It was a historic moment. After 20 months of quietly pounding the pavement, senior City Hall administrator Barbara Andersen finally secured a location for a day center on the 600 block of Chapala Street where homeless people can gather and connect with a myriad of supportive services designed to help them get off the street and into more permanent housing. This Tuesday, the City Council voted unanimously to approve a lease for the property – set back deep from the sidewalk and surrounded by two properties that are likewise set back deep from the street – to the tune of $213,000 a year for three years. When the cost of services to be provided there are factored in, the total comes to $700,000 a year. Of that, 55 percent will be borne by City Hall. Perhaps more striking than the unanimity of the council vote was the absence of a single discouraging word of protest from the public. And the public discussion was not short.