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DESCRIPTION:Last Council Meeting before Summer\n\n\nThe Council has been putting in 
 some hours this last month or two with budget hearing and labor 
 negotiations and a variety of other issues. At our last meeting, the 
 Council agreed to pull $150,000 from the San Lorenzo Bridge Highway 
 Widening Project, as part of a package of $700,000 in cuts from the total 
 budget. This allowed us to free up more money to pay our workers.\n\nOn the 
 consent agenda, soon after 1PM, City Staff are asking the Council to 
 support them in finding ways to keep the Paul Lee Loft and the Armory 
 Winter Shelter open. In case you haven’t heard, the Homeless Shelter lost 
 a funding source and ended up with a funding deficit so large that it 
 envisioned dropping mail service, showers and meals and important support 
 for the Armory Winter Shelter for 100 during the cold months, as well as 
 closing the Paul Lee Loft, which provides emergency funding for 50. The 
 good news is that the County has come up with around $300,000 to keep the 
 Loft, mail and showers open for at least six months. If you want the City 
 Council to encourage the staff to see how we can help, send us an email at 
 citycouncil@cityofsantacruz.com.  Of course you can also advise the Council 
 to let the Loft and other services go, but consider the possibility that 
 this would result in another 50 to 150 homeless people sleeping in our 
 parks and downtown.\n \nThen, at some time after 4 pm, the Council will 
 consider whether or not to create a small pilot project to enable paddling 
 of small boats and boards on the lower section of the San Lorenzo River. 
 The pilot project would attempt to determine what effect paddling would 
 have on wildlife on the River. Of course the debate around the pilot 
 project mirrors people’s feelings about the idea of paddling the river. 
 Some don’t see any reason to disturb wildlife, especially birds, by 
 allowing people access to the water. Others feel that humans could 
 participate with the river in a natural and positive way if we were allowed 
 to travel it under our own power. The debate is reminiscent over our 20 
 year conversation around a bike path through Arana Gulch. Are urban natural 
 areas good places for humans to interact with nature, or are they best left 
 alone for the animals that have come to inhabit them?  Come to the City 
 Council by 4 pm to listen and speak in person, or weigh in by sending an 
 email to cityofsantacruz@cityofsantacruz.com.\n \nAt 7:30 pm, come on down 
 to 809 Center Street for a joint meeting with the Council and the Water 
 Supply Advisory Committee, which is proposing some great ideas on deep 
 conservation and supply options that work to recharge natural water tables 
 and  use them as aquifers. Or, as always, you can watch the conversation on 
 Community Television.\n \nThose of us with computers can also participate 
 in an interactive civic debate on paddling, water supply and many others 
 issues at civinomics.com. Check it out.\n \nYour advocate on the City 
 Council,\nMicah Posner\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/22/18773836.php
SUMMARY:Santa Cruz City Council: Homeless Shelter, San Lorenzo River, & more!
LOCATION:Santa Cruz City Hall
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/06/22/18773836.php
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