Agenda Package - City of Vernon

John Friesen
7520 Weeks Road
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Submitted a letter dated February 8, 2010 (copy attached)
Opposed to development of Hesperia Lands
Suggests alternative urban core area location be considered
lndicates that the Hesperia project does not meet the guiding
principles of the OCP
Staff Response:
o The Villages at Okanagan Landing (Hesperia Lands) project is
designed to meet many of the guiding principles which form the
basis for the City's Official Community Plan (OCP)'
Don Barta
6772 Apollo Road
o Submitted an email dated February 8, 2010 (copy attached)
. Opposed to development of Hesperia Lands
o wants maximum density in Landing area at 12 units per acre' The
1,OOO to 1,400 proposed units on the 69 acre site permits a
density range of l-4 to 20 units per acre'
Staff Response:
o The proposed development meets the goals and objectives the
City has for the site.
Pat Cloutier
6618 Longacre Drive
currently they are on a private water system (claremount water
District)
Concerned their water system may be unduly impacted by the
Hesperia project.
Staff Response:
o The civil engineer for the Hesperia project has indicated that the
Claremount Water District Works will not be impacted by the
Hesperia project. Furthermore, the new water works to be
installed by the Hesperia Development Corporation will have the
capacity to allow claremount water District users to connect to
the new works and abandon their private utility Sovernance
system.
Phil Bailey
6559 Okanagan Avenue
o upgrades for okanagan Avenue have not been addressed
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o lncreased volume a concern
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o No sidewalks on Okanagan Avenue
o SafetY a concern
Staff Response:
o The portion of okanagan Avenue fronting the Hesperia property
will be upgraded as a condition of subdivision approval' The
upgrade will include a sidewalk from the new intersect¡on of
Apollo Road at Okanagan Avenue westward towards Okanagan
Landing Road. At a later phase in the Hesperia project, the
sidewalk is to be completed to Okanagan Landing Road if it has. 23