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Heritage Park washroom stairs to cost Peachland $40,000 JOANNE LAYH At their latest round of budget deliberations on Tuesday, members of Peachland council were presented with a capital request for

$40,000 for Heritage Park washroom stairs.

The washrooms were delivered to Heritage Park last September to complete an Interior Health requirement for the adjacent splash pad.

Director of finance Garry Filafilo prefaced the discussion by noting the expenditure would be coming from Community Works, so it has no taxation effect.

“What we’ve determined

is that with building code requirements on a public building like that, the stairs are going to require concrete pylons and things like that so that has increased the cost,” said Filafilo.

Filafilo noted that the washrooms won’t be wheelchair accessible so wheelchair users will need to use the washrooms across the street. “$40,000 and no ramp?” asked Mayor Cindy Fortin.

“It does seem high. I mean, with the cost of materials and everything we have to do for the building permit, it is a bit more,” said director of operations Shawn Grundy. “Looking at a ramp additionally, would be just roughly, I asked the contractor and he said it would be another $25,000 $30,000 just for the ramp. In looking at the potential that we might be shifting this washroom at some point, as has been mentioned in previous council meetings, we thought it more prudent to do the cheaper version.”

“I have to say I’m very uncomfortable with the idea of having a washroom that isn’t accessible,” said Coun. Keith Fielding. “To my mind, the better solution

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ceptable to my mind, makes no sense. I think we really need to visit this whole thing as to the status of the washrooms, including getting back to Interior Health if they are insisting on some other facility being there.

But I have great difficulty supporting this expenditure for something that’s going to end up as inaccessible to wheelchair users and if it’s not going to be accessible to wheelchair users, I can’t imagine why a set a stairs leading into it would cost $40,000. It just doesn’t seem to add up to me so I need a lot more information about this one.”

Mayor Fortin inquired if it would be possible to get the extra money out of Community Works to build the ramp.

“I think it would be better if it just disappeared to somewhere else and we relied on the washroom across the street,” said Fielding. “I don’t know whether we sell it or move it somewhere

I think it would be better if it just disappeared to somewhere else and we relied on the washroom across the street.”

- councillor keith fielding

would be to not have that washroom there at all and then everybody can use the accessible washroom across the street. Now I know that is under consideration, but to spend $40,000 to access a washroom that isn’t ac-

else, it’s just ugly and it’s dysfunctional.”

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“Ugly” and “dysfunctional” washrooms Conditional offer on fire hall property JOANNE LAYH The District of Peachland has made a conditional offer on a property that would improve the site for the proposed new fire hall, Mayor Fortin announced in Facebook post this week.

Last September Behr Integrated Solutions made a fire department master plan presentation to council that included a long list of recommendations, including building a new fire hall and creating an assistant chief position, something administration has earmarked $62,440 for in latest draft of the 2022 budget.

“As presented to council last year with the master plan, it was recommended by a consulting firm that we explore some additional land options for the proposed fire hall site, given that the current site is very, very tight in nature,” fire chief Dennis Craig told the View.

The district explored different options and were able to reach a conditional offer on a residential lot next door to the site on San Clemente.

Craig says adding the adjacent residential lot will add more room, allow the fire hall to meet the setback requirements, and provide some on-site parking.

“The offer is subject to approved public assent, so that’s why it is a conditional offer,” said Craig. “So, the funding will come from the borrowing for the new fire hall. The property isn’t purchased unless the public says they want to proceed with the fire hall.”

A referendum for borrowing for the new fire hall will take place on General Election Day, which happens on Oct. 15.

PHOTO JOANNE LAYH

On Tuesday members of council were told that steps to the Heritage Park washrooms will cost $40,000.

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requires them to build a whole deck. In addition, a drinking fountain is a requirement, he said.

“I will personally, with Shawn, work with IHA to see if there’s anything we can do,” said Creron. “We kind of got ourselves into a jackpot with this big washroom. I just need a little time work with Shawn and IHA to see if there’s something we can do to maybe

use the washrooms on an interim basis but get the cost down. I’ll be honest with you, I struggle with $40,000, period, but I don’t know if I have much of an option if I have one, a building code being required, and the other, IHA.” Coun. Patrick Van Minsel said he is in agreement with Coun. Fielidng that $40,000 is “out of proportion.”

