original Dwelling Unit, and the 

Dwelling Unit must be approved by the City as an Attainable Housing Unit in 

accordance with this Agreement. 

PART VI - STRÄTA CORPORATION BYLA\ryS 

g. The Attainable Housing Units on the Land will be used to provide rental accommodation 

in accordance with this Agreement. 

10. This Agreement shall be bínding upon all strata colporations created upon the strata title 

subdivision of the Land or any subdivided parcel of the Land. 1 1. Any strata corporation bylaw 

which prevents, restricts or abridges the right to use the Land and the buildings thereon from time to 

time as rental accommodation, shall have no force and effect. 

12. The strata corporation shall not pass any bylaws preventing, restricting or abridging the use 

of the Land and the buildings thereon from time to time as rental accommodation. 

PART VII. - INTERPRETATION 

13. In this Agreement: 

reference to the singular includes a reference to the plural, and vice versa, unless the context 

requires otherwise; 

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(a) article and section headings have been inserted for ease of reference only and are 

not to be used in interpreting this Agreement; 

(b) if a word or expression is defined in this Agreement, other parts of speech and 

grammatical forms of the same word or expression have corresponding meanings; 

(c) reference to any enactment includes any regulations, orders or directives made 

under the authority of that enactment; 

(d) reference to any enactment is a reference to that enactment as consolidated, 

revised, amended, re-enacted or replaced, unless otherwise expressly provided; 

(e) the provisions of Section 25 of the Interpretation Act with respect to the 

calculation of time aPPIY; 

(Ð time is of the essence; 

(g) all provisions are to be interpreted as always speaking; 

(h) reference to a "party" is a reference to a party to this Agreement and to that 

party's respective succsssors, assigns, trustees, administrators and receivers' 

Wherever the context so requires, reference to a "party" also includes Eligible 

Tenants, agents, officers and invitees of the party; 

(i) 

reference to a "day", "month", "quattef" or "yeaf" is a reference to a calendar day, 

calendar month, óalendar quarter or calendar year, as the case may be, unless 

otherwise exPresslY Provided; and 

() where the word "including" is followed by-a list, the contents of the list are not 

intended to circumscribe-the generality of the expression preceding the word 

"including". 

PART VIII . MISCELLANEOUS 

14. Housing Agreement. The owner acknowledges and agrees that: 

(a) where an Attainable Housing Unit is a separate legal parcel the City may file a 

notice of housing ugr""*"niunder Section 905 of the Local Goventment Act in 

theLToagainsttitletotheAttainableHousingUnit;and 

(b) where Attainable Housing Units are not separate legal parcels, or have not yet 

been constructed, or where the land has not yet been Subdivided to create the 

Attainable Housing units, the city may file a notice of housing agreement under 

Section 905 of the Local Government Act inthe LTO against title to the Land. 

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15. 

16. 

17. 

Modification. This Agreement may be modified or amended from time to time, by 

bylaw duly passed bV th" Council of the City, if it is signed by the City and a person who 

is the current registered owner of the Land' 

Management. The Owner covenants and agrees that it will furnish good and efficient 

*urrugã*.nt of the Attainable Housing Units and will permit representatives of the City 

to inJpect the Attainable Housing Units at any reasonable time, subject to the notice 

provisìons in the Residential Tenancy Act. The Owner further covenants and agrees that 

it will maintain the Attainable Housing Units in a satisfactory state of repair and fit for 

habitation and will comply with all laws, including health and safety standards applicable 

to the Land. 

Indemnity. The Owner will indemnify and save harmless the City and each of its elected 

officials, officers, directors, and agents, and their heirs, executors, administrators' 

personal representatives, successors and assigns, from and against all claims, demands' 

ãctions, losi, damage, costs and liabilities, which all or any of them will or may be liable 

for or suffer or incur or be put to by reason of or arising out of: 

(a) any act or omission of the Owner, or its officers, directors, agents, contractors or 

other persons for whom at law the Owner is responsible relating to this 

Agreement; 

(b) the Owner's construction, maintenance, ownership, lease, operation, management 

or financing of the Land or any Attainable Housing Unit; 

(c) without limitation, any legal or equitable wrong on the part of the Owner or any 

breach of this Agreement by the Owner' 

18. 

19. 

20. 

Release. The Owner by this Agreement releases and forever discharges the City and 

each of its elected officials, ofiicers, directors, and agents, and its and their heirs, 

executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and assigns, from and 

against all claims, demands, damages, actions, of causes of action by reason of or arising 

out of or which would or could not occur but for the: 

(a) ownership, lease, operation or management of the Land or any Attainable 

Housing Unit under this Agreement; and 

(b) the exercise by the City of any of its rights under this Agreement or an enactment' 

Survival. The obligations of the Owner set out in PARTS II, m, fV, V and VI will 

survive termination of this Agreement. 

Municipality's Powers Unaffected. This Agreement does not: 

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(a) affect or limit the discretion, rights, duties or powers of the City under any 

enactment or at common law, including in relation to the use or subdivision of the 

Land; 

(b) impose on the city any legal duty or obligation, including any duty of cafe or 

contractual or other legal duty or obligation, to enforce this Agreement; 

(c) affect or limit any enactment relating to the use or subdivision of the Land; or 

(d) relieve the Owner from complying with any enactment, including in relation to 

the use or subdivision of the Land. 

2r. 

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23. 

Agreement for BenefÏt of City only. The Owner and the City agree that: 

(a) this Agreement is entered into only for the benefit of the City; 

(b) this Agreement is not intended to protect the interests of the Owner, any tenant, or 

any fùture owner, lessee, otc,rpie. or user of the Property, the Land or the 

Uuitaing or any portion thereof, including any Attainable Housing Unit; 

(c) 

the city may at any time execute a release and discharge of this Agreement, 

withoui liability to anyone for doing so, and without obtaining the consent of the 

Owner. 

No public Law Duty. Where the City is required or permitted by this Agreement to 

form an opinion, 

"*"rair" 

a discretion, express satisfaction, make a determination or give 

its consenì, the Owner agrees that the City is under no public law duty of faimess or 

natural justice in that r"guø and agrees that the City may do any of those things in the 

same manner as if it were a private party and not a public body' 

Notice. Any notice required to be served or given to a party herein pursuant to this 

Agreement will be sufficiently served or given if delivered, to the postal address of 

owner set out in the records at the LTO, and in the case of the city addressed: 

To: 

Clerk, City of Vernon, 

Vernon BC V6Y 2C1 

Attention: City Clerk 

Fax No.: (25O) 550-3521 

And to: 

TINSERT name and address of Owner, and facsimilel 

or to the most recent postal address provided in a written notice given by each of the 

parties to the other. Any notice whicll-is delivered is to be considered to have been given 

on the first day after it is dispatched for delivery' 

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25. 

26. 

27. 

28. 

29. 

30. 

3r. 

32. 

33. 

Enuring Effect. This Agreement will extend to and be binding upon and enure to the 

benefit õf tn" parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns' 

Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be invalid or unenforceable 

such provision o, uny purt thereof will bã severed from this Agreement and the resultant 

,"-uind"r of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect. 

Waiver. All remedies of the City will be cumulative and may be exercised by the City in 

any order or concufïently in casá of any breach and each remedy may be exercised any 

number of times with respect to each breach. Waiver of or delay in the City exercising 

any or all remedies will nãt pr"u"nt the later exercise of any remedy for the same breach 

or any similar or different breach. 

Sole Agreement. This Agreement, and any documents signed by the Owners 

contemp-lated by this Agreement, represent the whole agreement between the City and the 

Owner iespecting the u-se and occupation of the Attainable Housing Units, and there are 

no wamanties, representations, .onditiottt or collateral agreements made by the City 

except as set forth in this Agreement. 

Further Assurance. Upon request by the City the Owner will forthwith do such acts and 

execute such documents as mãy be ieasonably necessary in the opinion of the City to 

give effect to this Agreement. 

Limitation on Owner's Obligations. The Owner is only liable for breaches of this 

Agreement that occur while the Owner is the registered owner of the Land' 

Equitable Remedies. The Owner acknowledges and agrees that damages would be an 

inädequate remedy for the City for breach of this Agreement or the Option and that the 

publii interest strongly favouis specific performance, injunctive relief (mandatory or 

àtherwise), or other "-qoituUt" 

reliei as the only adequate remedy for a default under this 

Agreement or the OPtion. 

No Joint Venture. Nothing in this Agreement will constitute the Owner as the agent, 

joint venturer, or partner of itre City or give the Owner any authority to bind the City in 

any way. 

Applicable Law. Unless the context otherwise requires, the laws of British Columbia 

wlf appty to this Agreement and all statutes referred to herein are enactments of the 

province of British ðolumbia. without limiting the above, in the event of any conflict 

between any provision of this Agreement and the Residential Tenancy Act, this 

Agreement is without effect to the extent of the conflict' 

Deed and Contract. By executing and delivering this Agreement the Owner intends to 

createboth a contract and a deed executed and delivered under seal' 

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34. Discharge. The City will discharge this agreement from title to the Land on a date that is 

twenty (ã0) years frtm the date of issuance of an Occupancy Permit for any Attainable 

Housing Unit on the Land' 

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APPENDIX A 

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Appendix B to Housing Agreement 

CANADA 

STATUTORY DECLARATION 

IN THE MATTER OF A 

HOUSING AGREEMENT \ryITH 

THE CITY OF VERNON 

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA 

("Housing Agreement") 

TO WIT: 

solemnly declare that: 

British Columbia, do 

1. I am the owner or authorized signatory of the owner of (the 

,,Attainable Housing lJnit"), aãd make this declaration to the best of my personal 

knowledge. 

2. This declaration is made pursuant to the Housing Agreement in respect of the Attainable 

Housing Unit. 

J. For the period from 

to 

AttainabÈ Housing Unit was occupied only by the Eligible Tenant (as defined in 

4. 

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Housing Agreement) whose name and current address appear below: 

Name and addresses of Eligible Tenant: 

4. I acknowledge and agree to comply with the Owner's obligations under the Housing 

Agreement, ãnd otheicharges in favour of the City registered in the Land Title Office 

ag*ainst the land on which ihe Attainable Housing Unit is situated and confirm that the 

O*n", has complied with the Owner's obligations under the Housing Agreement. 

5. I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing it to be true and knowing that it 

is of the same force and effect as if made under oath and pursuant to the Canada 

Evidence Act. 

NOTE: A false declaration may result in a fine of up to $2000.00, uP to six months' 

imprisonment, or both. 

the 

the 

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Thompson 

Okanaga n 

REGION 

3U?ER, NATURAL 

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CANÂOÁ 

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Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association 

2280-D Leckie Road 

Kelowna, BC VIX 6G6 

Ph: 250-860-5999, Fax: 250;860-9993 

www.totabc.org 

July 6, 2010 

Mayor Wayne LiPPert and Council 




Dear Mayor LiPPert and Council, 

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I am wr¡t¡ng to follow up on April,s successful SILGA AGM & convention, held at sun Peaks Resort and the D¡strict of Barriere - to 

provide you with an update on some exciting new ¡nit¡atives from the Thompson okanagan Tourism Association (ToTA)which I 

believe you and your local government will be ¡nterested in. 

TorA was proud to bä a gold sponsor and participant at this yea/s SILGA gathering. lt was a great opportun¡ty for us to meet with 

dozens of key decision-makers who share our goal of developing tour¡sm and the economic and social well-being of every 

cornmunity in our region. we appreciated the chance to,present information about ToTA's goals and act¡vit¡es - and by listening to 

councillqrs, mAyors, and regional d¡str¡ct representat¡ves, we learned a lot about the needs of communities and how TOTA can 

support loc¡l directions. tn fact, ToTA believes that active partnerships with municipalities, regionaldistricts, businessSroups, First 

ruations, tourism stakeholders, and others are the only way for allof us to achieve our common goals throughout the Thompson 

Okanagan. 

For the past Year TOTA has remade 

focus, its staff has been reorganized 

stakeholder ¡nterests in the region. 

and some of the ways we oan help you to strengthen your touris 

tourism champions in your community, so we oan form effective partnerships throughout the region as we move'foruvard. This 

material is also available online at http://www'totabc.oreltrellis/about tota' 

les' 

As a result of its transfornat¡on, TOTA is now focused on strategic market development, industryresearch and development, and an 

expanded set of community development initiatives. I particularly want to h¡gñl¡ght the various provincial and regional proErams 

andservices that arerparticularly relevant to your community' 

At the prov¡ncial level, T9TA works in close partnership with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture & the Arts (MTCA) to deliver Ministry 

programs. These include: 

. Hello BC CommunitY Profile Pages 

. Business Essentials workshop series 

. Sport Tourism Planning Program 

a Communlty Tourism Foundations (R) - a tourism planning program 

a Community Tourism Opportunities il - a tourism project funding program 

. Value of Tourism and Accommodation Tracking programs 

Further detalls on MTCA community programs are online at 

the MTCA Tourism Newsletter email tourismbrief@gov.bc'ca' 

To sign up for 

3s5

TO-IA it1lu¡trywebsitefor viewingåy your tourism related contacts. This page will summarize the tour¡sm programs, 

' plàns; añd priorities, and the local contacts and resources for your comrnuniÇ. 

Developing an annual Commun¡ty Tourism Priorities l¡st by community (TOTA will supply a temptatÉ'for completion). 

, Undertak¡ng an annualneeds analysis reviewingyourcurfent s¡tuation and matchingyour community.with Ministry 

: . i' . ' 

o Euilding an inveritory of unique Features by commuriity (to ' ¡nciudeiügñlficaót'natuiaì ano uúiiifèáiirräs;.3¡6 unique ' ' 

. nts 

.; that g fo!Ð r 

lt,..- mappin mmun brochures, 

websites, Visitor Centres and the development of a large-format TOTA regional map for Visitor Centres. This artwork can- 

. 1'alsp support futurêcoinmunity m5þpinginitiatiúesincludlng.databàse, pr¡ntiüreb and Smartphoneapþlications. - ':'. 

o.'coopeiãtivårty:.'deùËlopinganirñaàã¡anr;withaccessvia:theweib.-..:- 

a 

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Offering a wor*shop series (e.g. Ads and Brochures That Sell - additional workshops to be determined). 

Déveloping Tp Shêets 

aèiveroo,mg¡t ôf wgbsi 

,: 

$pde-veloBing the:TOIA industry website with a¡ integrated ing a : 

ßesourcÞ:€entre-'',': ".- : 1. ' : .:- .r 

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To help keep you informeil, I invite you to check the foliowing link regularly: www.iotabc.oreltreils/commdev. tn future, TOTA will 

he 

::'::1): .,'.:- 

Please feeifreeto contact Simone or me if we can be of further help. Email communitv@totabc.com or phone 2SG,B6O-5gg9. 

,i ,, :_: _ 

Glenn Mandziuk 

ChiefExecutive Officer 

Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association ')., ì 3s6

REGIONAL 

DISTRIGT OF NORTI{ 

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DISTRIC'T OF COLDSTREAM 





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OUR FILE No.: 3045.04.11 

July 14,2010 



Vernon, BC V1T sEo 

Dear Mayor and Council: 

Re: RegionalGrowth Strategy Update: May 11,2010 

The Board of Directors considers the completion of the Regional Growth Strategy (RGS) a 

priority initiative and that regular Regional Growth Strategy updates should be provided to the 

Regional Board, member municipalities and First Nations. The Regional Growth Strategy 

Update, dated May 1 1,2010, is attached for your information. 

lf you have any questions regarding the Regional Growth Strategy, please contact the 

undersigned directly at (250) 550-3750 or by e-mail at anthonv.kittel(@rdno.ca. 

Yours truly; 

Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator 

lak 

Regional Districl of North Okanagan 

9ô48 Aberdeen Road 

Coldstream, BC V1B 2Kg 

Phone: 250-550-3700 

Fax: 250-550-3701 

Web: www.rdno.ce 

E-Mail: J 

info@rdno.ca "57

Moy I l, 2010 Volume 2, lssue 3 

Regionol 

NAL DISTRI 

ONAL G 

"One Reg 

lGrowth 

olicy.Recom 

The droft AÍlorldoble Hovsing, Envìronmenl ond Nolu¡ol Londs ond Trorlrirn¡lstìon ond lnl¡osl¡ucture 

recommendotions will be presenled ol the Boord of Direclors on Moy 19, 2Ol0 ond referred out to member 

municipolities ond First Notions for considerotion ond comment. Droft lJ¡bon ContoìnmentlRurøl Proleclion ond 

Goven¡once ond Service Delìvery recommendoiions will be presenled to the Regionol Growth Monogemenl 

Advisory Commitiee (RGMAC) for considerotion on Moy 26,2O1O. 

The Regionol Growth Strotegy droft Economíc Developnenl, Woler SlewordshÍp ond Agrícul¡ure ond Food 

Sysfems recommendolions hove been referred to member municipolities ond First Noiions for considerotion ond 

comment. The recommendotions under review ore lhe product of months of discussions by the Growth lssues 

Working Groups thot consisted of communily members, key stokeholders, technicol experts ond locol, regionol 

ond provinciol stoff. 

AII comments såould be through o council resolution ¡tþ|- choill provides conwrcnlaryt ìnpvt, reqvested chonges 

ard any políry gop ilrlt lpve tpl been oddress lhrough lllre ¡ecommendolíons. All comments on the droft Working 

Group recomrnendotions should be received by the Regionol District of North Okonogon no loter thon July 30, 

2OtO. Due to the compressed timeline, Regionol Growth Strotegy options for considerotion will be refined, 

bosed upon Boord direction ond municipol ond First Notions input, by September 1,20ì0. 

Memorqndum of Understqnding on lnlerim Mqnqgemenl of Plonning ln¡t¡qt¡ves 

The Boord of Directors, on April 7,2010, reviewed the Memorondum of Understonding on lnterim Monogement 

of Plonning ond Development lnitiotives ond referred the document lo member municipolities ond the Electorol 

Areo Advisory Committee for considerotion ond comment. The MOU will provide on opportunity to oddress 

molers of common regionol concern ond will ensure thot decisions on lond use plonning ond development thot 

hove cross-border or regionol implicolions hove been lhoroughly considered within the context of the Regionol 

Growth Strolegy guiding principles. 

lntergoveÍnmenlql Advisory Commitlee Meeling 

The tntergovernmentol Advisory Committee (lAC) meeting, held on April 29, 2010, discussed the preliminory 

policy direction of the Regionol Growth Strotegy. The focus of the meeting wos 1o solicit input ond comment on 

policy direction, concerns ond opportun¡t¡es by porticipol¡ng ogencies , os well os ony synergies thot moy result 

from ùe Regionol Growth Strotegy. Porticipoling ogencies ond governmenis hove been osked to submit detoiled 

commentory on the moteriol presented ond discussed by Moy 30, 2010. 

Pqrticipqt¡on Events 

The Regionol Growth Slrotegy process hos received over ó00 public commenis to dote ond much more ore 

expected in 20t0. Severol public porticipotion events ond communicotion octivilies will occur over the next ó 

months. The moior initiotives ore: 

. Six Phose ll Open Houses during fie lote summer or eorly ourumn, 2010; 

r A Regionol Choices Survey; 

o Disploy ond promotionol moteriol ot public events ond public focilities; ond 

. Seniors ond Youth Engogement Activilies, Growth Scenorio Choice Survey. 

The RGS Coordinotor will be ovoiloble to oll municipol councils for presenlotions or to oct os o delegotion. 

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Regionol 

Phase | : 

Building a 

Foundation 

March 2OO7 - 

May 2009 

Phase ll: 

Planning, 

Analysis, 

Evaluation, 

and Tradeoffs 

June 2ü19 - 

July 2010 

Growth Strctegy Process Checklist 

)roiect lnitiation 

\oplication for Funding from Senior Levels of Government 

:irst lntergovernmental Advisory Committee 

lst Draft RGS Terms of Reference 

IGS Work Plan 

3rowth lssues ldentification 

)art¡cioation Plan 

)lanning Literature Review 

ìGS Terms of Reference Confirmation from Regional Board and 

nunicipal governments 

-aunch of Regional Growth Strategy Website 

leeinnins of public communication activities 

:irst Release of Regional Growth Strategy Update Newsletter 

ìegional District of North Okanagan Population, Employment, 

¡nd Housine Proiection: 2008-2031 

ìeeional Growth Scenario Base Case Report 

cirst Meetins of Growth issues Working Groups 

;irst Meetins of Community Advisory Committee 

Elected Officials' Forum I 

¡ublic lnformation Session/Open House I 

legionol lssues, Vision ond Gools Summory Repoft. 

