MINT Proposal to Fund Purchase of Parker Place by City Passes Council Vote
MINT will purchase the Parker Place Property on the Redwood Highway with funding being supplied by the City of Grants Pass following two 5 to 3 votes by the Council Wednesday night.
Council approved two resolutions authorizing a grant agreement between the City of Grants Pass and the Mobile Integrative Navigation Team, also known as MINT, first for a navigation center and shelter to address homeless issues in the amount of $460 thousand dollars for the property at 220 Redwood Highwood, and, second, at 210 Redwood Highway for approximately $200,000. Funds would come from the City’s contingency fund.
The shelter would within six months be able to house 20 people inside and provide a campground for an additional thirty tent sites with the goal to be able to accommodate 100 individuals within 18 months.
Certain conditions were placed upon MINT in a 10-year trust deed with provisions for certain performance conditions that could result in the City taking possession of the properties.