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Presenter urges commissioners to tour proposed "Bindlestick Park" shelter campus
Summary
A community presenter, who identified himself as Ronald Oliva, offered a lengthy plan for a multi-component shelter campus called Bindlestick Park — including tiny homes, arctic tents, a recycling enterprise to fund operations, job training and wraparound services — and invited commissioners to tour the site.
A member of the public identified himself as Ronald Oliva and presented an extended proposal to create "Bindlestick Park," a shelter campus adjacent to the existing resource center that would combine tiny homes, arctic tents, showers, a kitchen, chapel, dog kennels, a workshop and job-training opportunities.
"My name is Ronald Oliva... And the solution is Bindlestick Park," Oliva said, outlining a model he said blends elements of Habitat for Humanity and job-training programs. He described a recycling operation intended to generate revenue to sustain the site and said the campus would include measures for safety and sanitation, on-site Narcan and counseling, and employment opportunities for residents.
Oliva said he can host tours and that he has space for nearly three acres, workshop facilities and parking; he invited commissioners and staff to visit the site. Commissioners and staff thanked him, asked follow-up questions about substance-use responses and partnerships with service providers, and noted interest in arranging a commission tour.
