To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Public Hearing
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Public Hearing on the Safe Parking - Safe Shelter Pilot Program Inland Ordinance Amendment Allowing an Extension for an Additional 24 Months (Record # LRP-2023-18813)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive and consider the staff report, open the public hearing, and accept public comment; and
2. Close the public hearing; and
3. Deliberate on the proposed ordinance extension; and
4. Adopt an ordinance amending Title III, Division 1, Chapter 4 of the Humboldt County Code to Extend the Inland Safe Parking-Safe Shelter Pilot Program (Attachment 1) (LRP-2023-18813).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The salary funding for preparing this staff report is included in the General Fund contribution to the Long-Range Planning unit (1100-282).
DISCUSSION:
This request is to extend the Safe Parking - Safe Shelter Ordinance for a period of 24 months to allow staff to make the community aware the ordinance is available and to determine whether the ordinance can be effective in providing a source of safety for those who are without permanent shelter.
On June 7, 2022, the Board held a public hearing on the Safe Parking - Safe Shelter Pilot Program Inland Ordinance, and unanimously approved the Safe Parking - Safe Shelter Pilot Program Inland Ordinance (5-0). This ordinance allows a government agency, religious institution, non-profit charitable organization, or private non-profit organization to provide homeless individuals and families living in a vehicle or outside a safe place to park or sleep at no cost while accessing services. The pilot program ordinance was set to expire 18 months from the effective date (expires January 2024), unless extended. The purpose of structuring this as a pilot program is to determine the effectiveness of the ordinance before extending or adopting it as a per...
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