I think the council did the right thing...."if it ain't broke don't fix it", and from what I've read Hope Village is working as planned so it is the right thing to extent it. You can talk all day long about what's working and why but if the attitude is the homeless are lazy drug addicts who should pull themselves up by the bootstraps and get a life, those folks aren't likely to support measures to help their fellow citizens who need it. Human beings need a hand up sometimes
This council is governing. This is what they were elected to do. We can only hope that the new council members will be just as competent in their actions and come up with additional solutions as the city continues to fight homelessness. Hope Village is just one tool that’s being used to help out a segment of the homeless population. With the concerns of the citizens, their feet will be held to the fire to come up with additional programs and actions to continue to reduce homelessness and impacts to the neighborhoods and business community.
These numbers do not pencil out. I guess the meals are free. This is stating that only 4,000.00 dollars has been spent on each resident during this 12 month period?? The pud is not charging the current rate?? Someone or a group needs to audit where the money is going? Is this a situation that falls under corporate pac? So we will never know??
You must have missed the part where Andre said most of the operating costs came from state grants and will again next year. The city is NOT on the hook for $2 million.
Just to clarify here. Hope village cost just under $1.6 million to build, which the city paid for out of its construction budget. This year’s operational costs are forecast to be just under $1 million, most of which was covered by a state department of commerce grant. The city expects a renewal of that grant in 2024.
I think the council did the right thing...."if it ain't broke don't fix it", and from what I've read Hope Village is working as planned so it is the right thing to extent it. You can talk all day long about what's working and why but if the attitude is the homeless are lazy drug addicts who should pull themselves up by the bootstraps and get a life, those folks aren't likely to support measures to help their fellow citizens who need it. Human beings need a hand up sometimes
This council is governing. This is what they were elected to do. We can only hope that the new council members will be just as competent in their actions and come up with additional solutions as the city continues to fight homelessness. Hope Village is just one tool that’s being used to help out a segment of the homeless population. With the concerns of the citizens, their feet will be held to the fire to come up with additional programs and actions to continue to reduce homelessness and impacts to the neighborhoods and business community.
I'm really pleased that this decision was made for HOPE Village!
These numbers do not pencil out. I guess the meals are free. This is stating that only 4,000.00 dollars has been spent on each resident during this 12 month period?? The pud is not charging the current rate?? Someone or a group needs to audit where the money is going? Is this a situation that falls under corporate pac? So we will never know??
Unconscionable to vote against the will of the incoming council members. That’s a big middle finger to the citizens.
To put the future of the city on the hook for $2 million is incredibly poor financial management. Good riddance to those council members leaving.
You must have missed the part where Andre said most of the operating costs came from state grants and will again next year. The city is NOT on the hook for $2 million.
Just to clarify here. Hope village cost just under $1.6 million to build, which the city paid for out of its construction budget. This year’s operational costs are forecast to be just under $1 million, most of which was covered by a state department of commerce grant. The city expects a renewal of that grant in 2024.