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Assembly hears plan to fund year-round Thane shelter, staff warns enforcement and capacity challenges
Summary
City staff proposed an ordinance to appropriate about $208,000 to extend cold-weather shelter operations in Thane and outlined a path toward year-round funding that would cost roughly $1.1 million annually; staff said success would likely require stricter enforcement of dispersed camping and tightened transportation arrangements.
Deputy Manager Barr told the Committee of the Whole the ordinance in the packet would appropriate "just north of $208,000" for the remainder of fiscal 2026 to support the cold-weather shelter in Thane and that staff would seek year‑round funding in FY27. Barr estimated "a total funding cost for year-round operations of the emergency shelter at Thane would be about $1,100,000," with most of that in contractual costs and a smaller amount for facility maintenance and repairs.
Barr said the shelter operator, Saint Vincent de Paul, has proposed a…
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