If the Assembly approves the funding, the shelter is unlikely to fully open this winter.
The Assembly is scheduled to vote at its meeting Tuesday evening whether to commit about $11 million to finish the fraught project a contractor began last fall. As envisioned, the structure would house an emergency shelter for up to 200 people and navigation services on city land at Tudor and Elmore roads.
If the Assembly approves the funding plan, the facility is unlikely to fully open this winter. Separately, city officials have been working on a plan for sheltering hundreds of people without homes this winter that does not rely on this facility and also does not rely on reopening a mass shelter like the Sullivan Arena. Instead, that plan in progress uses hotels, churches and nonprofits for extra rooms and temporary beds.
Assembly members say they have a lot of unresolved questions about the Tudor and Elmore project. The company Sprung Structures still needs to provide formal documentation that its building is safe under Anchorage’s wind and snow loads. The proposed structure would be built out of aluminum supports and a durable, proprietary fabric. Also, no funding has been identified to pay for the shelter’s operation.
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