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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAbbott Email Batch 1C1 From:Supervisor Jimmy Paulding <hello@jimmypaulding.org> Sent:Thursday, April 25, 2024 8:30 AM To:Cader, Rushdi Subject:District 4 Newsletter - Dana Reserve Project and April Updates This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. View this email in your browser To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. In case you missed it, there was a fantastic groundbreaking celebration for the new Oceano Plaza project earlier this month. A one-block stretch of both Beach Street and 17th Street will be blocked off to traffic to create a pedestrian-friendly place for people to enjoy. The project will include trees, landscaping, a concrete boardwalk, a mural and benches, which will all make for a fantastic community gathering space. A huge thanks to Caltrans, SLOCOG, VACO, Oceano CSD, County Public Works, and our local businesses for working together to make this project happen. Also, SLO County Arts Council is seeking artists to submit their qualifications for a sculpture project in the new plaza. Good morning Dr. Rushdi, I hope you are doing well. There is quite a lot happening in District 4 and SLO County this month. Here's what you'll find in this month’s newsletter:  Mark Your Calendars 2  Dana Reserve Project Approved  Moving the Needle on Homelessness: 80-Bed Welcome Home Village Project Moving Forward  Community Meeting About Cecchetti Crossing Repairs  Highlights from the Past Month  Quick Updates Tip: Click on the links above to take you to that section of the newsletter. Mark Your Calendars May 4 – We ᤻᤹᤺ AG, 9am, Heritage Square Park in Arroyo Grande . Sign up here. May 14 – Board of Supervisors Meeting, 9am, Katcho Achadjian Government Center Board Chambers. Items anticipated for this meeting include the introduction of our Fiscal Year 2024/25 County Budget and an update from Public Works on 2023 storm damage repairs. May 18 – We ᤻᤹᤺ Oceano, 9am, Oceano Memorial Park. Sign up here. This is the rescheduled Oceano beautification event which was cancelled due to rain earlier this month. May 21 – Board of Supervisors Meeting, 9am, Katcho Achadjian Government Center Board Chambers. Items anticipated for this meeting include a discussion about the Bob Jones "City to Sea" Trail project (that would connect SLO and Avila with a bike path) and an update from our Homeless Services Division on progress made against our strategic plan to reduce homelessness by half over a five year period. 3 May 21 – Free League of Women Voters workshop on how to effectively communicate at public meetings, 6:30-8pm, Nipomo Library. More details in the “Quick Updates” section below. May 28 – Cecchetti Road Closure Community Meeting , 5pm, Branch Elementary School. More details below. June 3-5 – County Budget Hearings, 9am, Katcho Achadjian Government Center Board Chambers. Please note that anticipated Board agenda items are subject to change. Always be sure to check the posted agenda at slocounty.ca.gov to confirm if an item will be discussed at the next meeting. Agendas are usually published the Wednesday prior to each Board meeting. To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Dana Reserve Project Approved The Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 yesterday to approve the controversial Dana Reserve project in Nipomo. The project will allow for the phased development of a 288-acre master-planned community with up to 1,470 residential units, 110,000-203,000 square feet of commercial and non- residential uses, a minimum of 55.6 acres of open space and 6.3 acres of recreation, and related circulation and infrastructure. The project will increase the population size of Nipomo by approximately 30%, adding over 4,500 residents. I voted against the project because I thought there was a win-win to be had by supporting the preferred community alternative plan. 4 While I am dissatisfied with the outcome of the Board's decision yesterday, I am appreciative of the fact that the developer voluntarily offered to fund relocating the existing dog park at the Nipomo Community Park from its current location over an old landfill to a new location at the park (the area in the park where it was originally envisioned to go). Dogs have been getting injured due to glass and other debris rising to the surface of the current park. My office has been working with community members to develop a plan to move and improve the dog park to address the issue, but the plans were not funded. Now they are thanks to Nick Tompkins. I want to express my sincere appreciation to Alison Martinez, Bruce Severance, Herb Kandel, Mona Tucker, and all of the members of the South County Advisory Council, Nipomo Action Committee, and Nipomo Oak Alliance for their tireless efforts to develop and propose a balanced alternative project with strong community support. I think these folks (and all of those who spoke out during public comment) did a really good job at presenting the Board with a reasonable compromise that supports responsible housing development. To offer you greater insight into why I voted the way that I did, I posted the comments I made from the dais at yesterday's meeting on my website here. You can also click here to watch the video of the meeting. My comments start at 4:09:52. Meeting documents can be accessed here. Read More Here To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Learn more about the Welcome Home Village project by clicking on the video above. 5 Moving the Needle on Homelessness: 80-Bed Welcome Home Village Project Moving Forward I am excited to share that the County’s Welcome Home Village (WHV) project in the City of SLO is moving forward at a new location. WHV is a program that will enable the City and the County to work collaboratively to address and resolve homeless encampments throughout the City of San Luis Obispo. Up to 80 unhoused individuals will be provided housing and supportive services so that they can move from homelessness to interim and permanent supportive housing. WHV will significantly benefit the community by reducing the burden that homelessness places on neighborhoods, businesses, and those experiencing it by improving the response capacity for service providers and outreach teams. This project is being funded by a $13.4 million state grant the County received last June. Previously envisioned to be sited next to the County Department of Social Services building in SLO, the WHV will now be located next to the County Health Agency campus off of Johnson Ave. You can learn more about the project as well as sign up to attend a community meeting scheduled for May 1 here. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Community Meeting About Cecchetti Crossing Repairs In collaboration with County Public Works, my office is coordinating a community meeting to discuss the closure and repair plan for Cecchetti Road in rural Arroyo Grande. This section of Cecchetti Rd at Arroyo Grande Creek was closed following severe damage during the January 2023 winter storms. 6 The path to repairing and reopening this road is complex and unfortunately will likely take several years to complete. In order to provide more in-depth information and answer questions from impacted residents, we will be holding a community meeting on Tuesday, May 28 at 5pm at Branch Elementary School (970 School Rd, Arroyo Grande) in the multi-purpose room. Highlights from the Past Month To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. You can watch our entire State of the County event by clicking on the video above. State of the County is a Wrap Our first-ever State of the County event is in the books and was a great success! We provided important updates on the status of key county initiatives, highlighting critical capital improvement projects and supportive housing projects for our homeless population. It was also good to hear from local leaders on the status of our regional economy. A big thank you to our sponsors, our economic development partner, REACH, and our staff including our Acting Chief Administrative Officer Rebecca Campbell and County Public Information Officer Jeanette Trompeter for organizing this wonderful event. If you missed it, you can watch the entire event here. To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. A Visit with our South County Farmers Earlier this month I had the pleasure of visiting with some of our local farmers and Ag producers, including Pismo Oceano Vegetable Exchange’s (POVE) 7 shipping facility and Innovative Produce’s romaine fields off Division St. I’m always impressed by our South County farming community, and it’s good to be reminded of the important role that they play in our local economy. A big thank you to Tom Ikeda and Phillip Adam for the tour, and to Claire Wineman of the Growers Shippers Association for making the arrangements. Quick Updates On May 21, the League of Women Voters SLO will be holding a free public workshop on civil discourse in Nipomo. The workshop will focus on how to effectively communicate your ideas and be heard at public meetings when speaking to elected officials. The meeting will be held at the Nipomo Library’s Community Room from 6:30-8pm. Registration is requested but not required to attend. On Tuesday our Board officially appointed Matt Pontes as our new County Administrative Officer who will oversee all executive operations for the County. Mr. Pontes is a Cal Poly Graduate with county administrative experience in Shasta and Santa Barbara Counties as well as service in Kern County. I am very excited to begin working with Mr. Pontes on addressing the important challenges facing SLO County. I would also like to thank Rebecca Campbell for her hard work as Acting CAO, who will now resume her duties as Assistant CAO. Our Board recently approved a new nighttime noise ordinance for the unincorporated areas of the county. The purpose of this ordinance update was to provide the Sheriff's Office with additional enforcement tools for repeat/egregious offenders of our County’s noise standards that regulate unreasonable noise occurring between the hours of 10pm to 7am. The ordinance allows Sheriff's Deputies to issue a $100 fine if unreasonable noise can be heard 100 feet from the property line and refer the property owner to 8 County Code Enforcement. For repeat violations, the fines ratchet up. Of course, warnings will be given initially. Exceptions to the new standards include public holidays, businesses with valid permits, and agricultural operations. The new ordinance was approved unanimously by the Board and will go into effect on or around May 9. Read more about it in the Tribune and New Times. On April 9, our Board received an update on the County’s effort to establish an Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC). As a reminder, our Board had already directed staff to work with State Senator Laird’s office on introducing state legislation that would create an IRC in SLO County. SB 977 is currently making its way through the legislative process, with the intent to have the final bill passed and signed by the governor during the current legislative cycle. The IRC would then be in place well ahead of the 2030 census and redistricting process. You can review the bill, agenda item and presentation slides here. Thanks again for reading my newsletter and staying informed on the business of your County Board of Supervisors. This week was a big week with the Dana Reserve project hearings. The amount of community involvement and participation in advance of the hearings over course of the last year and at the hearings was palpable. We have a deeply engaged and highly informed community - a community I am deeply honored and proud to represent. Please feel free to send any questions, thoughts, comments, or concerns my way by replying to this email. You can also contact my office by emailing district4@co.slo.ca.us or calling 805-781-5450. Have a good day! Sincerely, Jimmy Paulding Supervisor, District 4 9 San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors SHARE THIS EMAIL: Please share this email newsletter with friends, family, and neighbors, and encourage them to sign up here to keep apprised of District 4 issues and updates. I would like to hear from you! If you would like to meet with me during office hours, feel free to contact my office by emailing district4@co.slo.ca.us or calling 805-781-5450 to schedule an appointment. Learn more about what’s going on in the district on the District 4 webpage at slocounty.ca.gov/district4. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. About Supervisor Jimmy Paulding Jimmy Paulding is the District 4 Supervisor for San Luis Obispo County. Keep up with Supervisor Paulding at his official office page, Facebook, Instagram, and website at jimmypaulding.org. Forward this email to a friend! 