A Kelowna non-profit group wants to make sure a heritage tree is protected during building construction on the Train Station Pub property.

The property owner is proposing two buildings (one and five-storeys) for the heritage site at Ellis Street and Clement Avenue.

A Ginko tree on the property is protected by a new Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) endorsed by council during a public hearing on Nov. 28.

Bev Kalmakoff with Kelowna Tree Protectors commended council and staff for recent bylaw changes protecting heritage trees.

害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 here to say thank you to the mayor and council for the fact that you are becoming more aware and concerned and committed to protecting the trees we have in our city.害羞草研究所�

She also asked council to make sure the Ginko tree is protected during construction.

害羞草研究所淭hat tree is happily sitting where it is as healthy as it could possibly be.害羞草研究所�

Katherine Robin with Kasian Architecture told council that an arborist report includes recommendations to protect the tree.

害羞草研究所淪o those recommendations will be carried forward into our construction documents and the contractor will be required to adhere to those during construction.害羞草研究所�

The property owner and the city entered into the original HRA in 2010 with the purpose of restoring and converting the CN train station into a pub and restaurant.

That work was completed in 2012, along with a heritage railway garden and plaza.

There were also plans to construct three new commercial buildings at the site, but only one (Metro Liquor) has been completed.

害羞草研究所淎s the original HRA is over 12 years old, the originally proposed new constructions害羞草研究所� form and character, land use provisions, and the content of the agreement are deemed to be outdated,害羞草研究所� read a staff report to council.

Since the site is protected by a heritage designation, the owner must obtain a Heritage Alteration Permit to make alterations to the existing

buildings and proposed new buildings.

Development plans call for a retail office, five-storey building, and a commercial one-storey building, as well as expansion of the Metro Liquor store.

The CN train station was originally constructed in 1926 and is listed on the Kelowna Heritage Register.

Prior to receiving the heritage designation, in the 1990s, the building was identified by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada as one of over 100 Heritage Railway Stations across Canada.

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