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City administration will immediately begin the process of forming a steering committee to work on finding a location for the centre, push for government funding to help pay for operations and assemble social service community partners who wish to be engaged at the new hub.
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It is hoped either renovation of an existing vacant structure or getting a shovel in the ground if determined a new building is the best option can get underway in about a year.
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After an “unprecedented amount of work” to convert the downtown aquatic centre into a temporary emergency shelter in a matter of days, displaced homeless people began moving in on Thursday.
“This has been an incredible undertaking by all involved, and I want to congratulate everyone on the work done,” Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said of the quick reaction following COVID-19 outbreaks at the Downtown Mission and Salvation Army and a resulting order issued by the medical officer of health severely restricting the mission’s Victoria Avenue operation.
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âYouâre planning to utilize a world-class training facility to house this?â the email asked. âThisâ refers to homeless people.
No one will want to use the aquatic centre after âtheyâ have been in there, a caller said, referring to, you know, homeless people.
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âI shudder to think how expensive it will be to disinfect and repair our facility once this is over,â someone wrote on Facebook.
This is some of the blowback that Mayor Drew Dilkens and the city are fielding after announcing that the aquatic centre is being converted into a temporary emergency shelter for homeless people because the Downtown Mission is closed due to a COVID-19 outbreak.