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City of Rossland, Selkirk student-consultants seek public input for Official Community Plan

An open house will be held at Miners Hall on March 14 for residents to weigh in on Rossland’s OCP
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The Selkirk College’s Integrated Environmental Planning students help the City of Rossland define and establish its Official Community Plan and seek public input at its open house Tuesday, March 14. Photo: Contributed

The City of Rossland along with Integrated Environmental Planning students from Selkirk College will be hosting an open house Tuesday, March 14 to present options and proposals for Rossland’s Official Community Plan (OCP).

The meeting is an opportunity for citizens to familiarize themselves with the draft plans and provide valuable input.

Areas of interest include laneway, a sustainability check list, infill development, industrial land management, Centennial Trail, Community forest feasibility, downtown parking, Sourdough Alley Arts and land use, food security, Lower Rossland neighbourhood plan, and Co-op housing.

The Selkirk environmental planning program has helped several West Kootenay agencies, interest groups and municipalities navigate their way through the planning process, and is provided as part of their curriculum, free of charge.

The plans are intended to help Rossland further some of the many goals and initiatives identified in the city’s recently adopted OCP.

Plan Preparation: Rossland’s Official Community Plans identifies numerous areas for future study, research, plan development, and implementation. The purpose of the OCP Action plans is to aid in this process.

During the plan preparation process, Selkirk students are compiling existing data on each selected topic in order to define the relevant issues and guide the development of a focus plan.

They gather information, input and ideas from the public, agencies, residents, landowners, businesses, and elected and appointed officials, develop a set of planning goals and objectives for each individual topic, research how other entities and jurisdictions address similar issues throughout North America and document technologies and practices appropriate for Rossland.

They outline discrete action steps that can be taken to address issues and identify the parties responsible, while providing order of magnitude cost estimates.

Final plans will be completed in April and presented to the City of Rossland later this spring. For more information, please contact Peter Holton, pholton@selkirk.ca 250-354-3559

The public open house to present the Selkirk students’ Rossland OCP Action Plans will be held on Tuesday, March 14, from 5 – 7 p.m. in the Lily May Room of the Rossland Miner’s Hall at 1765 Columbia Ave, Rossland.

There will be a formal presentation and group question and answer session at 6:30 p.m.

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