HomeMy WebLinkAbout10A - MINUTES - SPECIAL - 6-12-14MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA
JUNE 12, 2014
CALLED TO ORDER COUNCIL CHAMBER
22 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
SANTA ANA, CA
4:15 P.M.
ATTENDANCE COUNCILMEMBERS Present:
SAL TINAJERO, Mayor Pro Tern
P. DAVID BENAVIDES
MICHELE MARTINEZ
ROMAN A. REYNA
VINCENT F. SARMIENTO
COUNCILMEMBERS Absent:
MIGUEL A. PULIDO, Mayor
ANGELICA AMEZCUA
STAFF Present:
DAVID CAVAZOS, City Manager
SONIA R. CARVALHO, City Attorney
MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council
WORK STUDY SESSION
1 REVIEW OF HISTORY, POLICIES, AND OPPORTUNITIES AS IT RELATES TO
HOMELESSNESS
City Manager Cavazos provided overview of item.
1. Overview
2. City Efforts
3. Best Practices and Model Programs
4. Orange County Commission to End Homelessness
5. Next Steps and Discussion
Strategic plan Alignment
• Goal 1: Community Safety
➢ Strategy — Collaborate with government agencies and community groups
to provide resources for the homeless population
• Goal 5: Community Health Livability, Engagement & Sustainability
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➢ Strategy — Continue to implement the Emergency Shelter and Transitional
Housing Ordinance to locate facilities for homeless shelters within
Industrial Zones which meet all required development and operational
standards.
Homeless Population
POINT IN TIME COUNT
2011 2013
Orange County
6,939 4,251
Santa Ana (20% of OC total)
1,388 850
Santa Ana Unmet Homeless
1,070 532
Need
Homeless population
2013 Point in Time Survey Homeless Subpopulations
&WWFindirpe Percent Survey findirpa Percent
Chronic Hornless Individuals 28% Severely Mentally III 17%
Chronically Homeless Famties 0.4% Chronic Substance Abuse 34%
1%
veterans 18%
Fernaleveterans 1%
Source: County of Orange Point in Tire Survey, 2013
Persons with HIV /AIDS I 3%
• SAUSD - highest rate of homeless children /youth in Orange County
• 28% of 30,542 total homeless students in Orange County are enrolled in
SAUSD
Emergency solutions grant (ESG)
• Federally funded formula grant
• Provides funding to:
➢ Improve the number and qualify of emergency shelters for homelessness
individuals and families
➢ Help operate these shelters
➢ Provide essential social services to shelter residents
➢ Prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless
ESG Eligible Activities
• Street Outreach — essential services (mental health, case management, etc.)
• Emergency Shelter — renovation and operation of emergency shelter facilities
and services.
• Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re- Housing — housing relocation and
stabilization services (rental assistance, etc.)
• HMIS - Continuum of Care contributing data.
Affordable Housing
• Rental Units: 2,355
➢ An additional 146 units in the development process
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• For Sale Units: 107
➢ An additional 11 units in the development process
• Transitional and Permanent Supportive Housing Projects Developed: 4
• For 13 years, the Housing Authority has contracted with Mercy House
Transitional Living Centers to provide Vouchers for program graduates.
Homeless Evaluation Assessment Team (HEART)
• Established in November 2012
• Civic Center Patrol — officers are trained in crisis intervention
• Proactive approach to addressing homelessness in the city and having a
positive impact on the quality of life issues
• Program is designed to collaborate with Federal, State, and County Agencies,
and Non - Profit Agencies to find solutions to individual needs.
PUBLIC Safety
• Safety Concerns
➢ Visitors
➢ Community
➢ Homeless
• Increase in Police Services and Maintenance
• Sanitation
• Abandoned Property
Lost and Abandoned property
• Lost and Abandoned Property Policy complies with State and City laws
• Property is stored for 90 days and can be claimed by owner, free of charge
• Abandoned property is picked up at least 2 times per week
• Property is logged and stored
• After 90 days, any article of value $50 or more is sold under public auction
City Anti - Camping Ordinance
• August 1992- -City adopts Ordinance Prohibiting Camping or Storage of
Personal Property
• Purpose to maintain public streets and areas within the city in a clean and
accessible condition. The use of these areas for camping or storage of
personal property interferes with the rights of others to use the areas for
which they were intended.