3onclusion of Working Groups Meetings 

)evelopment of RGS Policy Options 

Development of RGS Policy Performance lndicators 

Evaluation of Regional Growth Strategv Policy Options 

Growth lssues Papers - one for each growth issue 

r/Vorking Group Workshops 

ìeeional ldeas Svmposiu m 

\lternative Growth Scenario Modelins 

irowth Scenarios Evaluation Report 

\ssessment of Growth Scenario Trade-offs 

ìeeional Growth Stratesv Public Survev: Growth Scenarios 

¡ublic lnformation Session/Open House ll 

)raft Resional Growth Strategv 

:irst Draft Regional Growth Strategy Bylaw 

¡ublic lnformation Session/Ooen House lll 

iecond Draft of Reeional Growth Strategy 

ìesional Growth Strategv Public Hearing 

lesotiat¡on of Asreement between all affected governments 

\cceotance of Reeional Growth Stratesv Policv Document 

\doption of Reeional Growth Strategy 

mplementation of Regional Growth Strategy 

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OFFICE OF: DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OUR FILE No.: 3045.07.03 

July 14,2010 




JUL 'r .' ?-1':'j 

The CorPoration ol 

lhe CitY of 

, VERNON 


Re: Youth Survey Results 

The Board of Directors of the Regional District of the North Okanagan, on July 7,2010, passed 

the following resolution: 

That as recommended by the Regional Grov,tth Management Advisory 

Committee, the repoft dated March 29, 2010 from Regional Grovvth Strategy 

Coordinator regarding Youth Suruey Resu/fs be rcceived for information; 

And fufther, that the report dated March 22, 2010 titled "What Future Would You 

Like to Create" Notth Okanagan Youth Suruey, be received for information; 

And further, that all suruey resu/fs be forwarded to member municipal councils for 

their information. 

The Board of Directors has respectfully referred the report titled What Future Woutd You Like 

to Create" Notth Okanagan Youth Suruey and the report titled for their information. 


undersigned directly at (250) 550-3750 or by e-mail at anthony.kittel@rdno.ca. 

Yours truly; 

Regional Growth Strategy Coordinator 

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Phone: 250-550-3700 

Fax: 250-550-3701 

Web: www.rdno.ca 

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REPORT 

File No.: 3045.07.03 

TO: 

FROM: 

DATE: 

SUBJEGT: 

Regional Growth Management Advisory Committee 


March 29,2010 

Youth Survey Results 


That it be recommended to the Board of Directors that the report dated March 29, 2010 from Regional 

Growth Strategy Coordinator regarding Youth Survey Results be received for information; 

And further, that the report dated March 22,2010 titled 'What Future Would You Like to Create" North 

Okanagan Youth Suruey, be received for information; 

And further, that the all survey results be forwarded to member municipal councils for their 

information. 

DISGUSSION: 

The Regional District of North Okanagan is undertaking the development of a Regional Growth 

Strategy that wilt provide a vision for the Region until 2031. Community input is critically important in 

identiffing and refining goals, strategies and outcomes that the community would like to see occur 

within the region in the future. 

As an element of the Regional Growth Strategy Participation Plan, a Youth Engagement Strategy was 

created to focus specifically on youth consultation activities. \Mthin the North Okanagan, youth (under 

251are considered an under-represented group during planning processes. 

One of the most vital elements of this planning process is the involvement of the local community, 

those who will be directly affected by the implementation of the Regional Growth Strategy. The 

opinions of the community will be used to refine the desired outcomes and the actions needed to 

achieve them. 

The Regional District of North Okanagan recognizes that young people are important and valued 

members of our communities. These values, priorities and opinions will assist in the development of a 

Regional Growth Strategy that responds to community needs. 

This report provides a valuable glimpse into what young people do, where they live, what they like, 

what they need, what concerns them and what they want for the future. lt also provides an insight into 

some of the issues that young people find important, and some ideas on how the Regional Growth 

Strategy and the broader community might be able to respond to those issues. 

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Youth Survey Results 


It should be noted that for the purpose of this paper, 'youth' is defined as persons between the ages of 

I and 25 years. 

The Regional District of North Okanagan received 85 survey submissions from between September 

1sth, 2OO9 and December 31't, 2009. These responses provided some context on the perspective of 

North Okanagan youth on the issues that face their communities and what they value within the 

Regíon. Environmental issues, such as littering, preserving farmland and the environmental attributes 

of the North Okanagan and the move toward sustainability were expressed throughout the responses. 

As well, affordable housing and more employment options were considered very important to the 

youth of the region. The need for more youth -oriented opportunlties, activities and facilities were 

expressed by respondents throughout the Region. 

Within all responses, there were four clear themes: 

1. Natural Amenities and Environmental Concerns: Youth considered the natural beauty and 

environmental amenities the defining attributes of the North Okanagan. A strong environmental 

awareness appears to be present in the youth that commented, with a strong desire for the 

development of an eco-friendly community over the next 20 years. 

2. More Youth Activities/Opportunities: This was considered one of the most significant issues 

that must be addressed, although the Regional Growth Strategy has not dealt with youth 

amenities and opportunities directly. 

3. Small, Friendly Gompact, Complete Gommunities: One of the most quoted attributes about the 

North Okanagan was the small size of the communities and friendly nature of the residents. Many 

respondents expressed a desire for the North Okanagan stay the same and retain the small town 

character. 

4. Better Jobs and More Affordable Housing Options: The lack of employment opportunities, the 

need for more transportation options and few affordable housing options relate to social issues 

that may limit the ability of youth to stay in the community. 

Ac E N DA 

Submitted by: 

Coordinator 

Approved For Inclusion: 

Endorsed by: 


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"\A/hot Future 

Would You Like to 

Creote" North 

Okonogon Youth 

Survey 

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EXECUTIVE SU'YIMARY 

The Regionol District of North Okonogon recognizes thot young people ore imporlont qnd volued 

members of our communilies. Their volues, priorities ond opinions will qssisl in fte developmeni of o 

Regionol Growth Slrolegy lhot responds lo communily needs. 

This report provides o voluoble glimpse into whoi young people do, where they live, whot they 

like, whot they need, whot concerns them ond whqt they wonl for the fulure. h olso provides on 

insight inio some of the issues ?hot young people find imporlonl, ond some ¡deos on how fte 

Regionol Growth Strotegy ond the brooder communily might be oble to respond lo those issues. 

It should be noted thot for the purpose of this poper. 'youlh' is defined os persons belween the 

oges of I ond 25 yeors. 

The Regionol D¡s?rict of North Okonogon received 85 survey submissions from belween Seplember 

¡5tt,2009 ond December 31r,2009. These responses provided some contexi on the perspective 

of North Okonogon youth on the issues thot foce their communities ond whot they volue wilhin the 

Region. Within oll responses, lhere were Four cleor themes: 

l. Notursl Amenities qnd Environmenlol Concerns: Youlh considered the noturol beouiy ond 

environmentol omenities the defining ottribute of the North Okonogon. A frong environmenlol 

oworeness oppeors îo be present in the youth ftot commented, wilh o strong desire for the 

developmenî of on eco-friendly communily over the nexl 20 yeors. 

2. More Youth Activities/Opportunilies: This wos considered one of Ìhe mosl significont issues 

thoi must be qddressed, olthough the Regionol Growth Slrotegy hos not deolt wilh youlh 

omenilies ond opporTunilies direclly. 

3. Smoll, FÍendly Compocl, Complele Communities: One of the mosl quoted ottributes obout 

the North Okonogon wos the smoll size of the commun¡t¡es ond friendly nolure of the 

residents. Mony respondents expressed o desire for the North Okonogon sloy lhe sqme ond 

reloin the smoll lown chqrocter. 

4. Better Jobs ond More Affordoble Housing Options: The lock of employment opportun¡l¡es, 

the need for more tronsporlotion options ond few offordoble housing opÌions reloie 1o sociol 

issues thol moy limit the obility of youth to stoy in the community. 

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"whot Future would You t¡ke ro cretVJ*EEußolrodJ] 

Toble of Conlenls 

l.l Purpose....... 

1.2 Pcrlicipotion ................................ 4 

2.O METHODOTOGY 

2.1 Reseqrch Tool.... 

2.2 Reseorch Methodology cnd Sompling 

3.O RESUTTS 

3.1 Profile of Respondenls 4 

3.2,2 ls lhere onylhing thot you would chonge or improve? 

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3.2.3 Whot hopes do you hove for your community in 20 yeats? 

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3.2,4 Whqt lhree things would improve lhe quolily of life in the Region?.......................7 

3.2.5 ls there onything lhot mokes your communily or the North Okonogon oneof-okind? 

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3.2.6 Are you plcnning on living ond working in the Region qfler school?...................9 

3.2.7 Do you hove ony olher commenls? 

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SUMÍYIARY 

Appendix 'A': The 'Whol Fulure Would You Creole" Youth Survey---.-. 

Appendix'B': Youlh Survey Results......... 

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REGIONAL GROWTH STRAÎEGY 

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"Whol Fulure Would You like lo Creole" Youth Survey 

I.O BACKGROUND 

The Regionol Dilrict of North Okonogon is underloking the developmeni of o Regionol Growlh 

Slroregy thot will provide o vision for the Region until 2031 . Community input is criticolly imporloni 

in identifying ond refining gools, strotegies ond outcomes rhot the communily would like to see 

occur within lhe region in the furure. 

As on element of the Regionol Growth Slroiegy Porticipotion Plon, o Youih Engogement Slrolegy 

wos creoled to focus specificolly on youth consultotion oclivilies. Within the North Okonogon, 

youth (under 25) ore considered on under-represenled group during plonning processes. 

One of the most vilol elements of this plonning process is lhe involvemenl of the locol communily, 

those who will be directly offected by rhe implementolion of the Regionol Growth Strotegy. The 

opinions of the communiry will be used 1o refíne the desired oulcomes ond the octions needed to 

ochieve them. 

ln order 1o develop on understonding of youth views ond opinions it wos decided to conducl q 

survey of lhe residents of Norlh Okonogon lhot were under 25 yeors of oge. 

l.l Purpose 

Whoi empowers o communily 

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where ordinory people creote betier ploces, tronsform lheir own 

ond olhers' lives while solving the public problems of the doy? ln recenl yeors, plonning hos mode 

greol strides in mobilizing brood porlicipoiion, incorporoting o diversily of interests ond 

stokeholder groups of different cuhurql ond economic bockgrounds ond oges. 

Youth provide o unique ond fresh voice lo the diologue. ln o growing number of circumslonces, 

children ond youlh ore toking o more octive role in shoping their communities. 

lnitiqfives lo encouroge youlh involvemeni ore greotly served by recognizing the importonce thqt 

interpersonol relotionships ploy in enriching the lives of young people. The "Whol Future Would 

You Líke to Creole" Youth Survey is one of the iniliotives thot will provide youlh o voice wilhin the 

Regionol Growth Strolegy process. 

Youth ore octive ond contributing members of society now, not future cilizens or leoders of 

tomorrow. Noiionwide reseorch funded by the Public Heolth Agency of Conodo (2000) reveoled 

one of the mosl consislent concerns of youth is thqt their voices ore not heord, respecied, or token 

seriously by odults. ln o Heolth Conodo Report, 51Yo of leenogers soid lhey were rorely or never 

listened lo. 

The slrong desire of youlh to porticipote is the mosl compelling rolionole for engoging youth in 

slrotegic plonning. Other rotionole includes: 

. Youlh porticipotion benefils communilies. Young people's energy, creotivily, unique 

perspectives, ond propensity for oction leod to positive, beneficiol chonge in orgonizotions, ond 

communilies. 

. Youlh pcrlicipotion benefils governmenls. Municipol leoders regulorly moke decisions, shope 

policies ond toke oction on issues thoi directly offeci youih, i.e. public lronsport, porks ond 

recreotion, use of public spoces, educoiion, housing, etc. Youth ore the foremosl experts on fte¡r 

experiences, needs, ond interoctions with locol environments ond their community. Engoging youth 

in decision-moking processes helps governments moke decisions lhot ore more responsive ond 

oppropriote 1o youth needs ond inleresls. 

BE6IO¡{AL OIsTRICT OF OKANAGAN 

REG!ONAL GROWTH '{ORTH STRATEGY 

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"whor Futurc would You t¡ke ro crJoV$Itr,ß{r0*JI 

1.2 Porticipotion 

A totol of 85 young people, between the oges of 8-25, porticipoted in rhe 2009 survey which 

represented youth from ocross ihe Nodh Okqnogon. The Regionol District of North Okonogon 

porrnered wirh School Districts 22 ond 83, the North Okonogon librory sylem, the Norlh 

Okonogon Boys ond Girls Club, Okonogon College Student Council, vqrious communily 

orgonizotions ond our member municipolities in distributing ond collecting youth surveys. A quorter 

poge youth survey odvertisemeni wos ploced in oll locol popers for I weeks belween Odober I' 

qnJ November 30ñ 2009. The youth survey wos covered by locol medio during the period ond 

disploys \,vere sei up ihroughoul the Region. The youlh survey closed on December 3l , 20t 0. 

2.O METHODOTOGY 

2.1 Reseqrch Tool 

The survey wos developed by the Regionol Ditricl of North Okonogon. The survey wos designed 

to gothe; the opinions of youÌh living in rhe Norfh Okonogon, reloled To their views on, ond 

explriences of living within the Region ond identifying the key issues lhoi needed to be oddressed 

in the Regionol Growth Strotegy. A copy of the survey hos been oppended to this reporl 

(Appendix'A'). 

2.2 Re¡eorch Methodology ond Sompling 

The surveys were districted lhrough the school sylem by lhe School Districts ond copies of surveys 

were ovoiloble ot librories, municipol offices, community centres, the Regionol District office, Boys 

ond Girls Clubs ond communily orgonizolions, os well qs online. Drop off boxes were ovoiloble ot 

oll municipol office, the Regionol Disirict offices or collected by orgonizotions ond schools. 

The survey wos publicized through the locol medio ond residents were mode owore of lhe need 

for their poticipotion - thot the Regionol Growth Sirotegy would be bosed portiolly on these 

survey resuhs. 

3.0 R.ESUITS 

3.1 Profile of Respondents 

Age - your oge in yeors? 

A totol of 83 youths responded ro this quetion, wilh the 8 tol3 yeor olds moking up 39.87o of the 

iolol number of respond'ents, 57.8%o were between I 4 to 17 ond 2.4o/o were between I 8 ond 24. 

Figure 3.1: The Percenloge, Per Age Group, Porlicipoling in the Survey 

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The group wilh the lorgesl number of responses is the l5 yeor olds with 23 submissions. The 

overoge oge of the respondents is 14. One porticipont didn'Î respond 1o the question ond I 

person (0.5%) indicoied on oge outside the torget group (oge 42). 

Gender - Yovr gender Molef Femole? 

A lolol of 83 porticiponìs (97.7o/o) responded to this question. Femoles moke up less thon holf the 

totol number of respondents with 45.8o/o. The moles moke up 54.2Vo. 

Jurisdiclion - Where do you in live? 

A totol of 83 or 97.7% responded to ftis quesiion. The moiority of the submissions were from the 

City of Vernon (37.35%l ond Villoge of Lumby 144,6%1. Dislrict of Coldtreom ond City of 

Enderby youlh contributed 5 surveys eoch, with the 4 surveys originoting in the Township of 

Spollumcheen. h is unknown if surveys received from lhe youth in City of Armstrong or Eleclorol 

Areos B, D, E or F. lt should be noied thof residents moy identify the lorgel cenire insîeod of o 

rurol oreo within questionnoires. An exomple would be idenlifying the Villoge of Lumby becouse 

the school is lhere, when you live within Areos 'D' or'E'. This is lhe some situotion with Vernon, with 

some respondents living in Areos 'B' or 'C", ond Enderby, with some respondents living in Areo 'F'. 

Figure 3.2: Number of Youlh Survey Responses by Jurisdiclion 

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3.2 Key Findings 

A summory of the responses ond findings ore below. Environmenlol issues, such os littering, 

preserving formlond ond the environmenlol ottributes of the North Okonogon ond the move 

toword sustoinobility were expressed throughout the responses. As well, offordoble housing ond 

more employmeni options were considered very ¡mportont lo the youth of the region. The need for 

more youth æriented opporiunities, octivilies ond focilities were expressed by respondents 

throughorf the Region. A complete lisl of oll survey responses is in Appendix 'B'. 

3.2.1 Whol is lhe best lhing cbout living in the North Okonogcn 

Youlh were osked to identify whol they lhought the best Ìhing obout living in îhe North Okonogon 

wos. The moiority of the porliciponls 167.9To) expressed North Okonogon environmenlol ottributes 

(mounloins, foresÌs, lokes, ogricuhurol londs, nolure ond wildlife) os lhe volue they ossociote wiïh 

quolity of life in the Region. The remoinder 132.1%l ossocioted wilh North Okonogon sociol 

ottributes, most often expressed os smoll, sofe ond friendly communilies. Figure 3.3 provides on 

overview of the positive North Okonogon ottributes thot were expressed. 

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Figure 3.3: Whot is the besl thing obout living in the Norlh Okoncgcn? 

Environmental Awareness 

Culture and history 

Rural/agricu ltural lifestyle 

Communities are close together 

Lots of seasonal activities 

Natural beauty 

Lots of fun things to do 

Small, safe and friendly communities 

Mountains, lakes and nature 

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3.2.2 ls lhere onything thot you would chonge or improve? 

The second quesiion osks whot needs improvemenl in lhe North Okonogon from o youih 

perspecÌive. There wos on overwhelming desire for more youlh-oriented octivities, opportunities, 

spoces ond occess (43.6%l in oll communities within the North Okonogon. A more 'eco-friendly' 

opprooch to communiiy developmenl ond greoler environmentol/sociol ctworeness ond 

responsibility were olso desired 120.8%l in the future. Sociol issues 111 .9%1, such os homelessness 

ond drug ond crime problems, were consider importoni ond should be oddressed. More 

tronsportoi¡on options, more porks ond lroils, q sulqinoble development iniliqlive ond compoct 

complele communities were considered imporlont by o few respondents. 

Figure 3.4: ls there onything lhol you would chonge or improve? 

More employment options 

lmprove rural roads 

Compact complete communities 

More support for businesses 

lwould change nothing 

Sustainable develoPment 

More parks and trails 

Address crime/drug issues 

More transportation options 

Less homelessness 

Greater environmental/social awareness 

A more eco-friendly community 

More youth activit¡esÆacilities/programs 

A few youth indicoted thqt the North Okonogon is perfect the woy it is ond we should chonge 

nolhing (3.0%). An economic focus wqs presenl in the responses (3.07o), olthough these con be 

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"whqt Future would You like to creJqVJ*+EuAoil0ñJI 

consider o component of youth occess, opportunilies ond ociivities. Figure 3.4 provides on 

overview of the youth responses. 

3.2.3 Whct hopes do you hqve for your community in 20 yeors? 

Youth were osked whqt they're communily would look like in 20 yeors, which is lhe lime horizon of 

the Regionol Growth Strotegy. The responses were more diverse thon lhe immediote issues ftot 

youih idenlified in lhe second quelion. By 2031, lhe vision of the North Okonogon wos the 

development of on eco-friendly region 122.5%l thot hod more youih-orienled sociol, economic 

ond environmentol options, opporlunities, octivilies ond locoiions (.l8.0%) ond reloined the smoll 

community/rurol lifestyle 19.9%l through the development of compocl complete communities 

(10.8%). These four visions of the fulure were complemenlory ond represented 6l .2o/o of oll 

responses. A summory of oll the responses is in the figure below. 

Figure 3.5: Whot hopes do you hove for your communily in 20 yeors? 

Better governance 

More volunteers 

Greater equiÇ and respect 

Less pollution 

Better water systems 

Planting more trees 

A safe community 

Less homelessness 

The community grows (more opportunities) 

Drug issues are resolved 

More transportation options 

The North Okanagan stays the same 

Compact, complete communities 

More youth activities/facilities/programs 

An eco-friendly region 

The resl of the comments (38.8%) indicoted fiot sociol issues (homelessness, drug problems, 

community sofety, greoter equity ond respect, more volunteerism ond befier governonce) must be 

oddressed. As well, o few specific environmentol concerns, such os o belter woter system ond the 

need for more trees, need some otteniion. 

3.2.4 Whqt three lhings would improve the quolity of life in the Region? 

Youth were osked, from o list of identified issues ond concerns goihered from the public in Phose I 

of the Regionql Growth Strotegy process, which three qreos should be considered o priority to 

improve lhe quolity of the Region. This queslion wos designed for youlh to consider their previous 

onswers ond pick from o series of options thot moy not hove been crossed their minds before. 

