A steal in the tens of millions is underway in Kelowna. City staff is telling reporters that its a done deal and “is expected to be finalized on March 30.” The Kelowna Springs/Denciti steal is the brainchild of Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas. In 2022 Dyas made an election promise to save the Kelowna Springs golf course, a hugely controversial pet project of his good friend, corrupt Sikh Colin Basran. Capitalists seek a zoning category change to I-2 ‘General Industrial’.
https://www.change.org/p/save-kelowna-springs-greenspace-updated-2025-petition
The City’s own material points out the development is being built over a flood plain. The Flood Hazard Assessment concluded:
The proposed modification of the floodplain storage volume at the Property does have the potential to impact Mill Creek design flood water levels, the extent of which should be assessed as required by the Bylaw. The combined presence of Simpson’s Pond, in addition to the Property’s flood plain, is estimated by AECOM (2022) to reduce the peak downstream discharge rate of Mill Creek by 1.5 m³/s (or approximately 6.5 % of the design flood flow). The combined floodplain storage of Simpson’s Pond and the Property occupy approximately 185,000 m² at the design flood water surface elevation, of which approximately 46% is within the Property.
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Considering that the proposed development would reduce the combined floodplain storage surface area by approximately 27%, the resulting change to the peak flow in Mill Creek would be significantly less than 1.5 m³/s and represents a minor impact to flow (less than a few percent). The potential for an increase in flow of less than 1.5 m³/s to create the required 3 m raise in the Mill Creek hydraulic grade line is considered near impossible to be achieved without significantly modifying the geometry of the main conveyance geometry of Mill Creek, which is not proposed. |
Water flow loss is 6.5% and storage loss is over 27%. According to this material, the property occupies 85,000 square meter (21 acres) of the design flood water. The report fails to estimate cubic metre of water that 85,000 square area stores. If the average height stored is 1.5m, water volume stored is 127,500 cubic metres.
There is more. Here. and Here The appendices will not be included in the report to council.
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Appendix A: Statement of Limitations; Appendix B: Flood Hazard Assessment for City of Kelowna and RDCO; Appendix C: Report for City of Kelowna – Mill Creek Channel Capacity Improvements; and Appendix D: Conceptual Site Layout Plan |
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It’s being disputed by Kelowna citizens at the event that Denciti supplied a survey to attendees at it’s ‘public forum’ in November.” “Denciti’s summary on the meeting is that “a strong majority of attendees supported” the plan. They’ve attached 13 survey responses, of which only 1 is negative.
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This suggests more lying and subterfuge by the assholes at Denciti. |  vgusak@denciti.ca |
For consideration we have the report from the overpaid, easily lobbied Kelowna City staff. Here.
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• Staff recommend support the proposal as it is consistent with OCP policy related to supporting industrial development.• The proposal strikes a very good balance between protecting recreational amenities, preserving natural areas, and supporting economic development. |
NO rationale for the outrageous steal/land swap is being offered by well compensated bureaucrats. How one justifies Kelowna taxpayers swapping useless land for industrial meant for their bus depot for 1/20th of its value isn’t touched. A few things leap out. First is the stroke of genius that was Denciti buying the ACL land at 3030 Old Veron Road. That is envisioned as the location of the main access road to the project.
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The purchase/attempted purchase of property close to that access road by the Sandhers and others for years is also shown to be a wise investment.
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Propaganda also shows a pumphouse, required for the continuous fight against aquifers. |
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“Residents have told me that they expect their next mayor to fight to save Kelowna Springs, and that’s what I will do,” That promise got Dyas elected. Once elected, things changed. |
This citizen had a front seat to the corruption of Tom Dyas and sickening Punjabi councillor Mohini Singh with cops watching their meeting with Gurtaj Singh Sandher on board the brand new $1m+ Sandher Regal 42 yacht moored at the Kelowna Yacht Club in August 2024.
Result of that meeting was the 8 year recidivist polluting Sandher family dumping their packing plant waste into the city sewer for free.
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The development of Denciti’s Kelowna Springs golf course is into infinitely more profitable industrial land. Rumour says that the Khalistani, Sandhers, and Garry Fawley are in bed together. Dencity bought land adjacent to the ‘proposed’ development. Land was also purchased by Sukhdev Singh Sandher and Gurjit Singh Jhajj. |
Gurtaj Singh Sandher’s attempts to buy more land near Kelowna Springs was so determined he was nearly charged for making death threats.
Dyas appeared on local press November 22 2025 to explain the benefits of his ‘done deal’ Denciti steal for citizens. There are none.
The city takes control of part of the 60 acre golf course property (which is unsuitable for development because of aquifers) at 480 Penno Road while transferring 9.1 acres of city-owned industrial land at 3199 Hollywood Road North to Denciti.
The newly created lot was carved out of a municipal property that will become the Central Okanagan’s new bus barns. The land was removed from the ALR for that purpose. No planning for the bus barns has been started. It’s a prime commercial location, close to Highway 97 and the University of B.C. ChatGPT tells us that on the low end, 10 acres of commercial land in Kelowna will be worth $20M. Assuming the high end is closer to $30M, the City of Kelowna is returning the entire purchase price of the Kelowna Springs purchase to Denciti.
Denciti retains it’s 46 acres of land adjacent to the golf course which remains subject to an application for industrial land use. The sweetheart Denciti deal clears the way for industrial development on the 9.1 acres it would acquire from the city as well. Why would the City give away lands that it might need for its bus depot expansion? Why did the City buy that land if it was going to then give it away before even determining if it was needed?
Kelowna citizens could ask bum-like city manager Doug Gilchrist. (dgilchrist@kelowna.ca)
His salary increased from $264K in 2019 to $384K in 2024. Gilchrist’s pay package is just $5k less than the city manager’s salary in Vancouver, a city more than four times the size of Kelowna.
Conservative estimates suggest there is already in excess of a 50 year supply of industrial land in the Okanagan. There is no demand for more. It’s said the Sinaloa Cartel has tens of millions sunk into the project through its Khalistani operatives and that all involved are corrupt, including mayor Tom Dyas.
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