Folsom does not move forward with proposed homeless services site
Mayor Mike Kozlowski previously asked city staff to assess if a three-acre site north of Bidwell Street could be a homelessness service facility. Folsom City Council members did not proceed with site analysis for a potential homeless services facility on a property north of Bidwell Street. The three-acre site, “Wye’s” is located between Oakdale and Forrest streets and sits roughly half of a mile south of the Historic District light rail station. While some residents expressed concern about a stationary facility attracting members of the unhoused community, others believed a mobile site could be a good idea. Initial costs to place a trailer at the Wye property were estimated around $225,000 and the monthly lease cost was estimated at $2,200 per month. Current programs to aid homeless in Folsom include nonprofits Jake's Journey Home and the Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART).
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Mayor Mike Kozlowski previously asked city staff to assess if a three-acre site north of Bidwell Street could be a homelessness service facility.
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FOLSOM, Calif. — After two and a half hours of public comment at a Folsom City Council meeting Tuesday, council members did not move forward with site analysis for a potential homeless services facility on a property north of Bidwell Street.
While not all 32 speakers said exactly the same thing, the general consensus was clear — residents do not want a homeless services trailer at the “Wye” property, a 3.1-acre site between Oakdale and Forrest streets. The site sits roughly half of a mile south of the Historic District light rail station.
“I’m willing to take the heat if I have a bad idea,” Kozlowski said on the dais three hours into Tuesday’s meeting. “I think there is some shred of a good idea buried in there. It probably is a mobile unit somewhere and not at that particular location. That’s all come through loud and clear.”
Multiple residents said they are concerned a stationary facility anywhere would draw members of the unhoused community and possible encampments to that area. However, some residents said they could be convinced to support a mobile site.
“If the proposal were viable, affordable, well-managed (and) located in a non-residential, non-historic area, I could be convinced that it’s a good idea, that it could work, that services could be brought,” said Amber Felts, a longtime resident and business owner in Folsom, during public comment.
Initial costs to place a trailer at the Wye property were estimated around $225,000, and the trailer’s monthly lease cost was estimated at $2,200 per month, the report said. Any tenant would have borne the operational costs.
Current programs to aid homeless in Folsom include nonprofits Jake’s Journey Home, a community-based volunteer organization assisting unhoused veterans, and the Homeless Assistance Resource Team (HART) of Folsom, which aims to help those experiencing homelessness in Folsom move toward self-sufficiency and greater independence.
Ämnen: Social Issues, Homelessness