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Two councillors who voted “no” to the Salvation Army’s controversial plan to build a new men’s homeless shelter in Vanier say they are “disappointed” by the file’s handling and the charity’s “failure to engage the community.”
The Salvation Army wants to build a 9,600-square-metre facility that includes a shelter, day programs, medical care, addiction services and administrative space. The 350-bed facility would replace the Concorde Motel on 333 Montreal Rd. beside the current Salvation Army thrift store.
After months of rancorous debate and three long days of discussion at city hall, the planning committee approved the charity’s proposal with a 6-3 vote on Friday. Councillors Tobi Nussbaum, Jeff Leiper and Riley Brockington cast the dissenting votes.
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The political hot potato is now passed to city council, which will have the final say on Wednesday.
The proposal has raised the ire of many in the Vanier community, who fear the shelter will crush any chance of Montreal Road ever reaching its full potential as a thriving, attractive traditional mainstreet and bring unsavoury behaviour to a neighbourhood many have lived in for several generations.
Nussbaum said Saturday in a lengthy statement on Twitter he wasn’t convinced as to why the facility should be exempt from existing planning rules that don’t permit shelters on traditional mainstreets.
“I am disappointed that such an important file — representing potentially the largest single investment in the city’s social sector of which I am aware — came down to a binary vote on land-use planning grounds,” he said.
Assuming council OKs the proposal, Nussbaum said he hopes the charity takes into consideration the voices of the “many passionate, engaged experts and community members to improve this proposal,” and called for a plan “more in line” with the objective of ending homelessness.
In a statement, Leiper said he took exception to the proposal because it runs counter to the city’s official plan on traditional mainstreets, and “too little heed was paid to how the development could contribute positively to the evolution of Vanier in a big-picture way.”
“By approving it,” he said, “we have failed to capitalize on an opportunity to move toward a more sustainable way to address homelessness and housing.”
Leiper also said the charity “failed to engage the community” on the proposal.
“Even among those councillors voting to approve the development, there was strong remonstrance at how the process unfolded.”
Both statements can be read in full below. No statement was released by Brockington.
Why I voted no and other thoughts on the #SalvationArmy application. pic.twitter.com/pJw8kaerC7
— Tobi Nussbaum (@tobi_nussbaum) November 18, 2017
— With files from Matthew Pearson and Jon Willing
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The Salvation Army wants to build a 9,600-square-metre facility that includes a shelter, day programs, medical care, addiction services and administrative space. The 350-bed facility would replace the Concorde Motel on 333 Montreal Rd. beside the current Salvation Army thrift store.
After months of rancorous debate and three long days of discussion at city hall, the planning committee approved the charity’s proposal with a 6-3 vote on Friday. Councillors Tobi Nussbaum, Jeff Leiper and Riley Brockington cast the dissenting votes.
Related
The political hot potato is now passed to city council, which will have the final say on Wednesday.
The proposal has raised the ire of many in the Vanier community, who fear the shelter will crush any chance of Montreal Road ever reaching its full potential as a thriving, attractive traditional mainstreet and bring unsavoury behaviour to a neighbourhood many have lived in for several generations.
Nussbaum said Saturday in a lengthy statement on Twitter he wasn’t convinced as to why the facility should be exempt from existing planning rules that don’t permit shelters on traditional mainstreets.
“I am disappointed that such an important file — representing potentially the largest single investment in the city’s social sector of which I am aware — came down to a binary vote on land-use planning grounds,” he said.
Assuming council OKs the proposal, Nussbaum said he hopes the charity takes into consideration the voices of the “many passionate, engaged experts and community members to improve this proposal,” and called for a plan “more in line” with the objective of ending homelessness.
In a statement, Leiper said he took exception to the proposal because it runs counter to the city’s official plan on traditional mainstreets, and “too little heed was paid to how the development could contribute positively to the evolution of Vanier in a big-picture way.”
“By approving it,” he said, “we have failed to capitalize on an opportunity to move toward a more sustainable way to address homelessness and housing.”
Leiper also said the charity “failed to engage the community” on the proposal.
“Even among those councillors voting to approve the development, there was strong remonstrance at how the process unfolded.”
Both statements can be read in full below. No statement was released by Brockington.
Why I voted no and other thoughts on the #SalvationArmy application. pic.twitter.com/pJw8kaerC7
— Tobi Nussbaum (@tobi_nussbaum) November 18, 2017
— With files from Matthew Pearson and Jon Willing
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