10 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. P.O. Box 661 Arroyo Grande, CA 93421 1 From:Colunga-Lopez, Andrea Sent:Tuesday, May 7, 2024 2:06 PM To:Nick Sando Cc:CityClerk Subject:RE: Planning Commission Item 5b Hi Nick, Thank you for your input, it has been sent to the committee members. It is now placed in the Planning Commission public archive for the upcoming meeting. Best, Andrea Colunga-Lopez pronouns she/her/hers Administrative Assistant II City Administration E AColunga@slocity.org T 805.781.7105 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Nick Sando < Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 2:03 PM To: Advisory Bodies <advisorybodies@slocity.org> Subject: Planning Commission Item 5b This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. San Luis Obispo Planning Commission, I am writing today in support of the Welcome Home Village at 1463 Bishop St. (Item 5b). We have a unique opportunity with this grant to provide homes and supportive services for our neighbors most in need, let’s not miss it. Please support this project and prioritize housing people as quickly as possible. I think this is an amazing opportunity to help people get on their feet and make San Luis Obispo an even more thriving community. Thank you, 2 Nick Sando 1 From:Shoresman, Michelle Sent:Wednesday, May 8, 2024 7:09 PM To:CB Subject:RE: Letter for Planning Commission Meeting 5/8/2024, Agenda Item 5b Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for coming to speak at the meeting Cindy. From: CB < Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 6:41 AM To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org> Subject: Letter for Planning Commission Meeting 5/8/2024, Agenda Item 5b This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Dear Council Members: I read most of this letter at last night's City Council meeting in the "non Agenda" portion of the meeting. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to voice my concerns to you as a group. Regards, Cindy Blum -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project No: GENP-0175-2024 Dear San Luis Obispo Planning Commission: I am writing as a resident of a neighborhood adjacent to the proposed homeless project at Johnson and Bishop roads. First and foremost, I object to the insufficient notice that was given to residents, a lack of an inclusive process, an accelerated timetable (June 30, 2024 per ERF-3-R), and the non-conformance of this Project to the City of San Luis Obispo’s General Plan (1). The “Welcome Home Village Project” is inconsistent with the City’s General Plan because it fails to solicit meaningful community input, fails to promote the use of social services near Prado Road, fails to mitigate against spill-over parking, and fails to protect the density, character, and safety of the neighborhood. The lack of a sobriety requirement and the enforcement of a no drug, no alcohol policy are extremely problematic. Once a project resident leaves their temporary or permanent home and goes out in the county, they can abuse substances and return to the project having used them off site. What stops them from doing this? Where might these transactions take place? On our streets? In our neighborhoods? Near our children’s 2 paths that they take to walk, bike, or bus to school? Will we encounter needles when we walk our dogs in the well-established areas adjacent and near to the project? Approximately half of the property is zoned R-1 which was the expected use when residents purchased homes in the area. This is a residential area, so the platted zoning should be adhered to and not modified or ignored. There are currently over 100 parking spaces that will be removed from the development of this project. This will cause spillover into our neighborhoods, causing congestion and traffic issues. I am urging the Planning Commission to either vote "No" or vote for a continuance of the Draft Resolution (Agenda item 5b) to allow the timeline to be expanded for adequate resident input and vetting, and the evaluation of more suitable locations that are not in residential areas. For example, finding another location on or near the Bob Jones Trail homeless encampment or the Prado Homeless shelter should be pursued. Thank you and regards, Cindy Blum (1) https://www.slocity.org/government/department-directory/community- development/planning-zoning/general-plan 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Thursday, May 16, 2024 2:05 PM To:Jeffrey Al-Mashat; joanne@dignitymoves.org; Linda Belch; Robert Ruiz; Grant Robbins Cc:'Dan Baroni'; 'Marissa Brown'; 'Marc Pembroke'; 'Ryan Beaton'; 'Doug Zucker'; 'Peter Wolfe'; 'Debbie Grieves'; 'Kirk Johnston'; ytsui@degenkolb.com; 'Julia Anderson'; 'Alfred Antoun'; nagin@specialtyconstruction.com; 'Derek Troya'; 'Daniel Leon'; McClish, Teresa Subject:RE: [EXT]RE: DM SLO - Weekly Design Meeting - use of gas question Hi All, Understanding that the County can make the decision regarding gas utility – the City has a REACH code found in Section 15.04.060 (Amendments- Energy Standards) of the SLO Municipal Code. Construction technical assistance and programs can be found at 3C-REN including incentives for all-electric construction. Let me know if there is any other information we can provide. Thanks, Daisy From: Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 1:35 PM To: joanne@dignitymoves.org; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Robert Ruiz <rruiz@co.slo.ca.us>; Grant Robbins <GRobbins@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: 'Dan Baroni' <Dan_Baroni@gensler.com>; 'Marissa Brown' <Marissa_Brown@gensler.com>; 'Marc Pembroke' <Marc_Pembroke@gensler.com>; 'Ryan Beaton' <ryan.beaton@kpff.com>; 'Doug Zucker' <doug_zucker@gensler.com>; 'Peter Wolfe' <peter@peterwolfe.net>; 'Debbie Grieves' <debbie.grieves@pae-engineers.com>; 'Kirk Johnston' <kjohnston@degenkolb.com>; ytsui@degenkolb.com; 'Julia Anderson' <julia.anderson@kpff.com>; 'Alfred Antoun' <alfred.antoun@pae-engineers.com>; nagin@specialtyconstruction.com; 'Derek Troya' <dtroya@tynangroup.com>; 'Daniel Leon' <dleon@specialtyconstruction.com> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: DM SLO - Weekly Design Meeting - use of gas question This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Jo, The only process available is to submit the appropriate documents and forms. There is no way to circumvent the process in any way. JeƯ From: joanne@dignitymoves.org <joanne@dignitymoves.org> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 11:08 AM To: Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us>; 'Wiberg, Daisy' <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Robert Ruiz <rruiz@co.slo.ca.us>; Grant Robbins <GRobbins@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: 'Dan Baroni' <Dan_Baroni@gensler.com>; 'Marissa Brown' <Marissa_Brown@gensler.com>; 'Marc Pembroke' <Marc_Pembroke@gensler.com>; 'Ryan Beaton' <ryan.beaton@kpff.com>; 'Doug Zucker' <doug_zucker@gensler.com>; 'Peter Wolfe' <peter@peterwolfe.net>; 'Debbie Grieves' <debbie.grieves@pae-engineers.com>; 'Kirk Johnston' <kjohnston@degenkolb.com>; ytsui@degenkolb.com; 'Julia Anderson' <julia.anderson@kpff.com>; 'Alfred Antoun' <alfred.antoun@pae-engineers.com>; nagin@specialtyconstruction.com; 'Derek Troya' <dtroya@tynangroup.com>; 2 'Daniel Leon' <dleon@specialtyconstruction.com> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: DM SLO - Weekly Design Meeting - use of gas question Thanks Jeff, but will it automaƟcally be accepted? The risk is if the team spends Ɵme and resources designing for gas, then it is then denied. How can that risk be miƟgated? Joanne Price (she/her) Co-Founder and CREO, DignityMoves Cell: (415) 632-6530 Let's stay connected! From: Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 10:38 AM To: joanne@dignitymoves.org; 'Wiberg, Daisy' <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Robert Ruiz <rruiz@co.slo.ca.us>; Grant Robbins <GRobbins@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: 'Dan Baroni' <Dan_Baroni@gensler.com>; 'Marissa Brown' <Marissa_Brown@gensler.com>; 'Marc Pembroke' <Marc_Pembroke@gensler.com>; 'Ryan Beaton' <ryan.beaton@kpff.com>; 'Doug Zucker' <doug_zucker@gensler.com>; 'Peter Wolfe' <peter@peterwolfe.net>; 'Debbie Grieves' <debbie.grieves@pae-engineers.com>; 'Kirk Johnston' <kjohnston@degenkolb.com>; ytsui@degenkolb.com; 'Julia Anderson' <julia.anderson@kpff.com>; 'Alfred Antoun' <alfred.antoun@pae-engineers.com>; NAgin@specialtyconstruction.com; 'Derek Troya' <dtroya@tynangroup.com>; 'Daniel Leon' <dleon@specialtyconstruction.com> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: DM SLO - Weekly Design Meeting - use of gas question The response I received from my Planning and Building and Public Works folks was that if you guys want to submit a permit request to use gas instead of electricity, the County will route it through their normal approval process. JeƯ From: joanne@dignitymoves.org <joanne@dignitymoves.org> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 9:26 AM To: 'Wiberg, Daisy' <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us>; Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Robert Ruiz <rruiz@co.slo.ca.us>; Grant Robbins <GRobbins@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: 'Dan Baroni' <Dan_Baroni@gensler.com>; 'Marissa Brown' <Marissa_Brown@gensler.com>; 'Marc Pembroke' <Marc_Pembroke@gensler.com>; 'Ryan Beaton' <ryan.beaton@kpff.com>; 'Doug Zucker' <doug_zucker@gensler.com>; 'Peter Wolfe' <peter@peterwolfe.net>; 'Debbie Grieves' <debbie.grieves@pae-engineers.com>; 'Kirk Johnston' <kjohnston@degenkolb.com>; ytsui@degenkolb.com; 'Julia Anderson' <julia.anderson@kpff.com>; 'Alfred Antoun' <alfred.antoun@pae-engineers.com>; nagin@specialtyconstruction.com; 'Derek Troya' <dtroya@tynangroup.com>; 'Daniel Leon' <dleon@specialtyconstruction.com> Subject: [EXT]RE: DM SLO - Weekly Design Meeting - use of gas question ATTENTION: This email DID NOT originate from County Staff. Please proceed with caution when interacting with any embedded links or attachments. Hello SLO Team, Following up on the quesƟon around the use of gas on site that was raised a few weeks ago. Has the County/City reached a conclusion? Many thanks Jo 3 Joanne Price (she/her) Co-Founder and CREO, DignityMoves Cell: (415) 632-6530 Let's stay connected! -----Original Appointment----- From: Dan Baroni <Dan_Baroni@gensler.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 9:38 AM To: Dan Baroni; Linda Belch; Robert Ruiz; Grant Robbins; Jeffrey Al-Mashat; Daniel Leon; Derek Troya; Nate Agin; Wiberg, Daisy; joanne@dignitymoves.org; melissa; Peter Wolfe; Ryan Beaton; Alfred Antoun; Debbie Grieves; Kirk Johnston; ytsui@degenkolb.com; Marissa Brown; Julia Anderson; Marc Pembroke; Doug Zucker Subject: DM SLO - Weekly Design Meeting When: Thursday, May 16, 2024 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada). Where: https://gensler.zoom.us/j/83943898802?pwd=PzJafDlWgPCxIIkxHSWgb07oBgLgiZ.1&from=addon Please join us for our Weekly Design Meeting! Hi there, Dan Baroni is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 4 + 5 This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. 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To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.The Tribune To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Tribune Morning Headlines To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.Residents of San Luis Obispo neighborhoods near the planned Welcome Home Village fill Renovate Church for a community meeting Wednesday, May 2, 2024. Many residents asked questions related to project site security, parking and the project’s location in a residential neighborhood. LOCAL Cabin village proposed on Johnson Avenue gets mixed reaction from SLO neighbors Residents packed a community meeting to learn about the Welcome Home Village homeless shelter project. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo is owned by Dignity Health. LOCAL 2 These SLO County hospitals are among the safest in U.S., report says. See why Three local hospitals scored the highest grades for patient safety . To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.A rainbow shot by meteorologist John Lindsey. WEATHER NEWS Another rainy weekend in forecast for SLO County. Will the weather affect Shabang? The music festival is scheduled for Friday and Saturday. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Summer bells at Mission San Miguel. Photo submitted by Jill Alexander, Paso Robles. LOCAL Catholic diocese that covers SLO County considers bankruptcy amid child sex abuse lawsuits The Diocese of Monterey is facing about 100 lawsuits for alleged abuses dating back to the 1950s. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. 3 To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.Pro-Palestinian activists wave flags following a festive dance Tuesday, April 30, 2024, at Sacramento State as they protested the war in Gaza. The protesters are asking the university to divest from investments in Israel. CALIFORNIA Which California universities have joined nationwide protests for Gaza? See interactive map At least 27 schools — public and private — have witnessed protests in recent weeks. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.Students and community members gather outside Siemens Hall at Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, to support pro-Palestinian demonstrators who have barricaded themselves inside the administrative building. CALIFORNIA What’s next for Cal Poly Humboldt students, faculty and administration after campus protest? A professor on a hunger strike. Students suspended. Millions of dollars of damage to campus property. What’s next for Cal Poly Humboldt? To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. 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All Rights Reserved. 