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PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS MEETING IS NOW BEING
[Citizen Homeless Commission on December 14, 2023.]
RECORDED.MY NAME IS RENITA GRIGGS, THE BOARD COORDINATOR FOR THE CITIZENS HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE NINTH.
TODAY IS THURSDAY, DECEMBER THE 14TH.
IT IS NOW 3:06 PM THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO APPOINT A CHAIR TO RESIDE OVER THE MEETING.
CAN I GET A MOTION? I MOTION THAT LINDA GARNER
UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER GARNER TO RESIDE OVER THE MEETING.
CAN I HAVE A SECOND? JIM? HOW COMMISSIONER DISTRICT FORMAL WILL SECOND.
UM, FOR THE MOTION, IS THIS A UNANIMOUS DECISION? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY AYE.
BOTH FOR COMMISSIONER LINDA GARDNER TO RESIDE OVER THE MEETING.
YOU MAY NOW ADDRESS HER AS MADAM CHAIR PRO.
UM, UH, RENITA, AS RENITA HAS STATED, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
UM, LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN POSTED IN A TIMELY MANNER, AND THIS MEETING HAS BEEN DULY CALLED.
MAY WE HAVE A ROLL, ROLL CALL.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE PRESENT.
AND JUST FOR, UH, THE RULE OF THE HOUSE, IF YOU CAN MAKE, MAINTAIN YOUR, YOUR CAMERAS ON YOUR FACE SO THAT YOU WILL BE COUNTED AS PRESENT IN THIS MEETING AT ALL TIMES.
ROLL CALL WILL BEGIN WITH, UH, DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER KEYS DISTRICT TWO.
MADAM CHAIR PRO TEM GARDNER PRESENT.
DISTRICT THREE, VICE CHAIR OWENS.
COMMISSIONER CLAPTON HALL PRESENT DISTRICT 12.
COMMISSIONER JACOB PRESENT, DISTRICT 14.
UH, DISTRICT, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UH, DISTRICT, UH, COMMISSIONER.
UM, THANK YOU STAFF FOR BEING HERE.
UM, EVERYONE JOINING US ONLINE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR.
BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN OUR MEETING AS LAST TIME AND READ THE MISSION STATEMENT AND DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHC AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS MEETING AND SOME AGENDA ITEMS TODAY.
THE CITIZENS' HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION IS AN ADVISORY BODY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CHC IS TO ASSURE PARTICI PARTICIPATION FROM AND INCLUSION OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH PAST OR PRESENT EXPERIENCE WITH HOMELESSNESS, TO DEVELOP POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT OF CITY SERVICES WITH REGIONAL SERVICES TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY, QUALITY, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMUNITY-WIDE RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS.
THE CHC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE ONE, ADVISE THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL ON ISSUES AFFECTING HOMELESSNESS.
TWO, ASSIST THE CITY IN EVALUATING THE NEW AND EXISTING PROGRAMS. THREE, COORDINATE WITH OTHER LOCAL AND REGIONAL BODIES ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
AND FOUR, PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES ASSIGNED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL.
ITEM TWO ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
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WHO WISH TO SPEAK MS. RENITA? NO MA'AM.NEXT ITEM ITEM THREE IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE CHC MEETING ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2023.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THAT VIA EMAIL AND HOPEFULLY YOU'VE HAD TIME TO REVIEW IT.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER JACOB, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
I HAD JUST SUBMITTED YESTERDAY A, UH, AN EDIT TO, UH, THE MINUTES TO, UH, MS. RENITA.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS INCLUDED REGARDING, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE, THE MOTION FROM THE NOVEMBER MEETING TO, UM, NOVEMBER HAVE YOU, UH, ACT AS CHAIR? YES, THE EDITS WERE MADE AND I HAVE SENT THOSE TO, UM, ALL COMMISSIONERS BY EMAIL THIS MORNING.
RENITA, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER JACOBS AT IT.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? WELL, WITH THAT, I, UH, EXTEND A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
WE HAVE A, UH, MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER JACOB.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.
COMMISSIONER HOUK, DISTRICT FOUR.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, AND CORRECTIONS AS, UM, STATED BY COMMISSIONER JACOB.
THOSE WHO OPPOSE A NAYYY MOTION CARRIES NEXT ITEM.
AND WE HAVE A BIG AGENDA TODAY.
SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA KEEP THIS TIGHT AND BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME.
UH, ITEM FOUR, WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE COLD WEATHER SHELTER, A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH, THE CITY OF DALLAS AND PARTNERS OPERATIONAL PLAN.
UH, WE SEE THIS, UH, EVERY SEAT EVERY WINTER SEASON.
UH, AND THEN SECOND PRESENTATION WILL BE TINY IN PALLET HOMES.
UH, WHICH COMMISSIONER IS THAT? BARKING
IS THAT DISTRICT 15? I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANIMAL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS.
AND THEN THE SECOND PRESENTATION IS THE TINY AND PALLET HOMES.
BOTH OF THESE PRESENTATIONS WILL BE PRESENTED BY OUR ESTEEMED OHS DIRECTOR, CHRISTINE CROSSLEY.
ADDITIONALLY WILL, IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE OHS AGENDA AND CONTRACT FORECAST.
IN THE INTEREST OF RESPECTING EVERYONE'S TIME BETWEEN EACH PRESENTATION WILL BE ONE ROUND OF DISCUSSION AT TWO MINUTES.
IF WE FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO GO FURTHER, UM, I'LL ADD A SECOND ROUND.
UH, DIRECTOR CROSSLEY, YOU MAY PROCEED.
UH, CHRISTINE CROSLEY, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
SO THIS ONE, I'M REALLY JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER.
THIS IS INFORMATION THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
BUT IN THE INTEREST OF, UH, REFRESHING THAT FOR THIS WINTER, WE'RE JUST GONNA GO OVER THIS AND THEN WE'LL STOP ON SLIDES AS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO HOW WE'LL GO THROUGH IT IS WE'LL TALK ABOUT EACH OF THE PHASES OF ACTIVATION, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE COMPONENTS OF THOSE, UM, AND LESSONS LEARNED IN NEXT STEPS.
I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITERATION WAS ALSO PRESENTED THIS SUMMER AT THE TEXAS HOMELESSNESS, UH, NETWORK.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THN, UM, CONFERENCE.
UH, SO WE WERE, WE WERE A LEADING PRESENTER FOR THE REST OF THE STATE IN OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER RESPONSE.
THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN.
I THINK THE ONE THAT YOU'VE GOT ON THE SCREEN IS THE ONE PREM HHS.
WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT, I MEAN, EVERYONE'S GOT THE PAPER ONE, RIGHT? I CAN JUST, I CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE ONE THAT, IF EVERYONE HAS IT IN FRONT OF THEM.
SO EVERYONE, IF YOU HAVE YOUR PRESENTATIONS FOR COLD WEATHER, SHE SHELTER IN, UH, HARD COPY, PLEASE BRING THAT OUT SO WE CAN GET STARTED.
SO FIRST, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON HISTORY.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AWARE, UM, ONE OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OVERARCHING GOALS FOR THIS, UH, PAST FISCAL YEAR, AND OF COURSE GOING FORWARD, IS TO MAKE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER RESPONSE SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENT.
UM, AND THROUGH THE, UH, UTILIZATION OF INCREASED FUNDING AND TO IDENTIFY AN EXTERNAL PROVIDER TO MANAGE ALL INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER ACTIVITIES.
SO THAT WAS OUR PAST FISCAL YEAR 2223 GOAL, UH, WHICH WAS DONE THROUGH THE IDENTIFICATION OF AUSTIN STREET.
AND WE'LL GO INTO THOSE PHASES IN A MINUTE.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THE LAST BUDGET, UM, AND THEN WAS APPROVED AGAIN, THIS YEAR IS AN INCREASED BUDGET.
SO WE HAD 1 MILLION TO SUPPORT TEMPORARY
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INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER ACTIVITIES.THIS YEAR WE HAVE, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S 2 MILLION.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LARGER BUDGET FOR THAT, AND WE'LL GO INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AND THEN TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER IS ACTIVATED BY CHAPTER 45.
