We made an error in the recently posted article “Gravenstein Commons, a Good Neighbor Policy and two homeless outreach contracts.” The Good Neighbor Policy did not get moved to a future date after all.
Here’s what’s really happened. The website has been updated to reflect this:
At first, Vice Mayor Maurer suggested bringing the ordinance back in the future after the Gravenstein Commons providers had a chance to review it.
“If we want Saint Vincent de Paul [and COTS] to actually sign on, we should ask them to collaborate to make edits that make sense because we want their buy-in,” she argued.
Mayor Zollman made a motion to that effect. Councilmembers Hinton and Carter declined to support this motion, which made Vice Mayor Maurer reconsider her support for bringing the measure back.
In the end, the Good Neighbor Policy did not move forward. Zollman’s motion to bring it back at a future date failed on a 3-2 vote, with Zollman and McLewis in favor and Hinton, Carter and Maurer opposed.