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at Harbor Light Church, 4760 Thornton Ave.In 1952 the Cuyahoga River was so badly choked with oil and other pollutants that the water literally caught on fire. at Harbor Light Church, 4760 Thornton Ave. Workshops are open to the public and will be held in Fremont on the following dates: On her way out of the chambers at midnight, one woman yelled back toward the council, “Good luck at re-election.”Īugust Community Workshops on Homeless Navigation Center The council did not have the navigation center topic scheduled on its agenda, so no action was taken. Alameda County saw a 43 percent increase in that time. The number of homeless people in the city rose nearly 27 percent, from 479 in 2017, to 608 in 2019, according to the latest homeless point-in-time count, city staff said. It could open by mid-2020, officials said.Ĭouncilman Rick Jones said there’s a lot of “information and fear” being circulated, and people concerned about the center should go to those meetings to get answers from city staff, not “Nextdoor, or Facebook.”Īt the July 9 meeting, Vice Mayor Raj Salwan said, “Everybody wants to support the homeless, but not near them.”įremont has the third-largest homeless population in Alameda County, behind Oakland and Berkeley. The city will host two community workshops on the center in August where residents can ask questions of city staff, and the council could choose a final location for the center in September. The nearest public school, Warwick Elementary, is less than a mile away, and is separated from nearby homes by Decoto Road and a flood channel. There are also six bus routes within a half-mile of the site. It has “sufficient access” to food services, including a 7-Eleven about a half-mile away and two grocery stores also less than a mile away, according to city reports. The Decoto site is also about 1.3 acres, located on a nearly 10-acre city-owned surplus site, most of which is leased to Regan Nursery. Washington High is the nearest public school, and there is a private school, both less than a mile away. It is also within about a half-mile of the Fremont BART station and three bus stops, and within a quarter-mile of two grocery stores. It is about 1.3 acres, and near services such as the Fremont Family Resource Center, Alameda County Veterans Services, and Washington Hospital. The city hall site scored the highest in a staff evaluation due to its proximity to schools, food services and bus stops and transit. She also said those opposing the centers near where they live are basing their arguments on “fear, bigotry and selfishness.” They are already living on our streets and near our school property,” she said. “Fremont is a compassionate city, we need to take care of our homeless. However, Ghada Srour-Musselman, a resident who said she lives near Decoto, told the council she supports putting a homeless navigation center at both sites. Others threatened to vote council members out of office over the issue. “If you take the most basic needs away from us, then we will definitely take you to court, and file a class action lawsuit for the lost value in the homes.”. “If the city council thinks the residents of Decoto will just take this and accept this unjust decision, then you are wrong,” Jamie Zhu, a resident, said to the council. “Yes I want to help the homeless, but I oppose having a homeless navigation center in a residential area,” resident Peter Fong said to the council. Many others opposed the Decoto site, also raising concerns about their safety, and about lowering property values if the center were to be near their neighborhoods. “I don’t want my wife walking with my daughter in the downtown area and then getting mugged.” “It’s all about my family and people living around here,” he said. TJ Mai, a Fremont resident who helped organize opposition to the city hall site, said he is concerned about safety, as he thinks crime will increase wherever the center is located. After hearing from dozens of residents, they chose to further explore putting the center at a parking lot at the rear of city hall in downtown at 3300 Capitol Ave., or on surplus city property next to a plant nursery in north Fremont at 4178 Decoto Road. At a meeting last week, the council narrowed down the potential sites for the center from 11 to two.