Our plan is to incorporate eco-friendly practices to conserve the valuable resource of water and provide a facility that the homeless community can access. We would need to obtain bond money in order to fund this project. The bond funding needed is estimated at $14,000,000 for furnishings and equipment. An estimated $10,420,000 would need to be obtained from The Water Conservation, Public Facilities, and System Modernization Bonds. Estimated cost to buy the establishment would be $850,000. We plan to use high-efficiency eco-friendly shower heads as well as high-efficiency washers to make sure that we are being the most efficient with our natural resources. The Water Authority offer rebates for washing machines with an Integrated Water Factor (IWF) of 3.0 or less. High-efficiency washers use approximately 25 gallons per load versus 40 to 50 gallons per load for older machines. The rebates received would be applied to running the facility. In addition, our facility will have a xeriscape landscape. Xeriscaping saves water and costs less by using native and other drought-tolerant plants and can significantly reduce water use.

Our plan is to have the facility open 24 hours, 7 days a week which would be more accessible and have more resources readily available. Mayor Keller is in support of a centralized shelter in Albuquerque. Some homeless advocates may not support this new shelter he proposes because it may cause others shelters to be shut down due to its opening. The facility we propose provides services that are not addressed by the shelters that are presently in operation. We plan to have some focus groups so we can listen to the concerns of the community throughout the planning and development stages of the facility. Listening to the concerns of the community is essential to equitable planning practices. There is the UNM community engagement site. This group works to foster communication between community members and train new civic minded leadership. This website and group will be a valuable resource that can help us facilitate the dialogue between locals who live near the new facility.  Living in a community that has a high presence of homelessness would feel a little invasive. In order to improve safety in the area we would manage the area consistently with security in order to protect the people near the facility.