Committee Highlights - March 15, 2022

The Okanagan Basin Water Board removes milfoil at select sites along the West Kelowna waterfront, leads regional efforts to prevent the spread of invasive quagga and zebra mussels to local lakes and promotes water conservation through the Make Water Work campaign at makewaterwork.ca and Okanagan WaterWise at okwaterwise.ca. View their presentation through the City’s webcast archives at westkelownacity.ca/webcasts.

The Kelowna Regional Transit System and BC Transit work together with the City of West Kelowna to provide resilient essential public transportation services. Although ridership and revenue have not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels, numbers continue to recover steadily and BC Transit’s top priority for the year ahead is increasing ridership. View BC Transit’s presentation through webcast archives at westkelownacity.ca/webcasts.

West Kelowna residents should only put waste carts out on collection days and should secure their garbage at all other times to prevent attracting wildlife. WildSafe BC provides programs, education and awareness in West Kelowna and other Greater Westside communities to reduce human-wildlife conflicts. The Okanagan Westside coordinator provided Council with a review of the 2021 season and a look ahead to 2022 initiatives. View the full presentation through the webcast archives at westkelownacity.ca/webcasts.