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SB 2 ORDINANCE <br />SERVICE PROVIDERS/STAKEHOLDERS MEETING <br />Summary of Group Discussions <br />Santa Ana City Hall <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, 2nd Floor, Room 229 <br />Wednesday, May 23, 2012 <br />2:00 p.m, to 4:00 p.m. <br />After an overview of the SB 2 Ordinance to address Emergency Shelter and Transitional <br />Housing in Santa Ana, the Santa Ana Homeless Service Providers and Organization <br />representatives participated in a smaller group discussion. Three sets of questions were <br />used to conduct two breakout groups. The following are the highlights of the <br />discussions. <br />DISCUSSION QUESTIONS/ GROUP BREAK OUT COMMENTS <br />GROUP #1 (Facilitator: Karen Haluza, Scribe: Frank Hernandez) <br />1. Homeless Shelter Locations: <br />The City's adopted Housing Element calls for the creation of an overlay in the Light <br />Industrial zone and select Commercial zones to permit Emergency Shelters by right. How <br />best can the City implement these zone changes to serve the homeless, while maintaining <br />compatibility with surrounding existing uses? <br />• Not in my backyard (NIMBY) challenges <br />• Need definition of shelters <br />• Need education to public <br />• Some may argue shelter should not appear to look like a "shelter' <br />• Waiting lines for services may be problematic <br />• Resolve operational issues <br />• Create an opportunity for the public to view the shelter <br />• City creates opportunity for shelter, non-profit provides the services <br />• Is it possible to have shelters without thresholds? <br />• Are thresholds allowed in ordinance? <br />• Difficult for Domestic Violence shelters to identify location <br />• Uncertain of actual homeless population <br />• How to address complaints from public <br />• Provide storage, open space amenities, activity rooms <br />• Potential design model—tiered system zoning based on size of property <br />I M:\WP51\SB2\Stakeholders\BmakOutNotesAllMay232012Fiiial.doe <br />