South End Cleanliness

That Council direct Staff to improve coordination and expand the impact of the Clean Team in the south end by: 1. Reallocating Clean Team’s time by limiting their responsibilities in parks and shifting those duties to contracted service providers and other Parks Operations Staff; 2. Engaging contractors to handle routine cleaning in parks such as Nob Hill, Deverill Square, and Knowles Park, thereby freeing approximately 15–25% of the Clean Team’s time to focus on neighbourhoods, City streets, and priority areas in the downtown and south end; 3. Using the $30,000 allocated in the 2025 budget and additional $75,000 allocated for 2026 to support the Clean Team, in addition to the $30,000 annual budget allocations to Parks, Recreation and Culture Services Department, for encampment clean-ups, to fund the contracted services; 4. In addition to park maintenance, implementing daily litter pick -up and surface sweeping throughout contracted services in Nob Hill Park, Deverill Square Park, Knowles Park and the surrounding areas of future supportive housing sites; and, 5. Deploying contractors to support the Community Safety Officers (CSOs) during large encampment clean-ups outside of the downtown and south end areas, such as Bowen Park or Beban Park, to ensure citywide coverage without diverting the Clean Team resources from core areas.