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City Dog Run – Is this Real?
At the May 13, 2024 Kelowna City Council meeting, council approved a dog run in City Park for $750,000!
This was an interesting process.
- City staff presented a list of 10 projects that had council “approval.” However, Councillor Webber didn’t remember a dog run in City Park ever being brought up. Mayor Dyas asked City Manager Doug Gilchrist to address this and he answered that a dog run is needed downtown.
- Councillor Cannan referred to the three quarters of a million dollars for a dog run and asked why it was such a high cost. Fencing? Answer from staff: it would be a place where people wouldn’t want to leave. That’s it for $750,000?
- Question: Is this really a dog run, or something else? And why didn’t the councillors demand more information than “a place people won’t want to leave” before approving it? This strikes me as a flippant approach to spending $750,000. The Mayor and councillors keep telling us they are fiscally responsible with taxpayers money. I say not in this case.
The public needs to know what this project really is and whatever it is, what will be the impact on the park and green space?
Susan Ames
Kelowna
