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Elgen council approves Wayside and PADS expansion to serve up to 118 people experiencing homelessness
Summary
The council approved a plan development and conditional use allowing Wayside Cross Ministries and PADS to expand shelter and transitional housing at 1730–1740 Berkeley Street, increasing capacity to serve as many as 118 people; the project keeps most changes interior, adds limited exterior improvements and was approved 9–0.
The City Council on June 24 approved Wayside Cross Ministries and Public Action to Deliver Shelter (PADS) to expand shelter and transitional housing operations in an existing light-industrial building at 1730–1740 Berkeley Street. Planning staff explained the proposal would combine two vacant units with existing shelter operations to provide emergency shelter and a transitional recovery program for a combined capacity of up to 118 people.
Planning staff said PADS would operate emergency-shelter services in the front ~8,100-square-foot portion of the building for up to 48 people and provide daytime services such as showers and laundry, while Wayside would use the rear ~13,000-square-foot space for a dorm-style transitional housing recovery program for up to 70 people, staffed 24 hours a day. Interior improvements will accommodate the program; exterior work includes filling some overhead doors with matching masonry, parking improvements to increase spaces from 40 to 44, and construction of a masonry refuse collection area at the rear. Planning recommended approval subject to conditions in the packet.
Council members praised the organizations and noted disappointment that a prior proposal on State Street had not closed but said this site offered a workable alternative. The city approved the plan development and conditional use 9–0.
The applicants noted potential future additions to the front and rear of the building (a roughly 600-square-foot front addition for PADS services and a 1,500-square-foot rear addition for Wayside’s donation collection and support areas) that would require additional approvals.