“Maybe this washroom could go to 13th Street, where we really need it,

because we have a lot of people using that intersection,” said Van Minsel.

“My personal opinion on that washroom is it’s ugly and it blocks part of the view. Had I had any idea that that’s what we were going to get, and I think it cost $100,000, I wouldn’t have been in favour of it,” said Fortin.

Council members agreed to leave the item in the budget until the CAO returns with more information from Interior Health.

PHOTO JOANNE LAYH

Contractors for the District of Peachland began street sweeping last week. The sweeping program is expected to take one to two weeks to complete. Until your neighbourhood is swept, residents are asked to limit all on-street parking and ensure waste bins aren’t placed on the road surface.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT To consider a proposed amendment to Council Procedure Bylaw No. 2063, 2013 This is a Notice pursuant to sections 124(3) and 94 of the Community Charter, that it is the intent of the District of Peachland Council to consider an amendment to Council Procedure Bylaw No. 2063, 2013 at the April 5, 2022 Regular Council Meeting, which will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Centre at 4450 6th Street, Peachland.

The purpose of the amendment is to change the Order of Business for Regular Council Meetings. The following items are addressed in the amendments: • Confirmation of Agenda – The combining of “Amendments to the Agenda” and “Approval of the Agenda”.

• Confirmation of Minutes – This item will be considered directly after “Confirmation of Agenda”.

• Council Committee Reports – Moved directly after “Presentations and Delegations” • Bylaws – Added to the order of business to facilitate considerations of bylaws earlier on in meetings.

• Items from Administration – Encompass the separate department sections to allow for more flexibility when scheduling items.

• Urgent Business – Added to the order of business for consideration of time sensitive matters.

• Other Business – Will be removed from the order of business.

• Items Directly Related to Council – All Council related business into one section.

• In Camera – To be added directly to the Regular Council Meeting agenda.

The proposed amending Bylaw No. 2345 is available for viewing at: • The District Office at 5806 Beach Avenue, Peachland, B.C. on regular business days (Monday to Friday except for statutory holidays) between normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; • The District’s website at www.peachland.ca For more information contact Director of Corporate Services, Jennifer Sawatzky at 250-767-2647.

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BC AND YUKON COMMUNITY NEWSMEDIA ASSOCIATION Ever studied for a test after taking it?

Of course not – it’s way too late.

Unfortunately, that’s what’s happening when it comes to freedom of information in B.C. Last fall, the provincial government passed Bill 22, amending the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and allowing the government to start charging a fee for FOI requests.

This month, the BC Legislative Assembly of BC’s Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act was holding hearings, as they are required to do by law every five years. With the amendment just passed, this committee was basically asked to study whether or not the barn door should be opened months after the horse had already busted right through it.

The group that represents this newspaper and more than 90 other ones like it across the province, the BC and Yukon Community NewsMedia Association, was asked to present to that committee. Here’s a version of what we told them: Our members have a combined print circulation of 1.5 million copies and adult

readership of almost 2 million British Columbians every single week. Online they draw more than 11 million unique visitors and more than 33 million pageviews to their websites every month.

These media outlets deliver more than the news. The information we deliver, in print or online, provides readers with a sense of connection, of identity and of belonging to their community.

Between us, our members probably deal with more of the 2,900 organizations covered by the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act than any other organization, from provincial ministries and Crown corporations to municipal governments, regional districts, health authorities, universities and school districts. In the vast majority of cases, our members are the only media covering those institutions in the communities they serve.

Freedom of Information requests are a critical tool for our members, who collectively file hundreds of requests per year for coverage which provides accountability for local institutions to our readers.

It isn’t easy work for community newsmedia reporters, who don’t have single beats to cover, or the luxury of spending weeks or even days on investigative work.

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Freedom of Information requests are a critical tool Rotary to host It’s a Celebration! event Continued from Page 4

Instead, stories like those come together in hundreds of stolen moments, pieces of downtime between attending council meetings, racing to take pictures or video at the local high school, covering minor hockey, laying out pages, editing copy and posting stories to websites and social media channels.

It becomes even more difficult when the FOI requests required to do that work become more challenging to file, more expensive and less productive.

