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Community survey results prompt questions on homelessness spending and outcomes
Summary
A resident presented results from an ETC Institute community survey showing homelessness, crime and litter as top concerns and urged council to require stronger outcome data and enforcement; speakers at general comment echoed concerns about costs of cleanup and ARPA spending.
At the March 3 Columbia City Council meeting a scheduled public commenter reviewed results from a recently completed ETC Institute community survey and urged stronger outcome reporting and enforcement related to homelessness, public safety and litter.
Bonnie Steinmetz told council that 855 households were sampled in August and that satisfaction scores declined across categories compared with the previous 2019 survey. She said open‑ended responses identified homelessness, crime and litter as the top three concerns and that roughly 423 of 524 open‑ended comments addressed…
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