Severol issues lhoi hod not been considered imporronl, such os offordoble housing, better 

employment opportunities ond more tronsportot¡on opl¡ons, were given more weight. The two 

prominenl issues fhoi were roised before, more youlh-orienred oclivities (13.3%) ond becoming on 

eco-friendly region (12,9%l were still considered the most imporlont concerns. The need for better 

economic opportunities wos considered the third mosl import issue thol needs to be oddressed 

(11.7%1. 

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The iheme of keeping communilies smoll ond compocl with firm boundories continued with rhis 

question, with over 12o/o oî the responses. More lronsporlolion oplions (10.2o/ol, including wolking, 

cycling ond tronsit opportunities, wos cons¡dered o priorily, os well os developing o more 

comprehensive regionol troil ond pork network (9.8%1. Affordoble housing wos olso idenlified os 

o moior concern 18.6%1, even by youth os young os l0 yeors of oge. Most of the issues idenlified 

moy oct os borriers for youth ond young qdults 1o remqin within the North Okonogon. 

Figure 3.ó: Whqt Three Things would lmprove lhe Quolity of life in the Region? 

ComPosting 

lmproved waterfront access 

Youth-oriented service 

Community gardens and farms 

A stronger youth voice 

Urban boundaries 

Keeping communities small 

More affordable housing options 

More parks and trails 

Better transportation oPt¡ons 

Better jobs 

A greater focus on the environment 

More to do 

The focus on sociol issues ond youlh occess to oclivities, employmenl opportunities ond housing wos 

o surprise, considering thot holf of the respondenls were less lhon l5 yeors of oge. 

ln oddition to the opiions thot were provided, severol other issues were brought forword by 

respondents. Figure 3.7 provides on overview of the odditionol issues. 

Figure 3.7: Anything else you con think of? 

Better pools 

No plastic bags 

Smaller houses (now they're huge!) 

More options for kids 

More homeless shelters 

Better, cleaner water system 

More wildlife 

More urban trees 

More recreational facilities 

3.2.5 ls there onything thqt mokes your community or the North Okonogon one-of'o-kind? 

Yourh were osked to identify the ofiributes thot moke the North Okonogon speciol. Almol holf of 

the responses indicoted thof those noturol omenities of the Region were whot mode this oreo one- 

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"One ßegion, One Fu¡ure" 

37 I


"Whqr Furure Would You L¡ke ro CretVJ$çEûAqB'üJI 

of o-kind. Our smoll, friendly commun¡t¡es were olso considered our strongest osset by obout 300á 

of respondenls qnd l7o/o considered the diversity of our cuhurol ond sporls opporlunities ond 

instilutions the olÌribule lhot lood out. Figure 3.8 provides on overview of the responses. 

Figure 3.8: ls there onything thqt makes your community or the Norlh Okonogon one-of-o 

kind? 

Perfect place to live 

Strong youth voice 

North Okanagan history 

Cultural and sport amenities/opportun¡t¡es 

Natural beauty 

Small, friendly communities 

Mountains, lakes, rivers 

3.2.6 Are you plonning on living ond working in the Region after ¡chool? 

Our youth ore our greqtest ossel ond will provide the bosis for our economy, our communities ond 

our success over the nexr 20 yeors. The percentqge of North Okonogon residents thol ore over ó5 

yeors of oge is expected 1o increose from 18.5% in 200ó to over one-lhird of the populotion by 

203ì. Residents belween the oges of 25 ond 45, which represent our young fomilies ond the 

prime employment yeors, mode up 27.9o/o of the populotion in 200ó ond the percentoge is 

expected to drop under 22o/o by 203 I . 

Of the 76 yovth thot responded to rhis question, 34 plonned on loying in the Norlh Okonogon for 

pol-secondory educolion or pursue employment here. A third of the respondenis (25) expressed o 

desire to leove the North Okonogon ofler school for o voriely of reosons, including lock of 

opportuniÌies, limited posl-secondory options ond o desire to move to o lorger centre. A complete 

list of positive ond negotive responses ís provided in 'Appendix B'. 

Figure 3.9: Percentoge of youlh thqt will stoy in the Norlh Okonogcn 

Moybe 

22o/o 

No 

33o/o 

Yes 

45o/o 

3.2.7 Do you hove ony olher commenls? 

The finol question wos provided to ollow youih o sounding boord on ony issues or concerns thot 

hod nol been provided eorlier or on opporlunity to discuss somelhing they feh very strongly


"whot Future would You L¡ke to cretV$+Eußol"odJ] 

obout. There were 3ó responses. Mony of the issues lhol were idenlified in eorlier queslions were 

discussed. Figure 3.10 provided on overview of the commenls received. Appendix'B'hos o 

complete lisl of the comments. 

Figure 3.lO: Additionol commenls 

Stronger youth voice 

Stop school bullying 

Keep communities small 

More employment options 

More school funding 

Protect the Shuswap River 

Preserve farmland 

lmprove commun¡ty affordability 

Keep urban boundaries 

Community safety (crime/drug use) 

More youth-oriented amenities 

More transportat¡on options 

Help the homeless 

Environmental Protection 

4.0 SUM'VIARY 

Although the number of responses wos lower thon expected, the 85 survey submissions did provide 

some conlexi on the perspeclive of North Okonogon youih on the issues thol foce their communilies 

qnd whot they volue within the Region. Within oll responses, there were four cleor themes: 

l. Nqturol Amenities ond Environmenlql Concerns: Youth considered the noiurol beouty ond 

environmeniol omenities the defining ottribute of the North Okonogon. A strong environmenlol 

owqreness oppeors to be present in the youlh thot commented, with o slrong desire for lhe 

development of on eco-friendly communily over the next 20 yeors. 

2. More Youth Acfivities/Opporlunilies: This wos considered one of lhe most significont issues 

thot must be oddressed, olthough the Regionol Growrh Strotegy hos not deolt with youth 

omenities ond opportunities directly. The concern oppeors to be the lock of occess to youlh 

evenis ond octivities, eiTher due to the lock of tronsportofion oplions or the offordobility of the 

opiions thql ore ovoiloble. A more youth-focused opprooch to events, octivities ond spoces 

hos been o conlont theme in lhe responses. 

3. Smoll, Friendly Compocl, Complele Communilies: One of lhe most quoted ottribuies obout 

the North Okonogon wos the smoll size of the communilies ond friendly noture of the 

residenls. Mony respondenis expressed o desire for lhe NorÎh Okonqgon stoy fhe some ond 

retoin ihe smoll town chorocler. Over severol questions, the desire for compoct complete 

communilies wilh more to do wilhout developing into the rurol, formlond ond nolurol oreos. 

Mony respondents referenced indirealy 'Smort Growth' principles. 

4. Better Jobs qnd More Affordqble Housing Options: Although the offordobility of the NorÌh 

Okonogon wqs not identified os o moior issue within fie first 4 questions, iÎ become o moior 

focus wilhin the fifih quelion 'Whot three things would you improve'. The lock of employment 

RE6IONAL DIsTRIC.I OF NORTH OXANAGAN 

REGIONAL GROWTH STRAÎEGY 

"One ßeg¡on, One Futvre" JJ !


"whqr Furure woutd You r¡ke ro crtVj$1ttñË8;JI 

opportun¡ties (#3), the need for more lronsportot¡on options (#4) ond few offordoble housing 

options (#ó) relote to sociol issues thof moy limit lhe obility of youth to sloy in lhe communily. 

These some three issues hove been considered criticolly imporlont within oll olher surveys ond 

public engogemeni octivities. 

ßE6IONAL DIsTRICI OF NORTH OKANAGAN 


"OneRegion,OùeFuture" 

37 4


"Whot Future Would You like to CreJ#SlEufi'S"0;JI 

Appendix'A': The'Whot Future Would You Creole" Youlh Survey 


REGIONAL GROVVTH STRATEGY 

"One Regìon, One Future" 

'What Fwtvtre WouLd, Yo^LLt¿e to create' 

\oulh svln/eg 

It's Yol1r ntguowl ,+ave a say Lw the futurL 

lhe Regionol Growlh Strotegy ¡s more thon ¡u3t hnes on o mop ond some polí


"whqr Furure would You L¡te ro cretVjll+Ei,ßS,,0;"ïElúE 

"/vl4qt filtvr¿ vlotÂ Yovtliv tD CytûU' YovÈh 

Prge 2 

Whot lhree things would improve the quolity ol life in the Region? 

tr Ber,er íromporlol¡on.options 

Ê ,v10re ro do 

E More offoîdoble houstnig oplions 

E More potts.cind ro¡ls 

E A greofer focus sr envircnm,enl 0 Befier iobs 

D Urbon borndo¡ies 

Û lmp¡oved woterfront occess 

E Ya¡th+rienied seryices 

E Cornnrunily gorden: ond foms 

tr Keeping conrmunities snroll 

E Composling 

E A stronger youilr zo¡ce 

tr Anfh¡ng else you con lhink of? 

lr there onylhing lhot mcke: your commsn¡ty cr lhe I'loñh Okonogqn 

one-of


"whor Furure would You t¡ke ro oetVl$FYEuAoLPdJI 

Appendix'B': Youth SurveY Result¡ 

l. Whqt is lhe best lhing oboul living in lhe North Okonogon? 

o h is very beoutiful qnd its fun, there ore lots of mounloins thot we con ski ond snowboord 

on 

¡ The beoutiful, breothtoking scenery thot no pointer con ever motch. lr is so wonderful thol 

everyone should see this sighl 

o The mounioins, some nice cilies, the rívers/lokes, the mounloins ond nice scenery 

¡ The mounloins, lokes ond nolure 

¡ The country ond oll the wildlife 

¡ The fresh cleon oir, the lPE, lorge fields, my smoll town ond lots of oreo for horses ond 

cows 

. Open spoce in rurol counlry 

¡ The summer weolher, mounloins ond lokes qnd the reloxed oimosphere 

¡ There is o greot omounl of ecologicol diversity neor ond omong us, which is under threoi 

¡ I love being close to noture, it's so beoutiful here 

o I love how mony people ore environmentolly conscious ond how much they seem lo core 

o The sense of community, the region is mode up of smoll communilies wilhin reosonoble 

distonces of eoch other so you con find onything you need 

o All the seosonol octivities you cqn do here 

o The seosonol chonge becouse so mony sports ore possible 

o The recreolionol ploces we ore surrounded by ond the porks 

o Hockey 

o Able lo go so mony ploces without going for 

o lt is open ond there is lots of fun things to do 

¡ The weother is omozing; the sunny Okonogon is olwoys beoutiful ond o greot ploce to 

live 

¡ Worm summers, cold winlers, lots of lqkes ond nice people 

o The beouty of the Volley 

. h's o greot communily, lols of ouidoors 

. h's o greot community qnd o sofe ploce to live 

o lt's peoceful - no one cores oboul other people's business 

o Nice people ond owesome dirt-biking 

o Nice ond peoceful 

. Best thing obout living in lhe North Okonogon is il is gorgeous 

¡ Beoutiful mounloins ond volleys, country living 

o I like the trees ond mountqins ond stuff 

o There ore lots of porks ond beoches occessible 

r We ore closer to nolure ond beouliful lqkes 

o Smoll lowns, so there is more formlond to toke odvontoge of 

greot ploce to roise o fomily 

. h ¡s very beouliful qnd o friendly community - 

o Beoutiful woter ond greot people 

o The lokes ond not lhot big of o city 

o Lokes 

o Loke ond rivers ore close to my community 

o The outdoors 

¡ The lokes ond trees 

o The obility 1o go hunting, fishing ond shopping in o l0 minute drive 

REGIONAL DISIRICT OF NOATH OKANAGAN 


"One Region, One Future" lJ J


"Whot Future Would You like to CreJ#$19uß01r0;JI 

. The lokes, mounfoins, foresls, ski hills ond more 

o The freedom ond noture - oll the sports ond oclivities lo do 

o Wildlife, nolure ond onimols 

o EveryÌhing is close so you don't hove 1o go for to hove fun 

. All the fresh oir qnd hoving movies ond molls close 

¡ Beouiiful lrees, fresh oir, ond smoll community. I love il here 

¡ Wqrm winters 

o The murols 

o The ski hill is close 

o The noiure oround us - the lokes, rivers, mountoins ond foresls 

¡ The bequtiful lokes 

o The weolher - mild winters ond hot summers 

¡ I like being oble to wolk o kilomeler from my house ond be in the woods with lots of fresh 

oir 

o All of the lokes ond forests 

o The weolher is reolly sunny ond when iî snows, il snows 

o Lokes ond counlry 

¡ lt hos greot noture ond environmenl, ond is sofe from wor. lt's bequtiful here in Conodq 

o lt is o sofe ond wor-free environment 

. Sofe, cleon oreo wilh more lrees ond lokes thon buildings 

¡ No one is friendlier lhon people from the Okonogon. We qre minutes owoy from ski hills 

ond lokes 

¡ Hoving lhe opporiunily 1o go ploces 

o Close lo ski hills, cleon oir ond very sofe 

o Good view looking ot mounloin 

¡ Our beoches ond our sofe, cleon environment, knowing thot we con step oufside ond be 

sofe 

¡ Lots lo do, cleon woîer, good food ond it snows o lot 

o We hove lokes, fruit ond choices where to go 

o The lrees, reolly nice lokes ond beoches, Silverstor 

o The opporlunity lo go ploces like the ski mounloin or the beoches 

¡ The nice sunny weolher, the views of fie environment is nice os well, the beoches, ond you 

con see the lrees ond grosslonds 

¡ All the lrees, lqkes ond we con step outside ond know we qre sofe 

o The noture ond oll the lokes 

o The best thing obout living in the beoutiful North Okonogon is thot it is pollution free ond 

beoutiful 

¡ The lokes, wildlife ond mountoins ore so beoutiful 

¡ Fruit ond vegelobles, worm environment qnd wor-free zone 

o The cleon, fresh oir 

o Norlh Okonogon Boys ond Girls Club 

o Hockey (2) 

. Slores 

o All the cuhure 

2. ls there cnylhing thol you would like to chonge or improve? 

o Less homeless ond more comping oreos 

o More to do in town, like o new woter pork 

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"OneRegion,OneFutu¡e" 

37 I


"whot Future woutd you tike ro creJ#$+Eùß0lr0tJI 

. No, ¡t is the greotest ploce on eorth 

¡ Yes, lhere qre some communilies lhoi hove bod drug problems 

. More oclivities for minors 

o Businesses need o better chonce to survive 

moke il eosier to get oround on foot or bike insteod of by 

¡ More bike lones ond rocks - 

cor (l go to school oi Centre of Arts ond Technology in Kelowno ond lhere isn'l even o bus 

option from Vernon) 

o Moke more lroils ond porks 

¡ The rurol roods need to be repoved 

o I con't think of onything 

o I would love for lhere to be more services within wolking dislonce 

e Bike lones 

o I would like o greoter communol sense of qworeness ond responsibility toword 

environmenlol ond sociql heqlth 

. More susloinqble development, locol food, celebrolion of diversily ond ethicol use of 

resources 

¡ Tourist ond visilor oworeness of our environmenl 

. More efficient public tronsil would improve lhings significontly - 

troin trocks we hove now 

why don't we use the 

o The omount of pollution in our volley is unbelievoble - we need to be more eco-friendly; 

gorboge conlinues 10 grow 

. Sprowling housing must be slopped 

o I would gei more people to recycle ond compost more, hove their own bockyord gorden 

to grow food. 

¡ Decreose the crime ond drug rotes 

¡ More troils in the volley between communities thot qre sofe for hiking, biking ond 

horsebock riding 

o More communily youlh services ond buildings 

¡ A midget represenloiive leom in Lumby 

o Decreose lhe omount of woste ond gorboge in lhe streets 

o lmprove the sofef of our slreets by decreosing crime 

o I would like youth qctivities to be offordoble qnd occessible - youth ore poor 

. More hiking porks ond better resiquronls 

o More events for youth (ouldoors, indoors, culturol) 

o More to do 

o A SkyTroin 

o I would like to improve the omount of retoil stores, fost food restouronts ond recreotionol 

buildings in my communily 

. Stop kids from portying 

o More restouronts 

o The community needs lo grow in size qnd needs lo be less boring -we need fost food 

resfouronls 

o Dirt bike lone on the side of the rood 

o PlonÍ more lrees ond plonis 

o I would like to help qnimols ond stop pollution 

o More environmentol conlrol over logging 

¡ Don't wonl to chonge onyihing 

¡ I would like to moke my community bigger so there wos more lo do 

ÊEGIONAL DI5fRICT OF NORTH OKANAGAN 


"OneRegion,OíeFuture" 

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"whot Futue would You L¡ke to creJoVi$+E.ßq,9'üJI 

. More lores ond lorger molls, belter recreotionol complexes 

o More things to do like shopping ond recreotionql focilities 

o I would like oll the commerciol buildings in my community to be repointed lo moke my 

town look cleon 

. More money lowords lhings like reviving our nolure, plonting trees, cleon woler 

r More oppoñunilíes, shops ond recreofion 

. Lorger ice rink 

¡ Hoving something fun for people lo do 

¡ Cleon up the community ond hove more fost food choins 

o Hove more youth focilities ond qctivoles, fo$ food reslouronis 

o Cleon up the community, more shopping opporlunilies, more youth octivilíes ond focilities 

¡ Finish the murol proiect ond hove o ploce for youih 1o go 

o More recreoiion cenires ond ploces for youth to go 

o Better hockey rink ond rood 1o Silverstor 

¡ I think the woy the community is growing is unsustoinoble 

¡ I would like io hqve more opiions for kids ond hove less gorboge everywhere - o better 

school environment. 

¡ I would like our communily to be cleon ond for our school lo hove o soy in the things we 

do 

. We need io cleon up the town (gorboge), there needs to be more for people 1o do ond 

there must be employment opl¡ons 

. More ploces for youth to go (3) 

o Pick up the gorboge 

o A rood to Silverstor, plont more lrees ond hove more ploces for youth 10 go (2) 

o Moke my communily Hockeyville 

o More gorboge cons to reduce littering 

¡ There should be fun ploces thot kids con go 

o A sofer environmenl, no polluiion, more bike poths, more trees 

. New recreotionol focilities 

¡ More stuff to do ond o better pool 

¡ More trees ond wildlife, more londscope for forming 

¡ More porks ond museums becouse we don't hove enough porks Homeless people sloy in 

those porks qnd it is reolly disturbing going on o hike ond seeing lhem 

o I would like lo see o better shopping cenire - it's too for lo go 1o get the owesomesi 

clorhes (2) 

o More serv¡ces for those in need ond homelessness reduced 

. Better sports fociliries (2) 

. Betier porks ond museums 

¡ I would like our community to go eco-friendly ond hove more porks, museum ond o lorger 

moll 

o We need to help lhe homeless 

o Sofer environment, more for kids to do 

o I think we should go green (stort with boby steps) 

. Sporîs complex with indoor soccer, rinþ pool, Sym (2) 

¡ A bigger mqll with beÌter stores, o bigger betler pool ond o huge orcode (2) 

o Probobly o big sports centre wilh differenl ocrivities 

o I think thot ihe homeless shelters ond sports fqcilities could be improved, we need to help 

lhe homeless 

FE6IONAL DISTRICT OF NORTH OKÀNAGAN 

REG¡ONÀL GROWTH STRATEGY 

"One ßegion,OneFuture" 3 g g


,,whor Furure would you t¡ke ro creWJ$+Eußolg"JJffiE 

. Less homeless 

¡ Better shopping opportunilies 

. All ihe homeless people should not be ot the porks ond live where they hove o good 

worm house 

¡ Loser tqg, sporls focilities, ploy grounds 

¡ There should be less cors on the rood 

¡ Roise lhe oge limil 

. Globol worming 

3. Whot hopes do you hqve for your communily in 20 yeors? 

o Less pollution from cors ond buildings 

o More ploces fo swim ond ploy thol's sofe 

¡ I would love for you to plont more trees 

o ln 20 yeors, I hope we con siill mointoin the eiernol beouty ond hospitolify thot our smoll 

towns conloin, moybe even for 50 or 100 yeors 

o The drug problems will be mostly fixed 

o There will be more oclivities 

¡ Businesses will be lhriving 

o More environmenlqlly friendly things os well os composting 

I om porl of o community, not o 

¡ I wish ihe developmenl of oll these lores would stop - 

gionl city 

¡ Thot the Region sloys lhe some 

o Thot the communily will be lhe some 

¡ I hope nothing chonges 

o Greoter equity ond respect, less homelessness ond unemploymenl, o stronger presence 

ond cooperolion wilh First Notions, more locol ond sustoinoble iniliotives, less subdivisions, 

more irqils ond bike lones, less drug ond olcohol obuse, more tronsit throughouî the 

region, more protecled oreos 

o I hope my community will be iusl os genuine qnd ouihentic os it is now, remoining o smoll 

town, crime free ond where everyone seems to know eoch other 

o Our community prospering, with moy eclectic stores, ond o heolth community 

o Somewhere I con be proud of withoul the drug ond olcohol obuse 

. My smoll community be beoutiful ond in l0 yeors I con see miles onto lovely forests, forms 

ond fields 

o I hope it will become more of o community - more community gqrdens, less lown ond more 

food being grown, lores buying fresh produce from locol formers in$eod of imporling 

lhem. 