• Unlawful for any person to camp or use camp paraphernalia in any street,
public parking or public area.
• Illegal to store personal property, including camp paraphernalia in any park,
any street or any public parking lot or public area.
Tobe vs. City of Santa Ana
• 1995 Supreme Court case that upheld the City's anti - Camping and Storage of
Personal Property Ordinance
• No violation of plaintiffs' constitutional right to travel
• Not cruel and unusual punishment (law focused on "acts'; not "status ")
• Law not subject to challenge on vagueness grounds
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• No fundamental right to camp on public property
Senate Bill 2
• Identify number of homeless persons within city /jurisdiction
• Identify at least one zone where Emergency Shelters allowed by right to meet
local homeless need
• SB 2 - Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing Ordinance (September
2013)
• Housing Element policy to facilitate Shelters and Housings for homeless
persons (January 2014)
SB2 Framework
Potential Sites: Allowed by Right in Industrial
Zoning Districts
➢ Light Industrial (M1)
Heavy Industrial (M2)
➢ Industrial Specific Developments (SD)
• Total of 995 acres
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SB2 — Types of Facilities A
• Multiservice Center for Homeless
➢ Minimum 150 beds or persons served
nightly, maximum 200 beds (only one). Open during daytime with services
• Emergency Shelter for Homeless
➢ Maximum of 30 beds, greater than 30 bed up to 150 beds with a
conditional use permit
SB2 — Salvation Army Expansion
Alteration or enlargement of an existing nonconforming shelter permitted:
• Existing minimum of 35 bed may expand to 75 beds
• Zoning Code signage, building setback, architectural standards and
landscape requirements compliance
Management and Operational Plan Standard
• Include "Best Practices"
• Security Plan/ Transportation Plan
• "Good Neighbor' Communication Plan
• Client eligibility and intake process
• Participation in OC HMIS data collection program
• Approval of Planning Manager and Chief of Police
Best Practices and Model Programs
• City Net, Anaheim Homeless Collaborative, presented by Brad Fieldhouse
Current Reality
Poverty statistics:
Nearly 1 in 5 people in So CA live in poverty
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• 15.58% of Anaheln1 residents live below Federal poverty line (family of 4 -
$44,700)
• About 52,087 people (According to US Census Bureau)
Anaheim Schools:
• Anaheim City District (1 of 7 districts in Anaheim)
• 1,410 housing unstable or homeless
Anaheim Police Department:
• 503 calls per month in 2013 - mostly "unresolved"
Point in Time Count- Anaheim Poverty Task force
• 447 in 2013
• 348 in 2014
Start with what was working:
1. 13 groups already committed to help (tip of the ice berg)
