No Supportive Housing w/ a Wet Facility on WFN Lands in Westbank

These facilities do not help any addicts, only store them away out of the public’s eye. Terrible place for it.

I have an Imagine Laserworks business that can help people quit their addictions rather than feed their addictions. Better way to go!!

I do not support this facility at this location. Those that prey the vulnerable have no place in our community of seniors and young families.

Due to a lack of amenities & resources in the area, this is not a good placement for such a housing resource in the community.

Cougar Rd. is a completely ridiculous place to put a 'wet' supportive housing facility. Many seniors and young families live in the immediate area and there is minimal supportive amenities available in the immediate area.

The theft and break in are already almost to much to handle in this neighbourhood without adding this

Although this is needed, not in this area. Crime will go up. There are other land areas away from young eyes and seniors.

As members of this community who pay taxes and support local businesses I feel that this is a totally unacceptable location - in the heart of single family subdivisions. There are many seniors AND young families in the vicinity. Our security and peace of mind should be of importance - especially if you want supportive, growing communities to continue in westbank. Building where you are suggesting will have a VERY negative impact on the area and will likely see an exodus of the kind of people who help make this a growing, healthy community.

We feel this is a real conflict of interest. Sage creek had been marketed as a retirement community in a single family zoned area. And now the owner of Sage Creek is giving up his right to the land in question for a possible wet house?

I am against the proposed wet housing.

There is absolutely no reason to be enabling this behavior on the tax payers dime!!

Definitely not a good idea, keep our children safe

We do not support a facility that allows for "wet" rooms. The presentation I watched focused a lot on supporting those who are transitioning out of drugs and into contributing members of society, and woefully glossed over the questions on drug use, crime and safety. It was not useful to have the questions summarized and shortened. The lack of other supports needed in a residential area has been echoed by many but there does not seem to be answers to these questions/concerns. We live (not in the gated community), but very close...and again we are opposed to this type of facility at this location.

A real detriment to the neighborhood.

Wet facilities bring crime, and community degradation... Communities shouldn't have to pay for life mistakes made by junkies. If you're looking for a wet facility, you're not committed to getting better, your committed to getting high

We are opposed to this development being considered right in the middle of a residential area, seniors residency and an elementary school which is almost a crow's fly from the proposed wet housing development. We have more than enough crime already on a daily basis in our area and it increases by the day. It doesn't matter if it's on WFN land or City Land, such housing doesn't NOT belong amidst a residential/senior/school area. BC Housing and the Government should use the funding and build a rehabilitation centre where the addicted can be rehabilitated, yes, rehabilitated to get clean and be able to slowly restart their lives. The authorities should use the funding wisely and not create more addicts because, when you build, they will come. Give these people an opportunity to be rehabilitated, straighten out their lives and find a job. To feed their habits is inhumane and SO wrong in many ways, they are not being set on a road to recovery, they are being dropped deeper in to a spiral vortex, going nowhere, but destroyed. Rethink your strategy BC Housing ! Rethink your strategy Government ! Treat your people so they can get better instead of letting them down. The Government should clean up our cities by getting these people off the streets and in to a new life where they can feel they belong in society.

No .i dont want a wet house here on cougar rd. Ive seen what happened in kamloops..we allready have enough people trying our car doors here for entry..and whats going to happen to our property values?..

I fundamentally disagree with wet housing anywhere. They need rehab for abuse of drugs and alcohol. Also assistance for mental health.

We are not in favor of this development, our "gated community" already has problems from out siders. This is our retirement homes and DO NOT want this development dropped in our back yard.

While I understand the concerns of my neighbours in the Sage Creek community, I think we may be missing an opportunity here. We need to request a properly run meeting similar to what occurred earlier this month. We need to have our questions answered directly and each be given a voice at that meeting. This was not done on December 14. Our voices need to be heard - each and every one of us who wishes to express their feelings about this proposal. I am not opposed to helping to reduce homelessness in Westbank. What I am opposed to is the manner in which they are pursuing this. Potential clients of this facility would be given a great opportunity to change their lives and turn things around. This is a good thing. The issue I have is that they propose this to be a 'wet' facility - and follow a harm-reduction model for dealing with addiction. If they instead chose this to be a 'dry' facility then suddenly this becomes more palatable. If BC Housing really wanted to help people then they would indeed make this dry - abstinent - with no exceptions. A 'wet' facility is simply enabling addicts to continue their self-destruction behaviour - only now it will be officially sanctioned by the BC government. I am concerned that a wet facility will attract increased traffic to the area, mostly to deliver illicit drugs to residents. This is clearly not acceptable to the residents of this neighbourhood - or any other neighbourhood for that matter. Clearly, not a lot of thought has gone into the site selection process. No access to transit, no access to amenities. This is simply a poor location. I oppose this proposal but am willing to consider another location that has the required amenities in place. Thank you. John Spencer.