Rob Hillis

This interim Housing Needs Report helps the City of West Kelowna understand its current and future housing requirements. It calculates the number of housing units needed over 5 and 20 years based on factors including extreme core housing need, homelessness, suppressed household formation, anticipated growth, rental vacancy, and local demand. The report also addresses the necessity of housing near transportation infrastructure and details actions taken by the local government to reduce housing needs, while providing general updates from previous assessments.

The Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure Plan for the City of West Kelowna outlines a practical implementation and priority strategy for pedestrian and cycling facilities over a 20-year timeframe, building on previous master plans. Its primary objectives include identifying and addressing network gaps, implementing low-cost short-term solutions, and establishing long-term network connections to major destinations. The plan is guided by principles to create high-quality pedestrian environments in urban centers, improve accessibility to key locations, and provide neighborhood linkages. For cycling, it aims to support eco-tourism and active transportation by facilitating regional connectivity, offering alternatives to Highway 97, and establishing waterfront multi-use facilities. A key priority is short-term improvements within a 10-minute walking radius of schools, ultimately enhancing safety, accessibility, and promoting active transportation throughout the community.

This Memorial Park Plan is a strategic document to guide the development and operation of Memorial Park. The plan aims to support community events, create a unique recreation destination, enhance park safety and security, and establish a space for community commemoration. Key improvements include tiered seating, a bike skills park, an expanded skate park, an improved stage, a playground, and formalized parking, with implementation phased from 2013 to beyond 2020.

The Upper Glenrosa/Salmon Road Comprehensive Development Plan establishes a framework for guiding future residential development, focusing on implementing Official Community Plan (OCP) policies. Key aspects include planning for approximately 118 residential units, developing park and open space networks for recreation and wildlife corridors, addressing geotechnical and wildfire hazards, and protecting environmentally sensitive areas. The plan details improvements to the transportation network, including road upgrades and pedestrian connectivity, and outlines infrastructure and utility provisions for water, sanitary sewer, stormwater management, natural gas, hydro, telephone, and cable. The overall aim is to support economic growth, provide diverse housing options, create jobs, and ensure sustainable community development.

This Comprehensive Development Plan for the Smith Creek area aims to guide logical and integrated growth, detailing community design, land use, parks, open spaces, services, and development staging. The plan envisions creating a high-quality neighborhood that complements its natural setting, with an anticipated build-out of approximately 905 residential units (single-family and clustered housing) and a small mixed-use commercial node. Key principles include maintaining neighborhood character, protecting environmental features, promoting unique architecture, ensuring connectivity for vehicles and pedestrians, and managing access to Crown Land, alongside detailed policies for land use, environment, parks, trails, open space, wildfire mitigation, transportation, and infrastructure.