INFORMATION RELEASE

On Thursday, April 16, 2026, the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen (RDOS) Board of Directors reported the following resolutions from the closed meeting.

Rise and report item from the April 16, 2026, closed meeting
KVR Deactivation Princeton West

THAT The Board of Directors:

1. Direct staff to use the Strategic Actions Amendment Framework to the scope change, review and validate estimated staff time, and report back to the Board with proposed amendments to the staff workplan for consideration.
2. Endorse the expansion of scope of the Regional Trails Gap Analysis (Strategic Plan Action 26.962) to include a comprehensive, region-wide operations and maintenance (O&M), capital, and lifecycle assessment for all RDOS regional trails, utilizing the funding provided by Trans Canada Trail; and
3. Direct staff to prepare a five-year Regional Trails Operations and Maintenance Plan, inclusive of the KVR (Princeton area and main line), KVR South Spur, and Similkameen Trail, for Board consideration; and
4. Support the request to retain four sections of the KVR west of Princeton by confirming support for supplemental funding requests beginning in 2027 to address the incremental Operations and Maintenance costs associated with these retained sections.

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Mark Pendergraft, Chair
Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen 

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