UM, THESE ARE THE WEATHER TRIGGERS THAT WE HAVE.
IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE WEEDS THAN THIS, AND I CAN GO INTO THAT AS AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
UM, BUT THESE ARE THE ACTIVATION PERIOD, UH, THE ACTIVATION PERIODS AND TRIGGERS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 45, UM, WHICH WAS AMENDED TO CITY CODE THROUGH THE CITIZEN HOMELESSNESS COMMISSION IN 2020.
SO THAT ACTUALLY IS REALLY, I THINK I CREDIT AS THE FRAMEWORK THAT ALLOWED US AS THE CITY TO OFFICIALLY BACK, UM, FINANCIALLY AND, UH, STRUCTURALLY A LARGER SYSTEMS INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER PLAN.
SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT KEY PIECE OF POLICY.
AND IF WE GO TO PHASE ONE OF THREE, SO IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING ALONG, THAT'S SLIDE FOUR OR PHASES ONE THROUGH THREE, EXCUSE ME.
SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IS, UM, THE FORMER AUSTIN STREET CENTER, WHICH IS THE, UH, BUILDING ACROSS FROM THE NEW AUSTIN STREET CENTER, HAS BEEN LEASED BY THE CITY.
UM, WE LEASE IT ALL YEAR LONG SO THAT IT COULD BE TRAINING STORAGE, IT'S, IT'S WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE.
UM, BUT DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, IT IS ENHANCED SHELTERING.
SO THAT IS OUR FIRST POINT WHERE EVERYONE IS, IS DRAWN INTO.
UM, AND THEN AUSTIN STREET CENTER, AS THE LANDLORD COMES BACK TO THE BUILDING TO, UH, PROVIDE THE ENHANCED SERVICE COORDINATION, NOT ONLY THERE, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
SO WHEN WE STAND UP IN CLEMENT WEATHER, THEY DIRECT, UH, THEY DIRECT ALL OF THE LOGISTICS AND PLANNING, UM, EXCEPT FOR PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, BECAUSE THAT SITE IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEART.
WE KEEP THAT TO BE DIRECTLY OPERATED BY OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
AND THEN WE CONTRACT OUT A THIRD PARTY USUALLY ENDEAVORS TO ACTUALLY RUN THE SHELTER.
BUT LIBRARY AND CITY STAFF ARE ALWAYS ON SITE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASKED FOR IN THE, IN THIS YEAR'S INCREASED BUDGET WAS, UM, UH, BATHROOM TRAILERS FOR THAT SITE.
BECAUSE THE DOWNSTAIRS AREA HAS SMALLER BATHROOMS THAT REALLY AREN'T EQUIPPED FOR MASS SHELTERING.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN, CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR.
AND WE HAD HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE LIBRARY ON, UM, PHASE THREE IS WHEN WE GET TO MULTIPLE DAYS OF SHELTER AND HAVE MORE, UH, PEOPLE THAN WE HAVE CAPACITY.
AND THEN AUSTIN STREET SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, EACH OF THE SITES IS AT 75% CAPACITY, WE NEED TO GO TO FAIR PARK.
AND THEN THE CITY HOLDS A SHORT TERM LEASE WITH FAIR PARK FOR US TO MOVE THERE TO SHELTER FOR A SHORT NUMBER, UH, NUMBER OF DAYS AT ANY GIVEN TIME THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IT REALLY IS WHEN WE HIT THOSE WEATHER TRIGGERS.
UM, YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE THERE'S AN ASTERISK BY PHASE TWO THAT SAYS DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING HAD.
SO THE PHASES WILL STAY AS THEY ARE.
BUT BASED ON LAST YEAR'S EXPERIENCE, WHEN WE HAD MOVED FROM PHASE ONE TO PHASE TWO AND THEN THE ICE WAS SO BAD THAT EVEN IF WE NEEDED TO MOVE TO PHASE THREE, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
UM, AND WE WERE KIND OF STRUNG OUT ACROSS ALL THESE SITES.
UM, THE PLAN THIS YEAR IS TO SEE IF WE CAN AT THAT TWO OR THREE DAY MARK, INSTEAD OF MOVING TO, UM, THE LIBRARY AND THEN OTHER SMALL INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS TO REALLY MOVE DIRECTLY FROM AUSTIN STREET TO FAIR PARK AND THEN CONCENTRATE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WOULD'VE BEEN SPREAD OUT IN ONE AREA.
SO THE LIBRARY, OAK LAWN UNITED METHODIST, THE SMALLER TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS WILL STILL BE ACTIVATED AS NEEDED, BUT WE WON'T RELY ON THAT PHASE TWO AS MUCH IF WE CAN AVOID IT, WHICH ALSO CONSERVES THOSE SMALLER RESOURCES FOR WHEN THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY NEEDED.
UM, FAIR PARK HAS ALSO AGREED TO THIS AND IS WORKING DIRECTLY, DIRECTLY WITH AUSTIN STREET.
SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
SO BREAKING OUT PHASE ONE, AND I REALLY, I WENT OVER THESE, SO WE'LL JUST GO VERY QUICKLY.
AS I SAID, THIS IS THE PRIMARY TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SITE, IS, UM, THE OLD AUSTIN STREET BUILDING AND THEN OAKLAWN, UMC AND WARREN, UMC IS ANCILLARY SITES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WARREN'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE WORKING WITH US THIS YEAR.
UM, WE'RE ALSO WOR WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO HAVE A, UH, FORMALIZED, IT'S AN IAPI THINK IT'S AN INCIDENT ACTION PLAN.
UM, THAT'S A FORMAL, LIKE A, UH, EMERGENCY OFFICES HAVE A FORMALIZED PROCESS.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THIS DECK, WE'LL HAVE AN ACTUAL ONE SHEETER.
UM, AND THAT'S IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, WE LOOKING AT OTHER USES FOR THAT BUILDING.
UM, IF YOU GO TO SLIDE SIX, THESE ARE ALL THE WAYS THAT THE EXTERNAL PROVIDER ROLE, UH, COMES TO LIFE.
AND AS I SAID, IT'S ALL OF THE LOGISTICS AND PLANNING.
SO THEY ARE THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AGENCIES, VOLUNTEERS, THE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, WHICH IS, UM, US AND ANYONE ELSE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
THEY HAVE OVERSIGHT OF THE OLD AUSTIN STREET CENTER TRANSPORTATION LOGISTICS, UM, INTAKES AT THIRD PARTY LOCATIONS, WHICH IS DATA.
SO THAT'S MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS, UH, HUMAN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S DATA IS TRACKED.
UM, PLANNING AND DAY OF EVALUATION MEETINGS.
SO WE HAVE, UH, NOW WE HAVE DAY, WE HAVE BIWEEKLY MEETINGS
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AND WE HAVE SOME MONTHLY MEETINGS.THEY RUN THOSE AND STAND THEM UP.
AND THEN REPORTING TO FUNDERS, WHICH IS THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT SLIDE SEVEN, THIS IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE OLD AUSTIN STREET CENTER FACILITY.
THE REASON IT'S REALLY NICE IS BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY SET UP AS A SHELTER.
SO IT HAS THE FACILITY, UM, NECESSITIES LIKE THE BATHROOMS, THE SHOWERS, THE AV, THE SECURITY, UM, LARGE OPEN SPACES, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU REALLY NEED.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE KEEP ASKING IS, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU MOVE TO FAIR PARK, UM, TO BEGIN WITH? AND YOU DO HAVE THAT LARGE SPACE IN SOME OF THE BUILDINGS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF DOORS THAT DO NOT LOCK AND CANNOT BE LOCKED BECAUSE OF FIRE CODE.
AND SO THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SECURITY STATIONED AT ALL OF THOSE DOORS ALL THE TIME.
YOU ALSO HAVE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE LOCKED.
IT'S A LARGE CAMPUS, SO YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE SECURITY MONITORING THE WHOLE CAMPUS THE WHOLE TIME.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE BATHROOM FACILITIES ARE NOT MEANT TO HANDLE 1200 PEOPLE AT ONE TIME, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AT FAIR PARK, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER FACILITIES THEY'RE ALSO USING.
