Episode 99: Matt and Taylor are joined by Ryan Smith. Ryan is the Divisional Director of Planning and Development Services for the City of Kelowna from Kelowna, BC, one of the busiest planning and development teams in Canada. Ryan has worked for the city of Kelowna for more than 20 years, and won numerous awards for leadership, volunteerism, and his commitment to helping others.
Ryan's 1st Appearance in Episode 39: https://KelownaRealEstate.podbean.com/e/39-ryan-smith/
Ryan is here to discuss:
→ Updates to the STR, short-term rental, regulations, the future of short-term rentals in Kelowna, and the potential impact of new federal government housing policies on the city.
→ Understanding DCC fees, where they go, and if they will change, building applications not keeping up for housing demand in Kelowna, the difficulty of getting projects to pencil and constant building code changes creating development roadblocks.
→ The arrival of infill housing in the Kelowna suburbs, Kelowna's power-grid infrastructure problem, and the realities of running a website chatbot.
City of Kelowna Website: https://www.kelowna.ca
Ryan Smith's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-smith-3195a285/
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
4:50 Today's Guest: Ryan Smith
5:44 City of Kelowna STR Regulations Update
10:06 Kelowna Building Applications Running Behind Housing Demand
13:03 How Can We Get More Projects to Pencil?
13:44 Keeping Up with Building Code Changes as a Developer
15:03 Municipal Feedback to the Provincial Government
15;51 Kelowna's Power-Grid Infrastructure Problem
19:49 Understanding DCC Fees: What They Fund & Potential Future Changes
25:31 Potential Impact of New Federal Housing Policies on Kelowna
29:42 The Realities of Running a Chatbot
33:47 The Arrival of Infill Housing in Kelowna Suburbs
40:15 What the Next Year Holds for Kelowna
42:06 Outro
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