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Akasha Arnold, 5, and her friend Madison choose some different items for harvest bowling at the Kelowna Museum’s Grow Local Fair at the Laurel Packinghouse last Saturday. See story on A13.
Centennial Park sale to city approved
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If at first you don’t succeed, try again. The approach worked for the Rutland Parks Society Monday night when it held a second vote to sell Rutland Centennial Park to the City of Kelowna for $800,000. Following the failure to win approval by members of the society at an earlier vote in August, the society’s executive scheduled a second vote at its
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annual general meeting earlier this week. There, thanks in large part to a doubling of the society’s membership since the August vote, the deal was approved by 71 per cent of the those eligible to vote, easily surpassing the required 50 per cent plus one requirement. “I’m not surprised by the numbers,” said society president Todd Sanderson, adding he expected at least a 70 per cent approval based on the feedback he had received from people in the community since the last vote. That vote, which garnered 62 per cent support
failed because it required 75 per cent as it was held at a special meeting. The 75 per cent requirement is not required for the society’s AGM, according to its constitution. The deal with the city will see Kelowna take over and improve the park, with an initial $400,000 investment and the promise of more later. The city will also get the right-of-way, which is currently the driveway into the park, to extend Shepherd Road, Rutland’s new transit hub.
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