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Resident urges alternate shelter location after high-school meeting; offers to help search
Summary
Austerville resident Sharon Harrison told the committee a proposed shelter site near schools and busy businesses is inappropriate, citing prior playground safety issues and offering to serve on a committee to find another location.
During public comment Sharon Harrison of Austerville said she attended a high-school meeting about a proposed shelter location and told the committee the site is unsuitable for a shelter. "That location is not correct for shelter," she said, describing past incidents of needles in school playgrounds and people loitering in school entryways when similar facilities were nearby.
Harrison volunteered to help search for alternative sites and to participate in a committee to evaluate options. The chair encouraged her involvement and suggested a potential voters' meeting could be used to address broader community questions raised during Zoning Board of Appeals hearings.
