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20) Fintry is located at the midpoint of Westside Road which serves a corridor of rural development lands situated between Okanagan Lake and upland provincial forest. There are 1,794 legal subdivided properties within the Westside Road Official Community Plan area extending from Bear Creek (Traders Cove) to Killiney Beach. The predominant pattern is half acre country residential development, with settlement areas at 7,000 sq. ft. residential lot sizes. Many of the lots have yet to be built upon, but are held as future housing sites. Population in the Westside Road plan area now stands at 2,400 residents. The following development enclaves abut or are in the immediate vicinity of Fintry Park. Fintry Delta South: Ridgeview (La Casa): DunWaters Subdivision (Upper Fintry): Shalal Road: Valley of the Sun Subdivision (Firwood Road): Attenborough Road: |
Photos and story of a trip along Westside Road
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Canada Post responds Vernon Morning Star - July 18, 2008 Some Canada Post customers, especially in rural Canada, have expressed some concern with the fact that they have been asked to provide photo identification when picking up items at the post office. We have reviewed our policy and have come up with a compromise that we believe strikes a reasonable balance between convenience and our obligation to protect our customers from identity theft and fraud. Where a customer is picking up mail for which no signature is required and is known to the person in the post office, no ID will be required. In cases where someone else is picking up a parcel for a third party, they would only have to show ID bearing the same address as the addressee. The change will be in effect by the end of June. Canada Post's customer identification policy is intended to fight identity theft and help protect Canadians from mail fraud. Canada Post works with local, provincial and federal law-enforcement agencies in the prevention of identity theft and assists with investigations. Public Safety Canada has identified identity theft as one of the fastest growing crimes in Canada and the U.S.A. Identity thieves steal your name, social insurance number, credit cards and other key pieces of personal information — information that can be found in your mail — with the intent of committing crimes. Canada Post's customer identification policy is consistent with our competitors' best practices, and in some instances less onerous. This response to feedback from customers and employees will allow for more flexibility in relation to pick-up items that do not require a signature. That said, customers picking up items at the post office should always come prepared with valid government issued photo identification – they can't always be certain the person serving them will be a personal acquaintance. John Caines, National Media Relations, Canada Post |
| Central Okanagan West discussion to contribute $1,075 for new Kelowna bridge opening. (on page 2) March 6, 2008 |
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Snowpack highest in a decade By Richard Rolke - Vernon Morning Star - April 06, 2008 Steady snowfall in the hills should provide enough water for Greater Vernon residents this summer. At the end of March, snowpack readings on the Aberdeen plateau were 12 per cent above average. “It’s the highest snowpack we’ve had in the last 10 years,” said Al Cotsworth, water utility manager for the Greater Vernon Services Committee. As a result, Cotsworth isn’t forecasting a shortage of water this summer. “It’s unlikely we will go to additional water restrictions. We will likely just keep with the odd-even restrictions,” he said. Year-round restrictions require odd-numbered addresses to water on odd-numbered days, and even-numbered addresses to irrigate on even-numbered days. But while conditions look good, a dry spring and summer could still place pressure on the utility. “No matter what happens, people should follow the odd-even restrictions and think about how they are using water,” said Cotsworth. |
Pictures of auger hole going under Westside Road at Valley of the Sun Jan 2008.
Killiney Beach Photos from 1944-1949 by D studybaker
Population of Central Okanagan West 8,018 - 2006 census
2099 eligible electors in the North Westside, from Westshore Estates to LaCasa.
Okanagan-Westside Electoral District Map
Rick Thorpe MLA Okanagan-Westside
Just 16 per cent of the Westside voted during the last municipal elections for their three Westside directors.
Source Kelowna Capital News April 1, 2007
Election November 2007 for Director of Central Okanagan West saw Only 598 voters out of approximately 7,449 eligible to vote.