o I hope there ore plons to build more highwoys qround Enderby 

¡ Modern ond up to dote 

o A new rink so hockey will still be here 

e More volunteer workers 

o I hope lhe communily will be more environmentolly friendly 

o Belter governmenl, more money inTo whot mqtlers 

¡ Not so mony houses, ¡t is gett¡ng crowded 

we wont to keep it smoll, locol ond not turn it inlo o 

o Thot ihe community does not grow - 

citY 

o A SkyTroin 

¡ To hove q new oreno' os well os fosl food reslouronls 

o Less drugs, friendly, gíve people more choices in life 

REGIONAL DISIRICT OF NOBTH OXANAGAN 

REGIONAT GROWTH STRAIEGY 

"One Region,OdeFulure" 

3 8 1

RGMAC - REGUL 

"Whol Fulure Would You like to c.J"Vj$1EußS,9;JI 

o To hove q Tim Horlons in lown 

¡ Less housing on lhe mountoin 

o I like it lhe woys il is 

o All the bod things (horming onimols, pollulion) hos stopped 

o Thol it sloys the sqme smoll lown where everyone knows everyone 

o I hope my community gets bigger so our children ore nol doing whot we do wilh our lives 

o Expond ond improve the oreo 

o Build ond improve the oreo 

o More recreotionol ploces for lhe lown to enioy 

o For everyone 1o get more involved in moking our world o sofe ploce 

o More growlh in my community so lhere ore more recreolionol qnd culturol opportunities 

exist 

o I hope thol lhe communily does not grow, so we hove wide open sPqces 

o To grow os o community so there ore more opportunifies 

o Better buildings ond less gorboge 

o To hove things for kids to do ond more employmenl opportunilies 

o There ore still green trees ond more work, more stuff you're my oge group 

o I would like to keep it smoll ond beoutiful 

o Moking o rood from Lumby to SilversÎor 

o More people qnd less gorboge 

o I hope my community doesn'f become o city 

. St¡ll green trees ond o susloinoble economy 

o I hope lhere ore trees on lhe mounloins ond thol our drug issues hove been solved. 

o I hope our town is much more cleon ond fun, more beoutiful ond respectful thon we ore 

treoting il now. 

o To hove the communily sloy lhe some 

o I hope rhot the communily does not get over-populoted 

r Thot lhe community hos not chonged ond there is o rood to Silverstor 

o I hope my community is still smoll ond lhot the surroundings ore still green ond full of 

onimols 

o I hope my community is ihe some bul cleoner ond wilh ploces yourh con hong out 

o Thql my communily gets bigger so there ore more people 

o More kids for the elemenlory ond high school so they both hove lhe right grodes in them 

o Sofer streets, cleoner woler qnd less homeless 

o Globol oworeness, cleon town, more homeless shelters, more octivilies for kids 

o An eco-friendly communily 

o t hope thqî the environment is better, less pollution from cors ond o better woler system 

o I hope there will be more services for those in need ond more sluff to do 

. More wildlife reseryes ond sofer, heolthier woter 

o More things for children ond leens to do. including slores 

. More trees in the community 

o I hope our community con get o recycling progrom thol recycles more thon iust bottles, 

poper ond iuice boxes 

. More bikes being use 1o go ploces 

¡ Beller woler syslem so we no longer hove boil woler odvisories 

¡ More lrees ond woler 

. Help the homeless 

o More options ond opportunilies for children 

REGIO¡{AL OISTRICT OF NORTH OKANAGAN 

REGIONAL GROWTH STRAÍ EGY 

"One ßegion, One Future" 392


"whor Furure woutd you r.¡ke ro c,etVJ*+gußol9üJ[ttib 

. To be eco-friendly wilh more gordens ond porks 

o More schools, more reslourqnt qnd more woter porks 

o Thot we ore more eco-friendly 

. Keep Vernon sofe ond drug-free 

o A betler recycling progrom ond we con help wilh pollution by recycling 

o I hope my communily will be more environmenlolly friendly 

o Sofe, environmenlolly friendly community; no ploslic bogs, pollution free ond sofe to wolk 

downtown without porents 

o Plqstic bog free, more homeless services for lhose in need 

¡ To be completely eco-friendly 

o Less pollution, betler recreoÌion, more ski hill runs 

o Less homeless people 

¡ More mqlls ond pools like H2O in Kelowno 

o A omusemenl pork, o bigger ond more fun pool like H2O in Kelowno 

o More eco-friendly 

¡ There will be less cors ond more gordens for the community 

o Build o new Boys ond Girls Club 

o Less of on environmentol footprini 

4. Whot three things would improve lhe quolity of life in the Region? 

. Bettertronsportotionopiions(2ó) 

o More to do(34) 

o A greoter focus on environmenl(33) 

o Urbon boundories(14) 

¡ Youth-oriented services('l 2) 

o Keeping communities smoll('l 7) 

¡ Composting(7) 

o More offordoble housing options(22) 

o More porks ond lroils (25) 

o Better iobs(3O) 

o lmproved wqterfront occess(9) 

o Communily gordens ond forms(13) 

o A slronger youth voice(l 4) 

ADDITIONAL 

o More recreoi¡onol focilities (4) 

o More urbon lrees (every 25 feet)(2) 

. More wildlife ond lqnd for forming (2) 

o BettêÍ, cleoner woler system (2) 

o More homeless shelters (2) 

o More oplions for kids 

. Smqller houses (now they ore huge!) 

o No plostic bogs, only clolh bogs 

o BetÌer pools 

5. ls there onylhing lhqt mokes your communily or the North Okonogon one of o kind? 

. We hove lots of shops qnd ils kindo cleor, it is nice 

¡ Plenty; there is qwesome scenery, kind ond friendly residents, we ore humble obout the 

quolity of the region 

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"One ßegion, One Fulure" 

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"whot Future would You t¡ke ro Cr"tV$IEuñ0L9{JI 

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The Shuswop river ond Enderby Cliffs 

The mounloins ond lokes ore greot 

The lPE, rodeos ond lols of sports opportunilies 

The IPE ond rodeos 

The geogrophy ond hislory ore one-of-o-kind 

The communily is home 1o the Okqnogon Science Centre, ABNC, 2Ps Heolth K¡Îchen, etc. 

My communily is o lruly beouliful ond unique ploce where people ore friendly ond 

bursiing with locol tolent 

I think the Norlh Okonogon is known for friendly locols ond beoutiful scenery 

The unique beouly ond the kind, humble people thot live in il 

The Shuswop River, becouse it is so useful in mony woys - formers use it lo irrigote crops 

ond olhers use il to cool off in lhe summer 

The lokes ond porks 

We hove q strong youlh voice 

Our communily is very smoll ond close knit 

Lumby Doys, fun ond filness octivities 

Lumby is o good, beouliful community with lots of sights ond troils 

Super hoÌ summers, super cold winfers 

Smoll, boring ond poiniless 

Hos lofs of mountoins 

The mountoins 

Sofe, smoll, close communily 

The mounloins 

Porks ond beoches 

The lokes ond cleon environment 

The lokes ond mounloin lroils - greot recreotionol opportunities 

How beodiful iÎ is, close communily 

North Okonogon is o perfect ploce to live, everything is ovoiloble 

Close lokes ond close dirl-biking lroils 

Quile, not o lot of troffic 

The lreoms thot run through town 

It is smoll ond beoutiful 

Lokes ond mountqins 

Very smoll ond everyone knows everyone 

The noturol beouly of my communily is excellent 

It's smoll (3) 

Everyone knows eoch oiher ond everyone ís friendly (4) 

Lumby Doys (2) 

We hove the best fresh oir in the world 

The lokes 

Low populolion with lots of fomily businesses 

People 

The community is very beoutiful ond full of wildlife ond sofe from wqr 

My house is lhe coolest ond so is the londscope 

We hove lots of mountoins ond lokes iusÎ l5 minutes owoy 

ln the Okqnogon lhere is so much 1o do - skiing, wolerslides, beoches, librory, soccer ond 

beoutiful porks ond troils 

REGIONAL DISTRICT OF NORTH OXÀNAGAN 

REGIONAL GROWTI{ SÎRATEGY 

"One Region, One Future" 3g 4


,,whor Furure wourd you r¡ke ro cretVl$+EußoL9üJ]h 

¡ Smoll, friendly communily 

¡ We hove occess to beoches ond ski hills 

o Reolly nice people, lots of fun 

¡ Our lokes ore reolly nice, our orchords ore beoutiful, greot community 

¡ Our lokes ond our owesome schools, oll my friends ore here 

¡ There is o ski mounloin, beoches qnd lokes 

o The fod thot when you look oulside you see trees ond lond where in Voncouver you don'f 

. Trees ond lokes, the communily is not dirty 

o We hove both lokes ond o ski hill not for owoy 

¡ h's celebrolions, like fireworks 

o lt is beoutiful ond very peoceful ond hos non-polluted oir 

o All the mountoins ond greot ploces here 

o More molls, more trees 

o Lots of lrees 

o Free cookies ot Superslore 

o H2O Pool 

6. Are you plonning on living ond working in the Region qfter school? 

. Yes (34) 

. No (25) 

o Moybe (17) 

POStTtVE 

o Hopefully there will be less pollution ond it will be sofe 

o I will be here for o very long lime 

o Everything I need is right here 

o Becouse I like the country 

o I love il here ond don'l like the big ciry 

o This is my home qnd would be hoppy to roise my children here 

o Becouse it is on owesome ploce ro be 

¡ I hope to be spending my first yeor ot o locql university 

o I would love io stoy in fie Okonogon but I wont 1o trovel - 

ploce 

o Yes, becouse I would like 1o improve my community further 

o I love it 

o I wont 1o hove four yeors or more of police experience 

o I grew up here ond will inheril o nice form 

o The Okonogon is greot ond I couldn'l imogine living somewhere else 

¡ I probobly will, il hos nice seosonol chonges 

. Awesome dirtbiking 

. My communily is o friendly communiîy with q cleon environment 

. My friends ond fomily ore here, oll my gools ore ottoinoble in the Okonogon 

¡ Becouse construclion iobs ore st¡ll OK 

¡ Our youth drug problems should be hondled 

o University in Kelowno 

. My friends ore here ond ¡t ¡s o nice environmenl 

¡ Becouse this ploce is owesome 

c I love UBC Okonogon 

o Becouse iÎ is o wonderful ploce to live 

moybe I will get o summer 

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"Whol Fulure Would You like lo c'"J"VJ*IEu 

o I woni to sloy becouse I would miss my friends if I left 

o Becouse I wos born here ond lived here oll my life 

o This is where my fomily lives 

o I'm going to go to university in Kelowno (2) 

o Becouse if hos formlond ond thol's where I wqnt lo live 

o Becouse I don'l wont to leove lhis beouliful ploce 

¡ I hope iÎ will be o better ploce 

NEGATIVE 

o I think Vernon is turning into Kelowno, I wonl to live somewhere peoceful ond sofe - more 

noiure 

o Need money lo survive 

I don'Î know whoi I wonl to do with my life 

o Not sure yet - 

o I hove o life to get 1o 

o Alberto's betler 

o I'm going to Jomoico 

. My communily sucks 

o Nof mony iob opportunities or posl-secondory options (9) 

. I wont 1o go somewhere worm ond tropicol 

o I'd love 1o stoy but noi mony opÍions to pick from 

o I'm going to live in Europe ond lrovel the world 

. I wonl to live lols of ploces 

o I might move 1o Victorio with my fomily 

o Plonning lo go to o big universily 

t: 

7. Do you hove ony olher comment? Feel strongly qbout on issue? Lel us know obout it. 

o I would like it if you people could help the homeless lo hove o betÌer life 

o I wish I felt sofe here - I would love to iog in Polson Pork or wolk ot night, but om scored 

becouse of qll the homeless 

¡ Preserve the formlond 

. Keep urbon boundories 

o I would like more tronsit routes 1o Kelowno ond the Shuswop, including on weekends, which 

would reolly help the people of the region 

o The omount of homelessness, drug deoling ond crime thot seems to keep growing 

o The issue of the Shuswop River - the rules of no littering should be strongly enforced 

becouse people go tubing ond booting in the river ond leove their iunk lyíng oround. They 

don't respect the river ond it needs to be better protected. 

o You guys could lower the price of food 

o More sporls reloted octivities ond more porks ond hiking troils 

. I wont o subwoy in Lumby 

o Noi enough biking troils in the communily 

o Cutting down lhe forests 

o Cleon up the beoches ond porks 

. We need more funding for our schools - we hove o very smoll budget 

o Moking things more offordoble so in lhe future we octuolly hqve o chonce for o good life 

o We need more enlertoinment opportuniTies for youth 

o I feel strongly obout the iob situotion ond how no one con get one - 

more octivities ond support 

kids should olso hove 

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"One Segion, Otte Future" 

386


"whot Future would You t¡ke ro creJoVSïEuñtOL9tJI 

. I hope my community will noi Ìurn into o city 

¡ Bigger hockeY rink 

o Urbqn encroochment 

o There's too much gorboge (2) 

¡ I think thot fie communily ond the school should be more cleon 

o We need onolher librory 

o We need o no corbon emission tronsportolion system 

o I feel strongly oboui teoring down trees to build houses - lhe lost troil they lore down wos 

fun. h mokes me ongry oboui teoring down noture to build houses 

o I love the environmenl 

o There is o lot of drug use ond if we don't stop it, our future will not be drug free 

o No more residentiol ploces, we ore gelting too much qnd il's ruining Vernon, moking it 

ugly 

. Help lhe homeless ond give lhem o home 

. I wonl people 1o slort o non-bullying club - stop school bullying 

o All the poor onimols ot lhe SPCA lhol ore nol getting sold 

¡ I think we should hove more shelters for the homeless 

o People under the oge of l7 should hove o stronger voice 

REGIONAL OI5TRICf OF NOBTII OKANAGAN 


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DISTRICT OF COLOSTREAM 





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'c'- B.x DrsTRrcT 

,D'- LUMBY (RURAL) 

.E'- CHERRYVILLE 

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- ENDERBY (RURAL) 


OUR FILE No.: 3M5.07.03 

July 14,2010 

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Jle Corporation of 

the City of 

. VEBNON 


Re: Age-Friendly Survey Outcomes 

The Board of Directors of the Regional District of the North Okanagan, on July 7,2010, passed 

the following resolution: 

That as recommended by the Regional Grovvth Management Advisory 

Committee, the repo¡t dated April 15, 2010 from Regional Grovfth Strategy 

Coordinator regarding Age-Friendly Suruey Outcomes be received for 

information; 

And fu¡ther, that the repoft dated January 7, 2010 titled: "Age-Friendly 

Engagement Phase 1", be teceived for information; 

And fuñher, that all the suruey resu/fs be forwarded to member municipal 

councils for their information. 

The Board of Directors has respectfully referred the report titled Age-Friendly Engagement 

Phase I and the report titled for their information. 


undersigned directly at (250) 550-3750 or by e-mail at anthonv,kittel(Ordno.ca. 

Regional Districl of North Okanagan 



Phone: 250-550-3700 

Fax: 250-550-3701 

Web: www.rdno.ca ^ 

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REGIONAL ÐISTRICT OF NORTH OKANAGAN 

REGI ONAL GROWTH STRATEGY 

"orne Reg'íon, One Future" 

Age-Friend ly Engqgemenl: 

Phqse I 

t /7/2010 

RDNO 

Anthony Kittel, Regionol Growth Slroîegy Coordinolor

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RGMAC - REGUI-AR AGENÚÅ 

RDNO RegionolJ0ll&É¡ tûtûedf, 

Age-Friendly Engogement - Phose I 

Age-Fríendly Engogemenl- Phose I 

Execulive Summory 

ln 2OO4, UBCM lounched the Seniors' Housing ond Suppori lniliotive (SHSI) to ossist locol 

governmenls 1o prepore for on oging populolion. ln 2007, the Ministry of Heolthy Living ond 

Sport provided resources lo further supporl the initioiive ond locol oge-friendly proiects. The 

2009 Age-friendly Communily Plonning Gronl progrom represenis on opporiuniry ro further this 

iniliotive throughout municipolities in BC. 

Age-friendly plonning is bosed on guidelines esloblished by ùe World Heolth Orgonizolion; on 

oge-friendly communily is o communily where policies, services ond slruclures reloted 1o the 

physicol ond sociol environmenl ore designed lo support ond enoble older people to live in o 

secure environmenl, enioy good heolth, ond conlinue to porticipote fully in sociefy. The eighi key 

feotures of on oge-friendly communily ore: 

l. Outdoor spoces ond public buildings úol ore pleosonl, cleon, secure ond physicolly occessible. 

2. Public lronsporlol¡on thoÌ is occessible ond offordoble. 

3. Housing lhot is offordoble, oppropriotely locoled, well buîlt, well designed ond secure. 

4. Opporlunilies for sociol porticipotion in leisure, sociol, cuhurol ond spiriluol octivities with 

people of oll oges ond cr.¡hures. 

5. Older people ore lreoled wilh respecl ond ore included in civic life. 

ó. Opporlunilies for employment ond volunieerism thot coler lo older persons' interesls ond 

obilities. 

7. Age-friendly communicotion ond informotion is ovoiloble. 

8. Communily suppori ond heolth ore toilored îo older persons'needs. 

The Regionol District of North Okonogon received funding through fie Age-Friendly Communities 

Plonning Gronl Progrom to undertoke oge-friendly engogemenl os o componenl of the Regionol 

Growth Strotegy Porlicîpolion Plon. 

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TABTE OF CONTENTS 

r.o |NTRoDUCT|ON..... 

2.O ISSUEBACKGROUND... 

3.0 REGIONAL DISTRICT OF THE NORTH OKANAGAN: AN AGING POPULATION.ó 

4.O SENTORS' PART|CIPATION ACTIV¡T1ES............ ....................8 

4.I REGIONAL AGE-FRIENDLY SURVEY 

4.2 KEY F]NDINGS I I 

Appendix'A'Adverlizing cnd Promolion.. .............14 

Appendix'B': Your Thoughts About...Age-Friendly Survey........ .................1 

Appendix 'C': Survey Oulcomes by Jurisdiction.............. ..........1 

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AGE FRIENDLY ENGAGEMENT: PHASE I 

I.O INTRODUCTION 

As the Region plons for lhe fulure, lhe Ídeol of oge-friendly communilies lokes on speciol meoning. 

Age-specific needs, concerns, ond opportunilies will enhqnce the lÍveobility of the Region ond 

policy decisions musl loke into occount the perspeclives of oll oges. Throughout the Regionol 

Growlh Slrolegy process, specific engogement opporlunities hove been ond will conlinue îo be 

provided for both our younger (under 25) qnd older (obove 55) residenls 1o reveol ihe needs, 

concerns, opporiunities ond perspeclives thol moy be lost in more lrodifionol porticipolion 

progroms. 

To supporl the diologue oclivilies lo be underloken fiot will focilitote engogement, issues 

identificoiion, on Age-Friendly Engogemenl Slrotegy, focusíng on senior engogement, wos 

developed os o sub-slroiegy of ùe Regionol Growth Strolegy Poriicipotion Plon to ensure brood 

public input inÌo the Regionol Growrh Process. The seniors' engogemenl progrom is intended to 

focilitote seniors' involvement wi$in fte process ond provide o forum for discussing lhe needs of 

these residenis. The proposed octivities include: 

The public communicolion, engogement, ond input oclivilies, culmÍnoted in q brood public survey 

exploring issues ond prioities thot will need Io be token inlo considerqlion when developing policy 

dírection. The brood public communicolion elemenls relied heovily on ùe inTernel ond news medio 

qnd the survey will be online, odvertized in rhe locoJ popers ond newlefiers, dislributed through 

porlners, throughoul fie regionol librory system ond were mode ovoloible ol municipol ond 

Regionol D¡$r¡c1 offices ond public evenls. Mony of ùese mediq-specific initotives ensured occess 

to the moiorÍty of rhe lhe seniors' populotion due to limiled use of the ¡niernet, potentiol complexîty 

of the moleriols presented ond prinied survey occessiblity. To ensure inclusivíty of the seniors' 

demogrophic, the lessons leorned ond communicotion networks developed during eorlier 

porlicipolion ond communicotion oclivities informed the mefiods used in engoge seniors obout 

regionol growlh issues. An oge-friendly edition of the regionol growih choice survey will be 

developed in leh future ond, using lhe seniors communicotion networþ dislribuied ond collected. 