SO WE, WE USE THE SPACE AND WE MAKE IT WORK, BUT WE BRING IN A LOT OF PORTA-POTTIES, AND THE COST IS JUST A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO ON, UH, SLIDE EIGHT, AUSTIN STREET, UM, HAS CHOSEN TO SECURE A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR FOR GUEST SERVICE AND SECURITY OPERATIONS, WHICH IS, UH, OUR CALLING.
AND THIS IS THEIR STAFF RATIO.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ANIMALS ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED IN.
WE SET UP KENNELS AT ALL OF THE SHELTERS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, UH, DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD.
THERE MUST BE AT LEAST ONE HOT MEAL PER DAY.
WATER AND SNACKS ARE ALWAYS PROVIDED.
AND THEN OF COURSE, PART OF THAT DATA BREAKOUT IS DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND THEN JANITORIAL SERVICES ARE REQUIRED.
UM, WHAT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT IS ALSO REQUIRED AS SECURITY SERVICES, ESPECIALLY AT FAIR PARK.
THERE ARE CERTAIN SECURITY SERVICES THAT WE HAVE TO USE.
UM, AND SAME THING WITH AUSTIN STREET.
WE HAVE THOSE EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
AND THEN, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT ON SLIDE NINE, THESE ARE THE INTERIORS FOR WARREN UNITED METHODIST.
UM, BUT IF YOU REALLY WANNA GO SEE IT, YOU CAN VOLUNTEER THERE WHEN WE HAVE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, AND THEN YOU CAN GET A GREAT BIRD'S EYE VIEW.
UH, SLIDE 10 IS JUST ANOTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE CAPACITY OF EACH ONE OF THESE.
AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE WHAT WARREN'S CAPACITY IS TO, UM, PARTNER THIS YEAR, BUT WE'VE BEEN DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THEM AS THEY HAVE ALWAYS, UH, IN ANY CAPACITY.
SOMETHING YOU WILL SEE THAT'S REALLY NICE THAT WE, UM, WE, UH, INITIATED LAST YEAR WAS NORTH TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY PROVIDING CARE COORDINATORS.
WE DO HAVE A GAP IN THIS SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WHERE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT NEED TO BE AT THE HOSPITALS, BUT ALSO ARE NOT ABLE TO SELF CARE, UH, WHETHER IT'S MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH IN A WAY THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR A TEMPORARY SHELTER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A CHURCH OR A PROVIDER THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY TRAINING ON ACUTE CARE.
UM, SO WE TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO REALLY NEED ACUTE CARE CAN GO TO AUSTIN STREET WHERE THEY DO HAVE SHORT-TERM RESPITE, BUT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, WE HAVE THOSE CARE COORDINATORS ON SITE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE THAT ENDS UP AT THE SHELTER AND STARTS DECOMPENSATING, OR IT'S VERY CLEAR THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF THEIR WHEELCHAIR TO EVEN GO TO THE BATHROOM BY THEMSELVES, WHATEVER IT IS, THAT THERE'S A CARE COORDINATOR WHO CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT RESOURCE.
UM, THAT LARGER GAP IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR WHITE HOUSE LIAISON EMBEDDED.
WE'RE HAVING NATIONAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AMBULATE WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, ON THE GROUND, THAT'S JUST A GAP THAT IS, IS NOT ANY PARTICULAR HOSPITAL OR ORGANIZATION'S FAULT.
WE JUST ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND, AND, UM, TROUBLESHOOT IT.
AND RIGHT NOW THE RESPONSE IS THAT NIPA CARE COORDINATOR.
SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
IF WE GO TO SLIDE 11, WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT TRANSPORTATION.
THIS IS ALSO UNDER AUSTIN STREET.
UH, YOU GUYS WILL REMEMBER, OR, UH, QUITE A FEW OF YOU WILL, THAT, UM, OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS STARTED THE DALLAS CONNECTOR MANY YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, THEN CITY SQUARE TOOK OVER, AND THEN WE HAD A, A FINAL YEAR OF GRANT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO ROLL IT OFF TO, UM, BE FULLY OWNED AND OPERATED BY A NONPROFIT PROVIDER, WHICH WAS ALWAYS THE INTENT.
AND AUSTIN STREET WON THAT AWARD.
THEY NOW ALSO PARTNER WITH DART AND DART HELPS FUND THEM, SO THAT'S GREAT.
UM, WE HAD SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THIS YEAR THROUGH DART THAT WENT TO THEM.
UM, AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS THAT THE DALLAS CONNECTOR IS ALWAYS, UM, FREE TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNSHELTERED TO KEY LOCATIONS WITH CASE MANAGERS, UM, ON THE CONNECTOR WHO ARE ALWAYS DOING DEMOGRAPHICS AND TAKING, TAKING DATA AS THEY GO.
SO DURING COLD WEATHER THAT IS TURNED INTO EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION, UM, WITH THREE PICKUP ZONES AND MULTIPLE DROP IN PICKUP SITES WITHIN THAT.
I'M SURE THOSE WILL BE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR.
I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HOSPITALS THIS SUMMER ABOUT ADDING OR TWEAKING THEIR ZONES TO BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER, UM, TO THEIR PRACTICAL PICKUP AND DROP OFF SITES.
WE ALSO HAVE DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, UM, AND O-H-S-O-H-S
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USES THEIR VANS TO DO PICKUPS TILL 10:00 PM AND THEN BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SHIFT WORKERS AND WE NEED PEOPLE THERE THE NEXT DAY, THEY SHUT DOWN FOR THE NIGHT.UM, AND IT WAS DALLAS FIRE RESCUE GOING AROUND DOING PICKUPS OVERNIGHT WITH AN AMBULANCE, WHICH IS NOT AS EFFICIENT.
SO THIS YEAR THEY'RE ACTUALLY JUST GONNA BE USING OUR VANS TO GO AND KEEP DOING PICKUPS.
PHASE TWO, AS I SAID, THIS IS WHEN OLD AUSTIN, WHEN THE OLD AUSTIN STREET BUILDING REACHES, UH, 75% CAPACITY.
WE WILL OPEN THE LIBRARY AND THERE'S AN ASTERISK THERE.
UH, AS I SAID, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THE PHASES WILL SHIFT AND HOPEFULLY PHASE TWO WILL BE USED A LITTLE BIT LESS.
UM, AND WE'LL REALLY BE JUST FOCUSING ON THE OLD AUSTIN STREET BUILDING AND FAIR PARK.
YOU LOOK AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, UM, AND AGAIN, A REITERATION OF A, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, MEDICS ON SITE IS NEEDED KENNELS AND FOOD PROVIDED CARE COORDINATOR THERE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY, AND IT'S VERY COOL, UM, TWO YEARS AGO, THE DIRECTOR FOR THE LIBRARY, JOE
SO NOW WHEN WE NEED TO, WE CAN JUST HAVE THEM ALL MOVE BACK VERY, VERY QUICKLY TO THE BACK IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THE BOOKS AND PROTECTS PEOPLE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN REALLY COOL AND IT'S FREED UP A LOT OF SPACE.
SO THEY'RE FANTASTIC PARTNERS.
UM, WHEN WE GO TO PHASE THREE ON THE NEXT SITE, ON THE NEXT PAGE, SLIDE 14, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S WHEN THE EXISTING SITES THAT HAVE BEEN STOOD UP REACHED 75% CAPACITY.
AND WE HAVE THAT SH UM, SHORT TERM USAGE AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
AND IF WE GO TO SLIDE 15, THIS IS CAPACITY BY SITE.
UH, AGAIN, NOT SURE IF WARREN'S GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH US THIS YEAR, BUT THIS IS THE ANTICIPATED, UM, ANTICIPATED CAPACITY AT EACH SITE.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE REALLY JUMPING FROM ABOUT 800 TO 1200 WHEN WE HIT THAT 25% CAPACITY IN PHASE TWO AND NEED TO GO TO FAIR PARK.
UM, IF WE ARE TAKING OUT THE, UH, TEMPORARY LOCATIONS OF THE LIBRARY WARREN IN OAK LAWN, THEN WE'RE JUMPING FROM FOUR 50 TO ABOUT A THOUSAND.