With regard to fees, it goes almost without saying that in an era where traditional news media outlets, funded primarily by local advertising revenue, are competing not against other local media outlets, but against global giants like Facebook and Google, for advertising, any increase to costs is a damper on our ability to maintain the FOI requests we do make, let alone to make more.

But since the legislation is changed and those fees are in place, we’d like to focus on some other aspects of FOI. Our members’ experience has been that information – even relatively innocuous information like statistics from which it would not be possible to extrapolate anyone’s personal de-

tails – has been tightly controlled and guarded, particularly when it comes to attempting to gather information about the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years.

Our members find the complete government control of information and the narrative around the pandemic to be concerning. Without raw facts, we have no way of knowing what we’re being told is the truth on issues of huge public importance.

Once in a while, a medical health officer will let slip a piece of information during an interview that is actually useful. But most requests funneled through media contacts simply fall into the abyss. It seems as if many people at such high levels are required to vet even the most basic request, and very little gets given out as a result, usually based on a directive from the PHO not to provide anyone’s “personal information.”

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy naturally go hand in hand – like freedom of expression or public health restrictions, they must seek a perpetual balance.

But what we are seeing is that protection of privacy is increasingly used as an excuse to curtail freedom of information even when that balance is

not at risk, and that cannot stand.

We think that public information should be deemed to be public by default unless there is a compelling and truly privacy-based reason for it to be withheld.

I think Murray Rankin, a true champion of FOI in Canada and one of the fathers of B.C.’s Freedom of Information Act, said it best when he was a federal member of Parliament in 2017, speaking about changes to the federal Access to Information Act: “Information delayed is information denied.”

We’d love to hear what he thinks about what has become of FOI in B.C.’s today, but he has been a little tough to get a hold of on the subject.

He is, of course, busy these days as a cabinet minister in the provincial government that just imposed that new FOI charge.

If he weren’t bound by cabinet confidentiality, perhaps he might be leading the crusade to make sure freedom of information stays truly free.

We need to retake that test.

Tim Shoults is Vice-President of the BC and Yukon Community NewsMedia Association and Operations Manager of Aberdeen Publishing.

He is based in Kamloops.

Peachland Rotary is continuing preparation for “It’s a Celebration !”– an evening of dancing with great music by Marty Edwards and The Revival. There is still time to buy tickets for the event. Tickets are going fast but still available from Rotary members, Peachland Pharmacy and by calling 250-767-6689.

This is one of the first fun events in Peachland since the emergence of COVID. You don’t want to miss out on this entertaining evening. Marty Edwards is a well- known Peachland entertainer who has performed all over the world.

Net proceeds from the evening will go towards construction of our new Peachland Food Bank building. Proceeds from the 50/50 will go to scholarships for the nursing program at Okanagan College. The only remaining COVID protocol is showing your COVID vaccination passport.

The dance will take place on Apr. 2 at the Peachland Community Centre. Doors open at 7 p.m.

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LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES SPRING SHOWERS runs from Mar. 19 – May 1 at the Peachland Art Gallery. Presented by Gabrielle Strong, a visual artist with a focus in ceramics and moody large-scale oil paintings inspired by scenes from the Pacific Northwest.

BAT ROOST owners, stewards, and counters are asked to report bat arrive dates to BEEPS. Once bats are back, monitor roosts regularly for dead bats and report any carcasses to pro-grams@beepspeachland.com or call 250 767 2143.

GREEK FOOD NIGHT fundraiser event presented by Peachland Community Connects and the Legion Wed. Mar 30 from 5 pm - 7 pm. $25 per person. Phone 250 767 6225 for more information.

IT’S A CELEBRATION DANCE featuring the music of Marty Edwards and The Revival presented by the Rotary Club of Peachland. Come out and dance to soft rock, country, pop and rock hits from the 60s 70s and more! Tickets are $50 each, include a complimentary charcuterie board. Tickets are sold at Peachland Pharmacy or can be purchased from Rotarians at the IGA on Saturdays from 12 pm - 2 pm (cheque or cash only at IGA). The event takes place Sat. April 2 at the community centre; doors at 7 pm. Bring $$$ - there will be a cash bar and a 50/50.

MONDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am - 10 pm Peachland Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8 am - 9 am Peachland Community Centre 50+ FITNESS 8 am - 9 am ($5 Drop In) 50 Plus Activity Centre ADULT DAY SERVICE 9 am - 3 pm Residences on 6th PICKLEBALL (3.0-3.5) 9:05 am - 11 am Peachland Community Centre FITNESS FUSION LEVEL 2 9:30 am - 10:45 am 4th Street Place PICKLEBALL (1.0-2.5) 11 am – 1 pm Peachland Community Centre FULL BODY STRETCH 11 am - 12:15 pm 4th Street Place LADIES’ COFFEE SOCIAL 1 pm 4th Street Place BRIDGE 1 pm – 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre TAI CHI TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH 1 pm - 2:15 pm Tai Chi 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Seated Tai Chi 50 Plus Activity Centre BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE ACRYLIC WORKSHOP 1 pm – 4 pm Peachland Little Schoolhouse

PICKLEBALL (1.0-2.5) 1 pm – 3 pm Peachland Community Centre ZUMBA 6:30 pm- 7:30 pm 4th Street Place DROP-IN ONLY PICKLEBALL (ALL PLAY) 6:30 pm – 8:15 pm Peachland Community Centre WOODCARVERS 7 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre

TUESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am - 10 pm Peachland Community Centre YOGA 8:30 am - 9:30 am 50 Plus Activity Centre FLOW YOGA 9 am - 10 am 4th Street Place YOGA FOR YOUR BACK 2:45 - 4 pm 4th Street Place CARPET BOWLING 10 am - 12 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre PEACHLAND DROP IN CRIB 11 am start time Nov 2, 16, 30 Royal Canadian Legion #69 THERAPEUTIC YOGA 10:30 am – 11:45 am 4th Street Place

AA 12 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre PASSION 4 ART 1 pm - 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre MAH JONG 1 pm – 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre MEN’S COFFEE & CARDS 1 pm PWC (downstairs) LINE DANCING 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre PEACHLAND LEGION DART LEAGUE 7 pm - 11 pm Royal Canadian Legion #69 COMPUTER LITERACY

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WEDNESDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am - 10 pm Peachland Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8 am - 9 am Peachland Community Centre 50+ FITNESS 9 am - 10 am ($5 Drop In) 50 Plus Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (1.0-2.5) 9:05 am - 11 am Peachland Community Centre FITNESS FUSION LEVEL 2 9:30 am – 10:45 am 4th Street Place

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MAKING PERSONAL COLOR PALETTES with Wayne Power. In this Peachland Community Arts Council four-week series you will learn to identify your personal colour choices, how to use them, and how they affect your work. Takes place April 6 – 30, from noon to 3:30 pm at the Visitor Centre conference room. Space is limited; to register email plsworkshops@peachlandarts.ca STARS PIGGLY WIGGLY SANCTUARY open house at 5030 Cousins Rd. Apr. 9-10 10 am - 4 pm. Visit with pigs, chickens, ducks and roosters. Admission by donation.

The Peachland Variety Singers proudly present their spring concert, WE RISE AGAIN, on Sunday, Apr. 10 at 2 pm at the 50 Plus Activity Centre. Admission by donation.

Email events to editor@peachlandview.com before Friday at noon CHAIR YOGA 10:30 am 50 Plus Activity Centre DROP-IN ONLY PICKLEBALL (3.0+) 11 am - 1 pm Peachland Community Centre BARGAIN BIN 12 pm - 3 pm Peachland United Church PICKLEBALL (3.0 - 3.5) 1 pm - 3 pm Peachland Community Centre BRIDGE 1 pm – 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre WE ART HERE 12 pm - 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre MINI KICKERS 5 pm- 6 pm Peachland Community Centre SPIN, CORE AND STRETCH 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Peachland Community Centre DROP-IN ONLY PICKLEBALL (3.75+) 6:30 pm - 8:15 pm Peachland Community Centre CENTRAL OKANAGAN MODEL RAILWAY CO. Train modellers + visitors meet 7 pm Peachland Musum

THURSDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am - 10 pm Peachland Community Centre YOGA 8:30 am - 9:30 am 50 Plus Activity Centre YOGA FOR YOUR BACK 9:30 - 10:45 am 4th Street Place BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT 10 am-11:45 am Peachland Wellness Centre

