 Robertson reached an agreement with Housing Minister Rich Coleman and came to a mutual decision to close one shelter and reassess another.The second controversial shelter shut down on August 5, 2009, as alternate housing was found.Later that year, Penny Ballem, the unelected city manager, notified council about a federal proposal from the Mental Health Commission of Canada to address the homeless crisis by turning the 102-room low-budget Bosman's Hotel on Howe Street near Helmcken Street into an experiment designed to see if aggressive health treatment along with housing could help the same target population.