A newly-formed committee of citizens is asking the City of Vernon to begin a neighbourhood planning process for a big section of the Commonage. It follows a failed protest over a developer's plans to subdivide about 600 acres of Commonage land. North Okanagan Natural Areas Preservation Committee spokesperson Rod Drennan says the committee has moved on from that. ``That's behind us, we're moving forward,'' insists Drennan.``We're dealing with the larger area of land that remains in the Commonage, Commonage north.'' The large delegation asked council to begin a neighbourhood planning process for about 800 acres of land, that had once come under the North Okanagan Regional District's domain. Drennan says the acreage should have new land designations to fit in with the Official Community Plan. ``To have designations of parkland, trails, land in public ownership or whatever, that would be a win for us,'' says Drennan. The committee hopes to preserve the land for wildlife and walkers.
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