Kelowna residents will get the chance this fall to say whether they support construction of a new RCMP detachment. An alternate approval process is tentatively set for November to secure citizen endorsement of the city's plan to borrow millions of dollars for the new police building. City council is expected Monday to authorize preparation of design plans for the new building, to be constructed on Clement Avenue, between Richter and St. Paul streets. The city's capital plan currently projects a budget of about $46 million for the new detachment. Borrowing to secure the necessary funds will go ahead unless 10 per cent of city residents sign petitions asking the project be put to a referendum. It is anticipated the new building would be about 86,000 square feet, more than double the size of the current detachment on Doyle Avenue. More than 300 RCMP members, municipal staff, auxiliaries, Crime Stoppers personnel and volunteers will work out of the new building, which has an anticipated completion date of 2016-17.
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