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Wednesday presented Salt Lake City residents their final chance to influence the design and imprint of four 150-bed homeless shelters through community workshops organized by city administrators.

The city has invited suggestions in advance of hiring an architect and entering zoning and conditional use processes that may take up to a year and a half at some sites, including the controversy-ridden 653 E. Simpson Ave. location.

Many who attended the previous workshops simply suggested that the Simpson Ave. site be dropped, while others asked that it be used for homeless families.

The city has said that the four shelters will double as one-stop resource centers and look nothing like the open-air drug market outside The Road Home's 1,100-bed emergency shelter at 210 S. Rio Grande.

The public will have additional chances to comment throughout the zoning and conditional use processes.