Kelowna endorses concept of charging businesses a fee to use public boat launches
Global News
According to a report, during peak hours there are 25 launches an hour at the Cook Road boat launch, 23 at the Water Street boat launch and 10 at Sutherland Bay.
Launching a boat from one of Kelowna’s public piers can be a lesson in patience, with lineups being common.
To that end, the City of Kelowna announced this week that it plans on looking at a new fee for commercial businesses that use public boat launches.
How much that fee would be isn’t yet known, but city council endorsed the concept at Monday’s council meeting following a report on local boat launches.
During the meeting, council was told the city’s three public boat launches at Cook Road, Water Street and Sutherland Bay experience a combined 27,000 to 37,000 launches a year, and that private businesses make up 25 per cent of that total.
Cook Road sees an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 launches a year, with Water Street seeing 10,000 to 15,000 launches. Sutherland Bay, described as undeveloped, has 2,000 to 4,000 launches a year.
Council was also told the city spends around $190,000 a year on boat-launch upkeep, and that $1.15 million is needed for capital improvements to the Cook Road and Water Street launches.
The new fee, council was told, would be similar to other businesses that have to pay permit fees to operate on city-owned properties, like food trucks.
“I really appreciate this as a first step,” said councillor Ryan Donn. “It does kind of start to go into a new category for us with boat launches.
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