Agricultural Advisory Committee

AGENDA

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City Hall, 1435 Water Street

THE CHAIR WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER:

(a)    The purpose of this Meeting is to consider certain Development Applications as noted on this meeting Agenda.

(b)    The Reports to Committee concerning the subject development applications are available on the City's website at www.kelowna.ca.

(c)     All representations to the Agricultural Advisory Committee form part of the public record.

(d)     As an Advisory Committee of Council, the Agricultural Advisory Comittee will make a recommendation of support or non-support for each application as part of the public process.  City Council will consider the application at a future date and, depending on the nature of the file, will make a decision or a recommendation to the Agricultural Land Commission.

The applicant is requesting permission from the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) to allow for Non-Farm Use on 1.4 ha (3.4 ac) area of a larger 21.46 ha (53.03 ac) parcel of land (Michaelbrook Ranch Golf Course).  The land is within the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).  The non-farm use is to allow a Recreational Vehicle (RV) Campsite on the property, proposed to contain 30-40 sites. The subject property is adjacent to Mission Recreation Park and Thomson Marsh Park.

The applicant is requesting permission from the Agricultural Advisory Committee (AAC) to allow for a Non-Farm Use to place up to 1372 cubic metres of fill to the property and reclaim to agriculture, under Section 20(3) of the Agricultural Land Commission Act.

To inform the Committee of the engagement strategy to inform consideration of a new water rate design for agricultural water customers with which to update the Water Regulation Bylaw No. 10550.

 

To provide the Committee with an update on Agricultural Land Commission decisions.

Approve Minutes of the Meeting of August 10, 2017.

To discuss the items the Committee would like to include in the Annual Report to City Council.

November 9, 2017