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Peachland Hub Society receives council support for 50 Plus project JOANNE LAYH Last Tuesday night the Peachland Hub Society received council’s support to move forward with plans to substantially renovate and expand the 50 Plus Activity Centre into a community hub and annex.

While the municipality owns the building, the $7.6 million main hub project

and $500,000 - $600,000 annex project would be financed through grants and fundraising efforts by the various local community groups that comprise the society.

The society came to council seeking authorization from the district as well as a letter of intent for a minimum 10-year lease to show management and control of the asset after the

project - a request that received unanimous support on Tuesday night.

The plan is to renovate the current 50 Plus Activity Centre with various energy efficiency and building upgrades, and build an expansion that will involve adding circulation and a new face for the building via a pre-function space/ lobby, as well as a two-storey addition providing two

multi-purpose spaces and washrooms on the ground floor and office space on the upper floor.

The complex would also include a smaller building or “annex” to house the Peachland Food Bank and provide some additional storage on the north side of Cousins Park between the main hub building and the highway.

Over the past several

months the society has put together a business case, which was presented by Rick Ingram at Tuesday morning’s committee meeting.

“A key consideration in the renovation and expansion of the PDRS building is to give it meaningful new life for the next 50 years,” Ingram’s report to council states.

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project as an opportunity to significantly improve the building’s presence on Beach Ave. Plans are to incorporate the following key considerations: • Move the main entry to Beach Ave; • Develop a transparent, inviting public face along the Beach Ave frontage that conveys an appropriate imContinued on Page 2

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age for a contemporary civic institution; • Provide an exterior entry plaza with space for seating; • Consider leaving parts of the façade available for

public art murals; • Choose finish materials that are FireSmart, do not require painting and are long lasting; • Maintaining the street trees where possible; • Engage views to the

lake and Cousins Park from within the building; and • Allow for views from the street directly into the lobby and the main multi-purpose rooms.

The primary motivation for the separation of the

annex is that it allows the whole project to be phased, with the annex building happening considerably in advance of the main hub building. Also, by breaking the plan into two distinct projects, the society hopes

to qualify for additional grant opportunities.

The society intends to finance the projects through the following: • Hub start-up supporters - $120,000; • Government grants $4,706,000; • Individual donor campaign - $2,030,000; • Small individual donations - $30,000; • Car raffles - $900,000; • Other raffles, bingos and auctions - $300,000; and • Peachland Hub merchandise - $2,500.

If funding is successful, the society hopes to begin construction on the annex in the fourth quarter of 2023 and the main hub in the second quarter of 2024.

“There’s no question this is an extremely ambitious project,” said Ingram.

The society is moving forward quite speedily with the plan because time is of the essence for several community groups who will soon be without a home.

A catalyst for the project was the announcement last year that the Peachland Wellness Centre, Peachland Community Police (also home to the Peachland Lions), and Peachland Food Bank structures would imminently need to come down to make way for the second phase of the Residences on 6th seniors housing. Last November a group representing many of Peachland’s community organizations got together and proposed that the 50 Plus Activity Centre be converted into a community service hub that would house numerous service groups, including those that will be displaced when the new seniors housing is constructed.

Peachland Community Connects serves as the spokesperson for the group of organizations that form the Peachland Hub Society.

In a letter dated Dec. 6, Peachland Community Connects chair Shelley Sweeney wrote to Peachland’s mayor and council on behalf of all represented groups asking for their support in converting the 50 Plus Activity Centre into a community service hub. Currently the groups that are represented and are in support of the initiative include the Peach-

land Lions Club, Peachland Wellness Centre, Peachland Food Bank, Peachland Community Connects, Peachland and District Retirement Society (PDRS), the Bat Education and Ecological Protection Society (BEEPS), Peachland Chamber of Commerce, Peachland Rotary, and Peachland Ambassadors.

The plan has the support of the board of the PDRS, the organization that operates the 50 Plus.

PDRS president Gwen Bodnarek said the board is ready to sign over their lease after the hub makes a presentation to the membership at their Apr. 29 potluck.

“We’ve agreed to go with the decision because we think it’s great for Peachland,” said Bodnarek.

The current structure is considered dated and the hub society has identified a number of issues. The building doesn’t meet current energy requirements, the washrooms don’t meet barrier free code, and concrete block walls are filled with vermiculite (asbestos) insulation.

Their research found that the building was first constructed in 1975 as the Senior Citizens Activity Centre. It was expanded twice, first in 1978 to add three rooms on the south side for games, crafts and a small library (now used as office space) and again in 1987 to the west to enlarge the main hall and to add washrooms, a storage room and a larger kitchen.

At some point a separate small storage building was built to the west of the main building.

