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Just before Higgs spoke, Les Bellamy with Kelowna Legacy Group (KLG) had criticized council for wanting to stick the tower in the middle of several low-rise buildings.

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The project has an affordable housing component, which was noted as something that is desperately needed by several other UBCO students who spoke in favour of the development.

Bellamy said while he appreciates the support for affordable housing, lake view properties are not the ones the community desperately needs.

Others who spoke against the tower took council to task over the process it took to get the project where it is now. Many in opposition questioned why the tower was allowed to grow to 25-storeys from 13, which was the original height laid out in the request for proposals from the city.

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KLG has led that charge and has called for the development to be paused or even scrapped. Several councillors acknowledged they could have done better.

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Coun. Mohini Singh said she was shocked by the amount of pushback on the project.

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Coun. Loyal Wooldridge said he takes process seriously but did agonize over the project.

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Questions were also raised about the legality of the process council undertook.

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Mayor Colin Basran spoke about the controversy the development has generated.

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Speaking about affordable housing, developer Greg Appelt told council that 316 units were included in the original tower, but that number dropped to 259 after the redesign.

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Council voted 6-2 to rezone the property and allow the tower to move forward. Councillors Hodge and Singh were opposed.

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