AND I'LL SAY, YOU REALLY GET THAT ON DAY TWO AND DAY THREE.
DAY ONE, YOU DON'T GET THAT MANY PEOPLE COMING IN.
AND IF THE WEATHER CONTINUES, THEN PEOPLE START TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY AND THE INFLOW INCREASES DRAMATICALLY OVER DAYS TWO AND THREE.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHEN YOU WOULD GET A GOOD SENSE OF DO YOU NEED TO MOVE TO FAIR PARK OR NOT.
SLIDE 16, UM, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THIS IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WELL, ONE THING I I DIDN'T MENTION IS THE, UH, DART ALSO SENDS OUT MASS COMMUNICATIONS RE UH, REGARDING CLOSURES IN TERMS OF IF IT'S GETTING REALLY BAD, THEN OBVIOUSLY THE, UM, RAIL SYSTEM CAN'T RUN.
THEY TRY AND KEEP THEM OPEN AS LONG AS THEY CAN.
UM, SO THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY GREAT ABOUT BEING ON THE SAME GROUP.
THE REST OF US ARE ON AND COMMUNICATING ABOUT WHAT'S OPEN AND WHAT'S NOT, SO THAT WE CAN MANAGE EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS.
UH, SLIDE 17, THE COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE FOR ALL OF THIS.
SO THE WAY THAT INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER, TEMPORARY, INTIMATE WEATHER SHELTER CAN, EXCUSE ME, GETS ACTIVATED, UM, IS I HAVE OUR STREET OUTREACH TEAM HAS, UH, ONE POINT PERSON WHO IS THE INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER AND OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LIAISON FOR ALL OF THIS.
SO WHEN IT'S ACTIVATED AND EVERYONE'S DOWN IN THE COMMAND CENTER IN THE BASEMENT TAKING DAILY CALLS, MEETING WITH EACH OTHER, UM, THAT PERSON IS THERE.
AND SO THEY HAVE, UH, THEY HAVE FOLKS MONITORING THE WEATHER YEAR ROUND, AND WHEN THEY THINK IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO, UH, TRIGGER OUR, UM, TRIGGER OUR INCLEMENT WEATHER MEASURES, THEN I GET AN EMAIL SAYING, HEY, WE THINK THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN.
AND THEN I AND THE EXTERNAL PARTNER BOTH LOOK AT IT, WE DECIDE, YOU KNOW, YES, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE INFORM THE REST OF THE GROUP SO THAT THEY CAN GET MOVING.
UM, AND THEN THAT ACTIVATION IS FORMALLY DONE AND THERE IS A PRESS RELEASE THAT GETS PREPPED AT, UM, I THINK IT'S NOON, THE NOON THE PREVIOUS DAY TO GO OUT AT 4:00 AM.
UM, AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE, WE NEED AS MUCH TIME AS WE CAN TO PREP, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO GET THE DECLARATION AS CLOSE TO THE DAY AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE DALLAS WEATHER IS TRICKY.
IT CAN CHANGE IN A MATTER OF HOURS.
AND SO WE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO, UM, GET EVERYBODY MOBILIZED AND THEN PULL IT BACK BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS WHO NEED THAT ACTIVATION MEMO.
SO IT GOES OUT THE NEXT MORNING VERY, VERY EARLY.
AND THEN EVERYBODY, UM, IS, EVERYBODY IS READY TO TAKE PEOPLE IN BY, SOMETIMES IT'S NOON, IT'S USUALLY FOUR O'CLOCK THAT DAY, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE WEATHER.
UM, AND THEN THAT PRESS RELEASE ALLOWS FOR THE REST OF THE PROCESSES TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN, WHICH MEANS THAT WE CAN OFFICIALLY BE BILLED FOR THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU SEE LANDLORD OPERATIONS, UM, OHS OUTREACH, WE OPERATE THE LIBRARY IF NEEDED, DALLAS FIRE RESCUES HELPING.
AND THEN STEP THREE IS THAT PHASE THREE WHEN WE MOVE TO FAIR PARK.
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COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE.I THINK THIS REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF.
WE HAVE, UM, REALLY, REALLY DEVELOPED AND SOLIDIFIED THIS INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE YEARS BASED ON A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE HAD, UM, AROUND NEEDING NOT ONLY INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE THAT'S READILY ACCESSIBLE, WHETHER YOU ARE LITERATE OR NOT, WHETHER YOU SPEAK ENGLISH OR SPANISH OR VIETNAMESE, UM, OR ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, ALSO HAVING ACCESSIBLE COLD WEATHER KITS ACROSS THE CITY FOR PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO GO INSIDE TO TRY AND KEEP THEM, UH, KEEP THEM ALIVE.
HAVING AN, UH, EMERGENCY NUMBER THAT YOU CAN CALL TEXT ALERTS, UH, THAT GO OUT TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, EMAIL ALERTS THAT GO OUT TO ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, UM, DONATION AND VOLUNTEER INQUIRIES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, YOU MIGHT NOTE IS WE JUST HAD OUR KICKOFF EVENT, OUR VOLUNTEER DRIVE THIS PAST MONDAY AT THE SMOKEY ROSE, LED BY HONORARY CHAIR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER PAULA BLACKMAN FOR DISTRICT SEVEN, NINE, SE SEVEN, DISTRICT NINE.
AND SHE'S GONNA, SHE'S GONNA, I, SHE'S GONNA GIMME A HARD TIME ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, NOT ENOUGH COFFEE.
ANYWAY, UM,
UM, IT WAS ALSO A, A COAT DRIVE.
WE GOT OVER 500 COATS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING, UM, AND A LOT OF THOSE VOLUNTEERS, WE'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'LL NEED PEOPLE DURING COLD WEATHER, WHETHER IT'S PICKING UP WATER AND DRIVING IT TO DIFFERENT SITES OR BEING THAT SECOND OR THIRD WAVE OF VOLUNTEERS.
UM, LOTS OF, UH, LOTS OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT DIVISION, UH, OFFICIALLY STOOD UP.
AND, UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT INFORMATION.
SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MORE INFO FOR PEOPLE, UM, IN WAYS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE.
WE'RE HANDING OUT CARDS ALL YEAR LONG THAT HAVE A QR CODE AND A NUMBER AND A URL ON THEM TO GET BACK TO OUR WEBSITE, WHICH DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER HAS A BRIGHT RED BANNER ACROSS THE TOP TELLING YOU WHERE TO GO.
UM, AND THAT INCLEMENT WEATHER IS INDEED ACTIVATED.
AND THEN IF WE GO TO SLIDE 19, UM, THIS IS JUST BEST PRACTICE IN DALLAS COUNTY GUIDANCE.
OBVIOUSLY, UH, DURING COVID WE HAD VERY DIFFERENT RULES.
RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF HAND HYGIENE, WASHING YOUR HANDS, HAND SANITIZER, UH, GLOVES, MASKS, AND EYEWEAR AS NEEDED.
SO WE ARE BACK TO REGULAR IN TERMS OF, OF ALL OF THAT.
UM, OF COURSE, IF ANYONE DOES TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S CONTAGIOUS, THEN WE ARE READY TO TAKE THEM, UM, OVER TO, UH, AN ISOLATED SITE.
AND IF WE GO TO SLIDE 20 OH, THANK YOU.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE IT UP, WE'LL KEEP IT UP DURING DISCUSSION.
SO WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO ANY SLIDE PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ON, UM, OUR METRICS NOW THAT WE ARE DONE.
UH, NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE THROUGH A THIRD PARTY AND EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME HMIS SYSTEM, UM, WE HAVE MOVED FROM HAVING MASS NUMBERS WHERE IT'S, WE THINK IT'S THIS MANY UNIQUE BEDS PER NIGHT, UM, OR THIS MANY PEOPLE, EXCUSE ME, SERVED TOTAL.
WE CAN SAY, WE THINK WE HAVE THIS MANY UNIQUE BEDS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, OR THIS MANY SERVED, AND HERE'S THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN.
SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT MORE SOPHISTICATED IN OUR DATA, UM, WHICH WILL ALSO REALLY HELP US REALIZE WHO WE'RE REACHING AND WHY.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY PEOPLE WE NEED TO REACH THAT WE ARE NOT.
