𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝟐 𝐀𝐀𝐏𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬.

While City Hall faces criticism over public communication during the recent water issue, many residents say they did not receive notice about the two current AAPs ending May 29:

• Tranquille Phase III Sewer Main/Road enhancement—$9M

• 965 McMaster Way land purchase—$16.7M

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐬:

• Notice was only included with mailed property tax notices—halfway through the AAP timeframe.

• Residents receiving tax notices by email reportedly received no AAP notice.

KCU sent a letter to the City requesting clarification, no response has been received.

• KCU alerted the City that website AAP form links directed residents to the wrong email address.

Residents were reportedly told to re-send forms or risk them not counting.

KCU requested the AAP process be restarted, request was denied.

• Physical access to City Hall became restricted, 10 days before AAP deadline due to construction.

• The City already purchased the McMaster Way land in Aug. 2024 using short-term/internal funding while PAC/Multiplex AAPs were underway.

This AAP would move the purchase to long-term borrowing, leaving questions around alternative city-owned land options/limited public discussion during a period of rising debt.

𝐊𝐂𝐔 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭—𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐀𝐏𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐑𝐂𝐌𝐏 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠?

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐲?

If 8,527 residents submit AAP forms (per project), the proposed borrowing would not move forward and City Hall would need to consider other options.

If you are a Canadian citizen, 18 or older, live in Kamloops, have lived in B.C. for at least 6 months, and oppose either or both borrowing bylaws, a link to submit AAP forms is in the comments.

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