3940-7 Broad St. PMB 325, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 1 From:Mickel, Fred Sent:Wednesday, May 1, 2024 3:46 PM To:Schafer, Aaron Subject:FW: Stats for Wednesday For tonight Fred Mickel Deputy Chief Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E fmickel@slocity.org T 805.594.8048 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. From: Mickel, Fred Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 5:34 PM To: Scott, Rick <rscott@slocity.org> Subject: Stats for Wednesday In 2023, we established a new, larger, and more proactive CSO team to tackle downtown and city-wide issues, particularly those linked to our homeless population. This was aimed to address the rising concerns effectively. In terms of figures, homeless-related calls for service rose by approximately 16% citywide in 2023 compared to the previous year. Specifically, there were 7,759 calls in 2023, up from 6,688 in 2022. These homeless-related calls constituted about 20% of the total calls for service, amounting to 7,759 out of 39,293 city-wide calls. As of 2024, homeless calls for service continue to represent a portion of our city-wide calls, comprising roughly 23% of the total. Specifically, there have been approximately 2,666 homeless-related calls out of a total of 11,658 calls city-wide. As for the calls for service in the area of Bishop (Welcome Home Village) area there were 27 calls in 2023 and 6 calls in 2024 for Police and 11 calls in 2023 and 2 calls in 2024 for Fire. Police: 1620 Bishop: -DR 230109001 (Suspicious) 2 -DR 230214088 (Disorderly) -DR 230323074 (Welfare Check) -DR 230324082 (Suspicious) -DR 230409020 (Disorderly) -DR 230502003 (Muni Code Violation) -DR 230624092 (Welfare Check) -DR 230626010 (Suspicious) -DR 230715040 (AOA Police) -DR 240118054 (Citizen Dispute) -DR 240407028 (Assist Request) -DR 240423047 (Disorderly) 1630 Bishop: -DR 230222047 (Threatening) -DR 230426003 (Deceased Subject) -DR 231009076 (Welfare Check) 1640 Bishop: -DR 230102078 (Disorderly) -DR 230426089 (Suspicious) 1750 Bishop: -DR 230201004 (Noise Party) -DR 230201010 (Noise Police) -DR 230206007 (Noise Other) -DR 230210089 (Noise Police) -DR 230214084 (Parking Problem) -DR 230504071 (AOA Info) -DR 230507034 (Noise Other) -DR 230525007 (Welfare Check) -DR 231019058 (Theft) -DR 231106004 (Noise Party) -DR 231106005 (Parking Problem) -DR 231211065 (Welfare Check) -DR 231212006 (Welfare Check) -DR 240311060 (Noise Police) -DR 240313003 (Noise Other) -DR 240314051 (Citizen Dispute) Fire: 1620 Bishop: -FR 23-00018 (Medical) -FR 23-01029 (Medical) -FR 23-02462 (Smoke Check Inside) -FR 23-03502 (Flooding) -FR 23-06741 (Medical) -FR 23-07240 (Medical) -FR 23-07603 (Medical) -FR 24-02459 (Medical) 1630 Bishop: -FR 23-02490 (Medical Arrest) 1640 Bishop: None 3 1750 Bishop: -FR 23-03996 (Smoke Check Outside) -FR 23-05438 (Medical) -FR 23-06158 (Medical) -FR 23-06211 (Medical) -FR 24-01400 (Medical) Fred Mickel Deputy Chief Police Department 1042 Walnut Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2729 E fmickel@slocity.org T 805.594.8048 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 Subject:Homelessness Response Steering Committee Start:Tue 5/28/2024 12:30 PM End:Tue 5/28/2024 12:30 PM Recurrence:(none) Organizer:McClish, Teresa Agenda 11.6.23 Steering Committee Meeting Agenda Priority Discussion Items 1. Timing of going to Council for ERF subrecipient agreement 2. CAPSLO partnership meeting agenda items 3. CAMP Standards and Temporary Storage Guidelines approval I. Regional Partner Updates 1. Welcome Home Village Project (15 min) a. Update on City/County common interest agreement and next steps b. Timing for City Council meeting to approve ERF subrecipient agreement 2. Homekey Round 3 (5 min) a. City and PSHH submitting updated application materials, per HCD's request b. Award announcement expected within next few weeks 1. Preparing draft joint press release for City and PSHH to issue if awarded grant 3. Nov. 9th County Behavioral Health Meeting Updates (15 min) 4. CAPSLO Updates (10 min) a. Partnership meeting scheduled for 12/11 and monthly recurring meetings scheduled starting in February b. Recommended agenda items: 1. CAPSLO Strategic Plan - timeline/next steps 2. 40 Prado Capacity Building a. Facility: Update on shower/laundry repairs + budget needs b. Staffing: Staff to client ratio, staff training, etc. c. Health & Safety: Steps that are being taken to address health & safety concerns 3. Funding & Program Updates a. Day One Foundation funding b. 90-Day Program c. Overflow Shelter d. Rotating Overnight Safe Parking Program - proposal & budget 5. Rotating Overnight Safe Parking Program (15 min) a. Evaluating feasibility for City-owned sites and awaiting confirmation from faith-based sites 1. Calle Joaquin Park & Ride (January) 2. Laguna Lake Golf Course (February) 3. Corp Yard (May) 2 4. Damon Garcia Sports Fields (June) 5. SLO Naz Church - Board meeting in mid-November (March) 6. Renovate Church - Leadership commitment; awaiting next steps on scheduling neighborhood meeting (April) 7. Congregation Beth David - Leadership commitment; Board weighing safety concerns and implementation logistics (July) 8. Journey Church - Board meeting in mid-December (August) b. Requested CAPSLO safe parking budget and proposal 2. Field Team Questions & Recommendations 1. Updates to CAMP Standards and Temporary Storage Guidelines approved (10 min) a. Updated links to Sharepoint files: 1. CAMP Standards 2. Temporary Storage Guidelines 2. Ask SLO routing process 3. Confidential Settlement Discussion/Attorney Work Product/Privileged 4. Homelessness Response Priorities 1. Homekey Round 3 Application Updates 2. Rotating Overnight Safe Parking Program 3. Communications Plan - Homelessness Response Infographic, Ask SLO, Website, Pocket Guides, etc. 4. Field Team Work Flow and Outreach Strategy 5. Special Agenda Items (Please send to Daisy in advance of meeting) 1. 2024 Point-in-Time Count a. PIT Count scheduled for Tuesday, January 23, 2024 starting at 4:30am ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Find a local number | Reset PIN Learn More | Meeting options 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Thursday, April 25, 2024 1:09 PM To: Cc:Suzie Freeman; Jeffrey Al-Mashat Subject:RE: Proposed Homeless shelter at Bishop and Johnson Hi Georgina, Thank you for reaching out regarding the Welcome Home Village project. Welcome Home Village is a program that will enable the City and County of San Luis Obispo to work collaboratively to address encampments throughout San Luis Obispo. Up to 80 unhoused individuals will be provided housing and supportive services so that they can move from homelessness to long term housing. This County-led initiative aligns with the lines of effort outlined in both the Countywide Plan to Address Homelessness and the City’s Homelessness Response Strategic Plan to provide critical permanent supportive housing capacity. Supportive housing communities like the ones created by our project partners, DignityMoves and Good Samaritan Shelter, are 5 times more successful in helping people secure and maintain safe and stable housing, and we are eager to replicate their successes here in the City of San Luis Obispo. To answer your questions, the Bishop and Johnson site was intentionally selected to integrate the program on the SLO County Health Agency Campus. The location provides access to nearby medical centers, behavioral health outpatient services, and the crisis stabilization unit. The project will also include 24-hour on-site security. The City approaches homelessness with compassion while also enforcing the law. SLOPD will continue to enforce the law and the City’s outreach teams – including the Community Action Team (CAT), Community Service Officers, and the Fire Department’s Mobile Crisis Unit (MCU) – will continue to proactively conduct outreach and respond to calls for service. SLOPD is an important partner in enforcing the law, but policing doesn’t end homelessness. Supportive housing is a critical tool in addressing homelessness, which is why the Welcome Home Village is an important part of the solution. The County will be hosting a Community Meeting next Wednesday, May 1 st, to share additional information about the project and provide an opportunity for community members to speak with the service providers and groups working to bring Welcome Home Village to SLO. If you’re interested in attending, CLICK HERE to register. Please reach out if you have any additional questions, and I’ve also included County contacts – Suzie Freeman and Jeff Al-Mashat (cc’d) – to address any questions related to the project site or the community meeting. Thank you, Daisy From: american woman < Sent: Friday, April 19, 2024 1:55 PM To: Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org> Subject: Proposed Homeless shelter at Bishop and Johnson This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. 2 None of the Homeowner's in this neighbourhood want a homeless shelter within 2 blocks . It's a danger to young children walking back and forth to school and after school activities.and many of the elderly who have lived here, some families for generations. Why weren't we informed ahead of time before discussions instead of after discussions? Why haven't we been given a voice? W hy not put shelters away from single family homes, schools and vulnerable elderly? Will we receive more police protection with better response time???? Give the neighborhood a voice or get voted out in the next election. Homeowner and registered voter, Georgina Pease 1 From:Kimmie Nguyen < Sent:Wednesday, May 8, 2024 10:01 AM To:CityClerk Subject:5/8/24 PC Item 5b - Support for Welcome Home Village Attachments:5_8_24 Item 5b - Welcome Home Village Support Letter.docx This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Good morning! I am submitting the attached support letter to Planning Commission on behalf of SLO County YIMBY. This is an important project that we wholeheartedly support and I thank you for the chance to comment. Yes to people. Yes to housing. yimbyaction.org 1 Support Welcome Home Village May 8th, 2024 Planning Commission Members: SLO County YIMBY is made up of homeowners, tenants, working people, and families up and down the Central Coast affected by the housing crisis in one way or another. We are volunteers who advocate for abundant, affordable housing and inclusive communities. A few of us even reside or used to reside in the Johnson Avenue/Sinsheimer neighborhood. It’s a nice neighborhood. We think it would be even nicer if we didn’t gatekeep who gets to have a bed to sleep in at night. SLO County YIMBY unequivocally supports the proposed Welcome Home Village project at Bishop Street and Johnson Avenue. There is currently historic support for all types of housing within the community, and the SLO City Council has again and again affirmed its commitment to the housing continuum. Today we are excited to advocate specifically for our most vulnerable neighbors, who suffer without shelter as a result of our collective policy choices. This is an incredible location in which to provide 80 supportive homes. DignityMoves and Good Samaritan Shelter have a great track record in other communities on the Central Coast. Wraparound services and security are provided on-site, and only a short walk away are additional County Public Health and non-profit services. Yes to people. Yes to housing. yimbyaction.org 1 While there are many reasons a person may become homeless, homelessness is fundamentally a housing problem. When the average rent exceeds the average person's ability to pay, the risks of homelessness go up. Access to mental health and addiction resources are important in successfully transitioning many of our unsheltered neighbors into housing, but keeping an abundant supply of housing keeps people from becoming homeless in the first place. We ask the Commission and City staff to consider the high cost of inaction. The staff report contains tons of technical zoning jargon but leaves out information about the homeless folks that we are most likely to help through this effort. The City and County have spent considerable funds on Goal 2 of the Homeless Response Strategic Plan (Data). The community needs a better understanding of what the status quo is, and what it will continue to be if we don’t support projects like this. How many people live in the creek encampments today? How many of these individuals suffer serious injuries and trauma, or are victims of crime? How many arrests does SLO PD issue every year? It hurts to think about, but have any of our neighbors passed away just from the stress and danger of living outdoors? You are hearing from many neighbors that say, “Don’t build here, build somewhere else, anywhere but here,” and naively think the problem will be solved. Instead, let’s take responsibility and not kick the can further down the road for our children to figure out. We urge you to consider this project with your utmost compassion. SLO County YIMBY will continue to fight for our homeless neighbors and we look forward to seeing Welcome Home Village become a tiny part of a better SLO County. SLO County YIMBY Krista Jeffries Myles Couch Kevin Buchanan Delaney Ginn Jessica Goswick Kimmie Nguyen 1 From:Roberta Fischer < Sent:Wednesday, May 8, 2024 1:42 PM To:Advisory Bodies Subject:Bishop Street Project This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Greetings San Luis Obispo Planning Commisioner, I am writing to express my concern about the fast tracked project that is slated to be built at the intersection of Johnson and Bishop. Due to the lack of time, I will highlight only a few of my concerns. PARKING This project will take away the 100 parking spaces that are used daily by the county mental health staff that work on the mental health campus. Overflow parking will move onto the street and into the neighborhoods. As you know the topography of that area, parking at the church entails a hike up the hill. Will county employees really park down the hill or will they opt for the flat