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Administration: city lacks suitable owned sites for safe camping; recommends regional approach
Summary
A preliminary city study found no suitable city-owned location for safe camping/parking and estimated high legal and operating uncertainties; mayor urged regional partnership and professional site selection.
City administration presented a preliminary feasibility analysis on safe camping and safe parking in Allentown, concluding that the city does not currently own a site that meets the report's criteria and that operating costs and legal exposure would be significant.
The report, prepared with the Allentown Health Bureau, surveyed city-owned property using criteria provided by the Regional Advisory Board and the City Commission on Homelessness (flat, deforested land proximate to services). The administration concluded that sites that appear promising from the street are often former industrial lots with contaminated soils and therefore unsuitable.
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