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The group will consist not only of city officials and community service providers, but also people from the Bayside Trail encampment that has raised safety concerns.
The City Council's Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee will look for more input from community partners and staff before meeting again next week.
A City Council committee will meet next week with staff and community partners to talk about the best way to help the homeless people living in tents at the site, which the city said has given rise to health and safety concerns.