Several items on tonight’s Committee of the Whole agenda for the Municipality of North Cowichan will focus largely on addressing homelessness, mental health and addiction.
The council will review staff reports proposing a Community Wellness Plan and outline how North Cowichan could implement it via four core recommendations.
Those include identifying two potential sites for village-style housing; collaborating with the City of Duncan and the Cowichan Valley Regional District to secure a location for a year-round shelter; preparing an advocacy brief for senior levels of government; and exploring the possibility of overnight shelters in municipal parks.
Mayor Rob Douglas said a draft Safer Community Plan will be presented for information only, to guide responses to rising disorder.
The meeting is happening tonight (Oct. 7) at 5 p.m. at Municipal Hall in North Cowichan
