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How will you ensure a project or projects benefiting Peachland’s watershed receives provincial attention and funding?
As a new face in the council I would need to familiarize myself with the processes of government funding and the projects that are available.
How would you make this happen?
Again making myself familiar with the processes and the people involved in the water shed community. Understanding how each part of the process works will allow me to be able to know how to be effective.
Explain how you would implement this or why you would not.
Anytime you can get groups together to constructively work towards a common goal is important. Info structure is an important issue in Peachland and creating a plan is essential, a council person should have the municipalities best interests.
What additions would you suggest to this second request letter, considering clear cutting has continued for the intervening three-plus years and still further road building and tree removal are planned?
I would need to further inform myself on this subject however we must remember we are encroaching on the environment at a rapid pace. The pandemic created a need to explore the outdoors, more RV’s, more ATV’s, more side by sides, more motorcycles, just plain more people in the natural surroundings.
. Costs to upgrade, expand or build a new Water Treatment Plant: In 2015, an amendment to the Peachland Water Master Plan was completed by Urban Systems, the conclusion of the report noted that “sufficient water is available within the Peachland Creek watershed to meet the demands of the District of Peachland and the environmental flows as required by the Ministry” at that time. As of today, the existing treatment and distribution system is appropriate for approximately 7100 people. With a future population projection in the region of 15,000, there will need to be some upgrades undertaken to meet those flow demands. For example, after the 7100 threshold is reached, an upgrade in storage / reservoir capacity at the treatment plant will be required. Similarly, once the 11,300 threshold is reached, an upgrade of the treatment plant (allowing us to generate more treated water) will be required. As these costs are principally related to further development, the cost will be borne by the developers through the mechanism of development cost charges. The most recent DCC update report estimates the overall costs for all of these upgrades to be approximately $45M. All previous and current developments did not supply near enough money to pay for the costs of the past WTP nor current new WTP, (usage fees, a $400 annual WTP tax, Federal and Provincial grants contributed to the costs). If elected, how will you ensure that these new costs will not be borne AGAIN by the current residents but, by the developers and the future residents through the mechanism of development cost charges, as the district staff suggest? Do you believe this is even possible? If so, how will you ensure Peachland starts to collect a portion of this $45M in your four-year term?
We moved here in 2010, the population was just under 5,000 residents. In 12 years the population has increased by 500 people. So by calculations we shall see population levels at 7,000 in 20 to 30 years. Peachland needs to act like a business and not a charity. Bring in parking meters in the summer and create some infrastructure money’s. A business gets creative to stay in business.