UM, OF COURSE, WHETHER I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CONDITIONS AND THE ZIP CODE TIME OF YEAR IS ANNUALLY, BECAUSE IF WE TRIED TO PUT BOUNDARIES ON IT, TEXAS WOULD DECIDE WE NEED DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES THE NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, PRIOR IMPLEMENT WEATHER SEASONS ONLY TRIGGERED COLD WEATHER BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN EXTREME SUMMER, UH, HEAT OR HOT WEATHER.
WE ACTUALLY USED OUR HOT WEATHER MEASURES FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS PAST SUMMER.
UM, SOMETHING THAT THAT LOOKS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THOUGH, IS WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING THAT'S OFFERED.
AND DURING, DURING THE WEEK AND ON SATURDAYS, UM, A BEVY OF CITY SITES ARE OPEN ACROSS THE CITY PARKS AND RECS OFFICIAL BUILDINGS.
UM, LOTS OF PLACES ARE OPEN AND USES COOLING CENTERS.
UM, SO REALLY THE TIME THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE SERVICE THAT COULD BE, THAT WOULD BE NEEDED WAS ON SUNDAYS.
AND SO HE SAID, OKAY, IF IT REACHES 105 IN THE HEAT INDEX OR TEMPERATURE, UM, THEN WE WILL OPEN THE OLD AUSTIN STREET BUILDING AND A REC CENTER IN EVERY DISTRICT.
AND PARKS AND REC IS VERY HELPFUL WITH THAT.
UM, AND SO WITH 48 HOURS NOTICE, WE COULD DO THAT.
AND WE HAD PROBABLY TWO MONTHS STRAIGHT WHERE EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY WE HAD THOSE OPEN.
UM, AND WE SAID, OKAY, WELL LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT PUT A TON OF MONEY INTO THIS YET IF IT'S NOT NEEDED.
SO LET'S DO THIS FIRST, SEE WHAT HAPPENS, AND THEN WE'LL RAMP UP THE RESPONSES WE NEED TO.
WHAT WE FOUND IS VERY FEW PEOPLE TOOK US UP ON THIS.
UM, NO MATTER HOW MUCH MARKETING WE DID AND HOW MUCH TALKING WE DID, PEOPLE WHEN IT'S HOT, REALLY DON'T SEE THE NEED.
I THINK TO GO INTO HOT WEATHER SHELTERS, WE MIGHT'VE HAD FIVE AT THE MOST AT THE OLD AUSTIN STREET BUILDING ON, YOU KNOW, ON, ON A GIVEN DAY.
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UM, AND I, FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN, IT'S JUST, I THINK IT'S NOT AS VISIBLE OF A DANGER AS COLD WEATHER IS, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO PASS AWAY OR PASS OUT DURING HOT WEATHER.AND SO WHERE WE HAVE DECIDED THE BEST FOCUS IS, IS ON GETTING OUT INTO THOSE, UH, INTO THOSE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AND GIVING THEM THINGS TO STAY HYDRATED IN WAYS TO COOL OFF, UM, WHILE WE ARE TRYING TO GIVE THEM SERVICES.
AND I MEAN, SOME OF THAT IS, AND I THINK I'VE TOLD MOST OF YOU, WE HAD ONE CASE WHERE, UM, THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS REFUSING TO GO TO COLD WEATHER SHELTER AND AS HE WALKED AWAY, OR HOT WEATHER SHELTER, AND AS HE WALKED AWAY, HE PASSED OUT FROM THE HEAT, HIT HIS HEAD ON A ROCK, AND ENDED UP NEEDING TO GO BE TREATED BY EMS ANYWAY, SO HE STILL GOT AIR CONDITIONING, UM, BUT HE DIDN'T THINK HE NEEDED IT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE, ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT.
UM, BUT WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT HOT WEATHER SHELTER IS ALSO NEEDED.
UM, AND SOMETIMES FOR FOLKS THAT JUST MEANS LONGER LOBBY HOURS AS WELL.
UM, WE WOULD TRIGGER OVERNIGHT SHELTER IF IT WAS EVER ABOVE 90 AT NIGHT, BUT THAT HAS YET TO HAPPEN.
UM, AS CRAZY AS THIS SUMMER WAS, IT WAS NEVER OVER 90 DEGREES AT NIGHT.
UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, A SUITE OF SERVICES TO BE OFFERED TO ALL TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER VOLUNTEERS.
SO WE WANNA BE ABLE TO COVER MEALS, COTS, START BUS PASSES, ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS FOR ANYONE WHO HELPS OUT.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO NOW WITH THE INCREASED FUNDING, UH, THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED EVOLUTION OF THE HMIS SYSTEM.
AS I SAID, UM, HOUSING FORWARD IS LEADING THAT CHARGE ACROSS THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.
UM, BECAUSE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS SO SOPHISTICATED, THEY'RE ACTUALLY REALLY FOCUSING MORE ON THE COLLIN COUNTY SIDE AND OTHER CITIES IN DALLAS.
UM, AND THEY'RE HERE WHEN WE NEED THEM, BUT ACTUALLY WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL THROUGH, UH, THROUGH AUSTIN STREET ON OUR OWN EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, UM, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OPTIONS FOR THOSE WHO REFUSE SERVICE AND THAT WE HAVE AS MANY POINTS OF CONTACT AND REMOVE AS MANY BARRIERS FROM THAT AS WE CAN.
SAME WITH TRANSPORTATION, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DARK PASSES FOR PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN LEAVE AND GO BACK ORGANICALLY INSTEAD OF, UM, ENDING UP WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, UM, SENT TO ONE SITE WHO MIGHT HAVE OVER SEVERAL DAYS COME IN.
BUT WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THEM ALL BACK AT ONCE, YOU NOW HAVE A CONCENTRATION OF 600 PEOPLE IN ONE AREA.
SO IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOT A GOOD METHOD.
UM, AND THEN UTILIZATION OF NPA TO TROUBLESHOOT SERVICE GAPS.
SO NEXT STEPS, UM, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY, IS REPORTING OUT TO THE CHC DALLAS AREA PARTNERSHIP, UM, AS THEY ARE ABLE TO FIT US ON THEIR AGENDA.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS COME BACK WITH AN AFTER ACTION REPORT, UH, WHEN THE SEASON ENDS.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT BACK OVER.
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO ONE ROUND OF DISCUSSION, UH, TWO MINUTES PER PERSON.
I JUST HAVE, UH, TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, MY FIRST ONE IS, UM, ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING AN INDIVIDUAL'S LAST LOCATION, UH, SO THAT WE CAN HELP WITH THEM, HELP WITH TRANSPORTATION BACK TO THE AREA WHERE THEY'RE MOST COMFORTABLE? SO, UM, IT IS A QUESTION IN HMIS, WHAT'S YOUR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS? BUT IT'S VERY FAULTY BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEIR LAST KNOWN ADDRESS MIGHT BE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
UM, SO WE DO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK TO THEIR LAST KNOWN LOCATIONS.
UM, IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO AMBULATE, IF THEY NEED SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION, WE DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, IF THEY JUST PREFER TO GO BACK ON THEIR OWN, THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THE DARK PASS.
UM, BUT THAT DARK PASS IS GIVEN TO THEM.
THERE'S AN EXCHANGE THAT HAPPENS, INFORMATION IS TAKEN, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST HAND OUT BUS PASSES.
UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE COAT DRIVE, UH, WITH PAULA BLACKMAN AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT IS.
AND I DEFINITELY ADVOCATE THAT SO THAT, UM, ITEMS CAN BE DISTRIBUTED APPROPRIATELY TO PEOPLE AND NOT JUST WASTED, YOU KNOW, DUMPED ON A CORNER AND WHATNOT.
UM, SO, UM, ARE WE COORDINATING WITH OTHER GROUPS THAT THEY ARE NOT DISTRIBUTING ITEMS IN A MANNER THAT, UM, WHERE THE ITEM GETS WASTED, YOU KNOW, MM-HMM.