land located at the end of Flora and on Johnson? Also as the fragile unhoused get up-righted and ready for employment, we highly doubt they will all have a bicycle or opt for the hourly bus service - they too will have cars to get them to their employment, where will they park? DIGNITY MOVES This is a for profit private equity firm from the Silicon Valley. We all know what happens when private equity gets involved in healthcare, long term care and assisted living projects. It's the patient who comes out on the short end of the stick. Isn't there a local company - Peoples Self Help Housing or Echo Housing to name the first two that come to mind - that could administer this grant. To quote Elizabeth Funk the CEO of Dignity Moves - "many investors got really rich." Many of you have spent your life in public service. Have you gotten really rich? NO BUILT IN PLUMBING Mind boggling. This city dictates what shade of gray a building can be painted as well as how many branches can be cut off a tree in your front yard. But the planning commission will allow an eighty unit housing project to be built in a parking lot without any permanent plumbing. How often will a waste pumping service come - and that's allowable in a residential neighborhood? How many sewer laterals are you requiring the county to donate? LOCATION & NOTIFICATION This grant is supposed to be located where the homeless encampments are located. The Bob Jones Bike Trail/Prado Road couldn't be any further from this third place site selected. It's an hour bus ride over to Social Services and the Prado Day Center. This 80 bed unit is going to be voted on by the County Supervisors on May 21st. We just heard about this. What happened to the required notification? Thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I appreciate the time you donate to the City's planning commission. Sincerely, Roberta Fischer 1 From:Merlie Livermore <mlivermore@co.slo.ca.us> Sent:Wednesday, February 21, 2024 10:08 AM To:Merlie Livermore Subject:HSOC Executive Committee Meeting today Attachments:EXEC-2024-02-21-Agenda Packet.pdf; Just Cause Form.pdf This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hello Committee members and interested parties, This is just to remind you of the HSOC Executive Committee meeting today February 21, from 3pm-5pm at the Department of Social Services building on 3433 S Higuera St. ,SLO, Rm. 356. Unless approved by the HSOC staff for just cause reasons, Committee members need to attend the meeting in person. Members (those with just cause reasons approved by the HSOC staff) and the public may participate by Zoom video call: Or dial in: + Sincerely, Merlie Livermore Administrative Assistant III Adult & Homeless Services Division (P) 805-788-9492 mlivermore@co.slo.ca.us DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES 2 COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Page 1 of 4 HOMELESS SERVICES OVERSIGHT COUNCIL (HSOC) Executive Committee Meeting Agenda February 21, 2024, at 3 p.m. Committee members must participate in person (unless excused for just cause reasons, or for emergency reasons approved by the HSOC). Room 356, County of San Luis Obispo Department of Social Services 3433 South Higuera, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Members (those with just cause reasons approved by the HSOC staff) and the public may participate by Zoom video call: Or dial in: + 1. Call to Order and Introductions (*2 minutes) 2. Public Comment (*6 minutes) 3. Consent: Approval of Minutes (*2 minutes) 4. Action/Information Discussion 4.1. HSOC Administration 4.1.1. Action Item: Approve the Appointment of Alternates (*5 minutes) 4.1.1.1. Committee Questions 4.1.1.2. Public Comment 4.1.1.3. Committee Discussion and Vote Page 2 of 4 4.2. HSOC Governance Structure 4.2.1. Discussion Item: HSOC Bylaws Proposed Changes (*25 minutes) 4.2.1.1. Committee Questions 4.2.1.2. Public Comment 4.2.1.3. Committee Discussion 4.3. Implementing Five-Year Plan Line of Effort 1 - Create Affordable and Appropriately Designed Housing Opportunities and Shelter Options for Underserved Populations 4.3.1. Discussion Item: Update on Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Round 5 Process (*15 minutes) 4.3.1.1. Committee Questions 4.3.1.2. Public Comment 4.3.1.3. Committee Discussion 4.4. Implementing Line of Effort 2 - Focus Efforts to Reduce or Eliminate the Barriers to Housing Stability for Those Experiencing Homelessness or at Risk of Homelessness, Including Prevention, Diversion, Supportive Services, and Housing Navigation Efforts 4.4.1. Discussion Item: Update from County Behavioral Health on 2024 Bridge Housing Program Application (*20 minutes) 4.4.1.1. Committee Questions 4.4.1.2. Public Comment 4.4.1.3. Committee Discussion 4.5. Implementing Five-Year Plan Line of Effort 3 – Improve and Expand Data Management Efforts Through HMIS and Coordinated Entry System to Strengthen Data-Driven Operational Guidance and Strategic Oversight Page 3 of 4 4.5.1. Discussion Item: 2024 Housing Inventory Count (HIC) Data (*20 minutes) 4.5.1.1. Committee Questions 4.5.1.2. Public Comment 4.5.1.3. Committee Discussion 4.6. Committee Reports 4.6.1. Discussion Item: Committee Reports (*5 minutes) 4.6.1.1. Committee Questions 4.6.1.2. Public Comment 4.6.1.3. Committee Discussion 4.7. Discussion Item: Updates from County Staff on County Initiatives (*8 minutes) 4.7.1. Committee Questions 4.7.2. Public Comment 4.7.3. Committee Discussion 4.8. Discussion Item: Five-Year Plan to Address Homelessness (*10 minutes) 4.8.1. Committee Questions 4.8.2. Public Comment 4.8.3. Committee Discussion 4.9. Discussion Item: Learnings, Trends and Concerns, Future Issues and Next Steps (*5 minutes) 4.9.1. Committee Questions 4.9.2. Public Comment Page 4 of 4 4.9.3. Committee Discussion 5. Future Discussion/Report Items (*2 minutes) 6. Next Regular Meeting: April 17, 2024 7. Adjournment The full agenda packet for this meeting is available on the SLO County HSOC web page: https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Social-Services/Homeless- Services/Homeless-Services-Oversight-Council-(HSOC).aspx *Times allotted for discussion are approximate and subject to change HOMELESS SERVICES OVERSIGHT COUNCIL (HSOC) EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Date December 13, 2023 Time 1pm-3pm Location Rm 356, Department of Social Services 3433 S. Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Members Present Jack Lahey Mark Lamore Steve Gregory Susan Funk Staff and Guests Abby Burgess Christy Nichols Dawn Ortiz-Legg Erica Jaramillo George Solis Janna Nichols Kari Howell Kate Bourne Laurel Weir Lauryn Searles Marie Bolin Merlie Livermore Michael Azevedo Michelle Shoresman Morgan Torell Nathan Lenski Sarah Hayter Agenda Item 3 Page 1 of 6 1.Call to Order and Introductions Susan Funk called the meeting to order at 3:03 pm. Nathan Lenski and Marie Bolin introduced themselves. 2.Public Comment Steve Gregory shared that the City of Paso Robles has approved the budget for projects as part of their strategic plan in reducing homelessness. Dawn Ortiz- Legg welcomed Morgan Torell as the new Homeless Services Division Manager. 3.Consent: Approval of Minutes Jack Lahey moved the minutes to be approved. Steve Gregory seconded. Motion passed unanimously. 4.Action/Information/Discussion 4.1. HSOC Administration 4.1.1. Action Item: Approve the appointment of Anna Miller as the alternate for Rick Gulino Jack Lahey moved the motion to approve the appointment. Mark Lamore seconded. Motion passed via roll call. 4.1.2. Action Item: Recommend a slate of candidates for election as HSOC officers in 2024 Laurel Weir shared the following names of candidates recommended for election: Michelle Shoresman as Candidate for Chair, Susan Funk as Vice-Chair, Mark Lamore for Finance and Data, Jack Lahey for Services Coordinating Committee. Recommendation included the amendment to have a secondary person in case Michelle Pedigo does not agree to be part of the Housing Committee seat. Jack Lahey moved the motion to approve, Steve Gregory seconded. Roll was called and motion passed. 4.2. HSOC Governance Structure Laurel Weir shared about current HMIS governance. Laurel started by defining what HUD means by a Continuum of Care. The Continuum of Care is composed of representatives from relevant organizations within a geographic area. This involves a community planning process that brings together a lot of different sectors to develop what COC should look like. This also requires including relevant organizations specifically defined in the regulations. The regulations require a board to act on behalf of the continuum. The board must be composed of representatives of the relevant organizations serving homeless populations, and include at least one person who has lived experience of homelessness. The CoC process created the HSOC. The HSOC acts as an advisory body to the Board of Supervisors as well as the entity that is responsible for being the CoC planning body. The structure of the HSOC is set by the by-laws. Having a CoC and a CoC planning body is required for Agenda Item 3 Page 2 of 6 several state grants that come to the CoC, without which the county would have received millions of dollars less in funding. Laurel also mentioned some of the responsibilities of the COC: operating continuum of care, public invitation process for memberships, designate manager, and operator for the HMIS system, etc. Laurel then introduced Abby Burgess from ICA (Institute for Community Alliances) which is the agency contracted by the County to help with the transition to the new HMIS system. Abby shared that they are reviewing the HMIS procedures and documents, CoC governance and by-laws, standard operating procedures for Coordinated Entry and reviewing operating procedures for the CoC. According to Abby, the purpose of all these reviews is to align and bring everything up to date with current operations with the new HMIS system. Some of the structural stuff is to bring the new HMIS system into the existing plans. In addition, Laurel mentioned that last summer there had been some conversations within different HSOC committees regarding the HSOC governance and explore ways on how to enhance its effectiveness, efficiency, and transparency. Laurel named the current committees of the HSOC, namely Executive, Data and Finance, Homeless Coordinating and Housing. Laurel said that by-law changes are required every time there’s a need to add, remove or rename an existing committee. After talking with the committees, looking at structures at other CoC bodies around the state, Laurel reported that they are proposing to change some of the committee names and functions. One of the proposals is to rename the Data & Finance Committee into Data & Performance Committee since it has not worked on finance pieces for many years. The Homeless Services Coordinating committee will continue to stay. Another proposal is making the newly created Ad hoc Coordinated Steering committee a permanent standing committee. This Coordinated Entry piece will serve as the front door into the homeless services system, focusing on processes such as how people are assessed for referrals, how the agencies coordinate with each other, among many other functions. Laurel also reported there is a recommendation to remove the committee names from the by-laws. This will allow the HSOC to determine its committees and give the authority to the Executive Committee to create and approve specific descriptions of roles and responsibilities for a committee. This information will be published on the website for transparency so that the public will be aware of the existing HSOC committees. Laurel also shared that this would allow flexibility to let the committees establish their working groups. County Counsel is looking into whether Ad hoc working groups would be subject to the Brown Act rule, specifically about attending meetings in person versus remote attendance. Laurel also mentioned that another proposal is to not continue with the Housing Committee. Upon consultation with the Housing Committee chair and its members, it was agreed that that it would be more effective to hear actual updates from groups directly involved in meeting housing needs. If the Housing Committee is dissolved, this would mean there will no longer be a housing seat on the HSOC. Since a lot of CoCs have dedicated seats for their own Housing Authority, Laurel Agenda Item 3 Page 3 of 6 asked members if they would like to see a designated housing seat. Suggestions provided at the meeting included having a designated housing seat for HASLO (Housing Authority for San Luis Obispo) as member of the Executive Committee, and maybe another seat, Housing at- large, preferably held by someone who has direct housing services, such as the Housing Trust Fund and Habitat for Humanity, to name a few. Laurel said the next step would be working with the County Counsel regarding the proposed changes, then having an initial discussion with the full HSOC at the January meeting. The specific recommendations will be brought to the February Executive Committee meeting. Laurel will also reach out to Michelle Pedigo, from the Housing Authority regarding her role as the Housing representative to the Executive Committee. 