DAVIS KYLE — CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE OK, Let's Vote — Kelowna's 2026 Election Guide Kelowna council candidate Submitted September 14, 2026, 12:03 p.m. Pacific time Reviewed and published September 14, 2026 Candidate-provided answers published with authorization. Question numbering and layout are normalized; email is omitted and editorial notes are identified. Candidate claims, including the bike-theft percentage and its attribution to the bike valets, have not been independently verified by this transcript. This is not an endorsement by the guide. ABOUT THE CANDIDATE 1. Which office are you seeking, and where can voters find your campaign and public contact details? Kelowna Council Candidate kyleforkelowna.ca [Email omitted from this public transcript.] @daviskylekelowna (Facebook and Instagram) @davisjkyle (Twitter) 2. What experience would you bring to this role? My name is Davis Kyle, I’ve called Kelowna home since 2003. I went to Casorso, KLO, and KSS, earned my Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Victoria, and came back to build my career here in the city I love most. Today, I work in procurement and contract management. My job is essentially to help government spend money responsibly: understand the problem, set clear criteria, evaluate competing proposals, and make sure taxpayers get value for their money. I've advocated for better city planning practices as Vice Chair of the Planning Advisory Committee for the RDCO. I cofounded the local Kelowna chapter of Strong Towns to advocate for better community planning, tax policy, and transportation spending. I've written a prizewinning paper on housing affordability in a national magazine. ​ I partnered with the City of Kelowna to run the 2023 and 2025 Bike Valets on behalf of the Kelowna Area Cycling Coalition, working in partnership with the City of Kelowna to achieve a 58.06% drop in bike thefts compared to the same period in 2022. 3. What are your top three priorities, and one practical action for each? Public Safety, Economy, & Quality of Life Public Safety: Fully fund urban cleanup teams in the URBA / DKA style with no impact to property taxation through Parking Benefit Districts. Apply this funding model to all town centres and expand cleanup crews. One item entirely in local mandate, while continuing lobbying for fully funded treatment, complex needs care, and bail/sentencing reform. Economy: My platform includes support for ways to reduce the cost of new housing, including zoning incentives for family-sized and ground-accessible homes, mixed-use development patterns that improve urban walkability, and support for tax changes that will lower new asking rents and purchase costs. Quality of Life: I am very supportive of aligning our OCP and zoning bylaw with the City's new urban forest strategy, that would be upgraded to include 3-30-300 tree planning requirements. This will be incredibly important, as part of a strategy to build out or sidewalk network, plug gaps in the ATC grid, traffic calm neighbourhoods, and prevent urban heat island effects. 4. How would you keep your decisions transparent and remain accountable to residents? [Editorial note: No answer provided to this optional question.] 5. Are there any affiliations or interests relevant to your candidacy that you want voters to know about? [Editorial note: No answer provided to this optional question.] 6. What else would you like added or corrected on your website profile? [Editorial note: No answer provided to this optional question.] QUICK POSITIONS 1. The City should shorten and simplify the process for approving new homes. Answer: Yes / Support 2. The City should reduce development cost charges on new housing. Answer: Yes / Support 3. Restrictions on short-term rentals should be loosened. Answer: Yes / Support 4. The City should pursue expanded public transit service. Answer: Yes / Support 5. Infrastructure and service capacity should be ready before major additional growth is approved. Answer: Yes / Support Saved explanation: I don't support running transit or sidewalks out to empty fields before building housing, but I don't think that is the essence of the question. 6. The City should advocate for expanded involuntary addiction-treatment capacity. Answer: Yes / Support 7. The City should invest in wildfire prevention and preparedness. Answer: Yes / Support 8. The City should carry out additional spending audits or operational reviews. Answer: Yes / Support Saved explanation: I am a suppo [Editorial note: The saved explanation ends here; no missing words have been inferred.] 9. The City should make individual councillors’ voting records easier to find and search. Answer: Yes / Support 10. Would you have supported the October 27, 2025 electoral-reform study and conditional referendum-preparation motion? This bundled decision did not implement wards. Answer: Conditional / Depends Saved explanation: I am a supporter of 3 member PR-STV wards as described by FairVote Canada. I am not a supporter of single-member FPTP wards. 11. Would you have supported the March 16, 2026 second and third land-use and rezoning readings for part of Kelowna Springs? These were not final adoption. Answer: Other — no usable position text [Editorial note: The saved Other selection displays ‘Please type another option here’. No substantive answer was available, so no support or opposition is inferred.] 12. Would you have supported the April 20, 2026 financial-plan and tax-funding motion, with its stated average net property impact of 4.40%? Individual bills vary. Answer: Yes / Support 13. The City should help expand co-operative housing and community land trusts. Answer: Yes / Support 14. The City should strengthen protections for tenants displaced by redevelopment or renovations. Answer: Conditional / Depends Saved explanation: Only if fully paid-for as a DCC credit, not as a further tax on new housing. 15. The City should allow more small shops and cafés within residential neighbourhoods. Answer: Yes / Support 16. The City should advocate for a second bridge crossing of Okanagan Lake. Answer: Conditional / Depends Saved explanation: The City should not oppose infrastructure investment in Kelowna, but my top capital project items are for the new transit yard, complex needs care drug treatment, and rapid transit from West Kelowna through downtown to the airport. 17. The City should invest in filling gaps in its sidewalk and cycling networks. Answer: Yes / Support 18. The City should expand foot patrols in commercial areas experiencing crime and disorder. Answer: Yes / Support 19. The City should support expanded non-police response teams for suitable mental-health and substance-use calls. Answer: Yes / Support 20. The City should increase access to public washrooms. Answer: Yes / Support 21. The City should prioritize protecting agricultural land when making land-use decisions. Answer: Yes / Support 22. The City should strengthen protection for existing trees. Answer: Yes / Support 23. The City should limit annual property-tax increases to inflation. Answer: No / Oppose 24. Mayor and council pay increases should take effect only after the next election. Answer: Conditional / Depends Saved explanation: Increases beyond inflation should wait for the next election. Inflation adjustments are acceptable. 25. Would you support a ward system for Kelowna, where residents elect councillors to represent defined geographic areas? Answer: Conditional / Depends Saved explanation: I am supportive of PR-STV wards, not single-member FPTP wards. AFFORDABILITY Which actions would you prioritize to make housing more affordable in Kelowna? - Speed up and simplify housing approvals - Allow more housing in areas with infrastructure and services - Reduce development fees, with a plan to fund infrastructure - Partner on non-market, co-op and affordable rental housing - Protect existing rental housing and tenants - Use public land for affordable housing Beyond housing, which actions would you prioritize to make everyday life more affordable in Kelowna? - Expand affordable public transit - Partner to improve access to affordable childcare - Reduce recreation and community-program fees - Plan walkable neighbourhoods close to daily needs - Support local jobs and business opportunities [Editorial note: All saved selections are retained. The survey suggested choosing up to three; this response selected six housing and five everyday-cost options. The tenant-protection explanation in question 14 remains applicable context.] SUPPORTING MATERIAL Candidate-provided video link (video contents not independently reviewed for this update): https://youtu.be/enCe5DTzMx4?si=niwPMS7EGrYp6wfg No supporting file uploads were shown. Publication authorization was confirmed. Private contact details and internal CRM records are excluded.