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Plan Commission recommends rezoning of Rescue Mission site after heated neighborhood opposition
Summary
After extended public comment, the El Paso City Plan Commission voted to recommend rezoning 210 N. Lee St. from M-1 to C-4 to allow a group residential facility operated by the Rescue Mission of El Paso; neighborhood groups urged delay until the city's anti-displacement plan is in place.
The El Paso City Plan Commission on Feb. 12 voted to recommend that City Council rezone a 2.11-acre property at 210 North Lee Street from M-1 (light manufacturing) to C-4, clearing the way for a group residential facility proposed by the Rescue Mission of El Paso.
Blake Barrow, chief executive officer of the Rescue Mission of El Paso, told the commission the project would rehabilitate a vacant 7,400-square-foot maintenance building and add expanded sanitary facilities to serve roughly 40 people inside the building, plus adjacent shaded space and a fenced green area for families. “We can provide water and sanitary facilities to that area,” Barrow said, describing separate fenced areas to keep family services distinct from spaces for people arriving off the street.
Neighborhood speakers said the commission should not move forward without stronger citywide protections against displacement and additional guarantees about how the facility would operate. Semeli de Aslan of Familia Unidas El…
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