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COVID-19 updates in our community

From the website of the The City of Kitchener:

Posted On Wednesday March 25, 2020

As another step in their co-ordinated emergency response, today, the City of Kitchener, together with the Region of Waterloo and local municipalities, declared a State of Emergency in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. 

The declaration is a precaution being taken by the City of Kitchener, and its local municipal partners, which raises public awareness regarding the gravity of the current pandemic situation and gives the City more speed and flexibility to make important future decisions to protect the safety and wellbeing of residents. 

“This is an important decision for the future health and wellbeing of our entire community,” said Mayor Berry Vrbanovic. “This declaration gives our municipality a few more tools in our toolbox to respond to the spread of this virus in our community.”  

The decision to declare a State of Emergency, made by Mayor Vrbanovic, was made in consultation with Waterloo Region’s public health experts, the City’s emergency management team and members of Kitchener City Council. 

“This is not a decision I’ve taken lightly, and it is not one I’ve made on my own,” said Mayor Vrbanovic. “We’re all in this together and Kitchener remains committed to working collaboratively and co-ordinating closely with our municipal partners to not only make decisions quickly and effectively, but to co-ordinate our response so that there is consistency for residents no matter where they may live in the Region.”

As the pandemic situation continues to evolve, Kitchener has executed its pandemic plan and its emergency management team continues to respond quickly to ongoing direction from the federal and provincial governments, and Region of Waterloo public health experts. 

“Our community can be confident that their city has a robust emergency management framework and pandemic plan in place, which we are executing on quickly,” said Dan Chapman, the City’s Chief Administrative Officer and Chair of the City’s Emergency Operations Centre Management Team. “Our emergency management team continues to meet daily to understand and resolve challenges quickly and anticipate the key decisions that will need to be made in the days and weeks ahead.” 

To stay up-to-date on the City’s response to COVID-19 and any impacts on city operations, visit www.kitchener.ca/COVID19 

For more information:

Shawn Falcao
Manager, Corporate Communications
City of Kitchener
shawn.falcao@kitchener.ca 

Update on Consumption and Treatment Services in Kitchener and Waterloo Region

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From the Region of Waterloo:

Next Steps: Community Services Committee meeting of Regional Council on April 9, 2019 and Regional Council meeting on April 17, 2019

Public Heath will be presenting a report to the community services committee with recommendations for next steps as they relate to Consumption and Treatment Services in Waterloo Region.

The report will be public as of 4 p.m. on Friday April 5th and can be located on the Region’s website at https://calendar.regionofwaterloo.ca/council

The Community Services Committee meeting is a public meeting and citizens may wish to delegate to council to share their opinions or point of view on the recommendations with Councillors before a decision is made.
The Community Services Committee meets on April 9, 2019 and is usually scheduled around 1 p.m. Please consult the website listed above for the start time of the meeting, which will be available as of  4 p.m. on Friday April 5th, 2019.

On the evening of April 17th, 2019, Regional Council will consider and approve decisions made the previous week by Standing Committees of Council.

To register as a delegation for any Committee or Council meeting, to find out about meeting dates and times, or for any other assistance or guidance, please call 519-575-4400 or visit their website.

Further information

Answers to questions posed at the public consultations for candidate locations for Consumption and Treatment Services held in January and February of 2019 can be found on the Public Health website at www.regionofwaterloo.ca/ctsquestions

Public Input into Consumption and Treatment Services locations

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The Region of Waterloo is holding community consultations on the potential locations for Consumption and Treatment Services (formerly known as Supervised Consumption Services or Safe Injection Sites) in Kitchener. As you may be aware, the candidate locations in Kitchener are:

·        115 Water Street North, Kitchener
·        150 Duke Street West, Kitchener
·        105 Victoria Street North, Kitchener (vacant lot at corner of Weber and Victoria)

People who live or have businesses within 250m of an identified site will receive a letter in the mail inviting them to an invite-only consultation session held on January 30th. This is to ensure that people who are closest to a location have an opportunity to identify potential benefits, concerns, and mitigation strategies. Registration is required.

The consultation sessions are open to the public and are one way residents can share their thoughts about the candidate locations. The sessions will ask participants about benefits of the proposed locations, concerns, and ways those concerns can be mitigated. The sessions will be led by ICA Associates, a third party consultant based out of Toronto. Registration is required. Please visit www.regionofwaterloo.ca/cts to register. Click on the header “How can I be involved?” Another way to provide input is through their online survey. This survey can be accessed here.

The public consultations are scheduled for two dates:
February 5, 2019 6-9 pm (click the link to go to registration page)
February 7, 2019 6-9 pm (click the link to go to registration page)

You can also find out more information on the Public Health website at www.regionofwaterloo.ca/cts.  

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