Another Dilemma for Courtenay Homeless?

Recent action by Courtenay city council to threaten to enforce Maple Pool Campground to abide by their zoning restriction of not allowing year round permanent residents, is passing the buck: the Province no longer wants to continue to pay flood victim temporary relocation costs. However, flooding is usually viewed as a condition beyond most residents' control, regardless of zoning laws. Who can reasonably predict flooding and the extent of it? First of all, for Maple Pool management, to expose residents at lower levels to be at risk of getting flooded out suggests they should bear some responsibility in the event of flooding. Do they require the residents to sign a waiver in the event of flooding or supply some kind of warning of this possibility? What of BC Hydro last winter? Did they give proper and adequate warning prior to release of water and take proactive action in coordinating that process? Not just Maple Pool was flooded. Can the shoreline of the Tsolum River be built up in the flood prone areas sufficiently to provide some prevention and who should pay for that? Are some areas of the Maple Pool campground sufficiently high enough to allow rezoning for some permanent residents but allow the lower levels to remain zoned just for temporary residents? Recent political processes suggest that local governments are interested in addressing the aspect of homelessness but the decision of Courtenay Council, by being confrontative in the way they have done, suggests the opposite. Thus, we are faced with the question: 'In this situation, who will bell the cat?' Here are some clips of last year's flood: Letter to the Editor published in The Comox Valley Record Buck Being Passed Re Maple Pool Campground The Comox Valley Echo: Passing the Buck The Comox Valley Echo Here is an item from Maple Pool Owners.