4.3. Implementing Five-Year Plan Line of Effort 1 – Create Affordable and Appropriately Designed Housing Opportunities and Shelter Options for Underserved Populations 4.3.1. Discussion Item: Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Round 5 Regionally Coordinated Homeless Action Plan Laurel Weir shared that the funding has not been officially announced, but they suspect it to be between $2.5 M and $3.2 M, to be determined sometime in January. The application is due in March. Eligible activities are like the other rounds, including permanent housing. For this funding, a specific amount of funding for permanent housing needs to be determined first before remaining funds can be spent on interim housing. Laurel also mentioned that this funding would like to focus on sustaining existing investments, such as operating funds for the existing tiny homes projects. To take the grant, Laurel said that there are some responsibilities that need to be adhered to. This includes holding three public hearings and the requirement that the CoC and the Board of Supervisors approve a regionally coordinated Homelessness Action Plan. Laurel referred to an initial draft of the roles and responsibilities of the CoC (Attachment 4.3.1) 4.4. Implementing Five-Year Plan Line of Effort 3 – Improve and Expand Data Management Efforts Through HMIS and Coordinated Entry System to Strengthen Data-Driven Operational Guidance and Strategic Oversight 4.4.1. Discussion Item: Update on 2024 Homeless Point in Time Count Kari Howell provided an update and confirmed the start time of 7:30am for the January 23rd PIT Count event. 4.4 . Discussion Item: Committee Reports Mark Lamore reported the Finance & Data Committee has been working hard on clearing up the HMIS errors by reaching out to different agencies regarding data that Agenda Item 3 Page 4 of 6 need to be corrected in preparation for the migration into the new Bitfocus Clarity system. He mentioned that the agencies will continue to use their existing Release of Information forms until the standard form is fine-tuned and adapted with the new system. Jack Lahey shared how the current Services Coordinating Committee and the Ad hoc Committees will function. He mentioned that in their meetings, they discussed the importance of getting real-time feedback from case managers and having a committee that will focus on policy changes. They also talked about continuation of the street medicine discussions, public bathrooms access, and warming shelter updates. Jack mentioned that CAPSLO, ECHO and the Five Cities Homeless Coalition will get together to produce documents on how warming shelters can better operate in the county. Supervisor Dawn Ortiz- Legg shared they continue to work through the Welcome Home Village efforts. 4.5 . Discussion Item: Updates from County Staff on County Initiatives Laurel Weir shared that besides helping with the Welcome Home Village project efforts, the staff is continuing to work on the Oklahoma Avenue Parking drawdown. The site is now down to 29 people on the site and staff are helping place people in permanent supportive housing opportunities that are coming up. There has been a delay on some of the permanent support housing start dates, thus also delaying potential exit strategy for some of the people in the parking site. The county has been providing incentives such as gift cards and minor vehicle repairs for those individuals who leave the site earlier. George Solis provided a funding update. He shared that the division will be releasing some Request for Funding by the end of January. HHAP 3 has about $2.9 M left to obligate. This needs to be contracted by May 31, 2024, and expended by June 2026. HHAP 4 received an initial disbursement of $1.7M which is fifty percent of the total award. To receive the second half of the award, seventy five percent of this initial amount needs to be obligated and expend fifty percent of it by May 31, 2025. Second funding amount needs to be used by June 30, 2027. Prioritization is given to interim shelter, prevention and diversion and delivery of permanent housing. George also mentioned that there is $104,000 in the ESG (Emergency Solutions Grant) funding through the State, for emergency shelters, rapid rehousing and HMIS. There is also a separate allocation of $342,000 for the City of Pismo Beach and $373,000 for Home ARP (American Rescue Plan) funded projects. Laurel additionally shared that the county requested some technical assistance from the state on how to navigate the CalAIM system. There will be a workshop for providers in January and an Invitation will be sent out for this workshop. 5. Future Discussion/Report Items • Update on different projects Agenda Item 3 Page 5 of 6 6. Next Regular Meeting: February 21, 2024 7. Adjournment Susan Funk adjourned the meeting at 5:07pm. Agenda Item 3 Page 6 of 6 Page 1 of 1 HOMELESS SERVICES OVERSIGHT COUNCIL (HSOC) ACTION ITEM February 21, 2024 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: 4.1.1 ITEM: Approve the Appointment of Alternates ACTION REQUIRED: Vote to approve the appointment of HSOC member alternates as listed below. HSOC Member Seat Agency Proposed Alternate Alternate’s Position Star Graber County Government Service Providers County of San Luis Obispo Behavioral Health Agency Frank Warren Deputy Director Margaret Shepard-Moore Advocates Transitions-Mental Health Association Miriam Vargas Program Manager Marie Bolin Nonprofit Homeless Assistance Providers Family Care Network Jon Nibbio Chief Operations Officer Agenda Item 4.1.1 Proposed 2024 HSOC Bylaw Amendments Key Concepts and Jus�fica�on Topic: Membership Membership Seats and the Youth Advisory Board Proposed Change: Add a seat on the HSOC for a representa�ve from a local Youth Advisory Board. Justification: This would add to the HSOC’s understanding of youth homelessness and allow for youth homelessness representa�on on the HSOC. Alternates Proposed Change: If a member has an alternate for the HSOC, they are automa�cally the alternate for the member on the commitees to which the member belongs. If a member doesn’t have an alternate or needs to change an alternate before the mee�ng, then the member can request the Commitee Chair appoint the member’s recommenda�on for an alternate. Appointment will be at the Commitee Chair’s discre�on. Justification: The Bylaws do not currently address alternates for commitees. This would provide clarity for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at a commitee mee�ng. Topic: Commitee Structures Executive Committee Proposed Change: Change the composi�on of the Execu�ve Commitee to add two addi�onal seats. One would be for a representa�ve from a local Housing Authority. The other would be designated for a second representa�ve from the affordable housing sector, defined as a representa�ve from a local, nonprofit, low-income Housing Developer, a representa�ve from a Housing Trust Fund, or a representa�ve from a private founda�on that provides grants for low-income housing development. These seats would be held for appointed members of the full HSOC and would be voted on by the full HSOC during HSOC leadership elec�ons. Should a vacancy occur in one of these two seats, the Chair may nominate a replacement from the appointed members of the HSOC. Justification: The crea�on of housing is an essen�al element needed to meet the goals of the Five-Year Plan. Adding seats on the Execu�ve Commitee for housing experts will help provide a mechanism for iden�fying opportuni�es and pathways to move the Five-Year Plan housing goals forward. Standing Committees Proposed Change: Remove names of standing commitees (except for Execu�ve Commitee) and replace with a process for reviewing and appoin�ng Standing Commitees. Standing Commitees would be created by the Execu�ve Commitee. At the �me of crea�on, the Execu�ve Commitee would also approve a statement iden�fying the purpose and goals of the Standing Commitee and this statement would be published on the HSOC webpage. The HSOC webpage would maintain a list of Standing and Ad Hoc commitees and their roles. Agenda Item 4.2.1 On an annual basis, or as otherwise directed by the HSOC Chair, the HSOC Chair and staff would meet with the Standing Commitee Chair to discuss whether to recommend any changes to help the HSOC carry out the mission of the commitee. Any recommended changes would be reported to the HSOC. Justification: This change would ensure regular review of the func�on of commitees and create a more nimble process for crea�on of new commitees when they are needed. It would also provide transparency and a consistent understanding of the purpose of each commitee. Agenda Item 4.2.1 1 2.5 Plan to Utilize Local, State, and Federal Funds to End Homelessness 1.The plan must include the total amount of available funding, the amount prioritized for permanent housing solutions, and an explanation of how each participating applicant is utilizing local, state, and federal funding programs to end homelessness. These programs must include, but are not limited to: •The Homekey Program, •The No Place Like Home Program •The Multifamily Housing Program •The Housing for a Healthy California Program •The Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program •Building Homes and Jobs Act •The California Emergency Solutions Grants Program •The National Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 •HOME Investment Partnerships Act •Parolee or probation programs that are intended to prevent homelessness upon release. Guidance All of the above programs must be included and fully explained in the table. Where the region has multiple awards for the same program that are administered by different entities, those may be listed on separate lines. For example, in a region with one county and one CoC who receive their HHAP awards separately, each jurisdiction may enter their HHAP awards in separate lines. If one of the ten required programs is not present in a region, type N/A. In addition to the listed programs, participating Eligible Applicants should add any other funds and programs that are being utilized to address and end homelessness in the region. To add additional funding programs, add rows to the bottom of the table. Definitions: •Local Fund Administrator: The entity responsible for administering the given funding source. •Description of How Funds are/will be Utilized to End Homelessness in the Region: Comprehensive summary of how the funding program will be utilized in the region. Applicants should highlight whether, how, and to what extent the funds are being used for permanent housing. •Funding Amount: Amount of known, dollars secured or available to spend within the HHAP-5 grant timeframe (FY 23-24 through FY 27-28) •Timeframe of Use: The date range the local fund administrator anticipates expending the identified program funds. Agenda Item 4.3.1 Page 1 of 3 2 Funding Program Local Fund Administrator Description of How Funds are/will be Utilized to End Homelessness in the Region Funding Amount Amount Prioritized for Permanent Housing Solutions Timeframe of Use The Homekey program HASLO, PSHH, City of SLO, FCN, County of San Luis Obispo Conversion of motel to Permanent Housing and Emergency Shelter; conversion of existing building to Transitional Housing; conversion of Hotel to Permanent Housing $44,383,270 $30,958,270 1/10/2020 – 6/30/2026 The No Place Like Home Program $29,034,423 $29,034,423 6/26/2020 – No expenditure deadline The Multifamily Housing Program - - The Housing for a Healthy California Program - - The Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program County of San Luis Obispo Homeless Youth Program, rehabilitation of motels into Permanent Housing and shelter, develop and provide Permanent Housing, outreach and case management, emergency shelter, prevention and diversion, navigation centers $12,953,806 $2,028,588 5/19/2020 – 6/30/2027 The Building Homes and Jobs Act Funding - - The California Emergency Solutions Grants Program County of San Luis Obispo Emergency shelter, rapid rehousing $114,049 - 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024 The National Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 - - Agenda Item 4.3.1 Page 2 of 3 3 HOME Investment Partnerships Act County of San Luis Obispo Construction of multi family rental apartments for senior households experiencing or at risk of homelessness $6,303,360 $6,303,360 11/24/2020 – 9/30/2032 Parolee or probation programs that are intended to prevent homelessness upon release. - - [other] Agenda Item 4.3.1 Page 3 of 3 Homeless Services Oversight Council ApplicaƟon for Member to ParƟcipate Remotely in Full HSOC or CommiƩee MeeƟng The provisions of AB 361, which amended the Brown Act to allow public meeƟngs to be conducted remotely, ended on February 28, 2023. From that date, the tradiƟonal provisions of the Brown Act have applied, including the tradiƟonal teleconferencing rules, with excepƟons as provided by AB 2449. These excepƟons allow individual members of legislaƟve bodies to parƟcipate remotely in emergency circumstances, or for 'just cause' reasons, defined as: a family childcare or caregiving need; a contagious illness; a need related to a physical or mental disability that is not otherwise accommodated; or travel while on official business that is related to the work of the legislaƟve body. This form allows for members of the full HSOC and its commiƩees to apply to parƟcipate remotely in meeƟngs. Member Name: Email Address: Just Cause Reason: Family Childcare or Caregiving Need Contagious Illness Need Related to Physical or Mental Disability Not Otherwise Accommodated Travel While on Official HSOC Business HSOC MeeƟng – you can select more than one. Please also provide the date(s) of meeƟng(s): Full HSOC ExecuƟve CommiƩee Finance & Data CommiƩee Housing CommiƩee Services CoordinaƟng CommiƩee Please Confirm You Understand the Requirements Under AB 2449 by Checking the Boxes Below: Per AB 2449, a member cannot parƟcipate solely by