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Kamloops, B.C., city council has formally called on Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to resign after a scathing report from a provincially appointed municipal adviser was made public on Tuesday.

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It is particularly critical of Hamer-Jackson's behaviour toward council and city staff, saying that the mayor has shown "a dismissive and condescending attitude towards constructive criticism or the suggestion of apologies," and that his treatment of staff may have led to an unsafe work environment.

Hamer-Jackson's reign has been particularly eventful for the B.C. Interior city of around 100,000 people. It has seen multiple investigations, a defamation lawsuit filed by the mayor against a councillor, and the mayor suspending the city's acting CAO in a bid to "change things up."

Braun's Wednesday report could be a turning point, as it recommends the council consider creating financial sanctions for code of conduct violations in a bid to repair its dysfunctional nature.

It prompted an 8-1 vote by councillors calling on the mayor to resign — though the motion passed overwhelmingly, with Hamer-Jackson voting against, it is not legally binding.

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Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson suggested hiring a member of his election team as city assistant chief administrative officer shortly after the Oct. 15, 2022, election. Hamer-Jackson confirmed to KTW he proposed the idea to CAO David Trawin of adding Deborah Newby — a retiree and former project manager for the provincial government who served on Hamer-Jackson’s election campaign — in the assistant CAO role.

Hamer-Jackson said when he learned Trawin had been talking to a CAO from another city about possibly taking on the job in a few years when Trawin retires. Hamer-Jackson said he suggested Trawin speak with Newby, noting Trawin took a meeting with her. “I just discussed it with David Trawin to see if he felt he needed assistance,” Hamer-Jackson told KTW.

Asked why he felt Trawin needed an assistant, Hamer-Jackson cited workload, claiming Trawin told him when Hamer-Jackson was first that he had cut his hours back and does not work past 7 p.m. or on weekends unless it is an emergency. “I thought, ‘Well, gee, we’ll get somebody to help him never happened,” Hamer-Jackson said. “It wasn’t a lengthy, drawn-out thing or anything like that.”

Trawin told KTW he works 50 hours a week now, down from 70 hours in 2020. He clarified his comment to the mayor was that he did not want to receive emails after 7 p.m. or on weekends if they were not an emergency because, in the past, he was receiving emails at all hours and days with expected immediate responses. Trawin said he and the previous council put guidelines to that effect. “Does that mean I don’t work after seven at night and on weekends? No, I do, depending on the topic,” Trawin said, adding that Hamer-Jackson wanted him to work around the mayor’s schedule, which includes Saturdays, and to accompany the mayor on 3 a.m. tours, visiting the city’s marginalized population. Trawin said he has gone on those tours and has corresponded with Hamer-Jackson on Saturdays.

Trawin confirmed Hamer-Jackson asked him if he needed an assistant CAO and that the mayor expressed concern with his workload and health, to which Trawin said he assured the mayor he has had no health issues since a fainting incident in council chambers in June 2020. He went on temporary leave and returned to work that August.

Trawin told KTW he has no plans to retire any time soon, noting succession planning is often looked into at the city.

Trawin said he took a meeting at city hall with someone Hamer-Jackson felt would be “a good fit” as an assistant but noted it was an introduction, not a job interview.

Trawin said he told the mayor the additional hire was not something he needed and was waiting to see the result of the council’s strategic plan — which is still pending — to determine if to implement it.

Asked if he was also concerned about Trawin’s health, Hamer-Jackson said he wanted to make sure Trawin was in good health.

Coun. Bill Sarai told KTW he feels Hamer-Jackson citing Trawin’s recent health issues is a disingenuous excuse to install one of the mayor’s campaign workers and supporters into the role of assistant CAO.

Trawin is also labeled as “offline” Hamer-Jackson shares comments about his health issues, of which he has none, and his ability to do his job.

Hamer-Jackson has also cited wanting to relieve councilors of their workload in his decision to remove Sarai and two other councilors as chairs of their committees — relief neither had requested.

Asked if part of the reason he proposed Newby as an assistant CAO was due to a distrust of Trawin, Hamer-Jackson replied, “No comment.” Asked if he distrusts the rest of the council, the mayor Coun. Stephen Karpuk.

