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Downtown commission recommends funding for 24-hour Oasis access on weekend nights to aid people experiencing homelessness
Summary
The Austin Downtown Commission passed a recommendation asking City Council to appropriate $75,000 annually to keep the Oasis — an outdoor service area at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless — open overnight on weekend nights, and approved a small wording amendment before the vote.
The Austin Downtown Commission voted Aug. 20 to recommend that City Council fund 24‑hour overnight access to the Oasis at the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless on weekend nights, citing the Oasis’s role as a daytime refuge and the weekend influx of visitors to the nearby entertainment district.
What the commission recommended
The written recommendation read into the record described the Oasis as a daytime outdoor refuge that provides showers, rest space and connections to services and said that Oasis users are currently required to leave at 7 p.m. The recommendation said that with…
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