teleconference for more than three consecuƟve meeƟngs, or for more than 20% of regular meeƟngs in a year. Per AB 2449, members parƟcipaƟng remotely must state, prior to any acƟon being taken in a meeƟng, whether any other individuals (aged 18 and older) are present in the room at the remote locaƟon, and the general nature of the member's relaƟonship with such individuals. Per AB 2449, members parƟcipaƟng remotely must parƟcipate through both audio and visual technology. What Happens Next: County staff will review your form and respond via the email address you have provided above, prior to the meeƟng(s) you have indicated above. Please return form to SS_HomelessServices@co.slo.ca.us 1 From:Szentesi, Whit Sent:Thursday, April 25, 2024 2:15 PM To:Hermann, Greg Subject:FW: Neighborhood Canvassing for the Welcome Home Village Attachments:Welcome Home Village Project Information, April 2024.pdf Expires:Wednesday, July 24, 2024 12:00 AM FYI I volunteered for this. It’s on my flex day, but just wanted you to be aware. Whit Szentesi pronouns she/her/hers Public Communications Manager City Administration 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E wszentes@slocity.org T 805.783.7716 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Suzie Freeman <sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2024 12:47 PM To: Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us>; Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org>; Cynthia Voorheis <cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us>; Niko Elvambuena <nelvambuena@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: Neighborhood Canvassing for the Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hello, friends! Tomorrow is the day we will be canvassing the neighborhoods near the proposed location for the Welcome Home Village. We will meeting at 10:00AM in the parking lots that will host the Welcome Home Village in the future. Specifically, we will meet in the lower parking lot in the parking spots closest to the intersection and parallel to Bishop St, as shown highlighted in yellow below. 2 Meeting Location for Friday, April 26 at 10:00AM - 1551 Bishop Street, San Luis Obispo: There, I will distribute folders to each canvasser, which contain the following:  A map of your designated canvassing area,  A map of the entire canvassing area,  Your assigned list of addresses,  A copy of the project overview,  A map of the project's location, and  A "quick sheet" of the most frequently asked questions by the community. Based on the experience of Good Samaritan for similar outreach efforts, our goal tomorrow is to simply leave the door hanger behind and not actively pursue conversations with the neighbors at this time . That said, if you come across someone that is curious about the project, you're absolutely encouraged to answer their questions. Within reason, try to keep your conversation focused on the project itself. We will be inviting everyone to the May 1st Community Meeting, to be held at 6pm at Renovate Church (2075 Johnson Avenue). That said, if you identify a "champion" that is particularly excited for the project - strongly encourage them to attend! Meaningful and genuine support from fellow neighbors can go a long way for these types of projects. Below is the full area to be canvassed tomorrow: 3 The preliminary assignments are as follows:  Red - Suzie Freeman (est. 85 units)  Yellow - Cynthia Voorheis (est. 45 units)  Blue - Whitney Szentesi (est. 66 units)  Orange - Linda Belch (est. 41 units)  Green - Dawn Ortiz-Legg (est. 55 units) In the event that you need to leave before you're able to complete your assigned area, you've run out of door hangers, or need some other type of assistance, please contact Niko Elvambuena at 805-788-9427. As a refresher, an overview of the project's information has been attached to this email. Thank you all for your support here, and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow! Suzie Freeman Communications Program Manager Homeless Services Division Email: sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us Cell: 805-457-5007 Office: 805-788-9472 4 This email, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and /or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES HOMELESS SERVICES DIVISION Devin Drake Director of Social Services Linda Belch Adult and Homeless Services Branch Manager County of San Luis Obispo | Department of Social Services 3433 S. Higuera St. | San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 | (P) 805-788-9460 info@slocounty.ca.gov | www.slocounty.ca.gov Welcome Home Village Project Overview The Welcome Home Village is a supportive housing community that will provide housing, care, and dignity to people camping along the Bob Jones Bike Trail. The project is part of the County’s strategic plan to reduce homelessness in San Luis Obispo County. The goal is to provide people with the stability and resources they need to get back on their feet. Welcome Home Village • An 80-unit non-congregate housing facility with on-site case management and resource plans for residents. o 34 interim supportive housing units o 46 permanent supportive housing units • This is a self-contained housing community intended to create a healing environment for those living there. • Since the project is on the Health Agency Campus, it will be walking distance from critical medical care, behavioral health clinics, and drug & alcohol services. • Enrollment in the program will go to those currently living in the Bob Jones Bike Trail Encampment Corridor (from Prado/S. Higuera to near the Johnson Ranch Trail) o No PC 290 (registered sex offenders) will be allowed in the program. • Intensive and mandatory case management helps focus program participants on identifying and pursuing their pathway back to stable housing and independence. • The site will be developed by DignityMoves and operated and managed by Good Samaritan Shelter, both known for creating “home-like” and “dignified” housing solutions. • The Welcome Home Village is expected to open in 2025. • Based on an innovative program model used with >75% success rates in Grover Beach and Santa Barbara. Bob Jones Bike Trail Restoration • Includes focused efforts and funding to restore the Bob Jones Bike Trail: o Installation of sanitation services along the Bob Jones Bike Trail to address waste and trash accumulation o Expansion of the City of SLO’s ongoing outreach to those living in the encampment area in collaboration with Good Samaritan Shelter • The Bob Jones Bike Trail corridor was selected because it is a fire and flood zone and has largest concentration of homeless encampments in the San Luis Obispo City. • This project will allow us to address environmental and public safety concerns through compassionate access to a practical and supportive housing alternative. [continued on page 2] County of San Luis Obispo, Homeless Services Division April 1, 2024 Welcome Home Village Project Overview County of San Luis Obispo | Department of Social Services 3433 S. Higuera St. | San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 | (P) 805-788-9460 info@slocounty.ca.gov | www.slocounty.ca.gov Priority Alignment • The Welcome Home Village is just one of many projects needed to address homelessness. We are actively pursuing multiple ways to meaningfully and effectively create self-sufficiency for those currently facing homelessness. • Addressing homelessness is a shared top priority for both the County and the City. • This project is a critical component of both the San Luis Obispo Countywide Plan to Address Homelessness and the City’s Homeless Response Strategic Plan. Anticipated Concerns • Parking: Parking needs are being determined and the County is evaluating the most appropriate near- and long-term solutions to meet those needs. • Location Change: This location improves access to the resources residents need, most notably medical care and behavioral health-related services. It also is intended to be a residential program and, therefore, a better fit for a residential area. o The DSS Lot location would not work because it conflicted with the City’s 1997 Specific Plan for the Higuera Commerce Park and the County’s Airport Land Use Plan. o To complete this project on time and on budget, the County decided to look closely at other options. o After careful evaluation of the available locations, it was ultimately determined that adding the Welcome Home Village to the Health Agency Campus was the best option for the program’s future participants and the community. Project Partners & Responsibilities • County of San Luis Obispo – Provide oversight and monitor progress through monthly meeting and performance outcomes tracking; Provide service access to referrals received from Good Samaritan Shelter and City of San Luis Obispo. • City of San Luis Obispo – City officials will provide coordination and leadership for targeted outreach to encampment residents, including support from the Fire Department’s Mobile Crisis Unit and the Police Department’s Community Action Team. • DignityMoves – A San Francisco-based developer that specializes in addressing unsheltered homelessness using rapid-build housing solutions. They will lead the development of the Welcome Home Village using modular construction. More projects at DignityMoves.org. • Good Samaritan Shelter – A Santa Maria-based organization with over 35 years’ experience in mental health care, addiction services, and homeless solutions. They will assist with street outreach and housing navigation to those living near the Bob Jones Bike Trail corridor and provide day-to-day operations and case management services for the Welcome Home Village. Next Steps • The City and County are very interested to share constructive dialogues with the community. • Neighbors will be invited to partake in one of two Q&A sessions with the project partners. We are anticipating that these will be held in early May 2024 and hosted near the Health Agency Campus. More Information Additional information and updates may be found at slocounty.gov/WelcomeHomeVillage. 1 Subject:FW: Joint Steering Committee & Field Team Meeting Start: Recurrence:(none) Organizer:Wiberg, Daisy -----Original Appointment----- From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2024 12:32 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy; Johnson, Derek; McDonald, Whitney; Dietrick, Christine; Scott, Rick; Tuggle, Todd; Horn, Matt; Avakian, Greg; Tway, Timothea (Timmi); McClish, Teresa; Szentesi, Whitney; Cooper, Sarah; Hendrickson, Megan; Dixon, Dan; Warner, Hayden; Brookover, Danica; Sisemore, Paul; Giem, Scott; Fox, Sammy R.; Mezzapesa, John; Sheats, Steven; Buckley, Nick; Carscaden, Doug; Stephenson, Nemo; Rodriguez, Gabe; Niles, Nick; Cruce, Greg; Schafer, Aaron; Otte, Freddy; Symens, Sadie; Iriarte, Juanita; Dickel, Jason Cc: Mickel, Fred Subject: Joint Steering Committee & Field Team Meeting When: Monday, January 29, 2024 9:00 AM-10:30 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada). Where: Library Community Room Hi All, Here is the agenda for our Joint Steering Committee & Field Team meeting, which will be held in the Library Community Room from 9-10:30am on Monday (1/29). Please reach out if you have any questions, otherwise we’ll look forward to seeing you all on Monday morning. Thank you, Daisy ___________________________________________________________ Joint Steering Committee & Field Team Meeting January 29, 2024 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. I. Welcome & Introductions (Daisy) 2. 3. Q&A Discussion 4. County Mobile Crisis Team – Fire / PD Implementation Plan (Chief Tuggle) 2 5. Homelessness Response Updates (Daisy) 1. Homekey Round 3 Award – Calle Joaquin Homekey Project 2. Welcome Home Village 3. Homelessness Response Community Forum – Spring 2024 1 From:Deborah C. < Sent:Tuesday, April 30, 2024 10:53 AM To:Shoresman, Michelle Subject:Re: Welcome Home Village Thanks, Michelle. I have seen you walking in our neighborhood and know that you live and work nearby. I know that the city is largely powerless in this situation but I also know that the city's approval of the project in this location is being used as a tool of persuasion, I do appreciate your reply and your public service. Thank you, Deborah On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 8:10 AM Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> wrote: Hi again Deborah. I am very aware of, understand and empathetic to your concerns. I was just trying to answer your questions about how much authority the city has in this situation, water pressure and sustainability/growth. I actually live not far from the site and work in the SLO County Health building every day. I see the large number of people that walk up and down the street and the clients coming to and from the Probation Department and Behavioral Health and I am hopeful that this village will help many of those people who are unhoused. And there are many…a few of which have already had to be relocated from the nearby streets and buildings. I’m not sure that there is any perfect location for a development like this, but if you have ideas, those would certainly be worth sharing tomorrow night at the meeting. Again, this decision is being made by the county, so while I empathize with you and am interested in your ideas, the county is really the main decision maker here. That said, I think the county is interested in making this as comfortable as possible for neighbors and partners so it’s definitely worth asking what can be done to put your mind, and your neighbors minds, at ease. Have a good day. Michelle From: Deborah C. < Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 10:37:57 PM To: Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Welcome Home Village Thanks, Michelle. I am disappointed in your lack of concern for homeowners.l and I find your response dismissive. The businesses on South Higuera hired lawyers and that’s why the project which was originally slated for the DSS parking lot was moved. As I am sure you know, those business owners had 2 legitimate concerns. They were heard. Why are these same concerns not shared for people like us who will be living in community with the new residents 24/7? The statistics do not give me any comfort here. 51% of people rehoused from encampments receive mental health services. A majority have been incarcerated. A majority. And some go back to prison anyway after being housed and served. These are potentially unpredictable people many of whom have mental illnesses, addiction issues and a history of crime. As a person who has been a crisis prevention institute trainer (14 years) I know first hand what unsafe and unpredictable behavior can look like. I trained hundreds of people how to deal with it. The first rule is be ready. Anything can happen. Even for someone like me it is frightening and can be unsafe if people do not know how to respond. It’s a reality that people with potentially unsafe behaviors will be in my neighborhood if this project happens, walking their dogs (which they are allowed to have in this new facility). 