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Clarification on council member's authority in shelter siting
0:54:10
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Council Member Alexa Avilés seeks clarification on the actual role and decision-making authority of city council members in shelter siting. Commissioner Molly Wasow Park provides a clear explanation of the council member's role.
- Council members are informed about shelter siting but do not have decision-making authority
- Except in rare instances where land use process is not 'as of right', council members do not have final decision over shelter siting
- Commissioner acknowledges concerns about the DOI report mentioned earlier
Alexa Avilés
0:54:10
Commissioner, I guess I've never received a solicitation request, But I have received calls when shelters are gonna be cited.
0:54:20
They've included ten hours before a shelter is actually being opened.
0:54:25
And in this case, potentially a couple of months before, which is the first time that we have ever received so much notification.
0:54:35
I guess in relation to this, this says our residents review this as we actually have a real role in the citing of the shelters, which is not true.
0:54:48
We are informed, but we don't have decision making authority.
0:54:53
For the record, can you just clarify the role of the city council member in citing of shelters?
Molly Wasow Park
0:55:00
The city council member, except in the very rare instance where the site is not as of right land use process, the city council member does not have a final decision making over a shelter siting.
0:55:15
I will note that there are a variety of concerns that we had about that DOI report.
0:55:19
That is not the only one.
Alexa Avilés
0:55:20
I'm sure I'm sure you do.