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Santa Fe staff push microcommunity pilot near Fire Station 7; July town hall on next sites
Summary
At the same June 3 special meeting where the governing body approved emergency shelter funding and a street‑outreach contract, city staff described plans to expand microcommunity (safe outdoor) housing with a site proposed adjacent to Fire Station 7 and pledged a public town hall on July 1 to identify a second site.
City staff told the Santa Fe Governing Body on June 3 that a planned microcommunity pilot would be developed next to Fire Station 7 and that the city manager will hold a public town hall on July 1 to seek neighborhood input on a second city‑owned site. The staff presentation described microcommunities as a near‑term approach to add family‑oriented transitional units (roughly 30–40 units, expected to yield approximately 60–70 beds) while the city develops longer‑term consolidated resource and housing options.
Henry Hammond Paul, director of Community Health and Safety, said the city’s pilot microcommunity approach builds on an existing model…
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