The oge-friendly octivities included: 

o Jhe developmenl cf oge-friendly, occessible ond underslondoble communicolion 

ond promolÍonol moteriols fid will inform the seníor populolion obout the 

Regionol Growth Stroiegy; 

Porlicipotion efforts in venues lhot qre frequented by seniors lhot will encourqge 

feedbock, commenl, ond inpul into the Regionol Growth Sfolegy process; ond 

Developmenl, dislribution ond receipt of on oge-friendly issues survey lhoi 

provided odditÌonol opportunilies for senior civic engogemenl. 

2.0 ISSUE BACKGROUND 

Populotion oging ond urbonizoiion ore key globol trends fiot shope society ond public poticy. The 

World Heolth Orgonizotion (WHO) recognizes thol older persons ore resources for ùeir fomilies, 

communilies ond economies when provided with enobling living environmenis. WHO olso 

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recognizes thot oclive ogíng is o lifelong process shoped by o number of focÌors thol influence 

heolth, porticipotion ond securily in loler life? 

Age-friendly communities ore bpsed on the prínciples of octive oging ùroughout life. As o resuh, 

they benefir everyone! children, lhe young, oduhs ond older persons. Age-friendly communilies ore 

built through o process of communily developmenl ond colloborolion wilh governmenls, businesses, 

communily orgonizotions ond individuols working togeùer os full porlners. 

The World Heolth Orgonizotion (WHO) defines on oge-friendly communily os one which: 

o promoies'qcliveogeing'; 

o recognizes lhe greol diversily omong older persons 

. respecls lheir decisions ond lifestyle choìces 

o helps prevent ond correcl the bqrriers thol people encounter os they grow older; ond 

. ensures policies, services ond struclures relqted lo ùe physicol ond sociol envirorvnenl ore 

designed to support ond enoble older people 1o oge oclively - lo live in securily, enioy 

good heolth ond porlicipole fully in ùeir communilies. 

Conodo wos one of 26 couniries thol porticîpoted wifi WHO in developing o guide for 

communilies to use in ossessing how oge-friendly lheir cilies ore. Conodo followed lhis with o 

porollel process to identify foctors thol support oge-friendly remole ond rurol communities. The 

province of Brilish Columbio lhen creoled the Age Friendly lmplemenlotion Teom lo promoie the 

uptoke of the Age Friendly iniliqîive ocross BC. 

According 1o the World Heolth Orgonizolion (WHO), moking communilies oge-friendly is one of 

the mosÌ effeclive policy opprooches for responding to demogrophic oging. Active oging policy is 

defined os "opiimizing opporlunilies for heolth, porlicipolion ond securily in order lo enhonce 

quolity of life os people oge". The octive-oging opprooch ls grounded in the United Nolîons (UN) 

principles of independence, porlicipotion, dignily, core ond self-fulfillment. 

ln 2007, World Heolth Orgonizotion (WHO) published $e 'Globol Age-Friendly Cities Guide' 

(Appendix 'A') bosed on resuhs of the 2005 consulrolion in 33 cilies. The Globol Age-Friendly 

Cities Guide identifies the key elemenis needed for communilies lo successfully supporl heolthy 

oging, nomely: (i) outdoor spoces ond buÌldings; (ä) rronsportotr'on; (äi) housing; (¡v) sociol 

porricipoiion; (v) respect ond sociol inclusion; (vi) civic porlicÌpolion ond employmenl; (vii) 

communîcoîion ond informotion; ond (viii) communîty ond heohh services. Eoch of the eight domoins 

is supported in fie Guide by contexluol clqrificotion ond checklísts lo guide locol community 

consuhoiion ond implemenTolion of oge-friendly policies ond proclice. 

Age-friendly communilies ore bosed on lhe principles of oclive ogíng firoughout life. As o resuh, 

they benefit everyone: children, lhe young, oduhs ond older persons. Age-friendly communilies ore 

built through o process of community development ond colloborolîon with governmenls, businesses, 

communily orgonizolions ond indÍviduols working logether os full porlners. 

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3.0 REGIONAL DISTRICT OF THE NORIH OKANAGAN: AN AGING POPULATION 

There is little doubl lhol our sociely is ogeing ond lhol fiis presenls o number of chollenges for the 

fuiure. The sîruclure of the populorion hos shifled dromolicolly os fie populotion hos oged. 

Between 199ó ond 200ó, the region's medion oge increosed by ó.ó yeors, from 38.2 lo 44,8, 

compored wilh o provinciol chonge of 4.5 yeors. Alreody older in the mid l990ss, by 200ó the 

medion oge wos four yeors older fion ihe provinciol medion. 

Over ùe nexi 23 yeors, The North Okonogon will 1o experience o nel nolurol decreose in 

populotion (i.e. more deoùs fion bírlhs), with populotion growlh lo driven solely by nel migrotion. 

The populoiion is proiected to íncreose from 78,877 in 200ó 1o over 104,233 in 2031 oi on 

overoge onnuol compound growth role of 1.12o/o. 

The foslesl growing communiîies wilhin the North Okonogon will be within the Greoier Vernon 

Areo, including the City of Vernon (1 .45o/ol, Dîstrici of Coldslreon (l .26%l ond Eleclorol Areo 'C' 

l077%l ond 'B' 10.25%1. The estoblished urbon communities of Armslrong ll.52o/o), Enderby 

(1.46%l ond Lumby (O.82%l ore éxpecled ro experience slrong growth os well. Our rurot 

municipolilies ond electorol oreos ore expeded îo hove moderole to lirle growth over the nexi 

23 yeors, olthough these oreos conloin lhe mosi growlh potenfiol in non-resÍdeni housing demond. 

This growlh will be choroclerized by discernoble chonges in fie composilíon of the populotion. The 

greotesl increose will be seen in the ó5-plus populofion, which will grow ol on onnuol roie of 

2.7%o ond,by 2031 , is proiected lo grow by 2.3 times ils size in 2031. As o resuh, whereos 

seniors consliluled only 19o/o of fte populolion in 200d o ùird of the populotion wíll be over lhe 

oge of ó5 in 2031. 

The Regionol Disirict of North Okonogon will foce significont chollenges over the next 25 yeors, os 

lhe number of senîors continues 1o increose dromoiicolly. Growrh in the older oge groups of the 

Norlh Okonogon populolions is proiecled îo conlinue increosing considerobly foster thon for fte 

province os o whole, os the Okonogon remoins o preferred retirement reJocolion centre for 

seniors from Conodo ond the US ond os ûe locol 'Boby Boom; populotion oges. 

lr is oniicípoted thoï, bosed upon-posÎ dernogrophíc lrends, ñol oJl demogrophtc groups under ó5 

yeor of oge will experierrce stight obsolute growlh or decline, olthough their percenloge of 

populolion will conlinue to decline os fie populolion oges. Withîn rhe North Okonogon, especiolly 

wifi o deepening negolive nolurol increose ond declining birth i'oles, preserìÎ demogrophic trends, 

ond older cohort migrotion, moy become omplified. 

ïhe 0-19 oge group is expected ro slightly decline from 18,268 12006) ro ló,9óó (2031), 

olthough ûe shore of populotion will drop lrom 23o/o to 17o/o. The 20-44 cohod is expecled to 

decline slightly from 22,041 (200ó) to 2l /59 (203 t ), wifi the shore of populolion dropping from 

28o/o ¡o 22o/o. The 45-64 cohods ore expecled to increose slightly by 78O people, olthough shore 

of populofion will olso decline frorn 3O% to 24o/o. 

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Although lhese lrends oppeor lo be extreme, British Columbio locol governmenls wilh similor 

demogrophic profiles hove observed impocts from on oging populolion, lower birth roles ond oulmigrotion 

of younger oge groups. The District of North Cowichonr revised their 2OO2 populotion 

proiections ¡n 2008 due to moior observed chonges in the 200ó Census. The Norih Cowichon OCP 

proiected thot by 201ó, the ó5* populolion would comprise 18o/o of the lolol populolion. This 

percenloge hos been reoched by 200ó. Ai the other end of fie oge speclrum, the Norlh Cowichon 

OCP proiected thot by 201ó the 0-19 oge group would comprise only 22o/o of the totol 

populolion, reduced from2So/o in 199ó. By 2006, il hod follen to 16.5Yo. ln short: ùe Dislricl of 

Cowichon wos gelling older oi o much fosier role lhon expectedin2OO2. 

Due lo the high percenloge of seniors, lhe smoll number of residenis belween 20 ond 44, o high 

proporlíon of the populolion beiween 45-64, o declining birlh roie ond the ofirqciion of the 

Okonogon for reTirees (55+) in-migrolion, seniors (ó5+) will dominole the populoilon over the 

nexl 23 yeors. 

4.0 SENIORS' PARTICIPATION ACTIVITIES 

Seniors' Aclion Commitlee 

Throughoui the process, the Regionol Growth Strotegy Coordinolor wos inviled lo contribule ro the 

brooder disct¡ssion on oge-friendly iniliotives ond, ot vorious sloges of the proiect, fie members of 

$e North Okonogon Seniors' Action Network (NOSAN) will olso provided opporlunities to 

colleclively ond individuqlly provide inpul inlo the developmenl of the Regionol Growth Sirolegy. 

Age-friendly promolionol moleriols ond the survey were reviewed by the NOSAN to ensure 

seniors' occessibility. 

Seniorsr lnstilutions 

Seniors' Cenlres hove o lorge role lo plqy in focilÍtoting seniors'civic engogemenL Disploys, ogefriendly 

promolionol moleriols ond occessible presenlotions will be mode ovoiloble lo locotions 

where seniors congregoie. lf there is sufficÌenl ¡nteresï, seniors' focus groups will be convened to 

explore borriers ond opporiunities os fiey relote to the developmenl of rhe Regionol Growth 

Slrolegy. Throughoui the process, simple, lorge print informolion disploys ond survey forms were 

mode ovoiloble to seniors' centres, seniors' complexes ond seniors' ossociolions throughout the 

North Okonogon. 

Communicolion lniliolives 

According to the Age-Friendly Rurol ond Remole Communilies: A Guide, mo$ widely used melhods 

of senïors' communicoiion in smoll cilies ond rurol communilies conlinues 1o be more lrodilionol 

meihods such os word of mouth, lelephone, bulletin boords, newspope¡s ond rodiq ond communily 

evenls. The mosl effedive communícoÌions lool oppeors to be o posier or flyer posled on bulletin 

boqrds in key locolions. Word of mou*r-in person or by îelephone, though fomily ond friends or 

I Sudermon, Beverly. 2008. Disfr¡ct of Nodh Cowichon Populotion ond Housing Forecosl. Prepored for lhe 

District of Cowichon, Moy 2008. 

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through clubs, ossociolíons, commun¡ly cenlres ond ploces of worshiFis olso seen os on imporlont 

woy lo gel informolion out. 

Newsleliers oppeor to be onoùer imporlonl source of informoÌion for older odults, wiù mony 

older odult porliciponts ond service providers idenrifying o colendor of evenls ond o listing of 

progroms ond serv¡ces (municipol, community/recreol¡on cenlres, eic.) os o useful publicotion. lt 

wos seen to be mosl useful when it includes key conlocls wirh fteir phone numbers. 

While seniors ore embrocing new lechnologies, these lechnologies ofren couse concern ond 

frustrotion. Nol oll seniors hove occess lo computers; nor do oll hqve the skills to use them os 

informolion ond communicotion îools. Assumpiions ùoi mosl, if nol oll, pe.ople even hove occess lo 

the infernel is unreolisiic in rurol ond remole communilies. 

The oclions token included: 

o Educoie community members obout Regîonol Growth Slrotegy process, oplions ond 

engogement rhrough evenls, such os the Vernon Seniors' Trode Show, seniors' ossociolion 

presenlolions ond updotes lo the Seniors' Aclion Network. 

. Ensure ùol woys of communicoling ore 'oge-friendly'. For exomple: Enlorge ùe font on 

seniors' promolionol moteriols, such os the Regionol Growth Strotegy Lorge Font Rock- 

Cord; 

¡ Use seniors; orgonizolions ond nelworks 1o disseminole informoiion ond moteriols, 

including Heoton Plon (Armstrong), Coldstreom Monor (Coldsreom), Soddle Mountoin 

Seniors' Drop-in Centre (Lumby), Seniors'Action Neiworþ Sociol Plonning Council of North 

Okonogon, Schubert Cenlre (Vernon) ond Holino Seniors'Centre (Vernon); 

¡ Publicizing evenls ond informolion imporlonl lo seniors in oll locol newspopers ond seniors' 

newslellers; 

¡ lnformolion on evenls in lhe community disseminoled ùrough fie rodio; 

o Mqking informofion on websites eosy for seniors to find; 

¡ Disploy upcoming events ol cenlrol locoiions frequented by seniors, such os the regionol 

librory syslem; ond 

o Design lhe oge-friendly issues survey to be occessible to the seniors' community. 

4.I R,EGIONAL AGE.FRIENDTY SURVEY 

An oge-friendly survey wos developed ond dîslribúed os porl of the Seniors' Engogemenl 

Strotegy, os port of the Regionol Growlh Stroîegy Porticipotion Plon, ùot would ossist in the 

development ond evoluoilon of sirolegic growth monogement policies. Through numerous 

porlnershîps, including numerous seniors' complexes ond oclivily centres, the Sociol Plonning 

Council of Nonh Okonogon, fie North Okonogon librory sysiem ond member municipolilies, 

surveys were disiributed throughout the Region. 

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A lwo monlh long odverlizing 

compoign in oll locol popers ond 

commun¡îy newslellers, disploys in 

seniors' complexes, recreotionol 

focilities ond librories ond word of 

mouth lhrough the Seniors' Action 

Nelwork ond communily orgonizolions 

proved 1o be successful. The 

quesiionnoire osked seniors lo role 

severol ospects of fieir locol 

communily ond the impocl thot 

numerous issues hove on the wellbeing 

of older residenis. The 

feedbqck forms were olso mode 

ovoiloble on lhe Regionol Growlh 

Slrotegy websile ond distributed lo severol seniors housing groups to shore w¡1h older clienis. 

Over 300 compleled forms were colleded. 

Figure 3: Percenloge of Submissions by Norlh Okonagcn Communily 

f Armstrong 

I Coldstream 

I Enderby 

¡ Lumby 

I Smallumcheen 

r Vernon 

I Electoral Areas 

Approximotely 58 percenl of respondenls who gove lheir oge indicoled being ó5 yeors or older 

ond 11o/o which were under 55 yeors if oge. Femoles submilled quesl¡onno¡res lhree limes more 

ofien thon men. 

The Cíty of Vernon, which represenis over holf the North Okonogon populotion ond the híghesr 

percenloge of seniors, corresponded 10 over holf the overoll respondenls. The other iurisdicrions 

submitted qr.eslionnoires in proportion lo their populotion, excepi for the Villoge of Lumby which 

porl¡c¡poled ot o level in excess of their Regionol populotion proporlion. Communily-specific 

survey profiles ore included within Appendix 'C', including oll comments received. This informolion 

will inform policy development, in oddition lo oiher comments ond input received from the 

communilíes. A brief summory of survey outcomes ore below. 

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4.2KEY F¡NDINGS 

TwenÌy questions were osked within ùe Age-Friendly Communities Survey (See Appendix 'B') 

înspired by rhe eight domoins of community life identified by fie Globol Age-fríendly Cilies 

proiect. Through ihe ossessment of lhe surveys, o cleorer view of lhe populolion of odulß who 

moke up our older populolion ond identified two imporloni themes. The first wos lhol offordoble, 

occessible ond oppropriote housing wos lhe mosr significonl borrier to developing on oge-friendly 

communiîy. Affordoble housing concerns extended beyond seniors demond, offecling younger 

residents. The second theme wos lhe borrier of lronsportotion opiions - lronsil service is limiled 

outside of rhe Ciry of Vernon, the hours of operotion ore limiled to doylime hours qnd octive 

ironsporlotion infrostruclure is locking or in disrepoir. Toble I summorizes the responses revived 

during lhe survey period. 

Toble l: Nodh Okonogon Age-Friendly Survey Oulcomes 

Survey Queslions Yes No 

Don'f 

Know 

Ql:ls there enouqh housing for seniors 2l 224 57 

Q2:Housino for seniors is offordoble 41 203 57 

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Q3:ls ftere enouqh housing for younger people 29 171 

Q4: Public lronsporîolion is sufficient 79 175 49 

Q5,Tronsoorlotion oÞlions lo medicol oppoinlmenis 77 lór 67 

Qó. Troñsporlotion for disobilities 42 r50 109 

Q7: Public lronsporlolion options ore offordoble 10r 

't04 94 

Q8: Locol porks/troils occessible lo senÎors 155 9r 57 

Q9, I don'î need o cor lo occess essenlÍol services 103 177 21 

Ql0: Sofe when wolking ocross lhe slreel 148 143 10 

Ql l: Affordoble recreoiionol oclivilies 150 8r 70 

Ql2: Proqroms brinq voulh ond seniors logelher 70 r08 122 

Ql3' Service I use ore sufficienl for my needs r88 94 21 

Ql4: Seniors ore lreoled wilh respect 222 53 26 

Ql5: Seniors serve in on odvisory role r33 48 120 

Ql ót Communily consultotions - oll oges 8ó 54 t67 

'r00 

Ql7: Plonning process consider seniors 

71 r30 

Ql8; Volunteer opporlunilies for seniors 182 54 ó8 

Ql gt RecognitÎon for seniors thot volunleer lll 107 93 

Q20' Enough poid opporlunities for seniors r9 129 r50 

Age-Friendly Feolures 

Heolthy qnd reosonobly mobile seniors ore generolly pleosed to be living in the Norlh Okonogon 

becouse it is o relotively smoll communilies, including the City of Vernon, which offers boih o 

reloxed poce of life, ond yet provides o voriely of meons for sociol porlicipolion ond oclivities. 

Age-friendly ospects of the North Okonogon include ils mony porks ond troils which offer 

opportunilies for exercise ond sociolizotion, ils seniors' clubs, orgonizotions ond cenlres ond ils 

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public librory syslem. ln generol, heolthy qnd odíve seniors, feel very included ond respeded in 

lheir communilies, ond feel thot fieir conlribulions to their communities ore odequorely recognized. 

A9e-Friendly Borriers 

Seniors throughout the North Okonogon ond respondenls under 55 yeors of oge ogree on o 

number of oge-friendly borriers lhol hqve o significonl impocl on seniors. Tronsporlolion issues 

dominote the disc,r.rssion, wilh fie lock of lronsportolion options, lhe need for Ìronsil service 

ùroughoú ùe North Okonogon, sidewolk moinlenonce ond crosswolks were oll problemolic. The 

lock of lronsportotion oplions for seniors, especiolly oulside of the Ciry of Vemon, porliculorly 

problemolic for seniors lrying lo occess heolth cqre fociliîies. 

Tronsporloiion fees, especiolly toxi services, ore on odded burden for seniors, especiolly given 

ùol mony live on fixed incomes ond lend 1o occess heohh core focilities increosingly wilh oge. 

Crosswolks ore onolher ouldoor concern for seniors. The moiorily of slreei crossings do nol hove 

crossing lights ond exisling crossing lighrs do not give slow-moving sen¡ors, portianlorly ñose with 

wolkers ond wheelchoírs, enough lime so cross, ond there is olso o need for more crosswolks with 

oudible signols ín oui lorger urbon centres. 

The lock of sidewolks olong mosl slreels within the urbon cenlres hos creoied o series of obstocles 

for seniors, especiolly fiose with ossisled mobility devices. Seniors ond other residents musl use the 

slreei 1o move through communities, compeling wilh oulomobile fioffic, cyclisls ond other 

pedeslrions. Sidewolk mointenonce in winter is onother concern for senior pedestrions. lcy 

sidewolks ond curb culs full of snow ore iust q few of ùe hozords seniors must novigole their woy 

oround when going oul in winter. All of lhese in vorious woys ocl os borriers to oclive ogeing in 

the NorÌh Okonogon. 

Older persons in fte North Okonogon hove identified offordoble ond occessible housing os the 

greolesÌ obslocle wiùin the North Okonogon. Smoller communiîies so nol hove odequole seniors 

housing ol oll levels of core, wiîh mony seniors moving oui of the communily lo occess seniors 

housing lo meel fieir requirements. Ahhough senior's housing proiects hove been underloken in 

mony communities, including ùe City of Armstrong, Dislrict of Coldstreom, Villoge of lumby ond 

City of Vernon, demond hos coniinued to outslrip supply for seniors on fixed incomes. The lock of 

offordoble housing oplions exlends beyond seniors, impocting younger people within the Region. 

