City pauses construction of midtown city mental health clinic for public hearing | News

TUCSON (KVOA) — An update now to a prepared mental health and fitness clinic in a midtown Tucson community.

Tuesday night, News 4 Tucson shared the story about a neighbor who began a petition to quit the design of an outpatient mental clinic for city staff.

There are several upset neighbors in the Peter Howell neighborhood. They are disappointed that the town has presently began construction turning a one spouse and children residence that the city owns into an outpatient mental well being clinic.

Now Information 4 Tucson has acquired that the town has paused the project to allow neighbors to voice their concerns at a community listening to.

“It will also minimize the assets values in this space,” neighborhood resident Sonya Irey mentioned. “The house values are likely up, but if there’s additional congestion, a lot more site visitors, it’s not a silent useless-close avenue anymore, then we are all heading to experience in terms of that.”

“The city has paused the venture and we are going to allow the neighbors make their circumstance to the board of changes. I assume they shed that case 10 occasions out of 10,” Ward 6 City Councilman Steve Kozachik said. “What we are speaking about is a mental wellness counseling facility that will household two counselors in a household region for city workers only. They’re going to see a few to 5 shoppers a day.”

A date for the hearing has not however been set.

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