Council softens order to limit shelter beds in Salvation Army complex

Council just wants the Salvation Army’s word that the organization will have a maximum of 140 beds in a new emergency shelter, rather than writing the measure into the land-use bylaw for the Vanier property.
The softer motion, unanimously endorsed by council, replaced a proposal by Rideau-Vanier Coun. Mathieu Fleury to write into a bylaw the maximum number of shelter beds in the Salvation Army’s complex planned for 333 Montreal Rd.
Drew Dobson, who heads up SOS Vanier.
Mayor Jim Wats