Organizations: Ken Hetsel, Mid-Willamette Watershed Council; Steve Evans, Cherriots; Myron Jones and Dan Clem, UGM; Jeff Tross, Tross Consulting; Chris Blackburn, Downtown Storage
City and County Representatives: none
Guests: none
The regular meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 21, 2017, at the First Christian Church at 685 Marion Street NE, Salem.
The minutes of the November meeting were approved by unanimous consent.
The board heard a presentation from UGM’s CEO Dan Clem on the plans for the Men’s Mission that included conceptual drawings of the new shelter to be built several blocks north of the Mission’s current location.
In public comment, Chris Blackburn expressed several concerns about the plans to move Men’s Mission. Specifically, he was concerned whether parking would be adequate, assuming UGM were to be successful in reducing the number of required parking spaces, whether public safety would be negatively affected by further concentrating homeless services providers in the area (e.g., MWVCAA’s ARCHES Project, HOST, and HOAP) and the small size of the outdoor plaza near the west/guest entryway.
In new business, Michael Livingston's motion to issue a letter supporting the City's application for Community Development Block Grant funds to pay for ten speed humps and sidewalk improvements along the Maple-Winter Bikeway near the Oregon School for the Deaf/JGEMS passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 7:01 P.M.
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