EP1.1Implement action 8.2 of the Community Safety Plan to “Improve planning and emergency responses for vulnerable populations (e.g., warming/cooling stations, shelters and disaster response).

In 2022, Council endorsed Kelowna's first-ever Community Safety Plan (CSP). The CSP is a five-year action plan focused on proactive actions to reduce risk, vulnerability and harm in our community. One of the recommendations under housing and homelessness is to 'enhance multi-sectoral participation to improve housing / sheltering' and this action falls under that recommendation. This action acknowledges that the homeless population is particularly vulnerable to climate hazards such as extreme heat and cold and appropriate planning and response needs to be in place to minimize risk.