Lake Country Calendar, May 08, 2013

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New school will populate town centre KEVIN PARNELL

Road trip season is upon us but don’t let the car ride incapacitate you for the fun at the other end. Physiotherapist Laura Snyder has some tips for keeping your back happy. ...............................

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Dog agility fun trials this Saturday at Swalwell Park. ...............................

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The District of Lake Country is hosting a series of Front Porch Meetings this month and next. They begin for Oyama area residents this Thursday, May 9, at the Oyama Community Club. Others follow in Carr’s Landing, Okanagan Centre and Winfield. ...............................

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A tentative deal between the Central Okanagan School District and Aspen Grove Golf Course to build a new middle school on the golf course lands is being seen as a positive for Lake Country when it comes to the district’s economic future. The school district announced a tentative agreement to purchase the golf course lands for a future middle school on the 18 acre site located beside George Elliot Secondary School which is adjacent to the District of Lake Country municipal hall and inside what the district calls its town centre. DLC economic development manager

Ryan Roycroft says a new school, which is still at least three years away, is in line with what the district is hoping to accomplish in the town centre as the area moves into the future. “Council has prioritized development in the town centre area so what a new school will do is provide a way of concentrating a lot of bodies in the area,” said Roycroft. “There will be an additional influx of students as well as bringing teachers and support staff jobs to the area. For businesses that want to locate in the town centre this will provide more people to spend money in the area.” The School District’s plans are to build a new middle school on the

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THE ASPEN GOLF course lands have been tagged for a new middle school in the not too distant future.The

18-acre parcel of land lies within the District of Lake Country’s town centre. northern section of the George Elliot Secondary School site and establish new playing fields and other public amenities on the golf course site to support a future middle school and the existing secondary school. The property is currently zoned to support

the future planned playing fields but will require approval of the Agricultural Land Commission to use the land for the School District’s intended purposes. Aspen Grove Golf Course owner Tom Stanbrook did not return calls prior to the Lake

Country Calendar press deadline. Roycroft said, with more and more young families staying in Lake Country, a new school is needed and should generate more growth. “With the influx of folks in the 24- to 34-age bracket, there is a con-

tinued need for services for young families and that is a good thing for the community,” he said. “It’s exciting to get youth and potential customers in the area and some of the activities that take place at the school when

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District asks court about flying model aircraft on farm The District of Lake Country (DLC) is seeking the court’s interpretation on whether radio controlled model aircraft are a permitted use of an unpaved airstrip or helipad on agriculturally zoned land. According to the district, the Kelowna Ogopogo Radio Controllers Club has an arrangement with a private property owner to use a portion of a 20 acre farm property for flying model aircraft. The district’s A1

zoning regulation, which reflects the provincial regulations, was designed to allow unpaved landing strips on farmland for full-scale aircraft flying non-scheduled flights for farming purposes such as crop spraying, blowing water off tree fruit during seasons of heavy rain and similar common agricultural practices. If the courts find in favour of the district the next step would be to seek an injunction to stop the flying activities.

The DLC says it has received numerous complaints from residents concerned about overnight camping, traffic, damage to property and disturbance to residents and animals from the noise of the radio controlled planes and helicopters. At a council meeting in late 2011, a delegation of concerned residents requested that council end the flying of model aircraft on the property while club representative

John Falconer also addressed council on behalf of a delegation to outline the clubs operations, activities and impact on the neighbourhood. The club was asked to apply for a temporary use permit which would allow some restrictions to be implemented and address concerns of nearby residents. Discussions that followed between the club and the district were unsuccessful. The DLC says it re-

mains open to resolving the matter through discussions with the club but conditions attached to further discussions are not acceptable while the club has indicated it cannot accept the concept of a temporary use permit as a starting point for discussions, as it believes its use of the property complies with the district’s zoning. A court date was requested for early May 2013. “In a rural commun-

ity, protecting the use of agriculturally-zoned land is of utmost importance,” said Lake Country mayor James Baker. “We need to walk a fine balance in addressing the needs of various segments of the community when it comes to residential, recreational, agricultural and business interests. There is not always a clearcut answer and that is why the court process is available to assist in resolving matters when required.”

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