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A proposal for a $5.7 million “tiny home transitional village” could hold up to 200 beds for the homeless at the former site of Topeka’s tent city.
Each tiny home costs less than $5,000 and could last 20 years, said Barry Feaker, executive director of the Topeka Rescue Mission, when he presented the plan to city council Tuesday night.
The units would be around 64 square feet, have electricity and a heater and air conditioner. He said it’s too early in the process to estimate when something could be completed Tuesday was the first time he presented the full plan to city council.
John Davis said he regularly encounters sidewalks in disrepair, especially the brick sidewalks.
“Every brick in the sidewalk goes (in) a different direction,” he said. “They are treacherous to go over. You will be going on a nice sidewalk then all the sudden you hit that red brick, and it is just like going off road.”
Davis lives near the Potwin area but cycles around the city, which makes sidewalks in poor condition especially dangerous.
The city has a sidewalk repair program but only has four projects on the old process and hasn t spent any money yet this year. This prompted the Public Infrastructure Committee to change the 50/50 sidewalk repair program to a cost sharing program at its April 29 meeting.