By a vote of 9-3, the Assembly voted against using $11.1 million to fund the construction of the Tudor Road and Elmore Road shelter and navigation services center.
At the meeting, some of the assembly members expressed concerns that some of the funding sources listed by the Bronson administration to construct the project would divert funding away from critical municipal services. Others questioned if it was the wisest use of funds, considering the administration still doesn’t have a plan for financing and staffing the facility’s operation.
Rivera said the Anchorage Health Department has said they will be relying primarily on non-congregate shelter this winter. “What this resolution is specifically looking at is appropriating about $2.4 million for October to December emergency cold weather shelter. Right now, we are not looking at January through April. That is something we will look at in the future,” Rivera said.
Mayor Bronson said he was present at the Assembly meeting when the vote took place on the mass homeless shelter and navigation center — just not in the Assembly chambers.
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