Trawin said Hamer-Jackson wanted the assistant CAO to work on initiatives and projects the mayor for the city.

Trawin told KTW that while he may be too busy to focus on additional projects, the process within the city would be to delegate that work to the appropriate person and at the direction of the council as a whole.

Trawin said there are deputy CAOs in the province, but they report directly to the CAO, noting such a position would be opened up to the competition.

“There are more and more municipalities with deputy CAOs because the role is getting more complicated,” Trawin said. “Right now, I haven’t had to go that direction because my corporate leadership team is phenomenal.”

B.C. municipalities are structured to have the CAO serve as the council’s lone employee.

Following the assistant CAO inquiry, Hamer-Jackson said he also wanted Newby to fill the vacant position of executive assistant to the mayor and council. The city, however, ultimately hired internally, tapping 15-year veteran Chrissy Cossentine. Hamer-Jackson Newby as chair of the standing committee on community relations and reconciliation committee in place of Sarai but has rescinded that and all other appointments while the council reviews the terms of reference for standing committees.

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This is where I stand on the 45th President, his power hungry cronies taking positions of authority in his Cabinet and administration, and the majority of Republicans in Congress are a real and active threat to me, my way of life, and all the people I love. Some people are saying that we should give Trump a chance, that we should "work together" with him because he won the election and he is "everyone's president." This is my response: •I will not forget how badly he and so many others treated former President Barack Obama for 8 years... • I will not forget how he disrespected a gold star family based on their religion. • I will not forget how he discriminated against a federal judge based on his ethnic background. •I will not "work together" to privatize Medicare, cut Social Security and Medicaid. •I will not "work together" to build a wall. •I will not "work together" to persecute Muslims. •I will not "work together" to shut out refugees from other countries. •I will not "work together" to lower taxes on the 1% and increase taxes on the middle class and poor. •I will not "work together" to help Trump use the Presidency to line his pockets and those of his family and cronies. •I will not "work together" to weaken and demolish environmental protection. •I will not "work together" to sell American lands, especially National Parks, to companies which then despoil those lands. •I will not "work together" to enable the killing of whole species of animals just because they are predators, or inconvenient for a few, or because some people want to get their thrills killing them. •I will not "work together" to remove civil rights from anyone. •I will not "work together" to alienate countries that have been our allies for as long as I have been alive. •I will not "work together" to slash funding for education. •I will not "work together" to take basic assistance from people who are at the bottom of the socioeconomic ladder. •I will not "work together" to get rid of common sense regulations on guns. •I will not "work together" to eliminate the minimum wage. •I will not "work together" to support so-called "Right To Work" laws, or undermine, weaken or destroy Unions in any way. •I will not "work together" to suppress scientific research, be it on climate change, fracking, or any other issue where a majority of scientists agree that Trump and his supporters are wrong on the facts. •I will not "work together" to criminalize abortion or restrict health care for women. •I will not "work together" to increase the number of nations that have nuclear weapons. •I will not "work together" to put even more "big money" into politics. •I will not "work together" to violate the Geneva Convention. •I will not "work together" to give the Ku Klux Klan, the Nazi Party and white supremacists a seat at the table, or to normalize their hatred. •I will not "work together" to deny health care to people who need it. •I will not "work together" to deny medical coverage to people on the basis of a "pre-existing condition." •I will not "work together" to increase voter suppression. •I will not "work together" to normalize tyranny.I will not “work together” to eliminate or reduce ethical over-site at any level of government. •I will not "work together" with anyone who is, or admires, tyrants and dictators. •I will not "work together" to help private corporations build pipelines to transport their oil, at the expense of our safety and environment.This is my line, and I am drawing it. •I WILL stand for honesty, love, respect for all living beings, and for the beating heart that is the center of Life itself. •I WILL use my voice and my hands, to reach out to the uninformed, and to anyone who will LISTEN: That "winning", "being great again", "rich" or even "beautiful" is nothing... When others are sacrificed to glorify its existence.

