Agenda Package - City of Vernon

All children have to go to school and no sidewalks exist
Need to take time to further develop and consider to increase
confidence in Plan
Staff Response:
o There will be commercial developments in the nearby Waterfront
Neighbourhood Plan area. As well, a small neighbourhood
commercial complex is planned for the Okanagan Crossings site
at the corner of Okanagan Avenue and Okanagan Landing Road.
o Sidewalks, trails and bicycle lanes are planned for this area.
Transit service improvements would be implemented as the
ridership and funding increases.
Maxine Glover
6580 Apollo Road
o Great development, but concerns exist
o Notes her concerns have been addressed
o Would rather it not happen in her backyard, but buffer zone will
help
o Appreciates high density as large lots are not sustainable
¡ Doesn,t want it to happen, but believes it is being done well
Staff Response:
o No response required.
Tom Fletcher for
Applicant
lntroduced members of the Hesperia Dev. Corp, (HDC) Board,
Development Manager, and Architect
Provided additional info
Keegstra comments - Board attempted to address concerns
expressed at open houses. Relocation of Okanagan Avenue does
mitigate the traffic increase on existing residents' Safety at these
intersections has been improved. Difficulty of relocating was that
a large number of units were lost. Newly created parcels were
used to try and recoup these. Overlapping townhouses will have
setbacks and won't be higherthan the two storey homes in area.
,Going slow, comments -
HDC intent is to proceed slowly and to
develop with quality. 'Gateway' is first area proposed to be
developed with sidewalks and infrastructure to be finished first'
Streetscaping and landscaping will also be done. North east end
would be built first.
Storm Water Concerns - realize these problems need to be
addressed and engineers are examining. should alleviate the type
of problems being exPerienced.
Development Timeline - variable timeline - could be 20 years
(50 units per year max.), dependant upon need for attainable
housing (interest rates, market, etc.).
Development Agreement will ensure infrastructure development
for each parcel will match.
'Attainable Housing' definitions included in