Busy day on the North Westside. This slide was seemingly a result of the culvert carrying drainage from the Killiney Beach area being diverted down the ditch network on Westside Road; flowing under the road in a culvert depositing the water flow onto a steep bank that obviously could not handle the...
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SILGA 2018 – Revelstoke
Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) AGM is a once a year conference attended by local government from geographical regions across the province. The purpose is to submit and debate resolutions from member groups to put forward to the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) later in the year. UBCM is where...
Flooding in the North Westside
https://globalnews.ca/news/4165928/thousands-of-litres-of-water-gush-through-killiney-beach-driveway-every-minute/
The link above is the CHBC Story on a resident in Killiney Beach that found herself dealing with a homeowners nightmare ... huge volumes of water appearing overnight and flowing across her driveway and on through her property, and onto the neighbours and so on and so on until the flow reaches...
Shorts Creek – Flooding, Debris Blockages & Westside Road
Below is Shorts Creek in the Delta area continuing toward the lake. I started taking pictures just downstream from the Gatehouse/Bridge by the entrance to Fintry Park.
The hairpin turn of Westside Road where it crosses Shorts Creek was a problem area in 2017 when a debris blockage...
Killiney Beach – Update April 15 2018
I thought I would do another walk through on Killiney Beach prior to Spring thaw and runoff this year. As you can see in the video the lake is very low, probably the lowest water level I remember, hopefully this with a slow melt will save us...
Westside Road Improvements START – La Casa to Muir Road
Finally road improvements hit the North Westside end of Westside Road. The stretch between La Casa and Muir Road is set to begin. Traffic delays of 15 minutes are expected through to December ... this will cause some aggravation this summer as the traffic to the community...
Its Time to Cut the CORD … Kelowna Daily Courier
It's time to cut the CORD is an article from the April 12 2018 Kelowna Daily Courier. It appears the cancelled Governance & Services and following RDCO Board Meeting scheduled then cancelled for April 12 2018 has attracted the interest of the media. I to, as a Board Member was...
NWCA Easter Egg Hunt – Westshore Park
The North Westside Communities Association has just concluded their 7th Annual Easter Egg Hunt. The weather co-operated and we had a beautiful day with another record crowd. Every year we get more children, this year we topped 140, good job to all the volunteers and a special...
Speculation Tax Update
Director Items From Mar 08 2018 - Discussion on Speculative, Vacant Home, Foreign Buyers and Payroll Tax implications re: Provincial Budget
Original Post Mar 1 2018Speculation Tax Update
Mar. 28, 2018
Finance Minister Carole James has announced several changes to the speculation tax, focusing its geographic scope of...More of Westside Road to be made safer – Kelowna Daily Courier
More of Westside Road to be made safer is the headline in the Kelowna Daily Courier Story on the next section of Westside Road to be upgraded. That is the stretch between La Casa and Muir Road, a very narrow, winding, shoulderless stretch of road with a 100M drop to Okanagan...
New Proposed Speculative Home Tax & Central Okanagan West
Here is some information from RDCO I requested as I have received several inquiries since the recent Provincial Budget Speech. I will post any further information I am able to get. Information on the Empty Home Tax has not been received as yet but I am still digging for it.
BC Rural Center – Escape the City Contest
Water Interruption for Killiney Beach – Tomorrow Feb. 14 from 8am – 5pm
Planned Water Interruption for some Killiney Beach Customers
Some customers of the Killiney Beach Water System will be without water one day next week.
The Regional District of Central Okanagan says on Wednesday, February 14th from approximately 8:00 am until 5:00 pm, water service will...
Local Government Leadership Academy – L.G.L.A. 2018 Conference
2018 LGLA Leadership Forum Agenda took place in Richmond immediately following the EA Forum; starting Jan 31 at noon. This conference is also a collection of study groups and working sessions spaced with plenty of networking opportunities. This event went until Friday noon when we wrapped up and headed home. Again as...
Electoral Area Directors Forum – Richmond Jan 30 & 31
North Westside losing faith in regional district – Vernon Morning Star
North Westside losing faith in regional district pretty much says it all. I have listened to my community complain about a distant unresponsive Regional District for three years as the Area Director and many many more years as the former fire chief for the North Westside. It is unfortunate that the...
Kelowna Daily Courier – North Westside rep says they get regional district, just don’t like it
North Westside rep says they get regional district, just don’t like it is the headline in the Kelowna Daily Courier. This is an explanation long overdue as I have been asking for information on costs and service delivery levels for better than three years now with no explanation from RDCO. The...
2018 Update on Central Okanagan West – Issues
Following the January 11 2018 RDCO Board Meeting I met with CAO Reardon and the Fire Services Manager. The purpose of the meeting for me was to get information that I could pass along to the Residents regarding their service issues and concerns. I would have to submit a Freedom of Information...
North Westside residents remain disenchanted – Vernon Morning Star
The Vernon Morning Star did an article North Westside residents remain disenchanted in the Sunday, December 17 2017 edition. We are still waiting for the Staff Report requested by the Board with RDCO Staff recommendations as to how to restore trust and confidence in the services, their costs and the delivery model currently...
Focus Group on Rural Development – SIBAC
On Thursday December 14 2017 I attend a meeting with Board Members from our SIBAC (Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition) Group, Ministry if Forest and Provincial Representatives for Rural Communities. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss the priority actions that the Union of B.C. Municipalities Electoral Area Directors Forum and the Local Government Leadership Academy
The Regional Board has authorized travel for myself and the Central Okanagan East Representative to travel to Richmond for the Annual Union of B.C. Municipalities Electoral Area Directors Forum and the Local Government Leadership Academy from Jan 31 through Feb 2 2018. This is a informational and networking opportunity to meet with other...
Westside Post – December – One Year Anniversary Edition
Here is the link to the December Edition of the Westside Post. This is the One Y ear Anniversary for our own Local Newspaper, good work Katherine ... keep them coming....
Sanding icy Westside – Castanet Story
Sanding icy Westside is the story on Castanet about the state of the roads in the North Westside area. Like the fire department I have received many calls from residents about the condition of their local roads. These "local" roads are actually the property of the Province and as such...
Water Shut Off – Westshores
Here is the RDCO News Release Westshore Water Interruption regarding the shut off of water to homes Monday, November 6th from approximately 8:00 am until 4:00 pm, water service will be shut off to all customers above the Mountain Reservoir on the Westshore Water...
Westside Post – November Edition
Here is the link to the November Edition of the Westside Post....