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6A | NOVEMBER 25, 2020 Shelter from A1 mattress and a door which locks from the inside. The units can also be easily unassembled and stored on a pallet when not in use. Made from aluminum and plastic composite ma- terials, the structures are resistant to rot, durable and easy to disinfect for day-to-day use. Coming in two sizes, 64 and 100 square feet, the city has 15 of the smaller units and three of the large at its disposal. Pallet Shelter prices run about $5,000 for small units and $7,500 for the larger, making the pur- chase of the units in them- selves nearly $100,000. Additional need for oth- er facilities may add anoth- er $20,000 to $30,000 to the cost, said City Manager Richard Meyers. To pay for the shelters, the city can access its Fed- eral Coronavirus Relief Fund, a sum of $328,000 which must be spent be- fore the end of the year. The Pallet Shelter project City from A1 from state or federal offi- cials which require only takeout and delivery ser- vice or limit the number of customers than can be present. The program was rati- fied under the city’s emer- gency declaration adopted on April 14 this year and is anticipated to incur only the cost of signage. In other actions, the city council voted to authorize sale of a land parcel to non- profit Community Sharing | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL would fall under the relief fund’s umbrella by offer- ing cottage-style housing as opposed to congregate housing, thus diminishing the risk of spreading the coronavirus. The city is also expect- ing assistance from Lane County, which would fully cover the capital costs to prepare the site and infra- structure. The chosen site for the shelters is a city lot behind the post office on N. 12th Street where electric, wa- ter and sewage are already connections available. When site preparation is completed, the shelters can be moved in and imme- diately opened to those in need on the next qualifying freezing night. Under the plan, the lot would be fenced off and include portable toilets, handwashing stations and canopies to protect the fa- cilities. Collaboration on the project has included input from several groups, in- cluding Beds for Freezing Nights, a nonprofit group which normally operates from Nov. 15 through March 31, providing safe, warm places for the un- sheltered to sleep when nighttime temperatures drop to 29 degrees or be- low. The challenges faced in the group’s operations and securing volunteers have been complicated due to concerns surrounding COVID-19 this year, how- ever. Local nonprofit Com- munity Sharing has taken up the operating role of the project, said Community Sharing Executive Direc- tor Mike Fleck, dubbing it the Community Sharing Warming Shelter. He add- ed that Beds for Freezing Nights will still be provid- ing support. Community Sharing is pursuing its own avenues of funding for the project through the county, with which it already has a con- tract, to pay for expendi- tures such as bedding and a staff position, said Fleck. The warming shelter project will also continue to operate with the night- time temperature thresh- old of 29 degrees or below. While some members of the community have ex- pressed concern that the site will devolve into a un- supervised homeless camp and attract more transient traffic, advocates for the Pallet Shelter project have countered that the highly structured and temporary nature of the site would prevent such things from happening. Beds for Freezing Nights Board President Ruth Li- noz pointed out in Octo- ber’s city council meeting that the group’s criterion for activation at 29 degrees or below encourages pri- ority use of Eugene’s Egan Warming Center and thus reduces the shelter-seeking traffic from outside areas. Fleck, who is also a city councilor, said he did not anticipate any monetary transaction between the city and the nonprofit, but declared a potential con- flict of interest as a precau- tion in the council’s Oct. 26 meeting. Community Sharing is still actively seeking volun- teers. Those interested in volunteering can contact the nonprofit at 541-942- 2176. for the purposes of estab- lishing a mobile shower trailer on the site. The nonprofit and the city have been working to- gether to secure the shower facility on the Community Sharing property at 1440 Birch Avenue. Upon choosing a loca- tion, it was found that the trailer would cross onto an adjacent lot owned by the city. To install the shower trailer in the preferred lo- cation, Community Shar- ing would need ownership of the parcel or an ease- ment from the city to use the land. Review of the parcel revealed that the 1,828.2 square-foot property is not needed for city purposes and does not contain city infrastructure such as wa- ter or sewer. The land also lacks frontage to a public right-of-way and an ac- cess/maintenance ease- ment allowing the city to enter the property. The parcel was thus de- clared surplus and autho- rized for sale to the non- profit. As executive director of Community Sharing, Councilor Mike Fleck de- clared an actual conflict of interest on the issue and recused himself from the discussion and vote. Under the plan, Com- munity Sharing volunteers will be operating the facili- ty, but arrival of the mobile shower is still estimated to be months out. The trailer comes with two shower/restroom com- binations and is intend- ed to be used to address various needs throughout the community, including emergency situations, fes- tivals and people without access to such facilities. 15% OFF Any service with coupon Schedule your appointment Today! 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