Voconcy rotes hove consistenlly been below lo/o over the losl 5 yeors ond this fiend is not 

expected to chonge. Rising housing cosis ond loxes ond the costs qssociqled with retrofitting homes 

ore oll moior concerns for home owning seniors, porliculorly for,those on fixed incomes. The lqck of 

odequoie séniors' housing, ot oll levels of core, ond lengthy woil t¡mes ore olso corìcerns, 

especiolly for lhose w¡th disob¡l¡ties ond greoler core needs. 

Seniors' concerns regording public tronsporlolion focus primorily on limiled hours of operolion, 

infrequent service ouiside of the City of Vernon qnd the inodequocies ossocioted wiù the 

occessible lrons¡Î sysiem. Coregivers qlso note the insensilivity of cob drivers loword the needs of 

seniors. The lock of occessible lronsportotion oplions for seniors resuhs in the relionce on the 

outomobile to occess essenliol services ond medicol oppointmenls, o siluolion thoi moy chonge 

quickly due lo the loss of o license due 1o medicol conditions. 

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Seniors hove o voriety of woys of occessing informqlion in the North Okonogon, including locol 

rodio ond television sloiions, communily newsletlers, seniors' orgonizolions ond octivity cenlres, 

church groups, fie librory sysiem ond the lnlernel. However, lhe moiorily (ó0%) of seniors do noi 

hove occess lo ùe lnlernet, or do not know how lo use il, often feel left out in o world lhot 

increosingly relies on technology for communicolion. Smoll prinr used in mony publicolions olso 

creoles o borrier lo seniors occessing needed informotion. 

Seníors, due 1o The lorge number of seniors' centres, orgonizolions, droriloble orgonizolions ond 

church groups, feel ùey ore provided with omple opporiunilies for cÎvic engogemenl' ond ore 

mode io feel welcome by municipolilies in numerous woys. Senior volunleers, in poriiculor, find 

their volunleer experiences fulfilling, rewording, ond opprecioled by their communiTies. Seniors 

confined io their homes due to significont disobilities, however, ore lorgely excluded from civic 

engogemenl. 

Suggeslions for lmprovemenl 

Seniors provided o number of suggestions for improvemeni 1o oge-friendly borrÎers in the North 

Okonogon. Some of lhe most commonly cited include: I ) The exponsion of lronsit servÍce lo 

respond lo ihe needs of seniors, including exponded hours of operolion, dedicoted lronsil service 

io medicol focílities ond greoler service lo communilies oriside of Vernon ond greoler occessibility 

for disobled seniors; 2) lncreose the stock of offordoble ond occessible seniors housing wíthin oll 

communities, including extended core focililies 3) the improvemenl of sidewolk moinlenonce in 

winter time 4) rhe lenglheníng of signol times reloled lo crosswolks ond/or the oddition of o 

pedesirion-only signol light 5) expond rhe sidewolk ond wolking polh networks, os well os 

odditionol tronsportot¡on-oriented Ínfrosîructure such os oppropriote lronsit stops ó) lhe creoÌion 

of o cenlrol informotion service for seniors 7) Concentrole seniors housing Ín neigbourhood cenlres 

wilh core omenilies (seniors' cenlres, shopping, enterloinmeni omenilies within wolking distonce) to 

reduce relionce on outomobiles 8) lncentives/initiotives lhol will ossist fixed income seniors in 

occessing bosic Aoods ond services 9) More events ond oclivities occessible 1o seniors, includÌng 

opportunities for sociol engogemenl ond poriicipolion by ossisled living seniors 'l 0) Assistonce for 

oging in ploce, especiolly wirhin smoller communiïies. 

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Appendix'A' Adverlizing ond Promolion 

ßEGIONAI ÐISTRICT OF NORTH OKANAGAN 

REGIONAT GROWTH STRATEGY 

"O ne, Reg ion, Q n e Future" 

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,wfrlit wiûL it tafup to øpttßatpI 

AgøFriandØy Saway* 

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Aboul.. . Age-Friendly Suruey 

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The Reglonol Dístr¡ct of Nqrth Okonogon ls developing o Regionol Growth Strolegy thot will 

guide over communilie¡ over lhe next 2O yeors. Your thoughls on lhe issr¡e¡ ond lhe pr¡or¡tíes you 

con¡ider in urgenl need of ottention will ossist in lhe development of on Strolegy lhot responds 

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PROFITE 

Community: City of Armstronq 

Ser Age Fixed lncome 

Mole Fenpile 55-59 6Wt 65-69 7o+ Oläer Yes No 

4 l0 0 2 I 3 7 7 7 

SURVEY RESUTTS 

COMtT,tENTS 

Profile: Aoe: ó0-ól: Sex Femole 

Survey Questions Yes No 

Enioy oboul Communily: 

r Smoller size wilh occess lo lorger communities 

o Friendly ond helpful 

Priorilies: 

o Fresh oir 

o Cleon woler 

o Sewoge systems 

o Affordobilily 

o Tronsit thoi mokes conneclions 1o oll our communilies 

¡ Affordoble housing 

¡ Heohh core 

Don'l 

Know 

Ql:ls there enouoh housino fo¡ seniors 2 I 3 

Q2:Housinq for seniors is offordoble 2 7 5 

Q3:ls there enouoh housino for younoer peoole 2 ó 6 

Q4: Public tronsportotion is sufficient 5 6 3 

Q5:Tronsporlotion oplions to medicol 4 6 3 

Qó: Tronsportqlion for disobilities 5 4 5 

Q7: Public tronsporlol¡on oplisns ore offordoble 6 2 ó 

Q8: locol porks^rqils occessible to seniors 6 5 3 

Q9' ldon't need o cor 3 r0 0 

Ql0: Sofe when wolkino ocross the street il 3 0 

Ql l: Affordoble recreolionol octivities I 5 I 

Ql2: Proorcms brinq youth ond seniors looelher 5 4 5 

Ql 3: Service I use ore sufficienr for my needs to 4 0 

Ql4: Seniors qre lreoied with resoect l2 I I 

Ql5: Seniors serve ín on odvisory role 9 I 4 

Ql ó: Communily consuholions - oll ooes to I 4 

Ql7: Plonnino Þrocess consider seniors 7 I 6 

Ql8: Volunteer opporlunilies for seniors I 3 3 

Ql9: Recoqnilion for seniors thot volunteer 4 4 6 

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¡ Affordoble dentol 

Profile: Age: ó5-ó9: Sex: Femole 

Enioy oboul Community: 

. Eos) lo get oround by wolking - good sidewolks, nol mony hills 

Prio¡ities: 

o Public lronsportoÌ¡on wilh more before ond ofter hours 

Profile: Aqe:70* Sex: Mole 


¡ Friendly ond occessibilily 1o services 

o lifestyle ond services 

Profile: Aqe:7O*: Sex: Femole 


¡ Quiel ond o sense of ploce 

. Opportunities for inier-generotionol qnd non-denominolionol inïeroclion 

Priorities: 

o Assislonce for oll who ore disobled 

¡ lnformotion ond flyers obor¡t whot oc-tivities ore within lhe communily (lorge print) 

¡ Phone numbers for everylhing - not everyone hos o compuler 

¡ A greoler opprecioTion for disobililies ond medicol condilions 

o Proiection of Woler Supply 

¡ Bicycle roules in developed oreos 

Younoer lhon 55 

Enloy obout Communily: 

o Love fie smoll town friendly olmosphere 

o Smoll, sofe ond friendly 

o PosÌtive otlitude omong communily members 

o Free yeor-round fomily evenls 

¡ Generolly o sofe communily 

. People 

¡ The noturol beorny 

¡ The Okonogon Symphony Orcheslro 

¡ The beqches ond troils 

¡ lndependenlreslouronts 

o Nice ond quite 

Priorilies: 

¡ Access lo outdoor oclivilies 

o Ouldoor friendly developmenl 

o Develop o connected muhipurpose lroil syslem (2) 

r Moinloining sufficient ALR londs 

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o Moinloin ond ensure sofe ond offordoble woier 

o lmprove public sofe| 

o Mointqin ond creoie employmenl opportun¡î¡es 

o Promote regions populorily 

o lndoor pool for winler use 

o Prese¡ving noturol londs 

o Setting oside lond for noiive plonts ond wildlife 

o Creoling porks ond troils 

¡ Encouroging self contoined communilies 1o reduce commuling 

o Thoi our drivers do their iobs like úey ore suppose to 

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Communily: Dislricl of Coldstreom 

PROFITE 

Sex Age Fixed lncome 

Mole Femole 55-59 60á4 ó5{¡9 7O+ Olher Yes No 

5 34 I 5 2 28 2 3l I 



Ql:ls there enough housing for seniors 5 25 9 


Don'l 

Know 

Q3:ls rhere enough housing for younger people 4 12 22 

Q4: Public tronsootlolion is sufficîent ló 

't5 9 

Q5:Tronsportolion oplions to medicol ló l9 I 

Qó: Tronsporloiion for disobilities 4 23 12 

Q7: Public lronsportol¡on oplions ore qffordoble t5 9 t5 

Q8, Locol oorks/troils occessible 1o seniors 27 8 4 

Q9t I don'Î need o cor r3 24 2 

Ql0: Sofe when wolkinq ocross the slreel 3r I 0 

Ql l: Affordoble recreolionol qclivilies 25 3 lt 

Q'l 2: Proqroms brinq youth ond seniors together 6 r3 20 

Ql3: Service I use ore sufficienl for my needs 34 5 2 

Ql4: Seniors ore lreoled wifi respecÏ 34 3 2 

Ql5: Seniors serve in on odvisory role 14 2 23 

Ql ó: Communily consuhotíons - oll oges 4 5 30 

Ql7: Plonnino process consider seniors 9 6 23 

Ql8: Volunieer opporlunilies for seniors 27 2 ló 

Ql9: Recoonition for seniors thoî volunteer l9 ó 23 

Q20, Enough poid opporlunities for seniors 3 I 28 

COMMENTS 

Profile: Aqe:55-59¡ Sex: Mole 


. Opportunilies for work ond investmenl 

¡ Recreolion ond eco-lourism 

Pfoiilíes: 

o lnfroslrucÌure 

o RelÎremenl Service 

o Accessibility 

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Profile: Age: óGó4: Sex: Mqle 


o Trees 

o Lock of industriol pollution 

o SofeU 

Priorilies: 

o Coldstreom needs food, gos ond heolth services 

o Need more reloil ond reslouronis 

Profile: Age: ó(Þó4: Sex: Femole 


¡ The number of non-profils lhol offer voluoble services to the community 

. Open skies, low populotion, scenery 

o Lifesûle 

o Recreoiionolopportuníties 

Priorities: 

o Jobs for young people (encouroge business) 

o Properiy ond woter toxes too high 

o "Renl-o-cow" scheme "formers" beoting ihe properly iox system 

o Looming pesticide bon ond noxious weed bylow ore incompolible 

o Need 1o design the communily for sofe| - sqfe downlown, more policing, beüer slreet 

lighting 

. Keep the livobilily of Greoter Vernon - limil oulword exponsion, greqter housing mix, 

bolonce urbon, suburbon ond rurol 

o Moke downtown Vernon wolkoble ond hove more housing opporiunities 

o Provide more housing opÌions for oll oges with omenities neorby 

Profile: Aqe: ó5-ó9:Sex Mole 

Enioy obout Communily: 

o Rurol living opporîunity 

o Sofe ond crime-free commmity 

¡ Friendly neighbours 

PriorÍlíes: 

o Troffic congestion in Greoter Vernon 

o Vernon Hospilol overcrowded, poor medicol response iime 

o Highwoy ó needs upgroding 

o Urbon sprowl ond loss of ogricuhurol londs 

Profile: Aoe:70* Sex: Mole 

Enioy oboul Gommunityi 

Schubert Cenlre 

Profíle: Age:7O*¡ Sex: Femole 

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. Opportunilies lo gorden ond occess lhe orts 

¡ Genuine friendliness of its inhobitonts(ó) 

. Good people (4) 

¡ Lifesîyle (3) 

o Counlry selling 

¡ Wolking in the communily 

o Feel sofe in my community 

¡ Respect from people 

. Good medicol core 

o Tronsporlotion hos been eosy ond I con lrovel when I need 1o 

Priorities: 

o Betler public tronsil - 

¡ Downlown housing (decreose cor use, increose wolking) 

o Affordoble housing for lhose who need iî 

o Find solutions to the homeless problem 

¡ Need more occessible porks ond recreotion oreos 

¡ Sofer roods for pedeslrions 

o More options for seniors lo get oround in the evenîng 

¡ Lock of shopping 

¡ Medicol support 

o Hoving services ovoiloble 

¡ People coming 1o visil me (2) 

o ln ossisled living -+toi much inieroclion with community 

¡ Need community meeiing on importonl lopics 

r Betler eniertoinmenT oplions 

I need lo wolk 2km to coich o bus (3) 

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Communitv: City of Enderby 

PROFITE 


hlole Femsle 55-59 60{4 65.ó,9 7o+ Olher Yes No 

I 22 I I ì 12 I 17 3 

SURVEY R.ESULTS 


Ql:ls lhere enouoh housino for seniors I l8 4 

Q2:Housinq for seniors is offordoble 6 14 3 

Don'l 

Know 

Q3:ls there enouqh housino for younoer oeoole 2 t8 3 

Q4: Public tronsporlot¡on is sufficîenl 7 l4 2 

Q5:Tronsportolion options lo medicol I r3 2 

Qó: Tronsportolion for disqbilities 3 I t2 

Q7' Public lronsporlotion oplions ore offordoble I 7 7 

Q8: locol porksÁroils occessible lo seniors r3 6 4 

Q9: I don't need o cor 1l 12 2 

Ql O: Sofe when wolkinq ocross the sîreet t0 ll 2 

Ql l: Affordoble recreolionol octivities r0 5 9 

Ql2: Proqroms brinq youth ond senïors loselher 5 r0 I 

Ql3: Service I use ore sufficienl for my needs r3 7 2 

Ql4: Seniors ore treoled with resoect 14 6 3 

Ql5: Seniors serye in on odvisory role 7 5 ll 

Ql ó: Communily consuholions - oll ooes ó 4 r3 

Ql7: Plonnino process consider seniors I 5 9 

Ql8: Volunieer opoorluniîies for seniors l3 3 6 

Ql9: Recoqnítion for seniors lhot volunteer I I 7 

Q20: Enouoh poid opporlunities for seniors 3 r0 t0 

COMMENTS 

Profile: Aqe:55-59: Sex: Female 

Enioy cbout Gommunity: 

¡ | enioy lhe smoll lown otmosphere (3) 

¡ Lots lo do 

. C¡t¡zens ond businesses ore helpful 

Priorities: 

¡ Affordoble housing for seniors ond young oduhs (3) 

o Fomily dodors ore hord lo occess since hospitol closing 

¡ Tronsporloiion 1o oppoinlmenl 

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¡ Some rood hove no sidewolks, need 1o cleor roods ond sidewolks during winier monlhs (2) 

o No bus shehers ond bus limes ore limited 

o Noi enough porking 

o Green spoce - too mony lrees cü 

o Cleon, sofe drinkîng woter 

¡ Too much development 

o Beller plonning - subdivisions on hillsides 

o lnclusion of oll groups in decision-moking 

o Long-term plon for roods 

. Moke the region people-friendly 

¡ More housing choices, including smoll lot homes (2) 

Profile: Aoe: ó(}'ó4: Sex: Mqle 

Priorities: 

a 

a 

To get senior levels of governmenl lo lislen lo the overoge ioe in lhe region 

More consuhotion wilh communilies on provinciol ond federol plons ond initiotives - be 

inclusive 

City plonning considers seniors, senior levels of governmeni never considers seniors or ony 

olher group 

Profile: Aqe:70*: Sex: Femole: Fixed lncome: Yes 


o Greot seniors centres in Vernon 

o Summer 

¡ Close lo sociol octivities 

o Friendly people (3) 

o Country life 

¡ Greol communily 

¡ Beouly of the Region 

¡ Smoll enough thol you con wolk lo your deslinotion 

Priorities: 

o More housíng oplîons for seniors ond young people (4) 

¡ Need more iobs 

¡ More youth progroms 

. BelÌer opporlunilies for single mothers 

o Medicol lronsporlolion for seniors 

o More octivities oimed ot seniors 

Younqer lhon 55 

Enioy obout Community: 

¡ Amenilies wiïhin wolking distonce 

o Strong volunleer nelwork 

¡ Smoll town sense of community 

413

Prioflies: 

o Protecting rhe Shuswop River 

o Affordoble housing for seniors ond young fomilies 

. . Promoting Tourism 

. Air quolity 


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Community: Villoqe of Lumby 

PROFITE 


Mole Femole s5-s9 60{,4 65{/9 7O+ Olhe¡ Yes No 

t2 28 I t0 5 14 3 23 6 

SURVEY RESUI.TS 


Ql:ls lhere enouqh housinq for seniors t 37 2 

Don'f 

Know 

Q2:Housino for seniors is offordoble l0 23 7 

Q3:ls there enouqh housinq for younqer people 3 23 

't3 

Q4: Public lronsportolion is sufficient I 26 5 

Q5:Tronsporlotion opiions 1o medicol 6 25 I 

Qó: Tronsoortotion for disobilities 0 26 

't3 

Q7: Public tronsportqiion oplions ore offordoble 5 17 l5 

Q8: Locol pqrks/troils occessible to seniors 28 8 5 

Q9r I don'Î need o cor 9 27 2 

Ql0: Sofe when wolkino ocross lhe streel 2ó 14 0 

Ql l: Affordoble recreolionol odivities 23 I 7 

Ql2: Prooroms brino voúh ond seniors looelher 20 r0 9 

Ql3: Service I use ore suff¡cient for my needs 23 9 6 

Ql4: Seniors ore treoled wilh respect 29 7 4 


Qlót Communily consuholions - oll oqes l5 6 r8 

Ql7: Plonning process consider seníors 17 10 

'r3 

Ql8: Volunleei opportunilies for seniors ró t0 r3 

Ql9t Recoqnitíon for seniors thot volunteer l1 14 t4 

Q20: Enouqh poid opporlunîlies for seniors 2 t9 r8 

COMMENTS 

P¡ofile: Aoe:55-59: Sex: Mole 


o Close knil 

Priorilies: 

o Affordoble housing 

Profile: Aqe: 55-59: Sex¡ Femole 


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Age-Friendly EngogemenÌ - Phose I 

o Smolltown feel (3) 

¡ lnclusive ond friendly (5) 

Priorilíes: 

¡ Tronsportotion need to be ovoiloble (3) 

o Funding for progroms needs to be fixed 

o Need offordoble housing options - moior shortoge (3) 

¡ Need on indoor pool ond lorger holl for recreotion 

o Need more youlh octivilies fiol ore cheoper 

o Troffic sofe| ql inlerseclions - need lights insteod of slop signs 

o More occessible medicol core 

¡ Foir-poying iobs 

o More seniors housing oplions 

o Woler is o concern 

Profile: Age: óGó4: Sex: Mole 


o Quiet 

o Able 1o wolk 1o services ond shops 

o Kids 

o Locol businesses ¡n$eod of box sTores 

o Formers morkel 

o Smoll size where you know most people (2) 

Priorilies: 

o Woler


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o Tronsportoiion oplions 1o Cherryville 

o Clinic hours exlended 

o Tronsportolion oplions lo Vernon - beller tronsil hour' 

a 

Profile: AEe: ó5-ó9: Sex: Mole 


. Very friendly smoll communily (2) 

Priorities: 

o To hove o sofe ploce lo sloy 

o To hqve on inexpensive ploce lo sloy 

¡ To gel 1o omenilies 

o To gel to ploces eosíly 

o Need 1o oddress homelessness 

o Need more locol medicol supporl 

. Woler ond sewoge is on issue 

Profile: Aqe: ó5-ó9: Sex: Femole 


o Friendly, sofe ond most services ore ovoiloble (2) 

¡ Community minded lown (Lumby) (2) 

o Locol orgonizolions provÍde o number of services ond sociol functions (2) 

Priorilies: 

o Accessing noturol oreos - need more lroils 

o More offordoble seniors housing, especiolly ossisled liv¡ng (2) 

. Need Ìo keep smoll communily medicol centres (3) 

¡ Politicions ond the Regionol Disirict should lislen to ond occess seniors' requesis 

. Need to keep smoll communities vioble during hord economic Times (2) 

. Need lo promoie iob creoiion (2) 

¡ Funding for the Lumby Heolth Society (2) 

¡ Proper funding for educotion (2) 

o Our resource centre ond seniors housing funded 

Profile: Aqe: ó5-ó9: Sex: Mqle 


o A friendly ploce 1o live 

Priorilies: 

o Volunleering 

Profile: Aoe:70* Sex Mole 


o Close lo oll necessities 

P¡iorities: 

