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This election season, I’m concerned about the lack of regard towards our (Kelowna) Official Community Plan, which should more aptly be referred to as our Official Community Plan "guide."
When this plan was being developed, city council praised it, consulted with our community and we all bought into it. But when push comes to shove by developers, it is promptly ignored.
How can people choose where to live if they can’t even rely on what the brand-new OCP tells them to expect? If you buy a townhome next to where there’s supposed to be more townhomes, according the approved OCP, and suddenly (a developer) gets approval to build a 30-storey building, how is that fair?
I am not saying we shouldn’t expect change. In fact, the OCP projects lots of change. But it should be predictable change, predictable based on the plan we all agreed to.
This election, I am voting for candidates who understand that that (the OCP) is not a guide. We all deserve some predictability in planning, and to date we’ve received none and that’s simply not fair to residents.
We simply haven’t been getting what was promised. It’s time to put residents back in charge, not developers.
Ethel Robidoux
