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City of Ithaca proposes navigational hub, infrastructure work and temporary non-enforcement zone to manage unsheltered homelessness
Summary
The City of Ithaca told the county committee it plans to keep a temporary 28-acre non-enforcement camping area near Southwest Park, build a nearby navigation hub to link people to services, and make livability and public-health improvements while shelter capacity expands.
The City of Ithaca presented a draft policy and a set of recommendations on April 2 aimed at managing unsanctioned encampments and improving safety for people living outdoors. Dominic Rechio, deputy city manager, said the city is proposing a temporary non-enforcement camping area near Southwest Park and a navigation hub to connect people living outside to services and shelter options.
"This is an area where people can relocate to," Dominic Rechio said of the mapped non-enforcement zone behind Walmart, a roughly 28-acre area the city is treating as a temporary site where camping may be allowed when outreach cannot find immediate housing alternatives.
The proposal retains three response categories used in the city's encampment protocol: actively managed public land (daily-use public spaces),…
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