City of Kelowna

Regular Council Meeting

Minutes

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
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Location:
Council Chamber
City Hall, 1435 Water Street
Members Present
  • Mayor Colin Basran, 
  • Councillor Maxine DeHart, 
  • Councillor Ryan Donn, 
  • Councillor Gail Given, 
  • Councillor Charlie Hodge, 
  • Councillor Brad Sieben, 
  • Councillor Mohini Singh, 
  • Councillor Luke Stack, 
  • Councillor Loyal Wooldridge, 
  • City Clerk, Stephen Fleming, 
  • Legislative Coordinator (Confidential), 
  • and Doug Gilchrist 

Mayor Basran called the meeting to order at 1:34 p.m.

I would like to acknowledge that we are gathered today on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the syilx/Okanagan people.

As an open meeting, a live audio-video feed is being broadcast and recorded on kelowna.ca.

  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT the Minutes of the Regular Meetings of July 11, 2022 be confirmed as circulated.​



    Carried

Staff:

- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation summarizing the application and providing rationale for non-support and responded to questions from Council.

Brian Quiring 32nd Avenue Vernon, MQN Architects 

- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation outlining the redevelopment project.

- Spoke to timing not aligning with the 2040 OCP review process.

-Spoke to the massing strategy on the site.

-Spoke to job generation and the positive increase in multifamily units.

David Jacobsen, North Vancouver

-Spoke on behalf of the ownership group. 

-Opportunity to come and do something very significant on a large assembly in the north part of town.

-Responded to questions from Council.

-Spoke to how the development was envisioned and the business model with the asset being maintained long term.

Councillor DeHart declared a conflict due to her employer being in the hotel business and left the meeting at 2:01 p.m.

Staff responded to questions from Council.

Councillor DeHart returned to the meeting at 2:30 p.m.

  • Moved ByCouncillor Stack
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Rezoning Application No. Z22-0032 to amend the City of Kelowna Zoning Bylaw No. 8000 by changing the zoning classification of the properties identified in Schedule A from the RU2 – Medium Lot Housing zone and the RU2c – Medium Lot Housing with Carriage House zone to the C7 – Central Business Commercial zone NOT be considered by Council.



    Carried
  • ALTERNATE

    THAT Council directs Staff to process the development application in accordance with the standard application processes as outlined in the Development Application and Heritage Procedures Bylaw No.12310.



Staff:

- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation summarizing the application and responded to questions from Council.

  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Rezoning Application No. Z22-0021 to amend the City of Kelowna Zoning Bylaw No. 8000 by changing the zoning classification of Lot 1 Section 16 Township 28 SDYD Plan 34351, located at 180 Rimrock Rd, Kelowna, BC from the RR1 – Rural Residential 1 zone to the RR1c – Rural Residential 1 with Carriage House zone be considered by Council;



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Donn
    Seconded ByCouncillor Singh

    THAT Council receives, for information, the report from the Office of the City Clerk dated July 25, 2022 with respect to Zoning Bylaw No. 12413;

    AND THAT Rezoning Bylaw No.12413 be forwarded for further reading consideration.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Wooldridge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Hodge

    THAT Bylaw No. 12413 be read a first, second and third time.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Singh
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Council receives, for information, the Report from the Development Planning Department dated July 25, 2022 with respect to Rezoning Application No. Z19-0135 for the property located at 2340 Pandosy Street.

    AND THAT Bylaw No. 12056 be forwarded for rescindment consideration and the file be closed.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Bylaw No. 12056 be rescinded at first,  second and third reading.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Council receives, for information, the Report from the Development Planning Department dated July 25th, 2022, with respect to Rezoning Application No. Z21-0012 for the property located at 156 Snowsell Street North;

    AND THAT Bylaw No. 12141 be forwarded for rescindment consideration and the file be closed.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Bylaw No. 12141 be rescinded at first, second and third reading.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Bylaw No. 12274 be adopted.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Bylaw No. 12301 be adopted.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Wooldridge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Hodge

    THAT Bylaw No. 12381 be adopted.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Bylaw No. 12391 be adopted.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Wooldridge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Hodge

    THAT Bylaw No. 12392 be adopted.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Donn
    Seconded ByCouncillor Stack

    THAT Bylaw No. 12394 be adopted.



    Carried
  • Moved ByCouncillor Wooldridge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Hodge

    THAT Bylaws 12396, 12398, .... each be adopted.



  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Bylaw No. 12411 be adopted.



    Carried

Staff:

- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation summarizing the first and second quarter planning and development statistic and responded to questions from Council.

  • Moved ByCouncillor Hodge
    Seconded ByCouncillor Wooldridge

    THAT Council receives, for information, the report from the Planning and Development Services department dated July 25, 2022, with information relating to Planning and Development Statistics;



    Carried

Councillor Sieben declared a conflict as he provides insurance services for the owner of the property.

Staff:

- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation providing rationale for designating the property located at 480 Penno Road as Industrial as part of the 2040 Official Community Plan Process and responded to questions from Council.

Councillor Stack provided an alternate option...

Councillor Sieben returned to the meeting at 3:36 p.m.

  • Moved ByCouncillor Donn
    Seconded ByCouncillor Hodge

    THAT Council receives for information, the report from the Policy & Planning Department dated July 25, 2022 regarding the Future Land Use for 480 Penno Road.



    Carried
  • Opposeds Donn Wooldrige Basran
    Moved ByCouncillor Stack
    Seconded ByCouncillor Hodge

    THAT Council bring forth a bylaw 3.1 land designation from industrial to recreational.

    AND THAT bring forward to a future meeting.



    Carried

Staff:

- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation  summarizing the efforts to a long term strategy and management plan regarding the commercial boat launch licencing program.

spoke to unlicenced use of boat launches and penalties issued over the past weekend.

-Reviewed public engagement and next steps.

-re-engage with Urban Systems and retrun to Council with recommendations for ongoing boat facilities in the fall 2022.

-Responded to questions from Council.

  • Moved ByCouncillor DeHart
    Seconded ByCouncillor Hodge

    THAT Council received, for information, the report from the Real Estate department dated July 25, 2022, regarding the status of the City’s Municipal Boating Facilities Commercial License Program and an update on Staff’s public engagement efforts and initial findings regarding a more comprehensive review and assessment of the City’s boating facilities;

    AND THAT Council supports, in principle, the draft guiding principles and objectives that have been created to inform the development of a boat launch management strategy;

    FURTHER THAT Council directs Staff to return to Council for endorsement of finalized guiding principles and objectives, as well as a series of associated recommendations, regarding the optimal management strategy for the long-term operations of the City’s boating facilities.



    Carried

Staff:

- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation providing an update on the status of transit exchange infrastructure studies and  responded to questions from Council..

  • Moved ByCouncillor Sieben
    Seconded ByCouncillor Donn

    THAT Council receives for information, the report from Integrated Transportation dated July 25, 2022, with regards to the Transit exchange enhancement studies;

    AND THAT Council provide approval in principle for proposed enhancements to various transit facilities and direct staff to initiate next steps toward advancing select projects to application for Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program funding.



    Carried

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