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Linear Park Master Plan
 The City of Kelowna is in the process of preparing a city-wide Linear Park Master Plan for inclusion in the 2009 update to the Official Community Plan.
The Linear Park Master Plan will include:
To help develop the plan, staff have engaged the services of Catherine Berris & Associates, a landscape architecture firm.
The Vision
To create an interconnected network of outstanding linear parks, serving all forms of non-vehicular movement, linking points of interest throughout the City, and providing healthy and diverse transportation and outdoor recreation opportunities.
Goals & Objectives
Recreation
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Create an interconnected network of outstanding linear parks, serving all forms of non-vehicular movement, linking points of interest throughout the City and providing healthy and diverse transportation and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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Connections
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Provide trail connections that increase Citywide and neighbourhood connectivity, with links to parks, schools, transit nodes, natural areas, waterfronts, urban centres, heritage buildings and landscapes, landmarks, tourism accommodations, public facilities and Regional District trails.
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Accessability
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Provide equitable access to the degree possible, regardless of physical ability, financial resources, or residence location.
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Ecology
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Protect and enhance environmentally sensitive areas, providing educational opportunities to understand their values, while balancing the accommodation of public access.
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Landscape Character
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Locate the trail system so that it offer opportunities to appreciate Kelowna’s unique landscape characteristics, e.g. water views, hillside views, mountain tops, creek systems, irrigation flumes, agricultural landscapes, outcrops, bluffs, forests, marshes, small lakes and ponds.
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Tourism
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Provide a trail system that will be a desirable attraction for tourists, in terms of location, character, quality and support infrastructure. |
Schedule
- September 17, 2008 – Stakeholder Meeting
- April 14, 2009 – Public Open House
- November 30, 2009 - Presentation to Council to approve plans as an overall guide for the linear park development within the city
- Late 2010 - OCP Approval
Contact
Barb Davidson, Park & Landscape Planner
bdavidson@kelowna.ca
250 469-8837
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