Shelter for the Homeless and the city-101

[marvin gardens]

During the sub zero temperatures in December Kelowna "officials"looked at the long range forecast and decided they need some thermal shelters for those in camping tents.
First comes Darren Caul, the Community Safety Director, (2019) who according to his bio is skilled, an agile professional with community crime experience with a balanced approach.
The problem was according to Caul in December, they purchased some thermal tents but didn't know where they were, but they were expected to arrive for the next "cold snap in January"
Now,in January along comes Coleen Cormack, the Community Services Safety Manager She too has been watching the weather.
She notes the city has managed to secure 27 one and 2 person shelters from CARE Montreal.BUT they are still in transit.Delivery is expected sometime in January.
She said the tents were purchased by the provincial government, B.C. Housing from a maker in Czechia
Cormack said the city has begun consultations with the Lived Experience Circle on Homeless?? about a protocol to distribute the shelters (when they arrive) AND at what temperature it would kick in..
I wonder if Cormack has noticed the extended weather forecasts predict warmer than usual temperatures for most of January?, and insulated tents are manufactured by many firms, some in Canada, but it is important to place an order well in advance of when they are needed.

[SAILINGONE]

During the sub zero temperatures in December Kelowna "officials"looked at the long range forecast and decided they need some thermal shelters for those in camping tents.
First comes Darren Caul, the Community Safety Director, (2019) who according to his bio is skilled, an agile professional with community crime experience with a balanced approach.
The problem was according to Caul in December, they purchased some thermal tents but didn't know where they were, but they were expected to arrive for the next "cold snap in January"
Now,in January along comes Coleen Cormack, the Community Services Safety Manager She too has been watching the weather.
She notes the city has managed to secure 27 one and 2 person shelters from CARE Montreal.BUT they are still in transit.Delivery is expected sometime in January.
She said the tents were purchased by the provincial government, B.C. Housing from a maker in Czechia
Cormack said the city has begun consultations with the Lived Experience Circle on Homeless?? about a protocol to distribute the shelters (when they arrive) AND at what temperature it would kick in..
I wonder if Cormack has noticed the extended weather forecasts predict warmer than usual temperatures for most of January?, and insulated tents are manufactured by many firms, some in Canada, but it is important to place an order well in advance of when they are needed.

Thanks for the topic and comment.
That is how our social service bureaucrats, gatekeepers, profiteers and workers perform their duty.
The problem they created for their own benefit, will never go away and will only get bigger and always needs more funding, meaning more public dough for the social service payroll position holders, contractors, consultants, "NPO" and more money for the CRA to confiscation the extra cash from fewer and fewer wealth creators.

[DarbyD]

During the sub zero temperatures in December Kelowna "officials"looked at the long range forecast and decided they need some thermal shelters for those in camping tents.
First comes Darren Caul, the Community Safety Director, (2019) who according to his bio is skilled, an agile professional with community crime experience with a balanced approach.
The problem was according to Caul in December, they purchased some thermal tents but didn't know where they were, but they were expected to arrive for the next "cold snap in January"
Now,in January along comes Coleen Cormack, the Community Services Safety Manager She too has been watching the weather.
She notes the city has managed to secure 27 one and 2 person shelters from CARE Montreal.BUT they are still in transit.Delivery is expected sometime in January.
She said the tents were purchased by the provincial government, B.C. Housing from a maker in Czechia
Cormack said the city has begun consultations with the Lived Experience Circle on Homeless?? about a protocol to distribute the shelters (when they arrive) AND at what temperature it would kick in..
I wonder if Cormack has noticed the extended weather forecasts predict warmer than usual temperatures for most of January?, and insulated tents are manufactured by many firms, some in Canada, but it is important to place an order well in advance of when they are needed.

So where are the thermal tents that Caul was talking about, or are they the same that Cornock says aren't here.

They need a couple of large tents like is used for the badminton club through the winter. That way the city can maintain it and reuse it rather than handing these tents out to eventually be destroyed.

Flying by the seat of their pants. They probably wouldn't have anyone to manage these bigger thermal tents anyway to keep users from ripping them apart. Thank goodness for warmer than normal January weather but February could be different.

[BC Landlord]

Just go to a nearest MEC store and buy some of those large hunting tents. They are also made for putting a wood burning stove in there.
https://www.mec.ca/en/product/6019-969/ ... lour=White

[the truth]

During the sub zero temperatures in December Kelowna "officials"looked at the long range forecast and decided they need some thermal shelters for those in camping tents.
First comes Darren Caul, the Community Safety Director, (2019) who according to his bio is skilled, an agile professional with community crime experience with a balanced approach.
The problem was according to Caul in December, they purchased some thermal tents but didn't know where they were, but they were expected to arrive for the next "cold snap in January"
Now,in January along comes Coleen Cormack, the Community Services Safety Manager She too has been watching the weather.
She notes the city has managed to secure 27 one and 2 person shelters from CARE Montreal.BUT they are still in transit.Delivery is expected sometime in January.
She said the tents were purchased by the provincial government, B.C. Housing from a maker in Czechia
Cormack said the city has begun consultations with the Lived Experience Circle on Homeless?? about a protocol to distribute the shelters (when they arrive) AND at what temperature it would kick in..
I wonder if Cormack has noticed the extended weather forecasts predict warmer than usual temperatures for most of January?, and insulated tents are manufactured by many firms, some in Canada, but it is important to place an order well in advance of when they are needed.

So where are the thermal tents that Caul was talking about, or are they the same that Cornock says aren't here.

They need a couple of large tents like is used for the badminton club through the winter. That way the city can maintain it and reuse it rather than handing these tents out to eventually be destroyed.

Flying by the seat of their pants. They probably wouldn't have anyone to manage these bigger thermal tents anyway to keep users from ripping them apart. Thank goodness for warmer than normal January weather but February could be different.

just any other example on how the ones in charge are clueless. more wasted tax payers money

[marvin gardens]

My take on the rush to do something, like buy tents was a knee jerk reaction caused by some citizens who during the extreme cold appeared on local television news and expressed outrage that nothing was being done.
The woman whose name was not mentioned, was very vocal. Ergo, the city suddenly provides a warming bus providing by a church group..
Caul about the same time waxed on about "the tents in transit somewhere" equating the problem to those of air travellers whose flights had been cancelled. Cormack several weeks later continues the saga.
If we look at the homeless it is quite evident the city does little about the problem, and has done so for years.
The former mayor and council were quite vocal: "It is not our problem.It belongs to the provincial government"
Two individuals, businessman Rene Blanleil, and our now MLA were heard on Talk Radio Lite regularly complaining about the homeless on Leon. Merrifield claims she was terrorized to go to her office, some 5 blocks from the homeless camp, and Blanleil claimed he would have to close his cell phone store on Bernard.
Bingo...Lets move the problem to the north end of town. The homeless,moved several times, from parks to the old rail line, but restricted to motel hours, sort of "in at 6 out at 8.
Notice again, the new idea of warming tents and the bill to buy was not hatched by the boys and girls at city hall, but likely by noise from concerned citizens and a cheque from B.C. Housing.