80 people a half block away from my house. Please do not be naive about the realities of this situation. All of us walk past that location to take busses, walk Terrace Hill. Kids go from our neighborhood to Bishop on their bikes so they can cross at a light because Johnson Ave is so congested now. Several of my neighbors are widows who tell me they will be afraid to do their daily walks around the block now, afraid to take their trash cans in after dark. Afraid in their own neighborhoods. 80 people. As I said I do sincerely wish to see this project happen. I do not understand why anyone feels it’s appropriate for a vulnerable, residential neighborhood. Deborah Cleere On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:23 PM Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> wrote: Hi again Deborah. I think you should definitely ask your questions about materials at the meeting because I believe there will be experts there from the non-profit developer working on the project, Dignity Moves. They can speak to the materials and they have put in these types of villages all over the state. This one will be very similar to a successful model in downtown Santa Barbara. It’s my understanding that the structures are made of materials that are easily assembled and can be relocated after a period of years, if needed and relocated somewhere else. So, they are “recycleable” in that way. Some of the manufacturers that make these units are called “LifeArk” (https://lifeark.net/), as an example. Additionally, I think it’s important to let you know that the focus for who is housed in these units is intentionally meant to be SLO residents. It is funded with an “Encampment resolution” grant aimed at moving people from the Bob Jones trail area (in the city of SLO) and 40 Prado into transitional and supportive housing. This is the same model that was used when they built the Cabins for Change project in Grover Beach…initially, those units were saved for Grover Beach residents and 3 no one from other areas was allowed in, if there was a need for a GB resident. So, it is exactly the goal to help reduce our own community’s problems first. সহ঺঻ If you have water pressure issues in your particular home, or in your neighborhood more broadly, you might want to talk to our utilities department about that. They can be reached at: https://www.slocity.org/government/department-directory/utilities-department . Thanks, and I hope you find the meeting informative. Michelle From: Deborah C. < Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 4:17 PM To: Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Welcome Home Village Hi Michelle. Thanks for the quick response. Much appreciated. I am not concerns with growth. I am concerned with maintaining a trajectory of sustainability. New builds when existing buildings lie empty seem crazy to me, especially when they are not build with sustainable or responsible materials. Our particular neighborhood has water pressure issues. If this project is a relocation of encampments outside the city limits won’t it put a lot of pressure on our first responder and law enforcement services? If we are moving people to SLO then how does that address our own internal needs for serving the unhoused? I don’t understand how the county can be allowed to do whatever they want inside the city limits. Yes of course I will attend the information meeting on May 1. I’m hoping to understand how we landed here and how the city is protecting us from the county’s desire to impact our residential neighborhood. Deb 4 On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 4:04 PM Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> wrote: Hi Deborah, Thanks for the email. Unfortunately the formatting would not allow me to read it all, but it sounds like you might have some technical questions that might be better answered by county staff at the meeting on May 1. So, you might consider rsvp-ing and attending that. The important thing to know, as you seem like you already do, the county (and other governmental entities like them) has a great deal of latitude in what they can do with their property within city limits. City and county staff can better respond at the meeting to your questions on infrastructure requirements. But, I can tell you that, in general, the city has been increasing its population by less than 1% per year over the past several, and we have to infrastructure capabilities (water, etc.) to continue to support that level of increase over the next several years, through 2030-2035. This project would be only a small portion of that annual increase. Thanks for writing in, and for your very valid concerns about long term growth. Thank you also for doing your part to help those in our community who have the least through your volunteerism. ᤻᤹᤺ Michelle From: Deborah C. <deborahcleere@gmail. Monday, April 29, 2024 3:11:42 PM To: Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> Subject: Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. 5 Michelle, Our neighborhood is going to be impacted by the proposed homeless encampment relocation project. Welcome Home Village is well in the works, and the county says they will break ground in Fall 2024. We just heard about it last week. As neighbors who will be directly affected by 80 new residents, we are concerned that the project is being fast tracked without proper vetting. We have many questions (water pressure in our neighborhood, sustainability, environmental responsibility, safety, transportation, crowding on Johnson st. etc.). We were told by a county Supervisor that because the proposed development is on county property it is not subject to the same regulations as other developments. Can you outline for us how this project has been vetted by the city? Have the potential impacts been studied? Is that true, that they get to override city regulations to some extent? I am president of a faith based organization that feeds people daily, is a distribution site for the Food Bank, showers 60 or more people every week, and maintains an ongoing discretionary fund that pays registration or insurance for people who are unhoused. As a compassionate person, I do think this is a project that is worthy, but I do not believe that this neighborhood is a viable location for some of the reasons I have shared above. AND, I am angry that the project is being pushed forward quickly and without opportunity for residents to weigh in properly. Why is the county engaging in new builds? How does the county get to do what they want so quickly without informing neighbors and following the rules? There are so many empty buildings in this county. Why are we building tin can tiny bedrooms that won't stand the test of time in an already congested area? Couldn't the grant money from the state be used to find a building sitting idle and put it to good use? Our understanding is that the people who would be housed here would be removed from existing encampments. How is that saving the city money? If these are people who live in unincorporated areas, rounding them up and sending them to SLO won't do anything to alleviate the homeless problem we have in our city already. Our city will have to serve all of them 6 The "information session" is May 1st and the county board of supervisors votes on May 21. We need to hold both the county and the city accountable for this project soon. Any information you can provide would be much appreciated. Thanks for being a sounding board, reasonable person, and responsible city official. Your opinion means a lot to me. We have worked really hard to make and keep a safe neighborhood here. We know one another, maintain a local directory, exchange house keys when we are away, pull in trash cans, hold regular block parties. It's not an accident that it's one of the safest neighborhoods in slo. We made it that way. We can't imagine allowing political ambitions and lack of planning to impact our way of life. The business owners on S Higuera had legitimate concerns in denying the project. So do we. Deborah Cleere ReplyReply allForward Add reaction 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Thursday, May 16, 2024 7:49 AM To:Suzie Freeman; Cynthia Voorheis Subject:RE: Sharing WHV Inquiry Questions Thanks, Suzie and Cynthia! From: Suzie Freeman <sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 4:47 AM To: Cynthia Voorheis <cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: Sharing WHV Inquiry Questions This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hey Cynthia, Thanks again for your help with these WHV inquiries! For the responses I cc'd Daisy on (which are scheduled to send between 7:30 and 8:30am), would you mind sharing with her the original questions that we are responding to? You're welcome to simply attach the whole spreadsheet if that's easier - we have a very transparent working relationship with the City regarding this project. ϠϡϢ Thank you! Suzie Freeman Communications Program Manager Homeless Services Division Email: sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us Cell: 805-457-5007 Office: 805-788-9472 2 This email, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and /or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Tuesday, April 30, 2024 6:38 PM To:Suzie Freeman Subject:RE: [EXT]RE: Questions from the Public Great, thanks, Suzie! It went well with Jason and DOL. Good conversation about tomorrow night and he’s open to leasing parking spaces at no cost. DOL needs to follow up with French Hospital as Renovate already has a lease agreement in place with them for parking spaces, but they don’t currently utilize the parking. Sounds like it could be a good, and cost effective, option সহ঺঻ From: Suzie Freeman <sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 6:13 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: Re: [EXT]RE: Questions from the Public Thanks for this, Daisy! I will go ahead and cc you on the response now. BTW, how did it go with Renovate today? Suzie Freeman Communications Program Manager Homeless Services Division Email: sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us Cell: 805-457-5007 Office: 805-788-9472 From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 6:09 PM To: Suzie Freeman <sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: [EXT]RE: Questions from the Public ATTENTION: This email DID NOT originate from County Staff. Please proceed with caution when interacting with any embedded links or attachments. Hi Suzie, 2 Here are my initial thoughts on responses to those questions. Feel free to pull from those bullet points for your responses or you can direct the community member to me and I can address those questions.  Since this is a residential neighborhood with almost every home being near or above a million dollars, what is the plan to keep this area clean and safe? o SLOPD is committed to enforcing the law in every community in San Luis Obispo. That is their role. And you can expect that to continue in this neighborhood. o SLOPD and City staff will work closely with the County and Good Samaritan Shelter to ensure the safety of the WHV project site and surrounding community. o The WHV site will be fenced and will include 24-hour security.  If 80 new homeless people move into the Welcome Home Village from the Bob Jones Trail, what will prevent a new set of homeless people from taking their spot at the Bob Jones Trail? o The funding the County received for this project was an encampment resolution grant. The intention of this project to resolve encampments along the BJBT and move folks into permanent housing. o The City is focused on restoring the Bob Jones Bike Trail. o Current case law restricts law enforcement from addressing encampments on public property if there are not adequate shelter beds available. o The Welcome Home Village will provide much needed housing capacity and services that will allow City law enforcement to more effectively address encampments along the BJBT. o The WHV project will enroll participants in phases – starting with the initial 34 interim housing units – and the City will work closely with the County and Good Samaritan Shelter to coordinate outreach and enforcement efforts. Thanks! Daisy From: Suzie Freeman <sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 3:12 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: Questions from the Public This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hey Daisy, These two questions were received from a community member: 1. Since this is a residential neighborhood with almost every home being near or above a million dollars, what is the plan to keep this area clean and safe? 2. If 80 new homeless people move into the Welcome Home Village from the Bob Jones Trail, what will prevent a new set of homeless people from taking their spot at the Bob Jones Trail? 