The two sides want to find a solution and get a year-round, low-barrier shelter operating by Nov. 1.
in regards to establishing a new year-round, low-barrier shelter. It passed 10-2 late Tuesday night with some amendments.
The other amendment requires criteria will be developed for interactions between shelters, surrounding neighborhoods and other institutions. The laid-on-the-table item by Rivera was what he called his “clean slate proposal.” Part of the original resolution included taking controversial locations such as the Arctic Rec Center and the Navigation Center on Tudor Road off the list of locations up for consideration as low-barrier shelters.“I don’t want to eliminate from the conversation the possibility of coming up with a workable solution at that location,” Assembly Vice Chair Chris Constant said.
“It just seems coincidental that they want to do this now and Felix wants to start over and start from zero,” Bronson said.
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