AGENDA
HEALTH AND HOUSING TASK FORCE

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 at 3:00 P.m. - 5:00 P.m.

Board Room, Service and Resource Centre,

411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

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1.

CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER:

[Note:  This meeting will be live streamed and video recorded for the public.]

2.

INTRODUCTION OF LATE ITEMS:

3.

ADOPTION OF AGENDA:

4.

ADOPTION OF MINUTES:

a.

Minutes

Minutes of the Health and Housing Task Force held in the Boardroom, Service and Resource Centre, 411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC, on Wednesday, 2020-SEP-02, at 3:04 p.m.

5.

PRESENTATIONS:

a.

Signy Madden, Executive Director, United Way re:  Nanaimo 2020 Point-in-time Homelessness Count Results

Signy Madden, Executive Director, United Way, to present the Health and Housing Task Force with the Nanaimo 2020 Point-in-Time Homelessness Count Results.

6.

DELEGATIONS:

7.

REPORTS:

a.

Discussion re:  Draft Integrated Coordinated Access (ICA) Technician Position 

To be introduced by Karin Kronstal, Social Planner, Community Planning. 

b.

David Stewart, Social Planner, Community Planning Section re:  BC Housing Navigation Centre

David Stewart, Social Planner, Community Planning Section, to provide the Health and Housing Task Force with a verbal update regarding the BC Housing Navigation Centre.

[Note:  Report from 2020-AUG-31 Council meeting attached for information only.]

8.

OTHER BUSINESS:

a.

Letter dated 2020-JUN-08 from Bonnie Henry, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Provincial Health Officer, re:  Homeless Encampment Health Issues Guidelines in the Context of COVID-19

The following motion was made during the 2020-JUL-06 Regular Council Meeting:

"It was moved and seconded that Council refer the correspondence from Dr. Bonnie Henry, dated 2020-JUN-08, to the Health and Housing Task Force to make recommendations, if any, to Council."

9.

ADJOURNMENT: