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Residents urge Shelton council to reinstate homeless task force and create mitigation site
Summary
During public comment at the March 18 Shelton City Council meeting, several residents asked the council to reinstate the city's homeless task force and to plan a homeless mitigation site to provide sanitary shelter and connect people to services.
Multiple Shelton residents used the council's public-comment period on March 18 to press the council to reinstate a local homeless task force and to plan a homeless mitigation site to provide immediate shelter, sanitation and connections to services.
Alicia Otto, who opened the set of remarks, urged the council to "reinstate the homeless task force" so stakeholders including nonprofits, faith-based organizations, housing authorities, healthcare providers and residents could coordinate "evidence-based" solutions rather than short-term fixes. Otto said a mitigation site would provide a safe, sanitary place to connect unhoused people with services and reduce harms such as discarded drug paraphernalia, human waste and litter.
Tanner Opherdahl, who said he works in…
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