ARE WE COORDINATING WITH THESE GROUPS, UM, SO THAT THE GOODS ARE GIVEN TO THE PROVIDERS DIRECTLY SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO THOSE WHO NEED IT APPROPRIATELY? OR YES.
WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE? OKAY, SO THE GIVE GIVE RESPONSIBLY CAMPAIGN, UM, HAS BEEN GOING FOR, UM, ABOUT TWO YEARS NOW.
AND WE ARE IN A VERY LOUD PHASE OF THAT, UM, WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC AND ALSO WITH THOSE WHO, UM, ARE DOING STREET CHARITY TO SAY, HEY, WE GET THAT YOU WANNA GIVE, WE LOVE THIS, YOU KNOW, THE COMPASSION, IT'S WHAT MAKES US UNIQUELY DALLAS, BUT LET'S DO IT IN KIND OF A 2.0, MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY THAT MAKES SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE JACKETS AND FOOD THAT JUST END UP AS TRASH ON THE STREETS, UM, OR DRAWING PEOPLE TO AN AREA OF TOWN BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEY MIGHT GET FED THERE.
BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WE REALLY NEED THOSE RESOURCES TO BE PAIRED WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN OFFER SERVICES.
UM, AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON SOME UPDATES TO THAT THROUGH THE GIVE RESPONSIBLY
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CAMPAIGN.UM, AND OF COURSE HERE WITH THE VOLUNTEER DRIVE THAT IS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALSO DO THE, THE GIVE RESPONSIBLY CAMPAIGN MESSAGING, BUT THE VOLUNTEER DRIVE IS ALSO KIND OF A STANDALONE BECAUSE WE HAVE REALIZED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS, PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS COME UP AND SAID, HEY, HOW CAN I HELP? UM, AND SO JUST, WE, WE KEEP HEARING THAT.
SO WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO CREATE A SPACE TO LINK PEOPLE WITH EXISTING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND ALSO FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER.
I WANNA SAY THOSE COATS ACTUALLY WILL BE USED DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER AS PEOPLE NEED THEM.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE A, A SUPPLY OF COATS DEDICATED TO INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTER BECAUSE WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE THAT E.
UM, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UH, ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMISSIONER CLINTON HALL, DO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES? DO WE, REAL QUICK, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
UM, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S OPERATING THE CLOCK OR DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST RUN MY IT'S OKAY.
MADAM PRO, TIM GARNER, CHAIR GARNER.
AND DIRECTOR CROSSLEY, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, THE TRANSPORTATION.
SO IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY, THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD BE ACCESSED THROUGH HIGHWAY 75 AND FOREST LANE AT THAT, AT THAT BUS STOP, YES.
BUT, OR THAT, UH, RAIL STATION, I MEAN MM-HMM.
UM, SO THE CONNECTOR GOES ALL OVER, BUT THAT'S WHY WE ALSO HAVE ALSO HOMELESS SOLUTIONS, VANS, AND THEN LATER ON DALLAS FIRE RESCUE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE AREAS OF TOWN, UM, THAT THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO AS EASILY.
SO WE COVER NORTH DALLAS AND SOUTH DALLAS.
UM, EVERYTHING IS, EVERYTHING'S COVERED IN, IN KIND OF THE BEST SUITED WAY IN TERMS OF OUTSIDE OF THE ZONE.
SO EVEN IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE ZONE AND YOU STILL NEED TRANSPORTATION, WE WILL GET TO YOU.
HOW DO PEOPLE LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY NEED TRANSPORTATION? DO YOU, ARE YOU DOING SORT OF SWEEPS ON A CONTINUAL BASIS OF THOSE AREAS OR? YES, WE ARE CONSISTENTLY OUT.
IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT EVEN OUTSIDE OF, OF COLD WEATHER SHELTER, WE KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE BECAUSE WE'RE OUT THERE ALL THE TIME.
WE'RE OUT THERE DOING ENCAMPMENT DECOMMISSIONINGS DOING HEALTH AND SAFETY WORK THROUGH 3 1 1 FIELD EXPERIENCE.
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP OF OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS.
AUSTIN STREET ARE CALLING MULTIPLE OTHER PROVIDERS, DALLAS FIRE RESCUE, AND EVERYBODY HAS PEOPLE ON THE GROUND.
SO WE GENERALLY KNOW WHERE FOLKS ARE AND WE'RE ALL GETTING CALLS CONTINUALLY THROUGH INCLEMENT WEATHER, EVEN THROUGH THE NIGHT OF SAYING, HEY, I KNOW WHERE SOMEBODY IS.
YEAH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KOFF.
UM, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE TWO PERSONS JOINING US VIA WEBEX, AND WE WILL START WITH VICE CHAIR OWENS.
AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FROM GREECE.
THANK YOU CHAIR GARDNER FOR RUNNING THE MEETING.
UH, CHRISTINE CROSSLEY QUESTION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
UH, IS THE HOMELESS, THE CITIZENS' HOMELESS COMMISSION, ARE WE BEING MADE AWARE OF THESE, UM, INCLEMENT WEATHER SHELTERS WHEN THEY ARE BEING UTILIZED? SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE SHELTERS THAT CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE PHASE, AND SO THE UPDATES GO IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEBSITE.
UM, WE ALSO THEN HAVE TEXTS AND EMAILS THAT GO OUT TO EVERY SINGLE CITY STAFFER.
UM, AND I, I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU GUYS ARE PART OF THAT ALERT.
IF YOU ARE NOT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE PART OF THAT ALERT, BECAUSE THE POINT IS THAT WE GET IT TO EVERYONE CONNECTED WITH THE CITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ALL OF US WHO ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE CITY ARE, ARE ALWAYS ASKED BY EVERYONE WHO KNOWS OF OUR CONNECTIONS.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S HAPPENING.
IF IT'S NOT OKAY, YES, I WOULD, I'M GOING TO PERSONALLY REQUEST THAT, IF POSSIBLE, THAT THE COMMISSION CAN BE MADE AWARE WHEN YOU SEND THOSE EMAILS OUT TO THOSE GROUPS.
UM, I DO END UP FINDING OUT FROM OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT IT COMES DIRECTLY FROM YOU ALL.
SO SOMETIMES IT'S LATER THAN IT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED.
SO THAT WOULD HELP QUITE A BIT.
YES, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT OVERSIGHT.
UM, AND I THINK COMMISSIONER ANGELA ASKED ALREADY ABOUT THE KNOWING YOU SAID THAT DART THEY COMMUNICATE WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE HOMELESS TO BE PICKED UP AND THE SHELTERS, THEY ALL ARE AWARE OF THIS AS WELL, AS FAR AS THE TRANSPORTATION GOES? YES.
SO THE ZONES ONE THROUGH THREE ARE, ARE, ARE PUBLICLY COMMUNICATED, UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO COMMUNICATED TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS TO THE HOSPITALS TO DART.
UM, IT IS A, A VERY, VERY LARGE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO MEET.
SO WE TRY AND MAKE SURE THIS IS COMMUNICATED FAR AND WIDE.
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THANK, THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR OWENS, AND NEXT UP VIA WEBEX IS COMMISSIONER JACOB, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.UM, DIRECTOR CROSSLEY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO, UH, EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT, WHAT DOES OUR, UH, ENGAGEMENT LOOK LIKE WITH, UM, OUR, UH, ATTENDEES, THOSE WHO, I MEAN OUR, UH, OUR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO UTILIZE, UH, THE TEMPORARY INCLEMENT WHETHER, UH, SHELTERS BY WAY OF LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT HEALTHCARE, UH, ACCESS THEY HAVE ONCE THEY LEAVE THE SHELTER.
SO I MEAN, SAY FOR INSTANCE, YOU HAVE, UH, YOU HAVE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND, UH, WE, I'M GUESSING BY WAY OF CONTINUUM OF CARE, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY, UH, ARE RECEIVING SERVICES, UH, AS PROVIDED BY PARKLAND AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
WHAT DOES OUR COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM LOOK LIKE ABOUT LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE THAT THEY CAN, UH, TAKE PART IN? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN ASKED, I THINK EVERY TIME I HAVE DONE, UM, EVERY TIME I HAVE DONE ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, I GET ASKED THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING.