PICKLEBALL (3.5) 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Peachland Community Centre THERAPEUTIC YOGA: HEALTH AND AGING 11 am - 12:15 pm 4th Street Place IRON AND SILK FIT 11 am - 12 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre BARGAIN BIN 12 pm - 3 pm Peachland United Church TAI CHI FOR WELLNESS 12:30 pm 4th Street Place PASSION 4 ART 1 pm – 4 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre DEMENTIA CAREGIVER SUPPORT (ALZHEIMER SOCIETY) 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM 4TH STREET PLACE MEAT DRAW 3 pm-5 pm Royal Canadian Legion #69 DROP-IN ONLY PICKLEBALL (ALL PLAY) 6:30 pm - 8:15 pm Peachland Community Centre

LADIES’ COFFEE & CARDS 1pm 4th Street Place CANASTA 1 pm 50+ Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (3.0-3.5) 1 pm - 3 pm Community Centre DROP-IN ONLY PICKLEBALL (ALL PLAY) 3 pm - 4:45 pm Peachland Community Centre LEARN TO DANCE: BALLET 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm 4th Street Place

FRIDAYS

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FITNESS ROOM 5 am - 10 pm Peachland Community Centre INDOOR WALKING 8 am - 9 am Peachland Community Centre FLOW YOGA 9 am - 10 am 4th Street Place 50+ FITNESS 9 am - 10 am ($5 Drop In) 50 Plus Activity Centre BARGAIN BIN 12 pm - 3 pm Peachland United Church

SATURDAYS FITNESS ROOM 5 am - 10 pm Peachland Community Centre DANCE CONNEXION 1 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre BARGAIN BIN 12 pm - 3 pm Peachland United Church MEAT DRAW 3 pm-5 pm Royal Canadian Legion #69

FITNESS ROOM 5 am - 10 pm Peachland Community Centre CARPET BOWLING 10 am - 12 pm 50 Plus Activity Centre PICKLEBALL (2.5-3.5) 12-2 pm Peachland Community Centre LIVE MUSIC! 2 pm-4:30 pm Royal Canadian Legion #69 PICKLEBALL (3.75+) 2-4 pm Peachland Community Centre

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Watershed Protection Alliance celebrates World Water Day with awareness event JOANNE LAYH The Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance held a Stop, Drop and Think Water awareness event at 13th and Beach Ave on the public patio across from Bliss to celebrate World Water Day last Tuesday.

The event kicked off with drumming and a land welcome before members joined in with opening remarks.

In addition to members and supporters, Peachland Councillors Patrick Van Minsel and Keith Fielding as well as Mayor Cindy Fortin and Summerland Mayor Toni Boot attended the event.

“We need to make people aware of water and why PWPA is interested in making this 2022 World Water Day a bigger event is because the province of B.C. is also initiating consultations on a watershed security fund and a watershed security strategy,” PWPA

communications chair Alex Morrison told the View.

While the province’s security survey closed last Friday, Morrison says there will be other opportunities for engagement that the province is going to provide.

“People use the watershed. They’re in the backcountry, they’re hiking, they’re biking, they’re hunting, they’re doing things and they see things. They may have ideas that can help contribute to this strategy,” said Morrison.

She stated it’s important for everyone to make water a top priority, not just from the conservation point of view, but in terms of understanding where our water comes from.

“It’s not just a creek or a lake. Those are the places where the water is collected, but the water comes from snow . . . We don’t get as much precipitation in the sum-

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Rochelle McFarlane opened the event with a land welcome and drumming.

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Latest MOTI reports assess route options for Peachland as creating significant negative impacts to their traditional territories.

Alternate route Option AR-4 has the least community severance impacts. The community severance impacts for Option AR-5 are more significant than Option ERA. All options will create noise and visual impacts with Option AR-5 having the greatest impacts amongst the three longterm options.

Option ER-A may create some improvements for the emergency response.

Environmental Account

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Alternate routes options.

