AGENDA

SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING

Meeting #:
Date:
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Location:
Board Room, Service and Resource Centre,
411 Dunsmuir Street, Nanaimo, BC

To be introduced by Dale Lindsay, Director of Community Development.

Purpose:  To provide Council with information on the current context and City initiatives related to housing affordability and homelessness in Nanaimo.

Presentations:

  1. Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community and Cultural Planning, to provide an overview of presentations.
  2. Karin Kronstal, Social Planner, to provide a presentation regarding affordable housing.
  3. John Horn, Social Planner, to provide a presentation regarding homelessness.
  4. Signy Madden, United Way Central & Northern Vancouver Island, to speak regarding the work of the Nanaimo Coalition of Homelessness.

Recommendation:  That the “Housing and Homelessness” report dated 2019-FEB-11 be received for information.

To be introduced by Dale Lindsay, Director of Community Development.

Purpose:  To provide Council with an update of the BC Housing Temporary Modular Housing Sites and City actions to support the sites and neighbouring communities.

Presentations:

  1. Lisa Bhopalsingh, Manager, Community and Cultural Planning, to provide an update on the BC Housing Temporary Modular Housing Sites.
  2. Dave LaBerge, Manager of Community Safety, to provide a presentation regarding the Parks Bylaw.
  3. Supt. Cameron Miller, OIC, Nanaimo Detachment RCMP, to speak regarding community-wide safety.

Recommendation:  That the report titled “BC Housing Temporary Modular Housing Update” dated 2019-FEB-11 be received for information.