Agenda Package - City of Vernon

6722 Apollo Rood
Vernon, B.C. VlT 1J3
250-549-t332
Februory 5, 2010
Corporote Officer
City of Vernon
3400 - 30th Street
Vernon, B.C. V1T 5Eó
Deor ÂÂoyor ond Council Members,
Re: Off iciol Public Heoring for Rezoning Bylaw #5?34 (ZONOO148)
(ó500 Okonogon Avenue)
Fiveyears o9o I wrote to City Council with my objections in regords to
removing thã Hesperio Londs from the Agriculturol Lond Reserve. T f eel
just os strongly now os I d¡d then. This oreo should 6efree from
áevelopment ond ollowed to be kept os ogriculturol lond. f om soddened
knowing the serenity of my neighborhood will be forever chonged.
r moved to Apollo Rood eighleenyeors o9o with my husbond qnd we bought
this home specif icolly becouse there we?e open f ields behind the property.
During this time the city has used this lond for sproy irrigotion qnd o local
roncher hos used the lond lor grozing cottle. At the some time, the bird ond
wildlife in this oreq hove flourished. These fields ore now home to deer qnd
coyotes ond o voriety of birdlife including howks ond greot horned owls. The
loss of hqbitot in this oreo will no doubt severely impoct this importont ond
diverse ecosystem.
The objectives for the pnoposed development by the Hesperio Development
corporotion is to provide on odeguote supply of ottoinoble housing units, to
curb urbqn sprowl ond to ccpitolize on its proximity to Morsholl Fields,
Poddlewheel Pork, Kin Beoch, the oirport, schools, ond the Woterf ront
Developm ent Areo. While there is no guestion thqt Vernon needs offordoble
housing, this development in no woy curbs urbqn sprowl. This development
hos o potentiol for 1485 dwelling units with a populotion opprooching 3000
people on just ó9 ocres.
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