Agricultural Advisory Committee

Minutes

Meeting #:
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Virtual Meeting - Teams
Members Present
  • Domenic Rampone
  • John Janmaat
  • Yvonne Herbison
Members Absent
  • Jeff Ricketts (Alternate)
  • Keith Duhaime
  • Kevin Daniels (Alternate)
  • Pete Spencer
Staff Present
  • Legislative Coordinator (Confidential)
  • Aura Rose

1.
Call to Order
 

The Chair called the meeting to order at 6:09 p.m.

Opening remarks by the Chair regarding conduct of the meeting were read.

 

2.
Minutes
This item has attachments. 

1.DRAFT Minutes - AAC - March 11, 2021.pdf

Moved By Yvonne Herbison/Seconded Aura Rose By THAT the minutes from March 11, 2021 be adopted.

inform Council that we rejected it based on not wanting to take large tracks of land out of the ALR dont support large tracts of agriuclutal land being excluded

Carried

  • ​THAT the Minutes of the March 11, 2021 Agricultural Advisory Committee meeting be adopted.



3.
Applications for Consideration
 

 

3.1
East Kelowna Road, 3652, A21-0003 - Gurmail Dhillon and Manjit Dhillon
This item has attachments. 

1.East Kelowna 3652 A21-0003 AAC Report.pdf
2.3652 East Kelowna A21-0003 Attachments.pdf
3.3652 East Kelowna A21-0003 AAC PRESENTATION.pdf

Staff displayed a PowerPoint presentation outlining the application and responded to questions from the committee.

Staff confirmed area of the building and the adjacent parking lot.

Purveet Dhillon, Applicant's daughter:

- Spoke to the retail sales volume throughout the year.

- Provided an overview of the type of products that would be sold at the facility.

- Provided a background to the herbs and vegetables. being planted for future retail.

- Jasdeep Dhillion, Applicant:

-Spoke to how the excess fruit was sold in the past.

Staff responded to questions from the committee.

Spoke to the enforcement of required sale of farm products and limitations of offsite retail items.

Staff to confirm if product outside of the Kelowna area would qualify as 51% of the required local sales.

Farm unit us within City limits and if produce was coming from outside the city proper it would not qualify.

Anedotal Comments

- Concerned with setting a precedent with less than 50% of product for a period of the year when product would  be offsite.

  • Moved by Aura/Seconded by DerekBrown

    THAT the AAC recommend Council not support the application for nonfarm use on the subject property.



    Carried

3.2
Agriculture and Kelowna’s Draft 2040 Official Community Plan
This item has attachments. 

1.Agriculture and Kelowna's Draft 2040 Official Community Plan.pdf
2.Attachment A Growth Strategy Districts.pdf
3.Attachment B Urban Ag Interface Policy.pdf
4.Attachment C OCP Agriculture Land Policy.pdf
5.Attachment D Draft Farm Protection DP Guidelines.pdf
6.Attachment E Draft 2040 Future Land Use Map.pdf
7.Attachment F Changes in FLU that could impact agricultural land.pdf
8.Appendix G Byrns Road FLU Changes.pdf
9.AAC Presentation April 8 2021.pdf

Staff displayed a PowerPoint presentation outlining the OCP providing an

  • Engagement Overview
  • 2040 OCP Overview
  • Growing Sustainability
  • Agriculture Policy
  • Farm Protection DP
  • Changes in Future land Use


David James, Tracy Guidi, Robert Miles, Danielle Noble-Brandt

Discussion ensued regarding water rates on agricultural properties and the opportunity to provide reasonable rates.

Action implementation item for consideration in Chapter 16.

Anedotal Comments

- strongly recommend language to highlight the importance of affordability of water for agriculture.-

consistency with densification and allowing secondary dwelling and a rental suite in the primary residence seems counter.

Staff mentioned that zoning bylaw updates will also be coming to the committee at the next AAC meeting.

-   Do not want to indicate support for changes in Appendix F as we do not want to consider until we have clear individual proposals to evaluate.

The Committee expressed appreciation to staff for the work completed in updating the OCP.

  • Yvonne/Domenic

    THAT the Agriculture Advisory Committee supports the Urban-Ag Interface Policy as in Appendix B as presented by City staff on April 8, 2021.



    Carried
  • Yvonne/Domenic
    THAT the Agriculture Advisory Committee supports the agriculture land policy as outlined in Attachment C in the proposed 2040 Official Community Plan as presented by City staff on April 8, 2021


    Carried
  • Yvonne/Aura
    THAT the Agriculture Advisory Committee supports the farm protection development permit guidelines as outlined in Attachment D in the proposed 2040 Official Community Plan as presented by City staff on April 8, 2021


  • Yvonne/Domenic
    THAT the Agriculture Advisory Committee does not support the changes in future land use as outlined in Attachment F in the proposed 2040 Official Community Plan as presented by City staff on April 8, 2021


    Carried

4.
ALC Decisions - Update
 

Longhill nonfarm use application for soil fabrication was recently considered by Council and the received a decision of nonsupport.

5.
New Business
 

Investment Ag Foundation for funding for implementing Agricultural tools . Funds up to $40,000 for shared visions of agriculture.

Passed on to staff to consider.

6.
Next Meeting
 

​The next Committee meeting has been scheduled for April 29, 2021 to consider changes to the zoning bylaw no. 8000.

7.
Termination of Meeting
 

The Chair declared the meeting terminated at 8:25 p.m. 

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