The meeting recessed at 8:58 p.m.
The meeting reconvened at 9:04 p.m.
Staff:
- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation summarizing the application..
Brandon Crema, District Properties, Applicant
- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation.
- staff have gone over alot of the details of the application.
- Reviewed previous projects the applicant has completed. @ (city) Project very similar unit layouts and types for proposed Kelowna project
- Contextually the site is beside Orchard Park Mall; near transit but providing adequate parking.
- not building out the entire site, adding many rental units in one spot need to see how the take up is and if site is condusive to more rentals or commercial, etc.
- Displayed architect slides. Entire site needed to be parked fully - a safer route to walk thru as opposed as sidewalk.
- Boxy nature of architecture had been commented on; there is alot of dessert type environments here as well as snow, wanted to brighten up the area with a more linear approach, looked at sun shading mechanisms.
Feels retail is an amenity to the residents, try to include an amenity room .that can be rented out. also a gym for residents and is appropriate in a building this size.
- spoke to landscaping, big draw is a heavily landscaped area is also an amenity for residents and community 106 trees replanted on a concrete deck, engaged a landscape architect, as well as local architect, came up with a number of landscape concepts, collaboration between 2 architect firms.
Displayed a rendering of how buildings will be situated on the lot. shows frontage.
- how we go to the form we have today.
- Responded to questions from Council.
- Confirmed dedicated long term rental property.
Mayor Basran invited anyone in the public gallery who deemed themselves affected to come forward, followed by comments from Council.
Gallery:
Laura Dombadom, Underhill Street
- 166 signature on a petitionand 106 letters signed to city clerks office voicnig concerns of variance for 6 sotreyes and parking.
- Asked council to opposed to this application for 6 storeys and keep at originala 4 storey height.
- concerns significant traffic challenges currently.
- traffic studies are from major flows but not access to flows.
- read from a letter.
- street parking at a premium.
- units will be 1,2 and 3 bedroom units, if approved at 4 storeys it will still double population of our short street.
- approving variances will increase density of 50% which will make our little street a nightmare.
- reduced parking concerns residents. eliminating parking to eliminate vehicles is not working yet and bus service is not there yet.
- 52 units would have to have no vehicle but some units would have 2 vehciles ,how can you increase density but decrease parking.
- asked Council to truly consider the reduction in parking stalls and variance for increased height.
- must plan properly.
- ask council to deny reduced parking and height
Donna Marken 9951 Okanagan Centre Road west in Lake County
general manager of Orchard Park shopping centre
- read letter from chief operating officer of OP.
- concerns over DP and DVP being sought by the applicant. Opposite to Orchard Park
- primary concern is variance sought for reduced parking.
- in favour of residential densification but must support its own parking requirements.
- Orchard Park already challenged with parking lot spaces. considering plans for our property we take into consideration
- could have overflow impacts to our parking lot,
- We already experience challenges with those who use the lot as a park and ride. University students we have to keep spaces available for our customers. The potential loss for our retailers is significant and frustration for our shoppers who cannot find parking.
- Spoke to cost of securing and cleaning those Orchard Park parking spots
- Responded to questions from Council.
parking variance will cause over spill of parking to the OP shopping mall.
Applicant responded to questions.
- traffic - not a traffic expert, rely on those that are, longest analyis with MOT that runs thru Kelowna and is often a hot topic. the process began in 2018 has been a 18 month approval process; the report was wriitten for more units for a reason, the improvements that are implemented rectified and achieved to
Height, good land use, to provide density close to employment and transit, with transit ridership provides growth to transit, help grow network and take people out of their cars and helps traffic and transit situation in these areas. good residential rental location as you can walk or ride to work. storeys is consistent with ocp vision.
Parking - utilization benefit, not planning next phase yet and we need to provide those stalls we have the space for it. valid points brought up with OP shopping stalls, leases prohibits certain things, our philosophy was our problem to manage. we would ticket cars and warn and tow as well. as owner it was our problem to deal with. we can rectify parking issues in the future phase.
Responded to questions from Council.
how do you manage parking, provide 1 stall per unit, certain percentage don't take it, as we get leased up 25% a way thru, 5 or more units will not take those stalls. we keep a list of stalls.
There were no further comments.
Wooldridge - Support
Given - Support
Sieben - Support
Singh - Opposed
Hodge - Opposed
Stack - Support
DeHart - Support
Mayor - Support - In keeping with Imagine Kelowna