“Many names in the Fintry area have changed over the years. Shorts’ Creek, for example, was named Riviere a la Biche (“Doe Creek”) by the fur traders; later as Elk River; during the tenure of Thomas Shorts the name became first Fall Creek and then Jubilee Creek; later people called it Shorts’ Creek after him, and in 1930 that name was officially given to it by the Geographical Board of Canada. What is now officially known as Terrace Mountain was long called Shorts’ Mountain; the mountain to the south of the creek, known as Zion Mountain, has no official name on the maps. The delta property has been known as Sinkohotem Fall Creek Ranch, Shorts’ Point Ranch, and Fintry.”
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/planning/mgmtplns/fintry/fintry.pdf
Adopted 9 July 1963 as a long-established local name.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's
Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
Shorts Point Post Office opened 1 May 1905, Thomas A. Dundas postmaster. Name
changed to Ewings Landing Post Office 1 December 1907.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's
Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
After Robert Leckie Ewing, resident here since the 1900's. This was one time
called Morden's Landing. Ewing took over the [post office] from E.C. Chamney May
1, 1908 and still holds it. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society,
1948)
Source: included with note
Regional
District of Central Okanagan Info and Statistics
click on (INFO) when you get there
Briteland in Vernon will take your old computer.
Photos and history of the White Elephant gold mine.
Killiney Beach Park Questionaire by Regional District of
Central Okanagan (RDCO) to be printed out and faxed or mailed in to RDCO by August 25, 2006
http://www.regionaldistrict.com/docs/parks/KillineyBeachParkQuestionnaire.pdf
North Westside Community Park Questionaire by Central
Okanagan Regional District (RDCO) to be faxed or mailed in to RDCO by August 25, 2006
http://www.regionaldistrict.com/docs/parks/NWCommunityParkQuestionnaire.pdf
On June 28, 2005 an 80 meter section of Westside Road slid into Okanagan Lake which prompted acceleration on the Westside Road re-alignment project.
Westside Road BC Slow to 40 Km/h Corner South of
Fintry Provincial Park.
This is the Last Priority#16, of the
Westside Road re-alignment
(photo above).
Providing the weather cooperates, the paving will be done to complete the "Corner of Doom" project in time for the Canada Day long weekend.
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Government and Community Working
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Westshore Estates Children Playground Application
| March 6, 2006 Westside Issues Committee Meeting Minutes North Westside Communities Association The Association had two items to discuss with the Committee
Community representatives meet with the CAO to develop a process which involves the community in reviewing the need for a Fire Chief and eventually leading to a report to the Regional District Board. regionaldistrict.com/docs/boards_committees/wic/mins/2006/wic_06_03_06min.pdf |
| Feb 20, 2006 Westside Issues Committee Meeting Minutes North Westside Fire - Fire Chief A copy of a letter addressed to the North Westside Fire Chief for the North Westside area was reviewed by the Committee. The Committee made note of the call outs by the Fire Department for the first 9 months of 2006. (This doesn't make sense, they must mean 2005 and not 2006.) The Community Association be asked to give a presentation to the WIC Committee. regionaldistrict.com/docs/boards_committees/wic/mins/2006/wic_06_02_20min.pdf |
| Feb 3, 2006 Westside Issues Committee Meeting Minutes North Westside Communities Association The Committee reviewed a letter from the Communities Association requesting a greater share of the Westside Parks budget be designated to the North Westside. The letter requested that 50% of the annual requisition be so designated. The Committee was advised that Parks staff were scheduled to meet with the Association in the near future. The letter from the North Westside Communities Association dated January 25, 2006 be received. regionaldistrict.com/docs/boards_committees/wic/mins/2006/wic_06_02_03min.pdf |
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Regional District of Central Okanagan Regular Board Meeting Minutes
– October 29, 2007 (Pg. 16) 10. OTHER BUSINESS 10.1 Director Items (verbal) b) Television reception in rural areas (CHBC) Director Hanson requested support for a request to CHBC to provide their television signal via satellite in order that rural areas such as Joe Rich can receive the channel. It was noted that Peachland receives CHBC television through Communications Society. #433/07 HANSON/SHEPHERD THAT a letter be forwarded to local television station CHBC requesting the company consider putting their television signal on satellite in order that rural areas such as residents of Joe Rich could receive the station. CARRIED |
Subdivision and Road Maps
| Killiney Beach | Muir Subdivision | Valley of the Sun |
| Westshore Estates | Westside Road | Fire Protection Boundaries |
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North Westside Communities Association Westshore Estates Playground Location |
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Westshore Estates Subdivision Rules Document
Page 1 (.jpg) | Page 2 (.jpg) | Page 3 (.jpg)
BC Assessment by address
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Your Rural Property Taxes
Taxation (Rural Area) Act Jan 30, 2006 Amend the North Westside Official Community Plan
(Proposed changes for better stream management). A public hearing will be
held.
