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Council committee debates shelter‑capacity bill and multiple operational amendments
Summary
Committee members and staff debated Council Bill 121195, which would raise capacity limits for certain transitional encampments, and considered amendments on public safety plans, good neighbor agreements, staffing ratios, security and separation distances from schools and large parks; no final committee vote was recorded.
The Land Use and Sustainability Committee on April 29 held an extended discussion of Council Bill 121195, the land‑use measure to expand capacity for certain transitional encampments (micro‑modular/tiny‑home villages and RV sites). Committee members, central staff and community witnesses debated multiple operational amendments covering public‑safety planning, good‑neighbor agreements, staffing, neighborhood partitioning and proximity to schools and parks.
Keto Freeman and Jennifer Lebrecht of council central staff reviewed a packet of proposed amendments and explained how some operational requirements mirror language the council adopted in the recent budget. Council member Foster described one amendment to require monthly public safety reporting that…
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