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¡ Build some new roods 

¡ Cleon up lhe ríver 

o More policing for troffic violotions 

a 

Profile: Aae:7Of: Sex: Femole 

Enjoy oboul Communily: 

¡ Friendly people (5) 

¡ Close to everyfiing (4) 

o Smoll town felling 

Príorities: 

o Assisled living for seniors in smoll communities (2) 

¡ Sofely in lhe home - vulnerobilities 

o Adequole medicol oid ond focilities (3) 

o More offordoble seniors housing (2) 

¡ Affordoble housing with eosy occess 

¡ Affordobility of living in lhe communily chollenging 

o More enlerloinment servíces in lown 

o More grocery slores (omenilies) ore needed 

¡ More policing on weekends 


Enioy obout Communilyr 

¡ Friendly people 

o Rurol setting - fishing, hiking, bikíng ond ouldoor opportunities 

Priorilies: 

¡ Educqlion 

¡ Heohh core 

o Ouldoor recreot¡on infroslruclure (troils, etc.) 

o Expqnd recreolionol opporlunities 

418


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Age-Friendly Engogemenl - Phose l 

Communitv: Township of Spollumcheen 

PROFITE 


l{lole Femole 55-59 60-64 65-69 7O+ Olfier Yes No 

3 8 I 2 I 4 3 4 3 

SUR.VEY RESUTTS 

Don'f 


Know 

Ql rls there enouqh housing for seniors 2 I I 

Q2:Housino for seniors ís offordoble I 7 3 

Q3:ls there enouoh housing for younger people I I I 

Q4: Public lronsporlotion is sufficienl 2 8 I 

Q5tTronsoorlotion oplions to medicol I 9 I 

Qó: Tronsporlolion for disobilities I l0 o 

Q7: Public trqnsportoiion oplions ore offordoble 5 4 2 

Qg' Locol porks,/troils occessible 1o seniors 5 4 2 

Q9: I don't need o cor 2 I o 

Ql0: Sofe when wolking ocross The sireel A 7 o 

Ql l: Affordoble recreotionol octivilies 5 3 3 

Ql2: Progroms bring youfi ond seniors logether 3 6 2 

Ql3: Service I use ore sufficient for my needs 6 4 I 

Ql4: Seniors ore lreoied wíÎh respeci l0 I o 


Ql ó: Communilv consultolíons - oll oqes 3 5 3 

Qì 7: Plonnino process consider senÎors 5 4 2 

Ql8: Volunteer oÞÞortun¡lies for seniors 5 5 I 

Ql9: Recoqniîion for seniors thol volunleer 4 5 2 

Q20' Enouqh poid opporlunities for seniors o 7 4 

COMMENTS 

Profile: Aqe: 55-59: Sex: Femqle 


¡ The sense of communily is sfrong 

Priorities: 

o Need to improve rurol tronsporlolion 

o Low cost recreolionol ocÌivilies for youlh 

419


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Profile: Aqe: óGó4: Sex: Mole 


¡ Thot there ore so mony older odults lhol ore enlhusiosiic oboui poñicipoting 

PrioÍties: 

o Affordoble housing ín sofe locolions 

o Heolth core services thol ore occessible ond offordoble 

o Tronsporloiion thol meeis seniors needs 

o Thoi oll seniors gel imporlonl informoiion 

Profile: Age: óGó4: Sex Femqle 

Priorilies: 

o Need for low cosl housing 

o Need for more housing for seniors 

o Need for country/cily lronsporlolion 

Profile: Age: ó5-ó9: Sex: Femole 


¡ Quile, friendly smoll town 

Priodties: 

¡ Need offordoble housing for seniors with low income 

o Groceries cosl loo mucfi 

¡ No disobiliry lronsporlol¡on 

Profile: Aqe:70* Sex: Mole 


. My communily is quiel, nolurol ond smoll 

Priodlies: 

. Keep the subdividers ond developers oul of rurol forming, forestry ond nolurol 

communíties 

o Allow Vernon 1o be the primory cenlre for medicinolr commerce ond recreoiionol needs 

¡ Consolidote fie ó municipolities ond 5 electorol oreos inlo 5 municípolities - reduce # of 

elected officiols ond locol/regionol odminislrc¡Ìion 

o Polilicolly slop the froclure in the North Okonogon 

Profile: Aae:70*: Sex: Femole 


o Community spirit 

Pdoflies: 

o Communily gordens 

o Seniors octivîîy cenlre 

o Our medicol cenlre is run by volurleers 

o Need belter medicol core occess 

420


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o Low cosi housing 

o Supplementollronsportoiion 

¡ Sociol inieroclion 

¡ lnformoiion shoring 

o Seniors involvement in city plonning 

Younqerlhon 55 


. People ore coring ond helpful 

o Smoll lown olmosphere 

¡ Volunleers, NGOs ond sociol groups thot help people of oll oges 

Priorities: 

o Affordoble housing (2) 

¡ Would like io see bicycle poths in Armsirong so people con sofely wolk on fie sidewolk 

o Betler rurol lronsil 

o Betler, offordoble recreolionol opporlunílies (2) 

o Good sidewolks wilh romps 

. Proper signoge ot cross wolks 

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Communilv: Cilv of Vernon 

PROFITE 


Mole Fernole 55-59 60ó4 6549 7O+ Olher Yes No 

33 I 13 t4 19 27 72 l5 98 32 

SURVEY RESULTS 

COMMENTS 

Profile: Aoe: 55-59: Sex: Mole 


¡ I con wolk to wherever I need to go 

o The people of Vernon generolly give lheir supporT 1o needy couses 

¡ Quite livîng 

¡ Friendly ploce 

r Smoll community 

o The diversity of people 

Priorities: 

o Lower unemployment 


Don'l 

Know 

Ql:ls lhere enouoh housinq for seniors 9 r09 33 

O2:Housino for seniors is offordoble ló il0 24 

Q3:ls fiere enouoh housino for younqer people r5 8ó 50 

Q4: Public lronsportoiion is sufficient 39 8ó 27 

Q5:Tronsporlol¡on oÞl¡ons 1o medicol 40 73 38 

Qó: Tronsporlol¡on for disobilities 25 ó5 ór 

Q7: Public lronsporlotion oplions ore offordoble 57 52 42 

Q8: Locol porks,/troils occessible lo seniors ó3 50 38 

Q9: I don'f need o cor 58 78 l5 

Ql0: Sofe when wolking ocross lhe streel 57 8ó 7 

Ql l: Affordoble recreolionol octivilíes 70 45 3ó 

Ql 2: Proqroms bring yoüh ond sen¡ors logether 28 52 70 

Ql3: Service I use ore sufficieni for my needs 93 50 r0 

Ql4: Seniors ore treoTed wiÌh respecl il0 27 14 

Ql5: Seniors serve in on odvisory role 70 22 ót 

Ql ó: Community consuholions - oll oges 42 26 89 

Ql7: Plonninq process consider seniors 49 3ó 67 

Ql 8: Volunteer ooporlunilies for seniors ì00 24 26 

Ql9: Recoqnition for sen¡ors thol volunieer 55 ól 37 

Q2O, Enouqh poid opporlunilies for sen¡ors TO 65 74 

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¡ Beller troffic flow 

¡ A byposs roule for highwoy rroffic 

¡ More wolking, biking lroils 

¡ More iobs for younger people 

o More public tronsporÌolion (2) 

¡ lnfíll development, especiolly where lhere ore older homes 

o Sofeiy, lÍghting ond snow cleoring on sidewolks - more sidewolks 

o Envîronmenlol issues surrounding outer oreos of Norù Okonogon 

Profile: Aqe:55-59: Sex: Femole 


o People working logeiher 

¡ Volunteeropportunilies 

¡ Quick lo gel oround lown 

o There ore lols of things 1o do (2) 

. Smoll size of communily 

¡ The nolurol omenilies 

o Friendly people 

Priorities: 

¡ Affordoble housing (5) 

¡ Finonces 

o Housing 

o Tronsporlotion 

o Advococy 

o Denlol 

o Access 1o good heolth core (2) 

¡ Providing os much info os possible lo seniors 

building more lroils ond lones thot ore sofe, green spoce for oll 

¡ Environmed - 

o Beller troffîc flow 

o Sofer ond beller condíîion sidewolks (3) 

¡ Adequoie services for homeless ond people on fixed income 

. Gross rools orgonizotion insteod of top down decision+noking 

o Beller bus service 

o Rood repoir (2) 

¡ Less wosloge of loxpoyers'money 

¡ Seniors housing in rhe downlown core 

o Sofer streeis 

Profile: Aqe: óû.ó4: Sex: Mqle 

Priorities: 

¡ Tronsporlolion ovoilobility 

¡ Low income housing in decent condilÎon 

o lnclusive plonning 

o Low-income odvocotes for seniors ond people with disobilities 

o More green oreos ond preserve whot we hove 

423


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o Reduce building when we hove so mony unused buildings in lhe oreo 

o Ensure lhot oll seniors ond hondicopped people hove occess lo oll oreos 

o Toke o long look ol lhe tronsportotion syslem j service 1o oll oreos ond for oll persons 

P¡ofile: Aqe: óGó4: Sex: Femole 


¡ Nofiing 

¡ The friendships developed while working in the orgonizolions I hove ioined (2) 

r Friendly people (2) 

. Opportunities ond ovoilobilily for oll service ond progroms for everyone 

o Smoll enough lo moinloin o vibroni communily oimosphere 

¡ Con drive onywhere is l0 minules or less 

o Ploces lo wolk to 

o Beoutiful locoiion 

¡ Climqte 

. Downlown is well kept ond beoutiful 

Priorilies¡ 

o Low or no cosl medicol 

o Affordoble housing needs - nol iusl one smoll room (4) 

¡ Stoying heolthy - good oir, quolity food (2) 

o Sofe ploce to wolk (2) 

o Need ploces where people on the slreet con shower 

o Betler ond more occessible heolth ond medicol services (4) 

o Sofety issues (2) 

o Employmenl 

o Tronsporlotionissues 

. Help for seniors 

o Soving the environmenl 

o Ozone depletion 

¡ Service for disobled people 

¡ Tronsporlolioncorridors 

o Affordoble tronsporlotion for low income people (2) 

o Funding for the orts ond reslructure Vernon Communily Arls Cenlre 

o Winter snow removol 

¡ Exponding Ribbons of Green troil network (2) 

o Seniors oclivilies 

o Betler communÎcolion syslem for seniors in homes ond focilities 

¡ Creoling o pleosonl, litÌer free, cleon oir environmenl 

o Moke lhe seniors centres more occess¡ble to low income seniors 

o Sidewolks need beller snow removol/deicÎng in fie winler monlhs 

¡ Educotion (better educolionql services) (2) 

¡ New líbrory 

e Support for visiling fomily members of hospitol pol¡enls 

o GroMh - encouroge new slores ond businesses 

o Employmenl - iobs thol provide reol income 

424


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Age-FriendlY Engogement - Phose I 

Profile: Aqe: ó5-ó9¡ Sex: Mole 


. Good weolher, smoll communilY 

Profile: Aoe: ó5-ó9: Sex: Femole 


o Seniors centres (2) 

o Performing orts centre, orls ond culture (2) 

¡ Good food box progrom 

o Ploces lo volunieer 

¡ Mostly friendly people (3) 

o Senior-oriented (2) 

¡ Smoll community (4) 

¡ You con wolk everywhere ond be sofe (2) 

o Seniors ocl¡v¡t¡es ond recreoiionol opportunities 

¡ Lols of volunleer opporlunities for seniors 

o Climore (2) 

o Coring volunleers 

o Beoutiful locotion (2) 

o Recreotionol opporlunilies (2) 

o Nolurol oreos with lokes ond mounloins 

o Form lond ond good formers morkels 

o lenioy everyÌhing 

Priorities: 

o Affordoble housing (910) 

¡ Groceries wiùin wolking dislonce 

o BetÌer, more occessible ond more offordoble heolth core (4) 

o Sofery on sidewolks, need more sidewolks (3) 

o Blind slop signs 

o More occessible lronsporlolion (5) 

o Bike troils, hiking troils ond trocks for running (2) 

¡ More lronsporlolion options for disobled 

o Tronsit ofter ó=00pm (3) 

o Better bus shelters ond stops ùroughout lown. especiolly on Anderson Woy 

o A sofe communily for oll oges 

o Too much urbon sprowl 

o Fix lhe roods 

o Lower loxes for síngle seniors 

o RepresenTotives for governmenl do nol lisien to populoce 

. Orgonized services for driving seniors lo oppoinlmenÌs 

o Reinslote Meols on Wheels 

¡ Wolking lroils olong woterfront 

. Cleon, heolthY environment 

¡ Environmenlql lows 

o Preserving form lond 

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o More housíng oplions for senÍors, especiolly seniors-orienled independeil living complexes 

Profile: Age: ó5-ó9: Sex: Mole 

Enioy cbout Communily: 

¡ All ovoiloble oclívities 

o Friendly communily 

¡ Services ovoiloble io oll oges provided by government ond non-governmenl ogencies 

¡ Beoutifulsurroundings 

¡ Con wolk to mosl of my needs 

Príorilies: 

o Senior housing 

o Senior services 

o Tronsportolion 

o Preservotion of nolurol oreos, porks, bicycle pofs ond lock occess 

o A vibronl downlown with o resÎdentiol component 

o An end to urbon sprowl 

¡ Amolgomolion - it hos been successful in Kelowno ond Komloops 

o Heolth 

¡ Educolion 

o Free from loxes (no income tox) 

Profile: Aqe:70* Sex Mqle 


¡ Smollrown (2) 

o Friendly people (3) 

o I love Vernon ond like being here 

o Climore (3) 

o Accessible porks 

. Eosy to occess goods ond services (2) 

o Voriety of cuhurol oclivilies 

o Seniors centres 

o Wolkoble ond interesiing downlown 

¡ Living in the Okonogon is like being in heoven 

Prio¡ilies: 

o Affordoble meols 

o More home supporl 

o Receiving informotion from the communily 

¡ Proieclion for seniors who ore olone 

o Affordoble housing (ó) 

o Prevenl sprowl 

o Sofe porks 

¡ Compoct living best for seniors (3) 

. Chomber of Commerce olwoys geis whot ¡t wonls 

¡ Beller crosswolks 

o Betler lronsporrolion (2) 

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Age-FriendlY Engogemenl - Phose I 

o Lowering food prices 

. Beller ond more qccessible heohh services 

o HondyDorl needs 1o operole on weekends 

o Enforcement concerns wirh hondicopped porking 

¡ Federol OAS does not meel cost of living requirements 

o To continue working ol iobs I con slill do 

o Betler relotions belween oll forms of governmenl 

o Keeping on eye on our governmenl in Victorio 

o Concern for speeding ond reckless driving in our cily 

o Concerns over our lokes ond rivers 

o The offordobility of living in fie region 

r Recreolion is unoffordoble 

o Heolthy octivilies 

o Focilities for the homeless ond people with oddictions 

¡ Cleon ond sofe drinking woter 

o Seeing ùe full use of ùe exponded hospirol 

¡ Proper funding for our schools 

¡ Public-prïvole funding of lhe oris ond culturol ocl¡vil¡es 

. An end 1o polilicol fiefdoms 

¡ Exponded bus service, including night-time hours (2) 

o More pork spoce 

o More lrees for shode 

o Conserving woter ond keeping il cleon 

o Low impocl, green induslrY 

o Tronsporloiion oplions for people with dísobilities 

o Tronsporlolion oplions for medicol oppoinlmenls 

a 

Profile: Aqe¡ 70i: Sex: Femqle 

Enioy oboul CommunilY: 

o The beouly of the ploce (1 'l) 

¡ Smollsize (ó) 

o Friendly community (13) 

¡ Seniors centre - Schubert Centre (7) 

. Sofe ond I con go obout my business eosily (3) 

o h provides oll fie essenliol services I need ond other oclivities ore ovoiloble if I wont 1o 

use them (ó) 

o Climote (4) 

o Generol respecl for seniors 

. Respect ond opporluniÌies for oll oges 

o There is nothing lo enioy 

¡ Lois of entertoinment, even in fie doytime 

o Everything, iu$ glod lo be here 

¡ Volunieeringopportunilies 

¡ I live close to slores ond ùe librory 

o Everything 

o I con wolk to my downlown destinoiions 

o Friends neor by 

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¡ Troffic is nol heclic yel - 

ossisls seniors 

Priorities: 

o No roising of property loxes - 

¡ Lorge fleer of smoll HondyDorls 

o Tronsportotion (3) 

¡ More finonciol responsibility 

o More focus on porentol responsibility (2) 

o Cleoner oir 

do not need o new librory (2) 

o Better public tronsit - longer hours (4) 

o Crockdown on drivers who lreoi pedeslrions os if fiey ore ovoiloble 

o Susloinoble plonning for future growlh 

. Affordoble housing for seniors ond younger people (8) 

o Sofeï for crossing the streeß (3) 

¡ Beller ond more occessible heolth core (l 3) 

o Need housing for menlol ond psychologicol odults (drug oddiction) 

¡ More seniors oporlmenis qnd complexes where lhere ore more sociol octivilies ond 

people who cooperole 

o Good plonning for fulure wo?er supply 

¡ Cleon slreets under good repoir 

o Good wolking poths (2) 

¡ Betler bus service with longer hours 

¡ Sofer sidewolks (ó) 

. Progroms for youlh 

o Troffic reduction ond monogemenl (2) 

o Seniors centres ond opportunities lhot ore qccessible ond offordoble (2) 

¡ lndoor swimming pool wilh worm woler 

o For seniors lo gei more considerotion for their pension 

¡ More seníors discounls 

¡ Our young people ore very ¡mportonl - more thínkíng obout úe fuÌure 

o Volunleering 

o Sofeù (3) 

o Lorge deportmenÌ slore downlown 

o Seniors lreoied foirly in our c¡reo - lower slore prices 

o More doy rrips 

o Accessibleevening entertoinmenlopportunities 

¡ More option lo occess offordoble prepored foods 

o Governmenl supporl for cooperotive housing loo ollow seniors 1o purchose housing of their 

choice (no security firough rentols) 

no spoce ond they ore hord to novigote 

o No roundobouîs - 

o Toke owoy green spoces ond moke sidewolks for people 

o Build smoller businesses ond comforloble smoll restouronls 1o relox in 

. No HST 

o Helping homeless 

o Need for governments to be more generous 1o seniors 

428


RDNO Regionolj0ìtEv$ ¡OfúedI 


YounEerlhon 55 

Enioy obout CommunitY: 

o The ouldoors ond beoches 

¡ The heolfi core ovoiloble 

o Worm winters 

. Ploces like Columbus Cenlre ond Schuberl Cenlre 

¡ Friendly people (3) 

¡ Lols 1o do if you wont lo gei involved 

o Recreotion oclivilies ovoiloble 

o Communicotion of evenls is very good 

o Silverslor Mounloin 

o Kolomolko Loke 

¡ The orls cenlre 

o I hove leorned from ihe seniors in my communily - fiey ore o weohh of informotion 

Priorilies: 

. Affordoble ond sofe housing (4) 

o SofeD in communily generollY 

o Vocont properties should be cleoned up 

r Tronsportoiion (3) 

. Affordoble services for seniors ond low-income people 

o Medicol expenses ore loo high 

. Tu¡lion is loo expensÍve 

¡ Access to oll services ond resources (3) 

. Need more exiended core focilities lo reduce hospirol bed lood 

moke cors slow down (2) 

