4482 & 4498 Gordon Drive - revisted

Among the most preposterous projects rubber stamped by Team Dyas for his connected friends was Gordon Drive. Council voted 5-3 in June 2026 to rezone two properties at 4482 and 4498 Gordon Drive from large-lot housing (RU1) to townhouse housing (MF2) to allow a 65-unit row townhouse development.

Dozens spoke out against the development rezoning for Gordon Drive during the fixed public hearing. They were ignored.

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. 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 project'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 weren't 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 project adds congestion and takes no measures to 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 meeting was the insulting horseshit from senior Maxine DeHart. The Khalistani employee bent over backward to piss on the petition of 891 Kelowna citizens. That sums up her, Tom Dyas, and much of  Kelowna council.