David Shackelford, a Collin County resident, used the public-comment period to ask the Commissioners Court to consider making county property available for a homeless shelter.

"If a piece of property was made available for a homeless shelter, there are plenty of charities in place that could pick up the rest of the cost if they had a piece of property," Shackelford said, arguing that county-owned land would enable nonprofit partners to build and operate a facility that could serve people who are unhoused and those released from county jails.

Shackelford said the Samaritan Inn is "far too restrictive" to serve the countys full homeless population and suggested that a county-provided site would deter criminal behavior, reduce violence against staff and volunteers, and allow existing jail-based education and medical services to expand to shelter residents. He also recommended county representation on any governing board for a shelter, saying, "The buck stops here."

Shackelford described several practical benefits but did not identify a specific parcel or provide cost estimates. The court took no formal action during the meeting on the request; no staff report, referral, or direction to research county property was recorded in the transcript.