SO WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, I THINK THE FIRST TIME THIS WAS DONE DURING WINTER STORM YURI, UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS A, I WAS A LOWLY VOLUNTEER AT THAT ONE, BUT, UH, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE SHUFFLING LAPTOPS AROUND IN A FORMALIZED GROUP EFFORT TO TRY AND CAPTURE EVERYONE'S INFORMATION.
AND SO IT WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY, IT WAS REALIZED EARLY ON THAT THIS IS A WAY TO TRY AND CONNECT PEOPLE TO SERVICES WHO NORMALLY ARE SHELTER RESISTANT.
AND, UM, THROUGH THIS COORDINATION AND CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'VE GOTTEN TO A REALLY SOLID PLACE WHERE WHEN FOLKS ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST DAY THEY'RE REALLY JUST TRYING TO GET WARM AND NOBODY'S REALLY INTERESTED IN TALKING, BUT IT'S THAT DAY, 2, 3, 4 PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN SAYING, OKAY, WELL, WHAT'S NEXT? I'VE HAD TIME TO SETTLE IN, LET'S TALK.
AND SO WE HAVE, UM, A TON OF FOLKS WHO, UH, HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME, UM, THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
SO, SO CASEWORKERS AND STAFF WHO ARE THERE WITH THE COMPUTERS AT ALL TIMES TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AND FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS, CONNECTING THEM TO SERVICES.
UM, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS AT THE, UH, TIP OF MY FINGERS, BUT NORMALLY AFTER THESE SHELTER INCIDENTS, UM, WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER DIVERTED.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF STAYING IN HOMELESSNESS, WE CAN FIND A QUICK WAY TO ROUTE THEM TO FRIENDS OR FAMILY OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, WORK ON THEIR RENT, UM, MULTIPLE THINGS THERE, UM, OR GET THEM CONNECTED WITH SERVICES AND SHELTERS.
SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE DO THAT AND THE MORE CAPACITY WE HAVE, THE MORE POSITIVE RESULTS WE SEE IN, IN REALLY GETTING THOSE, UM, GETTING THOSE INTERVENTIONS WHILE WE HAVE FOLKS.
JACOB, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN THIS ONLY ROUND THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PRESENTATION? ANYONE ON WEBEX? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED, SO WE ARE GOING TO, I'M SORRY.
SORRY, CAN I, I FORGOT THERE'S ONE PLUG I NEED TO MAKE BEFORE WE'RE DONE.
UM, IF ANYBODY IS AWARE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO HOUSE PEOPLE OR PARTNER IN NORTH DALLAS, WE ARE FOREVER LOOKING FOR THAT.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF PLACES CO UH, COOPERATE PRESCHOOL, SO THEY CAN'T DO THAT TYPE OF SHELTERING, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A CHURCH.
IT COULD BE ANYONE WITH AN ACTIVE, UH, CERTIFICATE, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPATION, WHO DOES NOT NEED TO DO ANY, UM, CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE IT WORK.
SO ANYBODY HAS A THOUGHT OUT THERE, OR AN ESPECIALLY LARGE GYMNASIUM AND SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
SO THAT IS YOUR CALL TO ACTION COMMISSIONERS NORTH OF NORTHWEST HIGHWAY, UM, AS A APPOINTED COMMISSIONER.
UM, LET'S STEP UP AND FIND THOSE LOCATIONS SO THAT WE CAN SERVE THIS AREA, SERVE THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE BROADLY.
AND I BELIEVE I SAW A HAND RAISED BY COMMISSIONER JACOB.
UH, CAN YOU ENLIGHTEN US AGAIN WHY WE CAN'T UTILIZE, UH, OUR RECREATION, OUR CITY RECREATION CENTERS IN THAT REGARD? YES, BECAUSE THEY ARE BEHOLDEN TO ONGOING EVENTS THROUGH, UH, CONSTITUENTS.
SO THERE ARE SCHEDULES THAT, UH, THAT CAN'T BE MOVED.
I THINK THE TOUGH THING IS INCLEMENT WEATHER FOR US IN TERMS OF THE HOMELESS SYSTEM OFTEN DOES NOT LOOK LIKE INCLEMENT WEATHER FOR EVERYONE ELSE, BECAUSE AS LONG AS IT'S STILL DRIVABLE, THE CITY DOESN'T SHUT DOWN.
SO THE ONLY TIME THAT IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE REC CENTERS AND EMERGENCIES WAS WHEN IT WAS SO ICED OVER THAT ALL OF THE EVENTS WERE CANCELED.
AND SO BALLPARKS AND REC IS VERY KIND TO WORK WITH US THERE, THERE ARE JUST CERTAIN THINGS THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO,
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BUT I MEAN, TO THAT END, UH, DO WE, WE ENGAGE WITH THE, UH, COMMISSIONER JACOB, THE RECREATIONS? UM, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO CATCH OFF.IT'S JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, SO, OKAY.
UH, I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY, BUT WE DO NEED TO MOVE ON.
WE HAVE A LOT OF AGENDA ITEMS TO ADDRESS IF YOU'D LIKE.
UM, JUST SEND AN EMAIL TO, UH, DIRECTOR CROSSLEY.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO TACKLE.
IVE, I VERY QUICKLY CAN SAY THOUGH THAT YES, WE DO WORK WITH PARKS AND REC ALL SEASON LONG, SO THEY'RE VERY AWARE OF OUR NEEDS.
AND, UM, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, UH, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS TINY AND PALLET HOMES, UH, PRESENTED BY DIRECTOR CROSSLEY.
UM, AFTER THIS WE WILL HAVE ONE ROUND OF DISCUSSION, LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER COMMISSIONER AND DIRECTOR.
SO THIS ONE WAS BROUGHT, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST HERE TO REALLY GO OVER WHAT OUR PALLET HOMES, UM, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN TALKED ABOUT A LOT.
SO FOR US, THIS HEARKENS BACK TO A PRESENTATION THAT WE DID TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF A LARGER PRESENTATION LAST SPRING.
UM, AND IT REALLY IS JUST TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, WELL IF WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PALLET HOMES, LET'S DEFINE WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN PALLET AND TINY HOMES.
LET'S LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES AROUND THE COUNTRY.
LET'S LOOK AT A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES, AND THEN LET'S LOOK AT OUR STANDARDS HERE FOR WHAT WE, UM, WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DRIVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF HOUSING, AND THEN OF COURSE, POLICY CONSIDERATIONS.
I'M GONNA TRY AND GO AS QUICKLY AS I CAN, BUT OF COURSE, IF IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS LATER ON, YOU'RE ALWAYS FREE TO EMAIL US.
OKAY, SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE USE IS GONNA BE A DWELLING UNIT.
SO A SINGLE UNIT PROVIDING COMPLETE INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES FOR ONE OR MORE PERSON, INCLUDING OF ALL THE PERMANENT PROVISIONS FOR LEAPING, LIVING, SLEEPING, EATING, COOKING, SANITATION, YOU WOULD NEED.
SO TINY HOMES, UH, DEFINED BY THE SAME CODE ARE DWELLING UNITS OF 400 SQUARE FEET OR LESS, UM, EXCLUDING LOFTS.
AND THEY HAVE TO MEET THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM CRITERIA.
AND SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT CEILING HEIGHTS, UM, EMERGENCY EXITS, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE SHELTERS BUILT FROM WOOD PALLETS OR ALUMINUM SIDING.
THEY DO NOT QUALIFY AS TINY HOMES.
UM, THEY'RE DEFINED BY OUR ADOPTED BUILDING AS DEFINED BY OUR ADOPTED BUILDING QUOTES, AND THEY MIGHT NOT REQUIRE A BUILDING PERMIT.
SO AGAIN, WHEN A PALLET HOME, A TINY HOME IS LITERALLY, AND YOU'LL SEE AS WE GO, A VERY, VERY SMALL PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
IT IS JUST A HOUSE THAT YOU HAVE SHRUNK DOWN.
A PALLET HOME IS A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE.
IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR PERMANENT USE.
TOUGH SHEDS, UM, ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTREME THAN THAT.
A TOUGH SHED RESEMBLES A TOOL SHED.