“These groups first came together in Nov. 2021 around the table just to see if there are synergies going and how they would approach the future of community groups here in town.

And to my astonishment, we’re now five months later and look at what we have on the books,” said Coun.

Patrick Van Minsel, who initiated and facilitated the discussion amongst community groups that led to the formation of the hub society.

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Council gives green light to Buchanan neighbourhood development JOANNE LAYH A rezoning application for a fifteen-unit strata development in the Buchanan neighbourhood received the go ahead from Peachland council last Tuesday night.

The currently undeveloped property, located opposite Davis Cove Resort just below Hwy 97, was rezoned from Single Detached Residential (R1) to Multi-unit Residential – Low Density and Cluster (RM3) to allow for the townhouse project.

At the same time Peachland council also authorized the road closure and sale of nearby McKay Lane. McKay Lane is the municipal roadway from which the property is accessed; the land will now be sold to the two adjacent property owners.

The lane only provides access to those two properties, so it essentially functions as a driveway. The two property owners intend to acquire the land from the district to consolidate it with their own parcels. The developer re-

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quires the additional land for the strata project, while the owner of 5251 McKay Lane (the parcel to the north of the lane) has two existing structures, a rental property and an historic family barn, that do not meet building setback requirements; the acquisition of a small portion of McKay Lane would bring the existing structures into compliance.

In addition to an estimated $28,155 in Community Amenity Contributions

(CACs), the municipality will also receive a payment of just over $42,000 for the sale of McKay Lane.

Council gave the zoning amendment and road closure bylaws first and second readings on Feb. 9, 2021. A public hearing was held on Mar. 22, 2021, followed by third reading on Apr. 20, 2021.

At Tuesday’s meeting council was also asked to authorize a Comprehensive (Form and Character) Development

Permit for the property to allow the construction of three multi-family residential buildings and an accessory parking garage.

As proposed, the15-unit multiple family development will be comprised of three residential buildings (two six-

plex buildings and a triplex) and a row of garages for the buildings sited along the rear parcel line adjacent to Hwy 97, with a vehicle parking stall for all 15 residential units plus six visitor spaces, including an accessible stall.

“The site has been designed to step the buildings down the hillside, maintaining view corridors in between,” said Schaal in his report to council. “The parking garage has been placed at the rear of the property and will be screened by the residential buildings in front. Due to the topography of the site, the single-story parking garages will not be visibly intrusive from Hwy 97.”

A servicing feasibility study conducted by the applicant’s engineer confirmed that the existing roads, water, and sanitary infrastructure are all adjacent to the subject

property and have adequate capacity to service the proposed development.

However, to accommodate the necessary fire flows, an upgrade to the water system on Buchanan will be required at time of building permit.

Mayor Cindy Fortin and Councillors Patrick Van Minsel, Mike Kent, Pam Cunningham and Terry Condon voted in favour of the recommendations to approve the project.

“I think this is the perfect place to have development,” said Fortin, who stressed the importance of infill. “I’m absolutely in favour of this. We need more homes.”

Coun. Keith Fielding was opposed in response to various issues raised at the public hearing, including sight line concerns presented by residents of The Terraces. Coun.

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ly want to commend them for this,” said Van Minsel.

Coun. Terry Condon called their business plan “a real work of art” and “quite stunning.”

“The value that the occupant organizations bring to the community is immeasurable, so it certainly has my full support,” said Coun. Mike Kent.

“With everybody rowing in the same direction, although it’s an ambitious project, I have full confidence that this will be realized. With the efforts of the groups that we’ve seen in the past, I think that this is very achievable and a great move for the community.”

“I think this is a wonderful vision,” said Coun. Keith Fielding.

There are a number of question marks remaining about where displaced groups will run their programs and services before the project is complete. The Peachland Wellness Centre, the Peachland Food Bank, Peachland Community Policing and the

Peachland Lions will need interim space when their structures are taken down to make room for the Peachland Seniors Support Society phase two construction.

Then when hub construction starts, PDRS and all activities located in the 50 Plus building will need interim space. Proposed interim spaces include the community centre banquet room, little schoolhouse, chamber boardroom, United Church hall, United Church sanctuary, common rooms at condo complexes, 4th Street Place, the community centre gym, the Anglican Church basement room, and the Peachland Historic School boardroom.

Another challenge to be addressed is ensuring that sufficient space will be available for the continuation of sports and recreation at Cousins Park. The society says the softball leagues that regularly utilize Cousins Park (seniors and mixed slow-pitch) have been engaged, and both groups expressed general support for the preliminary building designs/locations presented.

JOANNE LAYH A $40,000 expenditure for washroom stairs at Heritage Park will go ahead as planned, Peachland council concluded last Tuesday.