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HIGHWAY 97 TASK FORCE The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure recently released two reports on Phase II of their Highway 97 Peachland Transportation Study. The first report was an Assessment of Potential LongTerm Infrastructure Solutions. This report was very similar to their Phase I report although they went into more detail to assess the pros and cons of the three routes that they selected from Phase I. The three routes are AR-5 (the lowest alternate route), AR-4 (the next lowest alternate route (similar to AR-5 but swinging to the west before crossing Princeton Ave) and ER-A (the existing highway route primarily retaining at-grade connectivity). These options were compared against a “base case” - the present highway with some short and medium-term improvements already having been completed, which they discussed in the second report they released.

A summary of the differences, based on the outcomes of the evaluation process, between the three route options were:

Financial Account

Option ER-A has a substantially lower estimated capital cost than either alternate route option, with AR-4 having the highest.

Option ER-A has the highest property cost, followed by Option AR-5 and then

AR-4.

Option ER-A has the lowest incremental maintenance and rehabilitation costs.

Customer Service Account

The potential customer service benefits, primarily in the form of vehicle travel savings and operating costs, for Option ER-A are substantially higher than either alternate route.

Option ER-A is expected to create significant traffic disruptions during construction, while minimal traffic disruptions are anticipated for either alternate route.

All route options are anticipated to generally reduce collision rates but are also anticipated to create an increase in total travel as compared to the base case. The net result is an increase in overall collisions impacts for Option ER-A, but a decrease in overall collisions for the two alternate route options.

Transit benefits, from both a user and operator perspective, are much higher for Option ER-A as compared to the alternate route options.

Socio Community Account

Option ER-A will have the highest number of properties affected (five full and 93 partial, including 75 residences) with AR-5 next (five full and 19 partial, including 14 residences) and AR-4 (0 full and 19 partial, including four residential properties).

Both alternate route options have been identified by the Penticton Indian Band

Option AR-4 and Option AR-5 have the most significant terrestrial impacts as compared to existing route Option ER-A. All options may impact several watercourses along the corridor, several or which are known to be fish-bearing. Option ER-A may impact Lake Okanagan foreshore, but avoids sensitive Kokanee spawning habitat.

Options are generally anticipated to cause a small increase in vehicle-related emissions due to the additional travel along the corridor, with option ER-A realizing the largest such increase.

They do mention that at this point in time there are eight key sources of uncertainty or considerations that could affect which option is chosen and they are: climate change; The implications of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act; The Penticton Indian Band South Okanagan Commonage Specific (Land) Claim; Policies encouraging a shift towards travel using active transportation and transit; Land use and local development patterns; Changing travel behaviour and travel patterns; Emerging technology; and project costs and funding availability.

Throughout the report they continually make mention of the year 2040 as being when they anticipate the existing highway to be at capacity although at times they say closer to 2040 and approximately 2040.

With the Okanagan Valley being the fastest growing area in the country one could expect that the timelines may be moved up. At any rate, a decision will have to be made as to which option is chosen well prior to when the existing highway is considered to be at full capacity in order to allow time for internal coordination/priority-setting/programming and then design and construction. This lead time could be five years or more depending on which route is chosen and would mean that a decision will have to be made prior to 2035 at the latest.

The second report MOTI released was Potential Corridor Improvements and Implementation Strategy.

This report discusses the approach used to develop the potential short and medium-term corridor improvement options, how the short and medium terms are defined, and the criteria used to evaluate the options. The short-term was defined as within the next five years (i.e. 2021 through 2025) and the medium-term was defined as being in the six-year to 15-year time frame (i.e. 2026 through 2035). However, there is

a highlighted box immediately following that stated, “It should be noted that these option evaluation assumptions do not necessarily imply a B.C. MOTI commitment to implement any of these improvement options within the associated time frames, nor that these improvement options are inherently required to be implemented by these specific timeframes.”

The report identified four short-term improvements to the existing highway that would improve safety, transit service and support active transportation now and in the future regardless of which long term solution is chosen. They then proposed a prioritization for the implementation of the four improvement options as follows: • The Trepanier Bench Road Signalization and Access Management Upgrades, including turn restrictions at the Hwy 97/ Buchanan Rd West and the Hwy 97/Huston Rd/Buchanan Rd intersections are the highest priority; • The Clements Cres Intersection Transit and Pedestrian Improvements are the second priority; • The Renfrew Rd Intersection Safety Improvements are recommended third; and • The Princeton Ave Intersection Transit and Safety Improvements are ranked fourth.

There are three medium-term improvement options being considered for implementation however it is interesting to note that the recommendation is to not start these improvements until after a decision is made as to which long-term solution is chosen. This is due to the design features of the improvements and/or the need to make them at all if a bypass option is chosen. The three medium-term options are: • The Lang Rd – McKay Lane Walking and Cycling Connection, which is a pedestrian and cycling overpass connecting the two roads; • The Chidley Rd Intersection Safety Improvements and Clements Cres Connection, which would close access to the highway from Chidley and connect Chidley to Clements Cres. This improvement may not be needed if a bypass is chosen; and • The Hardy Street Intersection Safety Improvements.

The report does not address the longterm options except on how they may influence the design and/or need for the short and medium-term improvements as noted above. It does state that the three long-term options, Alternate Routes AR-4 and AR-5, and Existing Route ER-A, are all feasible options to be considered for the long-term improvement of the Hwy 97 corridor, however at this time no recommendation is made regarding a long-term solution.

To read both full reports and view the maps of the three route options and proposed improvements Google “Peachland transportation study” then click on “Highway 97-Peachland Transportation Study- Gov.bc.ca” and scroll down to Phase II Reports.

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Spring Showers show opens at Peachland Art Gallery JANET HORNSETH

PEACHLAND COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL Peachland Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, Gabrielle Strong’s Spring Showers, opened last Saturday evening with a well-received talk and a hall filled to capacity with approximately 75 guests.

Hainle wines were served to an accompaniment of Terry Moore on piano.

Strong’s work focuses on her ceramics and moody large-scale oil paintings inspired by scenes from the grand Pacific Northwest. Her practice is split between

painting and ceramics and she is interested in mining the ways in which they intersect.

Strong, a graduate of Emily Carr University, shared some of her life experiences and world travels to over 70 countries while working onboard a cruise line. Her love of the sea and time spent on the West Coast is evident throughout her practice. She divides her work between large-scale oil paintings of the atmospheric coastal B.C. skylines and her ceramics, many of which are on display in the gallery.

Always searching for the

moment the veil is lifted revealing a glimmer of light on the horizon, her hope is to capture the tranquility that those overcast days inspire and translate those feelings of peace onto the canvas.

The grandeur of the scenery that has inspired these paintings are simplistically and emotionally expressed.

Following graduation, Gabrielle dove into a sixmonth artist residency at the Vernon Community Arts Centre through the Caetani Centre’s CeramAiR program, which ultimately led her to make the Okanagan her home

permanently.

Gabrielle has an extensive exhibition history and three notable public art commissions including a major public art commission by the City of Vernon and the Downtown Vernon Association in 2017 to create a participatory public work of art commemorating Canada’s 150th birthday. At over 150 feet long, Mosaic River was successfully installed in Cenotaph Park the following year.

The exhibition runs at the Peachland Art Gallery Tuesdays to Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Sunday, May 1.

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The Peachland Art Gallery held a show opening event last Saturday night that included a wine and cheese reception and artist talk.

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Street Sweeping 2022 Contractors working for the District of Peachland will begin the annual spring street sweeping program beginning March 17th.

The project is anticipated to take 1-2 weeks to complete. Until your neighbourhood is swept, please limit all on-street parking and ensure waste bins are not placed on the road surface.

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Peachland’s quilting community celebrated International Quilt Day last Saturday by displaying quilts from their decks. Locally made pieces were on display on Huston Rd, Clarence Rd, Sutherland Rd and Shelburne Rd. Maurita Graham has been a quilter for about 25 years, but since joining Pincushion Quilt Guild and retiring from teaching in 2020, she’s been able to spend a lot of time involved in challenging herself to learn new techniques to become a better quilter. These quilts were on display on her deck last weekend.

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The Peachland Lions Club are thrilled to sponsor one of their favourite groups, the Peachland branch of BGC Canada (formerly the Boys and Girls Club). Recently Lions Club president Steve Sweeney presented to BGC’s Thomas Vincent, Nichole Tutt and Brittany Doig (shown in the back row). Shown up front are a group of enthusiastic members that enjoy the BGC activities.

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