4482 & 4498 Gordon Drive

Several dozen people spoke out against the development rezoning for Gordon Drive during the fixed public hearing of the Dyas crew.

Developer Bradley (Brad) Cronquist was gifted a change in zoning to allow 65 row townhouses. From RU1 (Large Lot Housing); designated S-RES (Suburban Residential) in the OCP to MF2 (Townhouse Housing); redesignated to S-MU (Suburban Multiple Unit). These are wood frame 3 story topped with rooftop patios. First and most prominant concern is high density with a single access road feeding the already congested Gordon Drive.

Bradley Cronquist (cronquist@pushormitchell.com)

The proposed driveway exits onto a sidewalk used daily by children walking to and from Dorothea Walker Elementary, Bellevue Elementary, Okanagan Mission Secondary, and the YMCA daycare. An independent time-stamped count on Friday, May 1, 2026 documented 400 vehicles in the 8:45 AM peak interval. To obscure that, the proponent's traffic analysis concluded 'minimal impact.' That was based on counts taken March 23–24, 2026 when students were on spring break. Schools were closed and buses were not running. The study spewed PM peak only. Morning gridlock on Gordon Drive at the development site, looking toward the DeHart Avenue lights.

Gordon Drive is an arterial road, already heavily congested at school drop-off and pick-up points. The development adds density and congestion and takes no measures to address or mitigate it.

All the Cronquists are lobbyists, and probably have a direct line to their good old buddy Tom Dyas. Both men are directly connected to and through the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce.

"For many years, Pushor Mitchell and the @kelownachamber of Commerce have been closely connected..." Tom Dyas with Patrick Bobyn, Pushor Mitchell lawyer and newly elected president. (bobyn@pushormitchell.com) Here.

Most galling of the rigged meeting was the insulting horseshit from wicked old crow DeHart. The Khalistani employee bent over backward to piss on the petition of 891 Kelowna citizens and that sums up her, Dyas, and much of this Kelowna council.