¡ Pedestrion ond bike sofely meosures ond lqnes - 

o Newer recreoiion centre, oiher thon $e Recreolion Complex 

o Creoie o byposs so lhe downTown con be sofe ond colm 

. Slop widening slreels in town so seniors con gel ocross them 

o lmprove driver skill so fewer pedeslrions ore hil 

o lmprove ond increose ùe level of HondyDorT service 

429


RDNO RegionoUONEvÉ¡ 901úedf 


Communily: Eleclorol Areos 

PROF¡tE 


filole Femole 55-59 60-64 6549 7O+ Olher Yes No 

5 9 3 3 2 3 3 I 2 


COMMENTS 

Profile: Aqe:55-59: Sex Male 

Enioy obout Communily 

. (F) lt's smoll ond no big businesses will move in 

Priorilies¡ 

o Fomily 

¡ Work 

o Prolection 


Don'l 

Know 

Ql:ls there enouoh housinq for seniors o lo 4 

Q2:Housinq for seniors is offordoble I 9 3 

Q3:ls there enouoh housino for younger people I l0 3 

Q4: Public lronsporlolion is suffîcient 2 t2 0 

Q5:Tronsporlolion oplions to medicol I il 2 

Qó: Tronsportotion for disobilities 2 I 4 

Q7: Public lronsÞortol¡on oplions ore offordoble 3 I 3 

Q8' Locol porksÁroils occessible 1o seniors I 5 I 

Q9: ldon't need o cor 3 ll 0 

Ql0: Sofe when wolkinq öcross the slreel 5 I I 

Ql l: Affordoble recreolionol octivities 4 7 2 

Ql2: Progroms bring youlh ond seniors logether I 9 4 

Ql3' Service I use ore sufficient for my needs 4 l0 o 

Ql4: Seniors ore lreoled with respect 7 6 I 

Ql5: Seniors serve ¡n on odvisory role I 4 2 

Ql ó: Communily consuholions - oll oqes 3 5 6 

Ql7: Plonninq process cons¡der seniors 2 6 6 

Ql8: Volunleer opoorlunilies for seniors 6 6 2 

Ql9: Recoonition for seniors thot volunteer 7 4 3 

Q20: Enouoh poid opporlunities for seniors o 9 5 

430


RDNO RegionolJ0l{EvÛ t0tûedÍ 


Profile: Aqe:55-59: Sex: Femole 


o (D)Friendly 

o (B)The rurol lifeslYle on the BX 

. (B) Smoll town feel thor is disoppeoring 

o (B)The hiking troils ond surrounding beouty 

Priorilies: 

. (D) Better heolth core services ond medicol sloff 

. (B) Adequole woter supply ol offordoble cost lo grow o gorden, cleon drinkÍng woler 

. (B) More hiking opporlunilies - complele lhe Grey Conol lroil 

. (B) Bike lroils oround Swon Loke 

o Much more public occess io our lokes os is seen in every other volley community 

Enioy obout CommunilY: 

. (D) Smoll friendly community close to the omenities of Vernon (2) 

Priorilies: 

. (D) Jobs 1o keep our yornh in lhe oreo (good poying) 

. (D) Beller occess to medicol services 

. (D) More offordoble housing options for seniors lhol require ossisted living 

!. 

i, 

i 

Profile: Aoe: óGó4: Sex: Femole 


¡ Nol loo lorge ond busY Yel 

Priorities: 

o Belter heohh core 


o Less woit limes for better operolions 

Profile: Aoe¡ ó5-ó9: Sex: Mole 

Enioy oboul CommunitY: 

. (D) Smoll friendly slow poced community 

Priorities: 

. (D) Need more seniors public housing 

. (D) Community foresi 

. (D) Rurol economic develoPment 

. (D) Rurol high speed iniernel 

Profile: Aqe: ó5'ó9: Sex Femole 


. (D) Smoll rurol communilY 

. (D) People core oboul other people 

43L


R D NO Re giono lJOl.lEv$ t0tûedF 

Age-Friendly Engogemenl - Phose l 

PrÍorílies: 

. (D) Affordoble housing for seniors or olhers 

. (D) More frequeni lronsil to ond from Vernon 

. (D) More lronsporlotion oPt¡ons of seniors who do nol drive 

. (D) Professionol councillors for seniors, youlh ond fomilies 

Profile: Aoe:70* Sex Mole 


. (F) Being o member of rhe Grindrod Recreolion Sociely ond the community keeps o very 

close wolch ond contoct wiù me. 

Priorities: 

. (F) Block Wotch 

. (F) Moinloin the environment (2) 

o Heolth services 

o More finonciol help ro moinloin my home 

Profile: Aqe:70*: Sex: Femqle 

Priorilies: 

e (F)To be oble to live in my own home ond be independent 

o (F)Affordoble housing - 

o (F)A seniors fociliry ftot offers services ond rides 

o (F)Public tronsporÌolion is needed 

o (F)Streets need to be better moinloined 



. Very supporîive communily 

o Every.thing is very close 1o our residence 

Priorilies: 

¡ Affordoble housing for seniors 

o Beller medicol services 

. Betler enterloinmenl oprions 

o Access lo betler locol omenilies 

including mointoining fte fomily home 

432

RGMAC - REGU].AR AGENDA 

RDNO RegionoU0l{5v$ 90tûedX 


CommunitY: UNKNOWN 

PR.OFIIE 

No profile informolion indicoled on sutvey 

SUR,VEY R,ESULTS 

5uruey Questions Yes No 

Don't 

Know 

Ql:ls there enough housing for seniors I I 1 


Q3:ls lhere enough housing for younger people I 7 2 

Q4: Public tronsportolion is sufficÎent 0 I 2 

Q5,Tronsportolion opiions 1o medicol I 5 4 

Qó: Tronsporlolion for disqbilities 2 ó 2 

Q7: Public lronsporloÌion oplions ore offordoble I 5 4 

Q8: Locol porks/troils occessible 1o senÏors 5 5 0 

Q9' I don't need o cor 4 ó 0 

Ql0, Sofe when wolking ocross lhe sireei 4 6 0 

Ql I Affordoble recreolionol octivilies 5 4 I 

' 

Ql2: Progrqms bring youth ond senio¡ legelhel- 2 4 4 

Ql3: Service I use ore sufficienl for my needs 5 5 0 

Ql4r Seniors ore lreoted with respecl 6 2 I 

Ql5: Senïors serve in on odvisory role 4 3 2 

Ql ó: Communily consuhotíons - oll oges 3 2 4 

Ql7: Plonninq process consider seniors 2 3 4 

Q I 8: Volunteer opportunil¡eslq¡glþC 7 I I 

Ql9: Recoqnilion for seniors thol volunteer 3 5 I 

Q20: Enouqh poid opporlunities for seniors 0 6 3 

COMMENTS 


o Smoll town feel 

¡ Fríendly ond helPful citizens 

¡ Coring community 

¡ Toleroble winlers 

o There ore funclions for seniors 

¡ Vernon is o smoll friendly CitY 

o No feor of wolking onywhere 

. Smoll is good 

P¡iorities: 

¡ Developmenl of smoll (

RGMAC. REGUI-AR AGENDA 

RDNO Resionolj0N&$ 9flt0edf 


o Affordoble HondyDort service ovqiloble lo seniors ond people \M¡th d¡sob¡|il¡es 

¡ Betler seniors recreolionol fociliries 

o Shopping ond orls ore loo for owoy lo use 

o Need more closses ond recreoiionol octivities oimed ol seniors 

. More seniors doys oi grocery slores 

¡ Blood clinic 

¡ Cheop housing for seniors ond young 

o Permonenr RCMP officer in lown 

434

MINUTES OF 

THE COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM COMMITTEE 

HELD 

FRIDAY, JUNE 11,2010 

PRESENT: VOTING 

Councíllor Baumbrough 

Tannis Nelson, NORD 

Liza ShiPPam 

Kim Tregaskis 

ABSENT: Councillor O'Keefe 

Kim NasiPaYko, Rotary 

STAFF: Shirley Koenig, Manager, Operations 

lsabel Prystawik, Gardener 

Sherri Biluk, Committee Clerk 

ORDER 

ADOPTION OF AGENDA 

The Chair called the meeting to order at 8:13 am' 

Moved by LizaShippam, seconded by Kim Tregaskis: 

That the agenda for Friday, June 11,2010 meeting of the 

communities in Bloom committee be amended to add 

the following items: 

1. ADD ITEM: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - Facebook 

2. ADD ITEM: UNF¡NISHED BUSINESS - Mr' R' Candy 

AND FURTHER, that the agenda be adopted as 

amended. 

CARRIED. 

ADOPTION OF MINUTES 

Moved by Tannis Nelson, seconded by Kim Tregaskis: 

ThattheminutesoftheCommunitiesinBloom 

Committee meeting held Friday, May 21, 2010 be 

adopted. 

CARRIED. 

435

TANNIS COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM COMMITTEE MEETING, JUNE 11,2010 

Page2 

BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES: 

FARMER'S MARKET 

UPDATE 

committee members distributed sunflower seeds at the 

entrance to the farmers market. Members of the public that 

did stop were delighted with the idea. lt was agreed that the 

free sunflower seeds and the "How big can you grow your 

sunflower" has created exposure for communities in Bloom. 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 

EDIT PROFILE BOOK 

1. Landscape areas and turf are combined - Shirley 

Koenig 

2. Tidiness - Kim Tregaskis 

3. Environmental Action - Councillor Baumbrough 

4. Heritage Conservation -Tannis Nelson 

5. Floral DisPlaYs - Kim NasiPaYko 

6. Urban Forestry -Liza ShiPPam 

Each of the six categories listed above must have material 

from the four Sectors of Evaluation (below). 

The four Sectors of Evaluation are as follows: 

1. Local Government 

2. Business and lnstitutions 

3. Residential 

4. CommunitY lnvolvement 

The committee members reviewed the material gathered for 

Committee Clerk. 

It was determined that each of the six categories would 

the body of the work. 

shirley Koenig will assist with drafting the municipal portion of 

the foúr sectois by providing the relevant policies and bylaws 

that cover the toPics. 

Tannis Nelson will contact Kim Nasipayko to find out when 

the deadline is for the printers to make sure that the Profile 

Book is ready for the Judges Visit. 

436

TANNIS COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM COMMITTEE MEETING, JUNE 11,2010 Page 3 

JUDGES VISIT - TOUR 

DETAILS/TEA & THE ARTS 

CENTRE 

once the Profile Book has been completed, decisions can be 

made as to where to take the judges and which areas the 

committee would like to highlight for the tour. 

The Vernon community Arts Centre has offered to provide 

afternoon tea for the clB Judges on the day of the tour. lt is 

tentatively planned for the Arts Centre to have a collaborative 

exhibit oi potters, orchid, bonsai and garden enthusiasts, 

along with painters, photographers etc. exhibiting on the 

walls. 

councillor Baumbrough and staff member, lsabel Prystawick 

will guide the clB judges on the tour which is scheduled for 

Tuesday, July 20tn, 2010. 

SUNSHINE FESTIVAL 

UPDATE (T-SHIRTS) 

The clB T-shirts that have been ordered will be delayed due 

to an unforeseen printing machine break down but should be 

available by June 14th or 15th, in time for the Sunshine 

Festival, wn¡cn is scheduled for Saturday, June 1gth, 2010, 

from 8:00am- 5:00Pm. 

The clB printed T-shirts will be dropped off at city Hall with 

the committee members being requested to pick them up at 

their convenience. 

DTNNER ON JULY 1gTH 

FOR THE JUDGES 

will be reserved. 

shirley Koenig has offered to organize food for the picnic 

dinnei scheduled for Monday, July 19th, 2010. 

O'KEEFE RANCH EVENT 

For the CIB tour day, July 21th, 2010, it was decided to 

shorten the tour slightly from last year to provide the Judges 

with 3 full hours to write their report cards. The judges will be 

invited to attend a Cowboy Dinner at the O'Keefe Ranch' 

shirley Koenig will book o'Keefe for the committee. lt was 

suggested that approximately 40 individuals will attend the 

dinner. lncluded will be the committee members, garden 

contest winners, sponsors, and the Mayor along with other 

indivíduals that assist with the tour' 

SUNFLOWER CHALLENGE 

There has been no feed back received for the sunflower 

challenge although the Committee is receiving traffic on their 

Facebook site with garden clubs asking to post items' 

437

TANNIS COMMUNITIES IN BLOOM COMMITTEE MEETING, JUNE 11,2010 Page 4 

GARDEN CONTEST 

UPDATE 

SHAW CABLE 

MEETING DATES 

ADJOURNMENT 

There have been no emails received in response to the 

Garden contest although submissions have been received, 

The forms requesting coverage from shaw cable of the 

Judges tour have been submitted. No response has been 

received from Shaw Cable Yet. 

The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, July 2,2010 at 

8:00 am. 

The meeting of the communities in Bloom committee 

adjourned at 9:38 am. 

GERTIFIED GORRECT: 

438

MINUTES OF HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING 

HELD 

THURSDAY, JUNE 17,2010 

PRESENT: 

NON VOTING 

Councillor Spiers 

VOTING 

Dan Stuart, Chair 

Yves Beaudin 

Linda Jenkins 

Patricia Sebastian 

LoriAnne Glazin 

ABSENT: 

STAFF: 

Barbara HartleY 

Dean Strachan, Planning Assistant 

Blake Laven, Planning Assistant 

Carly Schultz, A/Committee Clerk 

ORDER 

ADOPTION OF AGENDA 

The meeting was called to order at 3:40 pm' 

Moved by Patricia sebastian, seconded by Yves Beaudin: 

THATtheagendafortheHeritageAdvisoryCommittee 

for Thursday, June 17,2010 be amended to add the 

following item: 

1. ADD ITEM: G: HERITAGE TREES 

2. ADD ITEM: D: SUMMER Meeting 

AND FURTHER, that the agenda be adopted as 

amended. 

CARRIED. 

ADOPT¡ON OF MINUTES 

Moved by Linda Jenkins, seconded by Patricia sebastian: 

THAT the minutes of the Heritage Advisory Committee 

meeting held Thursday, May 20,2010 be adopted' 

CARRIED. 

439

HERITAGE ADVISoRY GoMMITTEE MEETING - JUNE 17,2010 

Page 2 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS: 

PROOFS FOR THREE 

PLAQUES 

WORDING FOR SECOND 

THREE PLAQUES 

Proofs from Enderby Jewellers for the next three plaques 

were reviewed and ámended by the members, who agreed 

upon a final draft for Production' 

The initial wordings that will appear on the second three 

ptáques were dist-ributed, and members were asked to take 

'hor" and review, bringing their comments back for final 

editions at the next meeting. 

NEW BUSINESS: 

BLAKE LAVEN 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM OLD 

SCHOOL - HERITAGE 

PROTECTION 

SITE SELECTION, 

RESEARCH AND 

DRAFTING OF 

STATEMENT OF 

SIGNIFICANCE FOR 

THREE SITES 

the Heritage Building Revitalization Program' 

Membersreviewed.GuidelinesforWritingEffective 

Statements of Significance,' a document produced. by the 

Heritage Branch ãt tne province of British columbia. 

by the next meeting. 

HERITAGE TREES 

Members reviewed a letter regarding the Tree Survey, sent by 

theCitytohomeownerswithintheHeritageDistrict' 

MovedbyDanStuart,secondedbyLoriAnneGlazin: 

City. 

CARRIED. 

>>>Please send the resolution to Council as a letter' 

440

HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING - JUNE 17'2010 

Page 3 

SUMMER MEETING 

Members considered delaying the next meeting until after July 

ãná nugurt but decided there were too many important items 

in progress to delay the next meeting' 


HERITAGE BRANCH 

LETTER 

COMMITTEE 

INFORMATION 

DATE OF NEXT MEETING 

ADJOURNMENT 

MembersreviewedaletterfromtheHeritageBranch 

äorr"noing the city of vernon for updating the community 

Registry. 

AnemailfromPatriciaBridal,CorporateOfficer'was 

oistr¡uuteo regarding the council committee structure' 

ThenextmeetingoftheHeritageAdvisoryCommitteeisset 

for Thursday, JulY 15th, 2010. 

The meeting of the Heritage Advisory committee adjourned at 

5:15 pm. 

CERTIFIED CORRECT: 

Chairman 

44t

MINUTES OF ADVISORY PLANNING BOARD MEETING 

HEL 

TUESDAY, JUNE 29,2010 

PRESENT: VOTING 

Bill Hellwig, Vice Chair 

Bill Glover 

John Lainsbury 

Mary MacQueen 

Steven DeBella 

Clare Kooistra, Chair 

NON VOTING 

Councillor Baumbrough 

Councillor SPiers 

ABSENT: Larry Lundgren 

Bruce BeleY 

Jennifer Miles 

STAFF; Dale Rintoul, Planner 

Dean Strachan, Planning Assistant 

Sherri Biluk, Committee Clerk 

ORDER 

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:01 pm 

ADOPTION OF 

AGENDA 

Moved by Bill Hellwig, seconded by John Lainsbury: 

THAT the agenda for the Advisory Planning Board meeting 

ofTuesday,June29,2OlObeamendedtoaddthe 

following item: 

1. SEE ITEM 1. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 

Nominations for Chair and Vice Chair 

AND FURTHER, that the agenda be adopted as amended. 

CARRIED. 

ADOPTION OF 

MINUTES 

MovedbyMaryMacQueen,secondedbyJohnLainsbury: 

THAT the minutes for the Advisory Planning Board 

meeting of Thursday, June 17,2010 be adopted' 

CARR¡ED. 

ADOPTION OF CHAIR 

Moved by Bill Glover; seconded by Mary MacQueen; 

442

ADVISoRYPLANNINGBoARDMEETINGHELDTUESDAY,JUNE29,2010 

Page 2 

ADOPTION OF VICE 

CHAIR 

THAT the Advisory Planning Board re-elects clare Kooistra 

as chair of the Aávisory planning Board for the remainder 

of 2010. 

CARRIED. 

Moved by Bill Glover; seconded by John Lainsbury; 

THAT the Advisory Planning Board re-elects Bill Heltwig 

as Vice Cná¡r of the Adviéory Planning Board for the 

remainder of 2010. 

CARRIED. 

NEW BUSINESS: 

REZONING TWELVE 

PROPERTIES FROM 12 - 

AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL 

TO 

RR - RURAL 

RESIDENTIAL FOR 

6309 -6473,6535 AND 

6545 OKANAGAN 

LANDING ROAD 

2oN00163 

TheAdvisoryPlanningBoardmembersreviewedrezoning 

"ppli""iion zónootog. ihe following points were highlighted: 

.Amajorityofthepropertyownersfeelthattheirproperty 

values have been affecied by the current 12 - Airport 

lndustrialZoning.Thepropertyownersfeelthatthey 

would like to rétain their single family, large acreage 

usageandhavetheeffectedpropertiesrezonedtoA3- 

Rural Small Holdings' 

.Aplannedpublictrail,whichwillrunalongthecreekatthe 

rear of thé subject properties, was discuss.ed' lt was 

suggested that ihe pioperty owners be required to grant 

aneasementasarequirementoftherezoningtoSecure 

the trail. 

o lt was commented that by not protecting the proposed 

trailright-of.waywouldbeacontraventionoftheocP' 

o lt was explained that the requested Rura.l Residential 

Rezoning is intended to bring the properties in question in 

comPliance with the OCP' 

Moved by John Lainsbury, seconded by Mary MacQueen; 

THAT the Advisory Planning Board recommends 

Councilapprovetheapplicationtorezonethefollowing 

12 subject þroperties fiom 12 - Airport lndustrial to RR - 

Rural -Residential subject to the property owners 

providing dedication of a right-of-way along Vernon 

Creek for a Public trail; 

Lot 1, Plan 23913, D'L. 66-67, O'D'Y'D' (6309 Okanagan 

Landing Road) 

lô,ti, Ét"n z'áglg, D.L. 66-67, 9.D.Y'D' (6321 okanagan 

Landing Road) 

l;i ã, É¡.n zésts, D.L. 66-67, o.D'Y'D' (6335 okanasan 

Landing Road) 

lãt +, þo,n Zóg13, D.L. 66-67, O.D.Y.D. (6347 Okanagan 443 

Landing Road) 

lót ì, iF¡n 2ss14, D.L. 62&67, o.D'Y'D' (6361 okanagan

ADVISoRYPLANNINGBoARDMEETINGHELDTUESDAY,JUNE29,20Io 

Page 3 

Landing Road) 

lót ì,Þttn ttogt, D.L. 62, O'D'Y'D' (6375 Okanagan 

Landing Road) 

lot ã,Þttn ttOgt, D.L. 62, O'D'Y'D' (6387 Okanagan 

Landing Road) 

r-ót ã, Þlrn írce1, D'L' 62, o.D'Y'D' (6399 okanagan 

Landing Road) 

Þián eËgso, ó.o.Y.D., PT Lot 7 D'L' 62, Plan 1707 (6423 

Okanagan Landing Road) 

iof ¿,"Plrn 973ð, D.L. 62' ..D'Y'D' (6473 okanagan 

Landing Road) 

lo'. i, Ptan Ó738, D.L. 62, .'D'Y'D' (6535 okanagan 

Landing Road) 

lát-t,"Pl"n gl3g, D.L. 62, O'D'Y'D' (6545 Okanagan 

Landing Road). 

CARRIED. 


AsrequestedbytheAPBmembers,thePlanningAssistant 

provided an overview of council's decisions at their June 28, 

20rc Regular meeting in relation to those development 

ãpplicatioñs previously reviewed by the Committee' 

NEXT MEETING 

ThenextmeetingoftheAdvisoryPlanningBoardisscheduled 

for 4:00 pm on TuesdaY JulY 1 3,2010' 

ADJOURNMENT 

ThemeetingoftheAdvisoryPlanningBoardadjournedat 

4'.27 pm. 

CERTIFIED CORREGT: 

Chair 

444

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