Temporarily amending encampment standards to delegate authority for a permitted encampment on City property
General Committee makes recommendations; City Council makes the final decision.
We haven’t matched this to Council’s final vote yet. Committee recommendations normally go to the City Council meeting on September 25, 2023.
Councillor Votes
Full Resolution Text
Whereas Council has established municipal standards that prevent encampments on City property except pursuant to a permit; And whereas Council considers it appropriate to maintain such standards but to temporarily amend them to the extent of delegating to the City’s Commissioner, Community Services, the authority to establish a temporary encampment within the land comprising approximately 0.7 acre at the southeast corner of Aylmer and Wolfe Streets subject to conditions to be determined by the said Commissioner; Now therefore be it resolved That Parks and Facilities By-law 19-074 and Trespass By-law 19-075 be amended in the form of amending by-law comprising Appendix A to this motion and that the amending by-law be passed by Council at a special open meeting of Council on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 5:50 pm.