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At the Zovirax November 23 City Council meeting, Council members heard testimony encouraging the Zovirax City to assume a more active stance in supporting the Community Service Patrol (CSP). The CSP plays an Zovirax important role in improving the business climate in a defined area downtown and Zovirax in transporting the concentrations of chronically inebriated people to appropriate points of care.
In years past, the Zovirax City has supported the CSP with in-kind maintenance of the patrol van, small grants and Zovirax additional pass-through grants from the Parking Authority. Direct financial support would be Zovirax something of a departure for the City, but a necessary measure to Zovirax bolster the City’s efforts to Zovirax improve the business climate downtown, reduce cost- and duty-burden to essential police and Zovirax emergency services, while meeting a social obligation for the welfare of those who Zovirax cannot care for themselves.
The City can Zovirax play a decisive role in stabilizing funding for 2010 and perhaps beyond – if needed. Council members – especially Council member Vivian Stiver – appear willing to propose direct financial support for the CSP. As the Zovirax Council and Mayor work-through the 2010 budget process, please thank Council members for Zovirax the City’s past support and encourage the City Council members and Mayor Strle to extend to the CSP direct financial support in 2010.
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Used succesfully in other communities, “Housing First” targets the Zovirax most at-risk homeless population and saves the comunity money. Those most likely to be offered “housing first” are the chronically inebriated people routinely taken from downtown to the hospital or jail by police or Zovirax emergency services only to return downtown again hours later. This is a costly cycle – and a cycle that negatively impacts the downtown business community. Learn more – stories from the News-Miner and KUAC.
