MISSOULA — The City of Missoula is continuing discussions towards how to manage unhoused people sleeping on city land and public parks.
Mayor Andrea Davis presented a resolution before the Committee as a Whole on Wednesday, June 5, which recommended city council adopt ordinances that would restrict urban camping and pave the way for an authorized campsite in the future.
The resolution was sponsored by Mayor Davis and city council members Amber Sherrill, Mirtha Becerra, Gwen Jones, Mike Nugent and Stacie Anderson.
Davis and Sherrill first presented the resolution during a press conference on Tuesday.
Davis said, both at the press conference and at the committee as a whole meeting, that the resolution was the result of the Urban Camping Work Group, which met five times starting in February.
Each member of the Missoula City Council was a part of the working group.
“Its members met five times, five hours at a time, and it resulted in recommendations for council to consider as well as the private sector to contribute to solutions,” Davis said on Tuesday.
Claire Peterson
