Federation of P.E.I. Municipalities offers to step in to mediate Park Street dispute [Video]

The Federation of P.E.I. Municipalities is willing to step in as a mediator between the province and the City of Charlottetown when it comes to the future of the emergency overnight shelter and Community Outreach Centre on Park Street.

There have been heated political debates recently about whether the shelter and outreach centre should continue operating at their current location near the Hillsborough Bridge in P.E.I.’s capital. 

Last week, city council voted to reject the province’s request for a zoning change that would have let the operations stay on Park Street.

Two days later, P.E.I. Housing Minister Steven Myers said the province would use its powers under the Planning Act to set up a special zone in the area that would remove any city role in planning decisions, effectively overriding the Charlottetown council’s decision.

Mayor Philip Brown has told CBC News he would be talking to the Federation of P.E.I. Municipalities about the possibility of taking …