RESIDENTS OF COLDSTREAM!
OUR AGRICULTURAL LAND IS UNDER SIEGE!
SPECIAL TOWN-HALL MEETING!
September 6, 2007 at 7:00 PM, Kidston Elementary School Gym.
OUR AGRICULTURAL LAND IS UNDER SIEGE!
SPECIAL TOWN-HALL MEETING!
September 6, 2007 at 7:00 PM, Kidston Elementary School Gym.
We need your input. Some members of council believe that the use of over 120 acres of our prime agricultural land should be altered. Come and discuss the issues and send a message to council what your wishes are.
The issues are two-fold:
1. Should Council support the altering of the Official Community Plan by applying to the Land Commission for this change?
This is strictly a Coldstream issue and should be debated by Coldstream residents only!
Here is a quote from Coldstream's Official Community Plan:
“Rural and agricultural lands occupy the majority of land in Coldstream. Most of the land in the valley bottom is agricultural, except for the residential communities near Kalamalka Lake and Lavington. The rural land on the valley sides is largely forest or grassland.
Council's policies are to:
Encourage protection of agricultural land through support of the Agricultural Land Reserve and encouragement of continued farm use on agricultural lands."
Applying for this change in use of prime agricultural land would result in loss of credibility by Council, and a dangerous precedent. How could Council, in good faith, turn down other applicants who wish to subdivide or develop their ALR land for non agricultural use?
Further, changing the use is a major change in the Official Community Plan and would require a referendum.
2. Do we need the proposed Sports Complex?
Council must reject the proposed location, as this is a Greater Vernon issue and should be debated there by all residents of Greater Vernon. There must be specific plans presented to taxpayers complete with costs and time lines.
For your information the preliminary proposal is presented overleaf. When reviewing the information, consider the questions posed there.
Call your members of Council and express your views!
Here are their phone numbers: Mayor Corner: 549-1881
Councillors:
Dirk: 545-3701, Firman: 545-7199, Garlick: 542-0421
Malerby: 542-9579, Taylor: 542-7831, Williams: 542-1912
The issues are two-fold:
1. Should Council support the altering of the Official Community Plan by applying to the Land Commission for this change?
This is strictly a Coldstream issue and should be debated by Coldstream residents only!
Here is a quote from Coldstream's Official Community Plan:
“Rural and agricultural lands occupy the majority of land in Coldstream. Most of the land in the valley bottom is agricultural, except for the residential communities near Kalamalka Lake and Lavington. The rural land on the valley sides is largely forest or grassland.
Council's policies are to:
Encourage protection of agricultural land through support of the Agricultural Land Reserve and encouragement of continued farm use on agricultural lands."
Applying for this change in use of prime agricultural land would result in loss of credibility by Council, and a dangerous precedent. How could Council, in good faith, turn down other applicants who wish to subdivide or develop their ALR land for non agricultural use?
Further, changing the use is a major change in the Official Community Plan and would require a referendum.
2. Do we need the proposed Sports Complex?
Council must reject the proposed location, as this is a Greater Vernon issue and should be debated there by all residents of Greater Vernon. There must be specific plans presented to taxpayers complete with costs and time lines.
For your information the preliminary proposal is presented overleaf. When reviewing the information, consider the questions posed there.
Call your members of Council and express your views!
Here are their phone numbers: Mayor Corner: 549-1881
Councillors:
Dirk: 545-3701, Firman: 545-7199, Garlick: 542-0421
Malerby: 542-9579, Taylor: 542-7831, Williams: 542-1912
Please attend the meeting and contribute your views!
PROPOSED SPORTS COMPLEX
(Click on photo to enlarge)
This is what the Parks Master Plan states:
(Click on photo to enlarge)This is what the Parks Master Plan states:
Vernon has a sports field supply of 1/996 population. This is a very high standard of supply. An analysis was conducted of field use in relation to capacity. The GVSC master recreation plan states there are sufficient playing fields till 2014 and what are lacking are maintenance and effective scheduling. This “mega-project” exceeds our ability to pay!
Based on this, do we really need and can we afford new stadia and 1,000 car parking lots at this time?
For further info please visit:
http://coldstreamernews.blogspot.com/
To review the Parks Master Plan please visit:
http://www.greatervernon.ca/user_files/File/PRC/parks_master_plan_mar2004.pdf
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