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A Kelowna city councillor has changed her mind two weeks after voting against an ALR land exclusion

Singh reversal on ALR vote

Kelowna councillor Mohini Singh has had a change of heart concerning a vote two weeks ago against excluding land from the ALR to make room for a new transit operations centre near UBCO.

In open council Monday, Singh said after the vote, and after it was too late to ask for a re-vote, she did a "deep dive, and realized (the exclusion) had to be done."

"It's no secret I'm always very passionate about our agricultural land, and from a passionate perspective, my vote is always to keep it in the land reserve," she said.

"Today, we heard about the Transportation Master Plan, so from an environmental point of view, and to support the future transportation needs of our city, I realized that is absolutely quintessential."

Singh says the decision was a difficult one, and not one she took lightly.

But, she says she came to the conclusion for the greater good of the community.

Singh says it would have been hypocritical to vote in favour of the city's 2040 Transportation Master Plan, while in essence voting against a new transit facility which will be at the heart of any transit expansion in the future.

"I want to publicly state that, after discussions with the mayor and city manager, I have added a letter of support to the package that is going to the Agricultural Land Commission."



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