I was happy to see Coun. Scott Anderson put forward a motion regarding council working on providing a proposal for Mel Arnold to take to the federal minister, Jean-Yves Duclos, regarding homeless partnership sharing.
This motion was presented at the city council meeting recently and is very timely.
Things are only going to get worse here if the situation around homeless is not proactively dealt with.
Secondly, the question to city staff regarding all of the invisible lines on the streets here by Anderson is also very timely.
There is no point in putting lines on streets that disappear very quickly and serve no preventive role after that.
Either put in lines that are durable and stay visible, or find another way to protect cyclists and pedestrians in this city.
This is not a cry in the wilderness but a reflection of what has been written in the letters section here a great deal lately.
It was nice to see Anderson put it into a request that now necessitates a timely response from the city engineers who are responsible for doing this job properly.
I await that response as I tentatively put on my reflective vest and LED flashing light and see if I can get to the other end of Bella Vista Road without getting sideswiped by some young guy in a one-ton truck with too much power and too much time on his hands to notice that I am on the paved shoulder which is no longer distinguishable from the rest of his traffic lane.
Dean Roosevelt
Vernon