Official Community Plan = The plan that everyone just applies to and gets a variance, therefore not really a plan. This has been well demonstrated in PG over the years by how the city is laid out in general with poor direct roadways between the points. Now with the urban sprawl heading out west even more, starting right at hwy 16 and 97 just means more roads, pipes, sewers to try and maintain.

Has anyone driven up / down University Way recently. It is one long pot hole starting at the bottom all the way to the top ! Then when you come down University Way it has these huge potholes in so many places it is hard to stay in your lane. Whoops, sorry about that it is actually about average compared to the rest of the roads in PG.

I agree... "OCP" has the same stink to it as "Downtown revitalization"... GAWD.. what a waste of time and money..

It has taken me a lot of years to realize that rules are made only for those people who follow those rules... there is a whole segment of users who have no respect for those same rules and just manouver around them.

A recent, fine example is rural sewer rules... most of which now appear to have been thwarted by people who don't "need" to follow those rules.

Blessings

"That is the covenant which says the property must be used for recreation."

"The City will be extracting some value for the removal of that restrictive covenant” says Ian Wells of the City’s Real Estate Division.

Hmmm .....recreation, eh?

Looking up “recreation” in the zoning bylaw

Recreation, Outdoor Major – typical uses include outdoor vehicle sports, racetrack, go-cart track, drive-in theatre, and shooting range.

Hopefully the term "recreation" has been defined so that the "Outdoor Major" category cannot be applied. Otherwise we may see the return of PGARA ot the heart of the City.

;-)

Some of the best dirt biking area in the province. What a shame to lose it IMO.

The whole area is steep hills and valleys so the best use of it would be to continue it as a community trail system park linking up the back side of the garbage dump with the Indian cut banks lookout point and all points in between.

What a disaster in planning to take something of this kind of value for the community away so that a few pre-positioned developers can make an extra nickle.

Why not locate the new golf corse on the top of Cranbrook Hill overlooking the city where it will get a lot of sun; and not be sitting in the shade 4/5ths of the day with an extra 2 months of snow cover?

I met some riders here from Calgary riding that area a week ago and they came to PG specifically to ride that area and all commented how awsome it is to be able to ride five minutes from home in PG as opposed to driving at least an hour to ride in Calgary. If it was ever promoted this would be a huge selling point for PG as a city.

The Prince George Golf and Curling club is a semi-private Club, registered under the Society Act, and is owned and operated by its Members.

Because the City has been involved in the Golf Course for a number of years, and has invested a lot of money in it, they have insisted over the years that it be a semi-private club to ensure that local people could golf at the course because tax dollars were put into it.

Now that the course is being moved there is some speculation the covenant that ensures that this club be semi-private may be removed. If so then it could become a Private Club. It may still be open to the public for golfing but it will then be on the Clubs terms, without any pressure applied from the City. All those tax dollars invested over the years to upgrade the course etc; will now be lost in the transition.

The people of Prince George (Rip Van Winkles that they are) will sleep right through this one.

Why would it matter if the PGGC became PRIVATE? Who cares? You want to golf there, then join up. You want to golf in just your boxer shorts for next to nothing, go to Pineless Valley. What's the matter with having something in town that is up scale? The people of PG aren't going to be paying to support a full size golf course anymore, so the PGGC can do as they like.

The little treeless dirt track par 3 by Costco continues to cost the taxpayers of PG enough without even thinking about buying some space at the new PGGC location, or the city telling the PGGC how to run the new place.

Yama. Firstly the par 3 Golf Course paid for itself over the years, and would have continued to do so if the City had not closed down the driving range and converted it into a car lot. Plus the beetle kill didnt help. I wouldnt be suprised if they still pay their own way. At one time this course after expenses paid the City in excess of $300,000.00 per year, so you may want to check your facts.

Secondly. The reason that it matters whether or not the PG Course becomes private is because without the support of the Prince George Taxpayers over the years this course would not exist. Taxpayers are entitled to get some consideration for the money that the City put into this course. If the City didnt think this was an issue at the time then they wouldnt have insisted that the course be semi-private, and that public golfing be allowed.

Thirdly. If you think that the new course will be upscale you have been drinking to much corn likker. The course will be smaller that the present course. The Clubhouse will be smaller and have less amenities, the Curling Club will no longer be attached to the Golf Course, the golf season will be reduced by approx 2/3weeks because of late spring, early fall, and last but not least they will have a shortage of members, and therefore will have to make their money through real estate development, or go broke.