Penticton City Council
Council unwavering in spite of opposition to waterfront development
PENTICTON - Penticton Council gave the go-ahead for Skaha Lake waterfront development Monday, but citizen approval was anything but unanimous. Plans for a major waterfront facelift at the south end of the city were first unveiled at the May 19 council meeting. According to all reports, including postings on social media sites and a series...
No last minute change of heart for Penticton council
PENTICTON - Penticton city council continues to stand firm in its decision not to revisit the Skaha waterpark issue and plans to allow the development to move forward. Council met before the public at noon today, July 29, to deliver the verdict on their decision whether or not to revisit the issue following a strong negative...
Council pedals bike park on Munson Mountain
PENTICTON - The prospect of a BMX track and mountain biking skills park on Munson Mountain isn’t sitting to well with some area residents. A number of landowners surrounding Munson Mountain turned out in front of city hall prior to the start of Tuesday's council meeting on May 19, placards in hand, to protest use...
Another increase in electrical rates on council’s agenda
PENTICTON - Penticton City Council faces an ambitious agenda tonight as they face two presentations and five delegations in addition to dealing with a number of potentially contentious issues including another electrical rate increase. The city was recently advised of Fortis's plans for a 2.2 per cent electrical rate increase effective July 1. Staff will...
Dispute over concrete retaining wall moves toward resolution
PENTICTON - A long running dispute over a deteriorating concrete retaining wall, and the associated drainage problems, in Penticton’s industrial area may be on the way to resolution. City communication officer Simone Blais says the two parties involved in the issue met with city staff and legal council earlier this month and came up with...
Resident wants drawbows removed from firearms bylaw
PENTICTON - A request from a resident to allow manual bow and arrow usage within city limits may get a serious look as the city prepares to host the B.C. Winter Games, which includes archery sports. Penticton resident Rick Hamilton wants to see a change made to the City of Penticton’s bylaw that regulates or...
On-site hotel could boost business at Penticton Convention Centre
PENTICTON - A premium hotel would help pull in more bookings for the underultilized 60,000-square-foot Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, according to city staff. In a report to council Monday, April 20, staff recommended council move forward on a zoning amendment that would add 'tourist accommodation' as a site-specific use to the city owned property...
Aquatic species ‘musselling’ in on Three Mile Beach
PENTICTON - Three Mile Beach is back on city councillor's minds, but not because of clothing optional issues. The beach also happens to be home to an aquatic species in need of help. Not to be confused with invasive zebra and quagga mussels, which governments are trying to keep out of the lake, the province will...
Council delays legal action against property owners
PENTICTON - Two property owners have been given two more weeks to resolve their issues before the city against takes legal action against both of them. The injunctive action planned against Action Steel (2365 Barnes St.) and Penticton Self Storage Ltd. (2360 Government St.) stems from a number of long-standing issues regarding a retaining wall...
Over $2-million worth of waterfront improvements proposed in Penticton
PENTICTON - The details surrounding a major waterfront improvement along Lakeshore Drive in Penticton are out as the SS Sicamous Master Plan moves forward. Consultant Ed Grifone presented the plan to city council, Tuesday, April 7, and the counsellors endorsed the plan with first reading of a bylaw intended to incorporate the plan into the Official...
How council ended up in a two-day meeting
PENTICTON - Tuesday’s council meeting may have been a record-setter for length, thanks to three public hearings that pushed the meeting into a second day. Penticton Mayor Andrew Jakubeit said he suspects the six-and-a-half hour meeting that ended at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday broke some kind of record; it was certainly the longest meeting in his...
Daycare needs highlighted in Penticton debate
PENTICTON - Residents of a south Penticton neighbourhood made their feelings, good and bad, known about a proposed daycare this week. The zoning amendment application for 96 Yorkton Ave. first came before council Jan. 12 where it was read for a first time and forwarded to a public hearing three weeks later. Opposition to the...
No change in park status for south Penticton streets
PENTICTON - It may have been an innocent initiative put forward by a Penticton city staffer, but the citizen backlash resulted in the biggest turnout to a public hearing and regular council meeting Penticton’s present council has seen. Several hundred residents packed council chambers and other rooms on the second floor of city hall Tuesday,...
Penticton takes aim at 55+ B.C. Games
PENTICTON - With preparations to host next year’s B.C. Winter Games now underway, Penticton council last night set its sights on the 55+ B.C. Games for 2018 or 2019. Penticton has received an invitation to bid on the 2017, 2018 or 2019 B.C. Senior Games, acting City Manager Chuck Loewen told council at the March...
City councillors uncomfortable discussing benefits package
PENTICTON - Penticton councillors found it difficult to talk about paid benefits for themselves at the Monday March 16 meeting, but managed to get over it. “I think we tend to tiptoe around this whole conversation about compensation and benefits." Mayor Andrew Jakubeit said. "We have to deal with this now, within the first three...