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Premier League transfers: Club-by-club guide to deals so far

http://www.internetunleashed.co.uk/?p=36847 Premier League transfers: Club-by-club guide to deals so far - http://www.internetunleashed.co.uk/?p=36847 Riyad Mahrez, a title winner with Leicester in 2016, will hope to repeat that success with Manchester City this seasonWith the summer transfer window closing three weeks earlier than normal on 9 August, Premier League clubs have been busy in the market over the past couple of months.But who has gone where and which moves have you missed? Here's your complete club-by-club guide to all the deals so far.ArsenalInsBernd Leno [Bayer Leverkusen] £19.3m, Stephan Lichtsteiner [Juventus] Free, Matteo Guendouzi [Lorient] Undisclosed, Lucas Torreira [Sampdoria] £26m, Sokratis Papastathopoulos [Borussia Dortmund] UndisclosedOutsMarc Bola [Blackpool] Free, Jack Wilshere [West Ham] Free, Santi Cazorla [Villarreal] Free, Chuba Akpom [PAOK Salonika] UndisclosedBournemouthInsDiego Rico [Leganes] £10.7m, David Brooks [Sheffield United] UndisclosedOutsRyan Allsop [Wycombe] Free, Max Gradel [Toulouse] Undisclosed, Sam Matthews [Bristol Rovers] Free, Benik Afobe [Wolves] £10m, Lewis Grabban [Nottingham Forest] Undisclosed, Adam Federici [Stoke] Undisclosed, Sam Surridge [Oldham] Loan, Baily Cargill [MK Dons] FreeBrightonInsFlorin Andone [Deportivo La Coruna] Undisclosed, Leon Balogun [Mainz] Free, Alireza Jahanbakhsh [AZ Alkmaar] Undisclosed, Percy Tau [Mamelodi Sundowns] Undisclosed, Yves Bissouma [Lille] Undisclosed, Bernardo [RB Leipzig] £9mOutsJamie Murphy [Rangers] Undisclosed, Bailey Vose [Colchester] Undisclosed, Tyles Forbes [Newport] Free, Christian Walton [Wigan] Loan, Ben Hall [Notts County] Loan, Robert Sanchez [Forest Green] Loan, Connor Goldson [Rangers] Undisclosed, Tim Krul [Norwich] Free, Steven Alzate [Swindon] Loan, Sam Baldock [Reading] UndisclosedBurnleyInsBen Gibson [Middlesbrough] £15m, Joe Hart [Man City] £3.5mOutsTom Anderson [Doncaster] Free, Scott Arfield [Rangers] Free, Josh Ginnelly [Walsall] Free, Chris Long [Fleetwood] Free, Dean Marney [Fleetwood] FreeCardiffInsBobby Reid [Bristol City] reported £10m, Alex Smithies [QPR] reported £3.5m, Greg Cunningham [Preston] Undisclosed, Josh Murphy [Norwich] UndisclosedOutsNoneChelseaInsRobert Green [Huddersfield] Free, Jorginho [Napoli] Undisclosed, Kepa Arrizabalaga [Athletic Bilbao] £71mOutsLewis Baker [Leeds] Loan, Reece James [Wigan] Loan, Dujon Sterling [Coventry] Loan, Nathan Baxter [Yeovil] Loan, Trevoh Chalobah [Ipswich] Loan, Jacob Maddox [Cheltenham] Loan, Charlie Colkett [Shrewsbury] Loan, Todd Kane [Hull] Loan, Mason Mount [Derby] Loan, Jamal Blackman [Leeds] Loan, Kenedy [Newcastle] Loan, Jordan Houghton [MK Dons] Free, Jake Clarke-Salter [Vitesse Arnhem] LoanCrystal PalaceInsVicente Guaita [Getafe] Free, Cheikhou Kouyate [West Ham] Undisclosed, Max Meyer [Schalke - Crystal Palace] FreeOutsJaroslaw Jach [Caykur Rizespor] LoanEvertonInsRicharlison [Everton] £35m, Lucas Digne [Barcelona] £18mOutsWayne Rooney [DC United] Free, Ramiro Funes Mori [Villarreal] Undisclosed, Jose Baxter [Oldham] Free, Callum Dyson [Plymouth] Free, Conor Grant [Plymouth] Free, Davy Klaassen [Werder Bremen] Undisclosed, Luke Garbutt [Oxford] Loan, Ashley Williams [Stoke] LoanFulhamInsAndre Schurrle [Borussia Dortmund] Loan, Fabri [Besiktas] Undisclosed (reported £5m), Maxime le Marchand [Nice] Undisclosed, Jean Michael Seri [Nice] Undisclosed, Aleksandar Mitrovic [Newcastle United - Fulham] Undisclosed, Alfie Mawson [Swansea City] £20mOutsIsaac Pearce [Forest Green Rovers] Free, George Williams [Forest Green Rovers] Free, Ryan Fredericks [West Ham] Free, Marek Rodak [Rotherham United] Loan, David Button [Brighton] Undisclosed, Stephen Humphrys [Scunthorpe United] Loan, Joe Felix [QPR] FreeHuddersfieldInsJuninho Bacuna [FC Groningen] Undisclosed, Ramadan Sobhi [Stoke City] £5.7m, Terence Kongolo [Monaco] Undisclosed, Ben Hamer [Leicester City] Free, Adama Diakhaby [Monaco] Undisclosed, Erik Durm [Borussia Dortmund] UndisclosedOutsRobert Green [Chelsea] Free, Tom Ince [Stoke] £10m, Tareiq Holmes-Dennis [Bristol Rovers] Undisclosed, Sean Scannell [Bradford] Undisclosed, Joel Coleman [Shrewsbury] Loan, Scott Malone [Derby] UndisclosedLeicesterInsJames Maddison [Norwich] Undisclosed, Jonny Evans [West Brom] £3.5m, Danny Ward [Liverpool] £12.5m, Ricardo Pereira [Porto] £17.7m, Rachid Ghezzal [Monaco] UndisclosedOutsConnor Wood [Bradford] Undisclosed, Ben Hamer [Huddersfield] Free, Daniel Iverson [Oldham] Loan, Harvey Barnes [West Brom] Loan, Riyad Mahrez [Manchester City] £60m, Josh Debayo [Cheltenham] FreeLiverpoolInsFabinho [Monaco] £39m, Alisson [Roma] Undisclosed (reported £66.8m), Xherdan Shaqiri [Stoke] £13m, Naby Keita [RB Leipzig] £48mOutsEmre Can [Juventus] Free, Jon Flanagan [Rangers] Free, Jordan Williams [Rochdale] Free, Ovie Ejaria [Rangers] Loan, Shamal George [Tranmere] Loan, Ryan Kent [Rangers] Loan, Danny Ward [Leicester] £12.5m, Harry Wilson [Derby] LoanMan CityInsRiyad Mahrez [Leicester] £60m, Philippe Sandler [PEC Zwolle] Undisclosed, Claudio Gomes [PSG] Undisclosed, Daniel Arzani [Melbourne City] UndisclosedOutsPablo Maffeo [Stuttgart] Undisclosed, Ashley Smith-Brown [Plymouth] Undisclosed, Will Patching [Notts County] Free, Isaac Buckley-Ricketts [Peterborough] Undisclosed, Angus Gunn [Southampton] £13.5m, Jacob Davenport [Blackburn] Undisclosed, Bersant Celina [Swansea] Undisclosed, Joe Hart [Burnley] £3.5m, Thomas Agyepong [Hiberniain] LoanMan UtdInsFred [Shakhtar Donetsk] £47m, Diogo Dalot [Porto] £19m, Lee Grant [Stoke] UndisclosedOutsJoe Riley [Bradford] Undisclosed, Dean Henderson [Sheffield United] Loan, Daley Blind [Ajax] £14m, Sam Johnstone [West Brom] £6.5m, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson [Scunthorpe] Loan, Joel Pereira [Vitoria Setubal] LoanNewcastleInsMartin Dubravka [Sparta Prague] Undisclosed, Ki Sung-yeung [Swansea] Free, Kenedy [Chelsea] Loan, Yoshinori Muto [Mainz] Undisclosed, Solomon