http:
This land was sold for $550.00 in
1947 with a down payment of $171.85, and payments of $25.00 per month.
5%
interest. Either this is Valley of the Sun or Westshore Estates
subdivision, I can't
remember for sure, and it doesn't say, but I think it is for Valley of the Sun. Valley of the Sun (Firwood
Estates) What the Westside Governance Study Questionaire Looked Like Westside Residents ask for more
information about Governance from the Province
City of Kelowna residents pay $50.00 per year for city
water. See: New Water Rates (very bottom
left, small print, on page 43)
Ewings Estate Zoning Amendment Application Jan 18, 2005
http:
agendas/2005-01-24/item 6.3a zoning amend bylaw 871-97.pdf
Estamont Beach Water Users
ENGINEERING COMMITTEE Minutes of February 6, 2003 Page 7 5. (i) Other Business Westshore Estates Water Rates (very
bottom left, small print, on page 45 "operating costs increased
slightly")
Land and Water BC decision on application for
Westshore Estates Playground on crown land
(April 16, 2003 Westside Issues Committee)
That a grant in aid for $325.00 be supported for the North
Westside Ratepayers Association to cover the increase in rent being charged them
by the North Westside Communities Association for the rental of the community
hall.
http:
agendas/2004-04-19/item 9.2 westside issues committee april 16.pdf
Newspaper ad regarding
Westshore Estates Playground
RDCO Noise Bylaw #403
Regional
District of Central Okanagan
Growth Management Strategy Bylaw No. 851, 1999
Westside Regional Directors
2005 - 2008
http:
Jan 12, 2004 Change of Name for the Westside
(page 6)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT
http:
Valley of the Sun Lot #146,
District Lot 2922, Plan 20608, ODYD, Land Use Contract #249 one
lodge building one
washroom building one
sani-station
recreational accommodation
tents
tent trailers
travel trailers
motor homes
vans
campers
recreational vehicles Max. number of units allowed: 150 Campsites
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individuals/Property_Taxes/Rural_Property_Tax/Tax_rates/tax_rates.htm
Power to remit or reduce taxes
26 The minister may, at any time after the mailing of the taxation
notices for that year, with or without notice, receive a petition from a
taxpayer who declares himself or herself, from sickness or extreme poverty,
unable to pay the taxes levied against him or her, and may
remit or reduce the taxes due by the petitioner or reject the petition.
Water Service Parcel Tax Bylaw No. 8923 (.pdf) (2005-08-29)
"Add Pumps at Lakeshore, Killarney, and Udell stations" it says.
That staff be directed to work with the North Westside Communities Association
to determine the best way to secure ongoing funding for the maintenance and up
keep of the North Westside Community Hall.
Regulates or prohibits the making or causing of noises or sounds in or on a
highway or elsewhere in the Regional District which disturb or tend to disturb
the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood,
or of any persons in the vicinity.
For Barking Dogs contact DOG CONTROL at 860-9322.
1450 KLO Road
Kelowna, B.C., V1W-3Z4
docs/boards_committees/mins/2004/04_01_12brdmin.pdf
[RSBC 1996] CHAPTER 323
Part 21 — Building Regulations
Division 1 — Building Code and Other Building Regulations
Provincial building code and regulations
Allowed Uses
Vernon
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