Misting Stations - A good investment

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Mayor Goodmanson; Mary Wagner; Kimberley Guiry; Keith Yacucha; Mark Morley; Lillian Szpak; Colby Harder; Accessibility; Budget2024

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February 15, 2024 11:19:43 AM

Good Morning,

I’ve included many of you in this email because I feel it is very important that we address the needs of the residents of Langford. With regards to the budget while I am very supportive of the little libraries, the mural and most of all the community gardens we need to address the weather extremes we continue to experience and one of them is heat. Misting stations can be purchased and/or rented and I would like to suggest this is added to the budget and budgeted for this coming summer. Another line item from where funds could be pulled would be Christmas decorations.

As it relates to accessibility, heat has been the cause of a number of deaths among seniors and with research I have found that overall seniors are the age group where disabilities in Canada are the highest. However no matter what age, heat can affect anyone disabled or not. Misting stations should not be considered an amenity but a requirement.

I’ve included a link to a Victoria map which shows where misting stations are in Victoria which may help in planning where the misting stations would be located and accessible.

https://vicmap.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=388a181e13f74ed68b929c750a1462b3

The sustainability of a city includes the health and welfare of it’s all its residents.

Sincerely
P. Hamilton
Langford Resident

“We are all walking each other home”

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