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Public commenters urge city to study homelessness costs and address downtown safety
Summary
During general public comment at the Rapid City Common Council meeting, two residents urged the city to examine the fiscal impact of homelessness and said downtown safety has deteriorated following a recent daytime homicide. No council action was taken during public comment.
Two members of the public used the general comment period to urge city action on homelessness and downtown safety.
Ben Sherman said Rapid City is experiencing a growing unhoused population and urged the council to compute how much the city is spending on related responses. "We're already spending money on the unhoused crisis whether…
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