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Congratulations to the Mayor and Council of West Kelowna on creating a 21st century ghetto with our new homeless shelter in the centre of a working gravel pit and crushing operation! But there will be a cement wall, dust mitigation, and some trees planted to make the ghetto look better on paper, but still a ghetto. Will the support staff who have been working with these people be willing to relocate into such a poor environment?
Out of sight out of mind for the homeless people displaced from the United Church site, where they were in transitional housing space, waiting for assisted housing support as they tried to rehabilitate from various addictions, mental and physical health conditions.
This location moves them as far away as possible from pharmacies, the local bus exchange, grocery stores, social assistance offices, the Urgent Care Medical Centre, churches, and the limited social network they have.
What started as a temporary relocation is now planned for 3 or 4 years and beyond, based on the time it has taken this City to get previous housing!
This ranks right up with all the other terrible historic planning recommendations coming out of city hall.
Yes, the city planner and council have an unenviable track record of errors, omissions and outright mistakes in planning and execution of infrastructure projects.
This is a disaster on a human level, not merely a financial and operational one.
In looking at the City, in the Westbank District where all the services exist, there are several sites on public and private lands that could be utilized, but appear not to have been considered for this temporary facility. Perhaps the city should move its offices to the proposed site at the same time, so staff can fully appreciate the utter ridiculousness of the proposal.
A ghetto is a ghetto is a ghetto. The city employees wouldn’t work in a gravel crushing pit; and we as citizens, nor you as government, shouldn’t put the homeless there either!
Doug Waines, West Kelowna
