CITY OF CHILLIWACK | 2024 Annual Report 38 39 2024 Annual Report | CITY OF CHILLIWACK STRATEGIC GOAL #9 CONTINUED: COMMUNITY SAFETY Continue to enhance community safety through a wide range of municipal services while supporting RCMP initiatives and ICBC road safety initiatives. HOW WE WILL GET THERE WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2024 TRAFFIC EDUCATION Support road safety initiatives, working with RCMP and ICBC. Continued Safe Roads initiatives that provided motorists, pedestrians and cyclists with road safety knowledge to reduce crash statistics. Hosted the annual Chilliwack Safety Fair, sharing safety tips from community partners with hundreds of community members. A dedicated rail safety web page and regular advertising providing tips and reminders for all road users on safe rail crossing choices. Working with Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt Elementary / Middle School to build a Best Routes to School Plan. Facilitated lifting the moratorium on traffic calming and implemented a new traffic calming policy in support of slower vehicle speeds and improved road safety. Commenced the Rural Intersection Safety Study, in partnership with ICBC, to come up with local solutions to rural safety concerns. Completed review of the City’s Traffic Calming Policy, updating it to better reflect best practices found in the Provincial Active Transportation Design Guide. SAFE PUBLIC SPACES Improve the safety of parks and public spaces. Continued mobile security patrols including four patrol vehicles working overnight, and one additional two guard patrol in the downtown and Business Improvement Association area. Night patrols ensured any temporary shelters in parks were removed at the prescribed time. Applied Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles in park and public space upgrades. High visibility patrols with RCMP, Bylaw and security conducted throughout the downtown core and various commercial areas. STRATEGIC GOAL #9 CONTINUED: COMMUNITY SAFETY Continue to enhance community safety through a wide range of municipal services while supporting RCMP initiatives and ICBC road safety initiatives. HOW WE WILL GET THERE WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN 2024 ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSUES Support improved inter-agency coordination and address homelessness. Continued work with the Community Safety Governance Committee to implement the Chilliwack Community Safety Plan. Developed a Chilliwack Poverty Reduction Plan in collaboration with Chilliwack Healthier Community through engagement with the community, service providers, and people with lived experience. Continued supporting programs to address homelessness, including the Wellness Centre offering one-stop health and wellness services, overdose prevention services, and additional supports for outreach. Reaching Home contract renewed for 2024-2026 with additional renewals pending implementation of Coordinated Access. Provided CDI funding to support Ruth and Naomi’s Peer Employment Program. Received additional grant funding through Reaching Home, supporting projects operated by the following organizations to prevent and reduce homelessness: • Chilliwack and District Seniors Resource Society - Prevention and Diversion. • Salvation Army Homelessness Prevention and Diversion and Food Security. • Wilma’s Transition Society – Prevention and Diversion. • Ruth and Naomi’s – shelter bathroom renovation and 50 shelter mats. • PCRS – Wellness Centre and Indigenous Clinical and Treatment Services. • Cyrus Centre – bunk bed mats for the youth shelter. • Chilliwack and District Seniors Resource Society – Rent Supplements. • PCRS and Cyrus Centre – Coordinated Community Outreach. • PCRS – Housing Hub – Case Management Services.
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