Interim Housing Needs Report
Request for Proposals
Issue Date: July 22, 2024
Closing Date and Time: August 30, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Inquiries during the proposal period should be directed to:
Donna Dean, Manager of Planning and Development
Regional District of Kootenay Boundary
Phone: 250-368-9148
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is located in BC’s southern interior and consists of five electoral areas (Area A, Area B-Lower Columbia-Old Glory, Area C/Christina Lake, D/Rural Grand Forks and E/West Boundary) and eight municipalities (Midway, Greenwood, Grand Forks, Rossland, Warfield, Trail, Montrose and Fruitvale). The RDKB encompasses 8,300 km2 and is home to over 32,000 residents.
The RDKB wishes to create an Interim Housing Needs Report using the new standardized Housing Needs Report (HNR) Method to fulfill its requirements as directed by the Province of BC.
The existing housing needs report was completed in November 2020 and predicted housing needs for the following five years. Given that the current report will expire in 2025 and the challenges in creating a report in 2020, this HNR is timely. The challenges included, but were not limited to:
- Housing needs were based on 2016 census data, which was already four years out of date;
- The study and consultation was conducted during the global pandemic which presented challenges for the consultants, who prepared the report, to visit the area in person and to conduct in-person meetings for public consultation;
- Anecdotally we understand the population of our area was dynamic with individuals staying in resort communities longer than normal and may have also resulted in more permanent migration to our area; and
- Spikes in the sale and cost of housing may have shifted renters out of homes that were sold.
While the RDKB does not have a Regional Growth Strategy, we have several Official Community Plans (OCPs) that cover Electoral Areas A, B/Lower Columbia-Old Glory, C/Christina Lake, and D/Rural Grand Forks in their entirety. Electoral Area E/West Boundary, the largest of our Electoral Areas, has OCPs for smaller defined areas including: the Controlled Recreation Areas for Mt. Baldy and Big White, Jewel Lake, and Rural Bridesville.
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Grand Forks Aquatic Centre Energy Efficiency Project – Construction RFP
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (“RDKB”) is a regional district in British Columbia’s West Kootenay Region.
The Grand Forks Aquatic Centre is a year-round, indoor aquatic centre, directly serving 8,611 residents of Grand Forks, and Electoral Districts ‘C’ and ‘D’ of the RDKB. The Aquatic Centre is also the biggest consumer of utilities of any facility owned by the RDKB. With expected emissions reduction of 203 tonnes CO2, or 60%, the project meets the Regional District’s Board of Directors strategic priority of fostering Climate Action and Environmental Sustainability.
The RDKB is seeking Proposals from qualified, experienced companies to complete works associated with upgrades and retrofit of Grand Forks Aquatics Centre. The work will be constructed at the Grand Forks Aquatics Centre, located at 7231 19th St, Grand Forks, British Columbia, V0H 1H0 (the “Work Site”).
The RDKB is open to reviewing Proposals that utilize alternate construction methods and/or schedules and which fit within the framework of the Project’s scope and intent, and meet all applicable federal, provincial, and municipal laws, statutes, orders, bylaws, permits, rules, regulations, and lawful requirements.
For further details refer to:
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Mandatory Site Visit
A site visit is mandatory and scheduled for Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 1:30pm, PST. If a Proponent is unable to make that mandatory site visit, please contact the RDKB Project Manager at pkeys@rdkb.com to arrange an alternative time.
Closing is Noon, Tuesday, July 16th.
Grand Forks Aquatics Centre, 7231 19th St, Grand Forks, B.C.
The Proponents are requested to register 2 days in advance of the site visit with the RDKB Project Manager at pkeys@rdkb.com.
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Expression of Interest for BC registered Engineers and Geoscientist qualified to complete a Flood Hazard Assessment focused on Alluvial Fans.
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To: Consultants, BC Professional Engineers and Geoscientists
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) is compiling a list of Qualified Professionals capable of conducting a site-specific Flood Hazard Assessment (FHA) in areas impacted, or could be impacted, by flooding, alluvial fans, debris floods and debris flows. This list is primarily being assembled to support FHAs in the Boundary Region.
The RDKB has produced a Terms of Reference (TOR), accessible through the website link below, outlining the standards and qualifications necessary to complete a RDKB FHA on Alluvial Fans. The forthcoming list will include companies and consultants who have self- identified as qualified to complete an FHA, stamp and sign the FHA Report, and are available for projects in the Boundary region.
If you would like your company’s name included on this list, please provide the following information to watershedplanner@rdkb.com using the subject title: QP info for FHA Alluvial Fan. The details you provide will be available to the public upon request and/or uploaded to the RDKB
website.
- Name of Company and/or Firm,
- Address of main office,
- Address of satellite office(s) near or in the Boundary region,
- Contact name,
- Contact information (email and phone number),
- Company website,
- Your availability to work in the Boundary Region,
- Identify that you have read and meet the qualifications to complete an FHA as outlined in the RDKB TOR “Guidelines for Professional Engineers/Geoscientists Conducting Flood Hazard Assessments on Alluvial Fans”, and
- Area(s) of Practice and Expertise
Terms of Reference: Guidelines for Professional Engineers/Geoscientists Conducting Flood Hazard Assessment on Alluvial Fans in the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary
The QP list will be available for public distribution and updated as needed. If you have any questions, please contact Kristina Anderson at (preferred) watershedplanner@rdkb.com or 250-442-4111.
Sincerely,
Kristina Anderson,
Watershed Planner, RDKB
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