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City preparing to close Moccasin Flats
Judge’s ruling clears the way for the end of the encampment (but with possible exceptions) COLIN SLARK Citizen Staff
CITIZEN PHOTO BY TED CLARKE
Bel Johnny, a longtime resident of Moccasin Flats, rests in his shelter on Monday, Aug. 18. Like the other people still living there, he now has to move out.
However, they will be allowed to apply to the court for an exception to the order if they feel the offered housing is not suitable to them.
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The city, Elwood ruled, is allowed to enclose the entire area with a fence, remediate the land and prevent anyone from entering the area except for the
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A BC Supreme Court justice has approved the City of Prince George’s application to close the encampment on Lower Patricia Boulevard, better known as Moccasin Flats. Justice Bruce Elwood ruled on Thursday, Aug. 14 that the city can close the area to everyone except 20 people who have been camping there since July 2. Elwood heard arguments from both the city and some of the encampment’s remaining inhabitants over three days in early July. This successful application comes after failed attempts to secure judicial permission to close the encampment in 2021 and 2022. Those 20 people will be offered housing by BC Housing, including at the nearby transitional housing site on Third Avenue, and then have seven days to leave Moccasin Flats.
remaining occupants mentioned above until they have been offered housing. In early May, the city installed gates at either end of Moccasin Flats aimed at blocking vehicles but not restricting cyclists or pedestrians. People are now prohibited from camping on the site and must remove their personal property from it. Once the last remaining person has been removed, the city has permission to dismantle and remove any structures, tents, shelters, vehicles, bicycles, shopping carts and any other personal objects in the area. The defendants in the case are ordered not to obstruct the city in its work. “In the coming weeks, the city will begin the work of closing and remediating the (Lower Patricia Boulevard encampment), in accordance with “phased approach” set out in the order of Justice Elwood,” the city’s release stated.
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