September 2019 | Vol. 5 Iss. 09
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TO SHELTER THE HOMELESS
By Bill Hardesty | B.Hardesty@mycityjournals.com
T
he public comment phase started for the conditional use permit for the 1000 West Homeless Resource Center during the regular planning commission meeting on Aug. 15. Before the public hearing part of the meeting, Christine Richman, project manager for SSL, and Jodi Hoffman, legal consultant for SSL, walked the commission through a 19-page condition document. The document had three columns. One column shows the conditions as written in May, which was version 7. Another column shows comments from Shelter the Homeless and the final column shows written conditions from August, version 10. The chart lists 24 conditions along with numerous subcategories over 106 lines. The lines are colored coded. Line items in green (19) are agreed to. Items in yellow (49) need some work but are agreed to in concept and items in red (35) are the proverbial straws that break the camel’s back. Three lines are deleted. For the meeting, Richman and Hoffman focused on the red items. As they did, they asked for permission to continue to negotiate with STH for a resolution in the next two weeks, which might prove difficult since STH and The Road Home didn’t attend the meeting. “It is very disappointing the applicant did not attend,” Commissioner George Pechmann commented. In a statement sent to the South Salt Lake Journal, Shelter the Homeless Executive Director Preston Cochrane didn’t say specifically why they didn’t attend, but said they “have identified over 20 specific conditions that must be eliminated from the proposed permit before we can even begin discussion.” Cochrane said those conditions were “communicated in
SSL Planning Commission begins the public comment phase for the HRC conditional use permit. (Bill Hardesty/City Journals)
writing” to Mayor Cherie Wood before the planning commis- Seeking a dialogue sion meeting. “Earlier we drew a line in the sand, which prevented diaDuring the public hearing section, only two individuals logue. We want to bring the line down,” Hoffman said. were in attendance and spoke. Since city staff plans to continShe often repeated the two city goals which is to have a ue refining conditions, the public hearing remained open until safe environment for the HRC residents and not have a drug the next meeting on Aug. 29. market around the HRC. Continued page 11
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