Rondon [West Brom] LoanOutsMacaulay Gillesphey [Carlisle] Free, Chancel Mbemba [Porto] Undisclosed (reported £7.14m), Jack Colback [Nottingham Forest] Loan, Alex Gilliead [Shrewsbury] Free, Dwight Gayle [West Brom] LoanSouthamptonInsMohamed Elyounoussi [Basel] reported £16m, Stuart Armstrong [Celtic] £7m, Jannik Vestergaard [Borussia Monchengladbach] Undisclosed, Angus Gunn [Manchester City] £13.5mOutsOlufela Olomola [Scunthorpe] Free, Dusan Tadic [Ajax] £10m, Jordy Clasie [Feyenoord] Loan, Guido Carrillo [Leganes] Loan, Sofiane Boufal [Celta Vigo] LoanTottenhamIns NoneOutsKeanan Bennetts [Borussia Monchengladbach] Undisclosed, Anton Walkes [Portsmouth] UndisclosedWatfordInsBen Wilmot [Stevenage] Undisclosed, Marc Navarro [Espanyol] £1.8m, Gerard Deulofeu [Barcelona] £11.5m, Ben Foster [West Brom] Undisclosed, Ken Sema [Ostersund] Undisclosed, Adam Masina [Bologna] UndisclosedOutsJerome Sinclair [Sunderland] Loan, Tommie Hoban [Aberdeen] Loan, Nordin Amrabat [Al-Nassr] Undisclosed, Richarlison [Everton] £35m, Brandon Mason [Coventry] Free, Costel Pantilimon [Nottingham Forest] Undisclosed, Randell Williams [Wycombe] Loan, David Sesay [Crawley] Free, Dodi Lukebakio [Fortuna Dusseldorf] LoanWest HamInsLukasz Fabianski [Swansea] £7m, Issa Diop [Toulouse] £22m, Ryan Fredericks [Fulham] Free, Felipe Anderson [Lazio] Undisclosed, Fabian Balbuena [Corinthians] Undisclosed, Andriy Yarmolenko [Borussia Dortmund] Undisclosed, Jack Wilshere [Arsenal] FreeOutsMarcus Browne [Oxford] Loan, Korrey Henry [Yeovil] Free, Reece Burke [Hull] Undisclosed, Cheikhou Kouyate [Crystal Palace] UndisclosedWolvesInsAdama Traore [Middlesbrough] £18m, Rui Patricio [Sporting Lisbon] Free, Raul Jimenez [Benfica] Loan, Benik Afobe [Bournemouth] £10m, Willy Boly [Porto] £10m, Jonny Castro Otto [Atletico Madrid] Loan, Joao Moutinho [Monaco] £5mOutsBen Marshall [Norwich] Undisclosed, Sherwin Seedorf [Bradford] Loan, Harry Burgoyne [Plymouth] Loan, Benik Afobe [Stoke] Loan, Aaron Collins [Colchester] Loan, Roderick Miranda [Olympiakos] Loan, Prince Oniangue [Caen] Undisclosed, Jonathan Flatt [Scunthorpe] Free, Hakeem Odoffin [Northampton] FreeReleased players are listed if they subsequently joined a Football League or Scottish Premiership club. 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City council in Kamloops, B.C., has moved to stop the mayor from serving as the city's official spokesperson. Reid Hamer-Jackson has repeatedly feuded with city councillors since he was elected mayor of the B.C. Interior city in 2022. His tenure has seen multiple investigations over an allegedly unsafe workplace, a defamation lawsuit filed by the mayor against a councillor, and the mayor's move to suspend the city's acting CAO in a bid to "change things up." The drama came to a head earlier this month when a provincially appointed municipal adviser issued a scathing report that criticized how Hamer-Jackson treated his council and city staff. It prompted a non-binding 8-1 vote that called on the mayor to resign. [...]

