Opponents to borrowing for Kamloops civic ops property, sewer project will need to return 8,500 AAP forms

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The first AAP is for the purchase of 965 McMaster Way, with the city looking to borrow $16.75 million. The property is located beside the current civic works yard, with the city seeing the extra space as providing decades of life to the facility.

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“We really need temperature-controlled spaces to store, especially our specialty equipment – and more and more of it seems to become specialized based on the work we do and the regulations around the work we do,” said Jen Fretz, Director of Civic Operations. “Right now, the pinch-point, if I had to suggest, is the storage of equipment. We are really struggling to find enough space.

“KFR is also looking at adding the additional equipment we need to do our proper training in that site,” added Chief Ken Uzeloc, Director of Protective Services. “And some of that requires additional space and that additional space was discussed with our Civic Ops partners about what we would need.”

The second AAP is for the third phase of the Tranquille sanitary sewer project. The city is seeking $9 million. In addition to the work below ground, crews are also adding a connection to the Rivers Trail.

“At that time, it made sense that we would put together a larger scoped project, not just to address the sanitary but also to address many and several of the needs and opportunities that the public has identified,” outlined Hallinan.

Also on Tuesday, the city rescinded authorization for a third AAP for the water quality plant.

“Leaving the Kamloops police services building loan authorization bylaw in place as the project is on hold, direction toward public approval is also on hold with the expectation it will need to be revisited by council at a future date,” said Hallinan. “Given the delay in moving forward with this project, the project budget must be reviewed before further steps can be taken.”