Council approves Parks Bylaw amendment, new recreation agreement with NMS
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Town council approved an amendment to the Parks Bylaw to regulate where homeless individuals can set up tents.
The amendment allows for unhoused people to take up temporary shelter in certain park areas that would be described as natural areas or informal parks. In addition, it includes provisions for temporary sheltering setbacks in relation to other temporary shelters, trails, roads, highways, schools and daycares, and private properties.
There was very little discussion on the matter and it quickly passed all three readings.
The move comes after council discussed the creation of homeless campground within the municipality with a goal to manage where homeless people set up encampments. During that process, council hosted a public forum and released a survey, which both drew overwhelming opposition against the plan.