During last month’s budget deliberations members of Peachland council were presented with a capital request for $40,000 for stairs to the new washrooms that were delivered to Heritage Park last September.

Stairs were suggested because a ramp option would cost even more, according to staff.

The washrooms are an Interior Health requirement that must be satisfied before the splash pad can open.

District staff suggested that the requirement might be reversable, but they returned from a meeting with IHA with only bad news for members of council.

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contest the requirement, which would then go out for peer review to determine if it is reasonable or not. But that process moves slowly, warned Grundy.

“If we put that out there, I could almost guarantee we wouldn’t have that splash pad open until fall, maybe, if we’re lucky.”

Grundy said if the town wants to change out the washrooms for something else, that too would require IHA approval, which would also present a delay in the opening of the splash pad.

The expenditure will be coming from Community Works, so it has no taxation effect, yet some members of council expressed frustration with the project’s escalating costs.

“We need to go back to the drawing board, revisit everything, and sell that washroom,” said Coun.

Patrick Van Minsel. “I did

some investigation and it’s worth now around $150,000 unused so it’s maybe the time to sell it, recuperate the money and think about other solutions because we cannot keep on putting money into this project. It’s leaking money on all sides and I cannot vote for this.”

Van Minsel asked his colleagues to defer a discussion about the washroom expenditure so a better solution could be found.

Councillors Fielding and Condon voted to defer, but they were outnumbered by the remaining members of council.

“There is absolutely no way that I am going to support opening a washroom that is not accessible. I think that is, in this day and age, just unthinkable,” said Coun. Keith Fielding.

“I would like to see this whole thing gone and we start this over with some

other different approach to meeting the IHA requirement.”

“IHA seems to conveniently forget that for 25 years we’ve had a children’s playground at that park with washrooms across the street. This just doesn’t make any sense to me at all,” said Coun. Terry Condon.

Mayor Cindy Fortin said people would be furious and disappointed if the splash pad doesn’t open this year.

“The result of not opening that splash pad by the May long weekend and World of Wheels would be a tragedy, I think. People have been waiting for it for so long,” said Fortin.

Fortin encouraged staff to find an accessible ramp option that would fit within the $40,000 set aside for stairs.

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One-day pop-up recycling depot PEACHLAND VIEW Peachland residents looking for an opportunity to recycle glass and plastics not allowed in the curbside collection cart program will have an opportunity to return these items locally at a one-day only pop-up recycling depot set up at the community centre.

The event will be hosted by the Regional District Waste Reduction Office at the community centre parking lot on Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Items that will be accepted include glass bottles,

On Tuesday morning the Pincushion Quilt Guild celebrated Queen Elizabeth II’s 96th birthday with a high tea organized by Linda Craven (right). Dianne Weeks (above) is shown here with two quilts she created that will be donated to the Ukrainian Orthadox Church in Kelowna for people arriving to the area from Ukraine.

jars, foam packaging, plastic bags, overwrap and other flexible plastic packaging, such as crinkly wrappers, stand up pouches and zipper bags, as well as electronics. Staff will be on hand to answer any recycling questions.

These types of items aren’t allowed in the curbside collection cart program so typically residents must travel to the nearest depots in West Kelowna to properly recycle these items.

“We are trialing testing these innovative pop-up depot events this year to make recycling more accessible for our residents,” said waste reduction facilitator

Rae Stewart. “As the name suggests, pop-up events are by nature temporary, held in unique spaces, and last for a few hours. Our aim is ultimately to connect with as many residents as possible on a one-on-one basis, to increase recycling awareness, and keep recyclable material from the landfill.”

The pop-up depot is for residential recycling only, not commercial.

To find out more about the pop-up depot, or for more information about what materials can be recycled, visit rdco.com/ recycle, or email recycle@ rdco.com.

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of Central Okanagan (RDCO) has issued a water quality advisory for

residents served by the Star Place Water System in the Central Okanagan

West Electoral Area.

Increased turbidity in the water system source from the spring runoff has resulted in water quality that might impact children, the elderly or those with weakened immune systems.

The advisory affects eight properties connected to the community water system on Star Place off Trepanier Road near the Okanagan Connector (Hwy 97C), said RDCO communications officer Bruce Smith in a press release sent on Apr. 13.

It’s recommended that Star Place water customers follow Interior Health guidelines, especially people with weakened immune systems, the elderly, children and those wishing additional precautions.

All water intended for drinking, washing fruit and vegetables, making beverages and ice or brushing teeth should be boiled for at least one minute or customers should use a safe alternative to water from the tap, such as bottled or distilled water.

The advisory affecting the Star Place Water System will continue until further notice and testing confirms water is within acceptable Canadian Drinking Water Guidelines.

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