2. Anaheim PD HLO and PERT Teams
3. City Council Resolve- "Coming Home Anaheim" campaign
4. Multi service center possibility as part of countywide strategy
5. Faith -based commitments to integrate as strategic partners
6. Poverty Task Force- 15 recommendations
7. And much more ...
Not working? Isolated Impact
Collective Impact
Collaboration — Definina the Relationship
Collective Impact - Currer
Anaheim City Manager
Office
Anaheim Fire
Department
Illumination Foundation
Mercy House
Pathways of Hope
Anaheim Poverty Task
Force
State College Church
It Actors
Anaheim Community
Services Office
Salvation Army
OC Rescue Mission
Build Futures
Knott Avenue Church
OCCCO
Casa Youth Shelter
Anaheim Police
Department
County of Orange
Off the Streets
Coast to Coast
Nu Tribz
Bedrock Creek
Church of Power
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Share
Information
Share
Resources
Share
Planning
Share
Mission &
Values
Communication
X
Cooperation
X
X
Coordination
X
X
X
Covenant
X
X
X
X
Collective Impact - Currer
Anaheim City Manager
Office
Anaheim Fire
Department
Illumination Foundation
Mercy House
Pathways of Hope
Anaheim Poverty Task
Force
State College Church
It Actors
Anaheim Community
Services Office
Salvation Army
OC Rescue Mission
Build Futures
Knott Avenue Church
OCCCO
Casa Youth Shelter
Anaheim Police
Department
County of Orange
Off the Streets
Coast to Coast
Nu Tribz
Bedrock Creek
Church of Power
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of Christ
FOCUS Orange
County
Magnolia Baptist
Church
The ROCK Church
Bedrock Creek
Christ Temple
Angel Harvest
Petrocamp
Centralia School
District
Volunteers of America
OC Social Services
Sunkist Church
Oasis Church
Anaheim CRC
Zion Church
Anaheim Vineyard
Acts of Kindness
First Light Foundation
Drew & Associates
VNA Foundation
WTLC
Anaheim Union High
School District
Calvary Chapel Open
Door
Anaheim First Christian
Sa -Rang Church
Saddleback Church
City Net
Om a's Angels
OCHCA
Fullerton ACT
Giving Children Hope
211 OC
Anaheim Regional
Medical Center
Lomb of God Lutheran
Role of City Net?
1. Help frame current reality (slats, gaps, assets)
2. Lead Multi- Sector Collaborative as "neutral" convener in order to galvanize
existing parties and focus on collective impact
3. Define and drive 90 day action plans based on common agenda. Bring
execution strategy to passion. SMART goals.
4. Mobilize, integrate and provide ongoing training of faith -based community
and community volunteers
5. Project Management
Collaborative - First 180 days
180 Day Goals (Q1 -Q2 2014)
1 . 50 homeless households off streets and at least on the path to permanent
supportive housing -with surrounded core
2. 14 on -call congregation teams (HHT)
3. Fill Anaheim PD "cupboards" with 6 months of supplies (goal: $32,000)
4. Anaheim PD service calls reduced by 20%
Additional priorities:
-Secure project matching funds
-Support multi - service center /shelter
-Identify related health care costs
-Asset map homeless resources & 10 gaps
Current Update
99 Households (154 Individuals)
12 Congregations
• Anaheim PD locker secured;
Secured funding from community for monthly payments
• 13% ytd
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Goals to End Homelessness
Goal 1: Prevent homelessness to ensure that no
one in our community becomes homeless.
• 'Goat 2: Outreach to those who are homeless and at
risk of homelessness.
• Goal 3: Improve the efficacy of the emergency
shelter and access system.
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Goat 4: Make strategic improvements in the
transitional housing system.
Goal 5: Develop permanent housing options linked
to a range of supportive services.
Goal 6: Ensure that people have the right resources,
programs, and services to remain housed.
Goals to End Homelessness
Goal 7[ Improve data systems to accurately comic,
the need for housing and related services and to
Measure outcomes.
Goal D: Develop the systems and organizational
structures to provide oversight and accountability.
Goal 9: Advocate for community support, social
policy, and systemic changes necessary to succeed.
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Site Selection Criteria & Considerations
• Located In City of Santa Ana approved SB2 Zone
Approximately 20, 000 — 30,000 square foot building In
good condition with adequate parking and fenced
outdoor areas
• $3,5 Million price range forangaisition
• Accessibility to public transit
Meets environmental & regulatory requirements
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Next Steps
• Community engagement and outreach strategic
• Opportunity for Collaboration and Partnerships
Senator Lou Correa expressed continued commitment to work collaboratively to
end homelessness.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Tim Houchen, representative of Civic Center Roundtable, official speaker for the
task force, roundtable has met with reps from City Manager's office, Police Chief and
two councilmembers; concerned that task force notified of Special meeting through
County; group formed with goal to end homelessness; would like to be included in
decision making and solutions; strategic plan lacks specifics on how needs of
homeless will be met and implementation of Plan.
Brizy Mae, delegate of Civic Center Roundtable, spoke of personal necessities,
cease takings and citations; proposed use of former Orange County Transportation
Authority (OCTA) bus station, will be making formal request for use of facility.
