Local leaders hear operator pitch on safe‑parking model; council weighs code drafting
Rick Russell of Mountain View Community Development described vehicle‑site and micro‑shelter models, operator agreements and outcomes (Russell cited roughly 52% rehousing from his program). Councilors welcomed the information and staff said they would return with action‑plan items and options for drafting development‑code changes.
The full story
Rick Russell, executive director of Mountain View Community Development, told the council that safe parking programs combine a legal, sanitary place to park (vehicle sites) or small micro‑shelters with housing‑focused case management. “We have provided shelter for about 300 folks and our rehousing number is about 50 percent,” Russell said, adding later that “52 percent have left to permanent housing.”
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.