Williams Lake city staff will be working with other agencies Monday, including the RCMP, to remove a new homeless camp set up in Herb Gardner park, just below city hall.
“It’s grown exponentially and has become a safety concern,” confirmed Williams Lake CAO Gary Muraca Saturday, April 15.
Muraca said in the week or so that the tents have been there, they’ve witnessed open drug and alcohol use, public nudity and defecating in the park and around city hall itself.
“It checks every bylaw offence in the books … we can’t turn a blind eye to it.”
Last month, city council directed staff to remove a small homeless camp along the Scout Island River Trail network.
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