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Concord manager proposes $205,000 cleanup of Healy Park, urges enforcement and social services support
Summary
City manager asked the finance committee to fund a one-time $205,000 cleanup of homeless camps and underbrush at Healy Park, and to use the community improvement reserve to avoid raising taxes; councilors pressed for relocation plans and social-service coordination.
Concord City Manager presented a proposal to the Finance Committee on May 20 asking the council to fund a $205,000 cleanup of homeless camps at Healy Park and make recurring maintenance funding of $20,000 every other year.
The manager said the one-time $205,000 would cover removing campsite material ($90,000), cutting undergrowth ($90,000), and trail and sign work ($25,000), and recommended using the city’s Community Improvement Reserve to avoid a tax-rate impact: “I would recommend using that to offset the cost so there's no impact on the tax rate,” the City Manager said.
The request prompted questions from Councilors about how people currently living in the camps would be assisted and where…
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