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Kamloops council has approved a housing agreement and development permit for the future development of a property it intends to sell to the province.

The agreement ensures that BC Housing will build a six-story, 80-unit apartment complex for seniors and families at 346 Campbell Ave., right behind the former Northbridge Hotel on the North Shore.

"I think it’s great," Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson said. "I think it addresses the 2020 housing continuum report."

Under the agreement, BC Housing will demolish the existing empty building on the lot and build a rental apartment complex consisting of 24 affordable rental units and 56 social housing units for low-income families and seniors. The complex will consist of 15 one-bedroom units, 45 two-bedroom units, 15 three-bedroom units, and five handicap accessible one-bedroom units. It will also have an outdoor amenity space and a community garden.

The development will have 53 parking spaces, including three accessible stalls, 40 long-term storage bicycle parking spaces, and four visitor spaces near the main entrance that will be above ground.

The project will be owned and subsidized by the Provincial Rental Housing Corporation and managed by the ASK Wellness Society, which will collect rent and pay the mortgage to ensure the units are preserved as subsidized affordable rental and social housing units. A housing agreement bylaw is required before issuing a development permit, according to a city staff report to the council.

City social, housing, and community development manager Carmin Mazzotta said rent for the 24 units will not exceed the average market rate, noting the other 56 units will be subsidized for low-income earners, with rent in those residences set at no more than 30 percent of occupants’ income. She clarified that the building will not be a supportive housing development.

City development, engineering, and sustainability director Marvin Kwiatkowski said if the housing agreement was to ever dissolve, there would be implications for paying development cost charges and meeting parking requirements, but noted the agreement is there to lock in the building owner to the affordable housing conditions.

The city acquired 346 Campbell Ave. when it purchased the Northbridge Hotel at 377 Tranquille Rd. for more than $7 million in September 2021. This will be the first of two housing projects the city intends to see erected from the sale.

BC Housing, however, has yet to acquire the land but told the council there is a purchase agreement in place with the agency, with June 1 as the deadline to close the sale for $3.7 million.

A BC Housing spokesperson has told KTW the reason the sale has not yet closed is that BC Housing is still finalizing its funding and agreed to a long closing as part of the contract of sale to allow BC Housing time to secure approval for both the proposed affordable housing project and the purchase of the property.

The municipality, meanwhile, intends to demolish the Northbridge Hotel this spring to sell the property to a developer that intends to build market-rate housing on the site.

Mazzotta said the two types of buildings will mirror what was built on nearby Spirit Square at Tranquille Road and Yew Street, where an affordable senior apartment and a market-rate apartment were constructed.

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An eight-unit townhouse rental development will rise at the corner of River Road and Sunset Drive in Valleyview following a split vote of a council that came after hearing myriad complaints during a Feb. 28 public hearing.

When the council reconvened its regular meeting, it opted to pass third reading of the rezoning amendment for the property by a 5-3 vote, with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson and councillors Bill Sarai, Nancy Bepple, Kelly Hall, and Stephen Karpuk in favour and councillors Dale Bass, Margot Middleton, and Katie Neustaeter opposed. Coun. Mike O’Reilly but not in attendance due to a prior engagement.

During the public hearing, neighbours raised concerns about the development, including that it would create parking and traffic congestion in the area, as well as additional garbage disposal and crowding of residents on the 743-square-meter property; the aesthetics and integration into a single-family neighbourhood were also brought up.

Detractors also raised concerns that the requested variance setback would also create blindspots at the intersection and that the development itself would contribute to existing drainage issues in the area, particularly the pooling of rainwater at a low point on River Road.

Those involved in the development said the complex would, in fact, lead to improvements to the drainage issues around the property.

Meanwhile, the city’s development, engineering, and sustainability director, Marvin Kwiatkowski, said the city is supportive of the developer’s preliminary on-site stormwater management plan, noting catch basins will be installed along Sunset Drive.

Councilman Bill Sarai said he understood the concerns raised by residents but noted the need for housing in his decision to support the rezoning.

Coun. Kelly Hall said he felt the developer’s community engagement — a 26-property, door-knocking campaign that included discussions with 20 residents about the development, 16 of whom were opposed — could have been handled better.

Ahead of the public hearing, the city received two letters in support of the project, 28 letters in opposition, and six more letters expressing concerns.

Councilwoman Katie Neustaeter said she felt the infrastructure did not support the density needed to proceed and that more community engagement could have been done.

Councilwoman Margot Middleton said drainage issues exist despite the development, adding that the city should fix them regardless; she voted against the project due to traffic concerns.

The zoning amendment bylaw to change the property’s zoning from single-family to multi-family will be held at the third reading cut at the intersection of the property, and with the approval of the Ministry of Transportation, the project will receive a development permit subject to the final adoption of the rezoning bylaw.

The property, located at the southeast corner of the intersection of River Road and Sunset Drive in Valleyview and adjacent to single-family homes on all sides is owned by a local psychiatrist who wishes to remove the existing home and pool on the property and construct an eight-unit townhouse development consisting of two fourplexes.