Carl Brown, member of Civic Center Roundtable, spoke of housing program in Los
Angeles, offered in Skid Row, rental fee of $64 a month and Section 8 assistance;
permanent programs and services needed.
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• Don Haylock, homeless for past 2 years, request assistance through various
services.
• Massimo Marin, member of Civic Center Roundtable, urged City Council to sign a
Community Benefits Agreement; opined that poverty needs to be addressed to get
to root of problem with homelessness.
• Igmar Rodas, concerned with police abuse and brutality.
• Dwight Smith, spoke of basic survival needs; suggested partnership between City
and County to implement SNAP food service.
• Robin Cook, remarked that all major destinations provide facilities to homeless;
supports use of former OCTA bus station with County taking the lead.
• Madeleine Spencer, reflected on personal training and education in the field of
homelessness; opined that system is broken; access to public services important
including transitional programs, emergency shelters and multi - purpose centers.
• Linda Tang, representing the Kennedy Commission, thanked elected officials for
conferring meeting on homelessness; opined that there is a great risk of more
becoming homeless; suggested additional affordable housing opportunities near
public transportation; urged Mayor pledge to join the End Homelessness by 2015 as
proposed by Obama Administration.
• Steve McGuigan, noted that in 1990's the City Council approved housing for HIV
victims; priority for services placed at the time and now vital to allow homeless to
integrate into normal life; public safety concern in designating civic center area as
park; strong leadership needed to address and provide dignified solutions to
problem.
• Pete Katz, need to do a better job at protecting and providing services for veterans;
domestic violence is cause for many homeless residents; need organizations to
come together rather than work in silos; faith based organizations able to help.
• Cindy Avila, presented proposal on behalf of Churches for Community; proposal
includes list of services available.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilmember Reyna, thanked staff for scheduling brainstorming session; human
rights and dignity issue - need to move forward in that direction; service organizations
need to work collaboratively; course of action needed to include input from both male
and female, in recognition of each gender's unique needs and challenges; would like to
be part of the solution.
Councilmember Martinez, noted that creating permanent housing specifically for
veterans paramount, need to include in Plan; faith based and non - profit organizations to
work collaboratively; strategies that worked in the City of Anaheim to be implemented in
Santa Ana; County need to take lead in addressing regional issue; data collection at a
regional level important (health and wellness part of Strategic Plan); Police Department
implemented HEART Program that has been successful; request City review storage
options for homeless.
Councilmember Benavides, excited about the energy and commitment to address issue;
dignified housing has been created in recent years, but more needed; complex issue;
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recognized efforts by Civic Center Roundtable, Mercy House, OC Catholic Worker,
Mama Brizy, and Churches of Community; next steps will be inclusion of Request For
Proposal with the County and become part of the solution; thanked Senator Lou Correa
for support; check -in center concept appears to be attainable option, asked City
Manager to look into idea; Public Safety Council Committee to further discuss.
Councilmember Sarmiento, thanked all for attending meeting and advocates for efforts
to address issue; thanked Senator Lou Correa for commitment and Orange County
Board of Supervisors for Homeless Task Force - City Manager sits on the committee;
thanked City Manager for making priority and joining commission; believe that many are
one paycheck or illness away from bankruptcy and homelessness; suggested voucher
for meals and transportation be considered; issue is regional and should be shared
responsibilities of all.
Mayor Pro Tern Tinajero, commented on City Council paradigm shift from conservative
to inclusionary — City offers translation services, recognizes Harvey Milk Day,
community outreach meetings, and dignified and affordable housing; City adopted
Strategic Plan that serves as a guide; City Manager has experience in homelessness
and will be working with County officials to address matter.
ADJOURNED- 6:14 P.M. - The next regular meeting of the City Council is
scheduled for Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. for the Closed
Session Meeting immediately followed by the Regular Open
Business Meeting at 5:45 p.m. in the Council Chamber, 22 Civic
Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California.
Maria D. Huizar,
Clerk of the Council
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