IT MAY NOT HAVE ANY INSULATION.
YOU WILL SEE THEM IN AREAS LIKE THE WEST COAST, UM, SPECIFICALLY THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST, WHERE CLIMATES ARE MORE TEMPERATE.
SO YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO HAVE, UM, INSULATION, UH, OR AS MUCH PROTECTION FROM THE, FROM THE OUTSIDE CLIMATE TO MAKE IT SURVIVABLE.
STILL NOT GREAT, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN REALLY USE WHEN YOU HAVE EXTREME TEMPERATURES.
AND AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL OF THESE.
SO, DEFINITION OF, OF TINY HOMES.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE BY THE CITY OF DALLAS, UH, WE REQUIRE TINY HOMES.
AGAIN, REFERENCING THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE HAS TO BE CONNECTED TO ALL THE THINGS A NORMAL HOUSE WOULD BE CONNECTED TO IN TERMS OF UTILITIES.
HAS TO HAVE A FOUNDATION, HAS TO HAVE GONE THROUGH PERMIT, PERMIT REVIEW AND INSPECTION.
UM, AND IT HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HITS ALL THE BOXES IN TERMS OF BEING ZONED, UM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I AM NOT THE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST.
UH, SO YOU CAN ASK ME QUESTIONS AND I MAY SAY, I'LL HAVE TO GET YOU THE INFORMATION ON THOSE TINY HOME BEST PRACTICES.
THESE ARE USED TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY HOUSING FOR DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY SHELTER.
THEY CAN PROVIDE BRIDGE, BRIDGE HOUSING FOR UP TO 90 DAYS OF RESIDENCE.
SO YOU'D HAVE MAYBE LIKE A MINI LEASE OR AGREEMENT SO THAT SOMEONE IS NOT COUNTED AS HOMELESS.
THIS IS A HOME THAT THEY CAN STAY IN.
UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, TINY HOMES CAN BE PERMANENT HOUSING, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE LAND AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT UPS THE COST.
GENERAL LOCATIONS, AGAIN, MOST PREVALENT ON THE WEST, WEST COAST, OFTEN IN RURAL OR INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO WORK AROUND CITY REQUIREMENTS AND COMMUNITY BACKLASH.
IF WE LOOK AT EXAMPLES OF TINY AND PALLET HOMES, UH, THREE EXAMPLES YOU'LL SEE IN BI BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, THEY'RE USING THESE FOR SHORT-TERM BRIDGE HOUSING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE ESTIMATED COST IS 2 MILLION FOR A HUNDRED UNITS AT 1 MILLION PER 50 UNITS.
AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE OPERATIONAL SERVICE COST.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'VE GOT 50 PENDING IN 2024, UH, PENDING THE FIRST 50 BEING SUCCESSFUL.
AND THOSE WERE DONE IN JANUARY OF 2023.
MADISON, WISCONSIN, THEY HAVE TINY HOMES.
SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ACTUAL SMALL HOMES.
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THOSE ARE LONG-TERM.UM, LONG-TERM DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN PERMANENT, JUST THE WAY PERMANENT HOUSING DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
IT COULD BE THREE TO FIVE YEARS OR IT COULD BE A LIFETIME.
BUT THERE IS THAT OPTION FOR LONGER THAN A SET 12 TO 24 MONTH PERIOD.
THAT'S 1 MILLION FOR 30 UNITS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE AN 800,000 ANNUAL BUDGET FOR OPERATION, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO INCLUDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT.
UH, AS I SAID, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THESE SHED LIKE STRUCTURES MORE ON THE WEST COAST AND TEMPERATE CLIMATES, SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE A LOT CHEAPER.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUT THE FOUR, FOUR WALLS OF WOODEN, UH, FOUR WALLS OF ROOF AND A FLOOR UNDERNEATH YOU, AND IT'S ALL WOOD.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE ONSITE STAFFING AND SERVICES ARE ABOUT 675,000 ANNUALLY.
TOUGH SHEDS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, WHAT ALL THIS LOOKS LIKE IN THE, IN THE PUBLIC EYE LATER ON.
SO IF WE GO TO TINY HOMES AS TEMPORARY HOUSING VERSUS PERMANENT HOUSING, UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ONE THAT UM, I CAN GET YOU MORE TECHNICAL ANSWERS ON.
UM, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT PRICE PER SHE PER SHELTER VERSUS PERMANENT.
SO THE COST, WHEN YOU'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE HOME ITSELF OR THE PALLET HOME ITSELF, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU'RE HAVING A TEMPORARY SHELTER, IT'S GONNA COST A LOT LESS, BUT THE SIZE IS GONNA BE SMALLER.
UM, THE NUMBER OF HOMES IS GOING TO VARY.
PERMANENT HOMES TAKE MORE MONEY TO BUILD.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER TO BUILD.
SO THAT IS GOING TO HAVE FEWER IN A COMMUNITY TRADITIONALLY THAN YOUR TEMPORARY HOMES.
UM, IT'S GONNA NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE LAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COST IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.
HOWEVER, YOU'RE ALSO NOT LOOKING AT, UM, THE COST DEVELOPMENT FOR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
IDEALLY WITH PERMANENT, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S ALREADY THERE AND THE LAND IS ALREADY THERE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU'RE DOING TEMPORARY HOUSING.
YOU HAVE TO BUY THE LAND, CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND SO THAT UPS YOUR COST.
HOUSING COST ANALYSIS, THERE ARE ALSO MICRO APARTMENTS, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD, YOU MIGHT HEAR OF THOSE AS SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCIES, SROS, WHICH MEANS IT'S GONNA HAVE KIND OF A KITCHENETTE, NOT A KITCHEN, IT'S GONNA HAVE A BATHROOM, AND IT'S GONNA BE A STUDIO.
USUALLY THOSE ARE UNDER, I WANNA SAY 650 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THERE ARE HUD REQUIREMENTS ON THOSE.
UM, BUT THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR VOUCHERS.
UH, TINY HOMES, AGAIN, 120 TO 150 PER SQUARE FOOT, A MICRO APARTMENT, UM, THREE TO $4 PER SQUARE FOOT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ADAPTIVE REUSE OF AN EXISTING BUILDING, SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO AGAIN, BUY THE LAND, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, I KNOW I'M SOUNDING LIKE A, A BROKEN RECORD THERE.
UM, AND THEN IF WE GO TO SLIDE NINE, INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES.
SO THE PROS AND CONS HERE, WHICH I'VE MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, TINY HOMES CAN BE A TOOL IN THE HOUSING TOOLBOX.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF OF SMALL PERMANENT HOMES, THEY'RE CHEAPER IN COST THAN A SINGLE, UH, FAMILY RESIDENTIAL FULL SIZE HOUSE.
THEY CAN BE BUILT MORE QUICKLY DETERMINED, UH, DEPENDING ON THE MATERIALS THAT YOU'RE USING.
UM, THEY'RE MEANT TO BE MORE TEMPORARY, BUT THEY CAN BE FLEXIBLE IN SIZE.
IT CAN BE MORE OF A PERMANENT FIX DEPENDING ON THE USE CASE.
AGAIN, A PALLET HOME IS NOT THE SAME AS A A SMALL ACTUAL HOME.
A PALLET HOME IS A TEMPORARY DWELLING.
THE CONS, UM, FOR ALL OF THEM, OUR, UM, TINY HOMES FOR PERMANENT HABITATION ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPENSIVE AND TAKE LONGER TO BUILD THAN A PALLET HOME OR ADAPTIVE REUSE.
AND THEY'RE STILL SUBJECT TO TRADIT TRADITIONAL BUILDING CODES.
SO YOU REALLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN AWAY FROM THAT.
UM, THEY OFTEN CONTAIN, DO NOT CONTAIN INDIVIDUAL BATHROOMS OR KITCHENETTES, WHICH MEANS YOU NEED CENTRALIZED AREAS.
SO THAT'S COST OUTSIDE OF JUST THE UNIT ITSELF.
UM, DOES NOT MEET NATIONAL HABITABILITY STANDARDS.
UH, HABITABILITY STANDARD MEANS IN YOUR DWELLING YOU NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT A NORMAL HOUSE WOULD HAVE.