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The Salvation Army isn’t going to cower from political opposition in the community where it wants to build a new shelter and support centre.
The organization sent a letter to Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury last Saturday reminding him of the consultation process that started in January 2015, when the Salvation Army apparently met with Fleury and the city to discuss the Vanier property at 333 Montreal Rd.
That’s where the Salvation Army wants to build a $50-million facility that would replace the current emergency shelter in the ByWard Market.
Salvation Army Letter to Mathieu Fleury Dated July 15 2017 by Jon Willing on Scribd
“At that time, you indicated that you were supportive of a concept where the design of a new facility did not replicate the current structure in the Market; a facility that did not resemble institutional use and had a ‘wow’ factor that the Ottawa Booth Centre does not have,” wrote Glenn van Gulik, the Salvation Army’s area public relations director.
Van Gulik goes on to mention other times that the Salvation Army has met with Fleury about the proposal.
The letter’s intent was clearly to show that Fleury wasn’t blindsided by the Salvation Army’s proposal to move the service centre to Vanier.
“In fact, as we look back at all of the meetings over the past two-and-a-half years, not only have we never been requested to engage community groups in discussion or consultation, but there was insistence by yourself and the City staff to keep this proposal for 333 Montreal Road private until the announcement on June 22nd, 2017,” van Gulik wrote in the letter.
The proposed shelter and support services centre on Montreal Road is the hottest planning file in Ottawa. The city has made an effort to highlight the development application as the window closes on public feedback. The city expects the planning committee and council will consider the application in the fall.
In Vanier, there is vocal opposition to the shelter proposal.
Fleury is caught in the middle of two communities: one that has been trying to reduce the impacts of the shelter in the ByWard Market and another that is rallying against the shelter’s move to Vanier. He represents both neighbourhoods on council.
Meanwhile, Mayor Jim Watson has thrown his support behind the Salvation Army proposal.
There appears to be no appetite at the Salvation Army to delay the application, even though Fleury has said he wants to slow it down to consult the public.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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The organization sent a letter to Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury last Saturday reminding him of the consultation process that started in January 2015, when the Salvation Army apparently met with Fleury and the city to discuss the Vanier property at 333 Montreal Rd.
That’s where the Salvation Army wants to build a $50-million facility that would replace the current emergency shelter in the ByWard Market.
Salvation Army Letter to Mathieu Fleury Dated July 15 2017 by Jon Willing on Scribd
“At that time, you indicated that you were supportive of a concept where the design of a new facility did not replicate the current structure in the Market; a facility that did not resemble institutional use and had a ‘wow’ factor that the Ottawa Booth Centre does not have,” wrote Glenn van Gulik, the Salvation Army’s area public relations director.
Van Gulik goes on to mention other times that the Salvation Army has met with Fleury about the proposal.
The letter’s intent was clearly to show that Fleury wasn’t blindsided by the Salvation Army’s proposal to move the service centre to Vanier.
“In fact, as we look back at all of the meetings over the past two-and-a-half years, not only have we never been requested to engage community groups in discussion or consultation, but there was insistence by yourself and the City staff to keep this proposal for 333 Montreal Road private until the announcement on June 22nd, 2017,” van Gulik wrote in the letter.
The proposed shelter and support services centre on Montreal Road is the hottest planning file in Ottawa. The city has made an effort to highlight the development application as the window closes on public feedback. The city expects the planning committee and council will consider the application in the fall.
In Vanier, there is vocal opposition to the shelter proposal.
Fleury is caught in the middle of two communities: one that has been trying to reduce the impacts of the shelter in the ByWard Market and another that is rallying against the shelter’s move to Vanier. He represents both neighbourhoods on council.
Meanwhile, Mayor Jim Watson has thrown his support behind the Salvation Army proposal.
There appears to be no appetite at the Salvation Army to delay the application, even though Fleury has said he wants to slow it down to consult the public.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
查看原文...