3 I'm comfortable answering her other questions, but I would like to refer her to use for responses on those two. Does that work for you? Suzie Freeman Communications Program Manager Homeless Services Division Email: sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us Cell: 805-457-5007 Office: 805-788-9472 This email, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and /or privileged material. 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Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 From: Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 6:00 PM To: Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org>; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Cc: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org>; Hermann, Greg <GHermann@slocity.org>; Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org>; McDonald, Whitney <WMcDonal@slocity.org> Subject: RE: Sanctioned Encampments Solutions Story for SLO Tribune Thanks, Derek. Daisy, let’s chat tomorrow. I’ll get something on the calendar. Thanks, Whit Whitney Szentesi pronouns she/her/hers Public Communications Manager E wszentes@slocity.org C 805.440.5446 Stay informed by signing up for e-notifications Do you need communications support? Whether you need help with strategic communications planning, content development or production, or something else, please submit a KBOX ticket and fill out the form to get your request in the queue or visit the City Communications Program Sharepoint page. From: Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 5:58 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org> Cc: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org>; Hermann, Greg <GHermann@slocity.org>; Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org>; McDonald, Whitney <WMcDonal@slocity.org> Subject: RE: Sanctioned Encampments Solutions Story for SLO Tribune Importance: High 2 I spoke with John and made the following comments to him and said we would be in touch on scheduling a time. 1. There are no examples that I have reviewed that suggest that there is a successful model for sanctioned encampments. Most sanctioned encampment programs have since converted to other programs such as Homekey or to Pallet Shelters. 2. I recommended he do his own research, but he did remark that it seemed like a good idea and that the County should do it and that from how he sees it, it would be better than the status quo and might have resulted in the person not being killed by the drunk driver. 3. I mentioned that once as sanctioned encampment is approved that the city would likely be pushed to provide food, childcare, laundry, medical care, animal services, security and other amenities to make encampments more livable. a. Those services would likely be expensive and likely detract or pull funding away from the other funded services or require the diversion of funds away from brick and mortar housing funding of sanctioned encampments was feasible with any restricted funds. Happy to defer to others that have some availability to meet with John sooner. It might be worthwhile to mention to John that sanctioned encampments are not a part of the City’s Strategic Plan or actions. Thanks Derek From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 5:10 PM To: Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org>; Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org> Cc: Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org>; Hermann, Greg <GHermann@slocity.org>; Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org>; McDonald, Whitney <WMcDonal@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Sanctioned Encampments Solutions Story for SLO Tribune Hi Whit, We have not responded to John yet, but I would be happy to work with you on follow up messaging. John has received a copy of our CAMP Standards and Temporary Storage Guidelines for a previous story – and I believe Derek talked through our policies & procedures with him. We can revisit those guidelines and redirect to the Welcome Home Village and Calle Joaquin Homekey projects. Do you want to schedule some time to connect tomorrow to discuss? I have availability between 12-3pm. Thanks, Daisy Daisy Wiberg pronouns she/her/hers Homelessness Response Manager Community Development 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 E dwiberg@slocity.org 3 T 805.781.7025 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 4:45 PM To: Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org> Cc: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org>; Hermann, Greg <GHermann@slocity.org>; Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org>; McDonald, Whitney <WMcDonal@slocity.org> Subject: RE: Sanctioned Encampments Solutions Story for SLO Tribune Has anyone responded to him yet? He’s giving us an opportunity to shape this story. I’m happy to give him a call and get a better sense of what he wants to know, but my advice would be to work with him and help him tell the story. Does he have a copy of our CAMP standards and storage guidelines? If not, now would be a good time to provide those and sit down with him to walk him through our process, focus on our limitations, and focus on the housing and shelter we are working to secure. If he’s speaking about the tiny home village idea that Becky has pitched, I think we point out that the Welcome Home Village would serve as this type of housing. Thanks, Whit Whitney Szentesi pronouns she/her/hers Public Communications Manager E wszentes@slocity.org C 805.440.5446 Stay informed by signing up for e-notifications Do you need communications support? Whether you need help with strategic communications planning, content development or production, or something else, please submit a KBOX ticket and fill out the form to get your request in the queue or visit the City Communications Program Sharepoint page. From: Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 3:54 PM To: Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org> Cc: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org>; Hermann, Greg <GHermann@slocity.org>; Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org>; McDonald, Whitney <WMcDonal@slocity.org> Subject: FW: Sanctioned Encampments Solutions Story for SLO Tribune Importance: High Hi Whit, Please see below. DJ 4 From: Lynch, John <jlynch@thetribunenews.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 3:44 PM To: Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org> Cc: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Dietrick, Christine <cdietric@slocity.org> Subject: Sanctioned Encampments Solutions Story for SLO Tribune This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hello all, I hope you're doing well. I'm working on a new story about the way the city, Caltrans and county manages the movement of homeless individuals and could use some input on a solution I see Becky Jorgeson pitch to you virtually every day. In recent months, I've noticed an increase in the number and size of encampments forming near 40 Prado and the Prado Hwy 101 ramps. When I asked some residents of a recently-removed encampment at the Prado Hwy 101 onramp what brought them there, they said they had come seeking shelter or services at 40 Prado, but when the shelter's full, setting up camp nearby is the only option left. When I spoke with encampment residents, one noted that the homeless individual killed by a drunk driver last weekend was only staying in the encampment because Prado was full. I'd like to do a story that looks at whether or not a sanctioned encampment space would be an effective way to keep up with services and avoid encampment cleanups and potential police harassment. The story would examine the problem of encampments around SLO, and whether providing a place to stay legally has any merit. Do you have any time to speak with me about that idea this week? John Lynch He/him/his Housing Reporter P 805-781-7812 E jlynch@thetribunenews.com W www.sanluisobispo.com T @WritesLynch 1 From:Stewart, Erica A Sent:Sunday, May 12, 2024 9:34 PM To:Laura Slaughter Subject:Re: Welcome home village Thank you, Laura & Clint! Erica Erica A. Stewart pronouns she/her/hers Mayor To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.City of San Luis Obispo Office of the City Council 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 Eestewart@slocity.org C805.540.1154 slocity.org To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Facebook To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Instagram To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. Twitter Stay connected with the City by signing up fore-notifications From: Laura Slaughter < Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 9:23:38 PM To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org> Subject: Welcome home village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. ________________________________ Greetings. We are residents in the Johnson Neighborhood, about a quarter of a mile from the proposed Welcome Home Village. We’re writing you to share our support of the project. Thank you, Laura and Clint Slaughter 2795 Johnson Ave Sent from my iPhone 1 Subject:FW: City of SLO and SLO County - Addressing Homelessness Start: Recurrence:(none) Organizer:McDonald, Whitney -----Original Appointment----- From: McDonald, Whitney <WMcDonal@slocity.org> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2024 1:36 PM To: McDonald, Whitney; Tuggle, Todd; Scott, Rick; Dietrick, Christine; Kersten, Markie; Wiberg, Daisy; McClish, Teresa; 'Devin Drake'; 'Nicholas Drews'; 'Linda Belch'; 'Star Graber'; 'Morgan Torell'; 'Matt Pontes' Cc: Mei-Lin Gee Subject: City of SLO and SLO County - Addressing Homelessness When: Friday, May 17, 2024 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada). Where: Council Hearing (City Hall, 990 Palm Street) Location updated to Council Hearing 1. Welcome Home Village Project – Given the importance of this project for the City and County, we want to ensure that we are aligned with the project management and implementation plans. City staff will continue to participate in the regularly scheduled planning and subcommittee meetin gs, but it would be beneficial for us to discuss our respective roles as the project moves forward and the vision for that project beyond the scope of the Encampment Resolution Fund award. 2. Behavioral Health Contract for Licensed Psych Techs – The City’s Chief of Police and Fire Chief have been working with the County’s Behavioral Health Department to contract LPTs that will be paired with our CAT and MCU teams. There appears to be delays on the implementation of that partnership and would like to discuss next steps and how funding for the program can or is being equitably shared throughout the different jurisdictions across the county. 3. HMIS – City staff have met with County staff in the Adult & Homeless Services Division to advocate for the City’s CAT and MCU teams having access to HMIS, in order to streamline the outreach and referral process and create a more effective regional data management system. To date, we have been unable to move forward with HMIS integration and would like to discuss that as part of our regional collaboration and strategic planning efforts. 4. Safe Parking – With the closure of the Oklahoma Parking Village, we would like to discuss the County’s regional safe parking strategy given the increasing need for safe parking locations Countywide. 5. Funding Priorities – In recent HSOC meetings, there has been discussion about the County’s funding priorities for homeless services – with a focus on funding needs for ongoing shelter operations and new permanent supportive housing projects. We would like to discuss the County’s funding priorities for homeless services to ensure our priorities are aligned. 1 From:Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us> Sent:Wednesday, March 20, 2024 1:21 PM To:Trevor Keith; joanne; Marge Cafarelli; Dan Baroni; Derek Troya; Jon Ansolabehere; Drew Armetta; Mark LaRue; Michael Stoker; John Diodati; Linda Belch; Cheryl Journey; AD_Community_Room/Administrative Office; nagin@specialtyconstruction.com; Hutchinson, Julianna Subject:Welcome Home Village Site and Structure Discussion This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Folks, We are all coming from different directions tomorrow, so why don't we just plan to all meet over Teams. The link should be in the invitation, but if you have trouble just let me know. I look forward to seeing everyone. Jeff Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 From:Cooper, Sarah Sent:Wednesday, March 13, 2024 9:40 AM To:McClish, Teresa Subject:Housing Needs PDF Slideshow Attachments:Item 8a. Housing Needs & Opportunities Presentation.pdf; 1Capture.PNG Here’s the PDF – to present, all you’ll need to do is click the “”fit to page” button (see attached image highlighted) and then navigate through using the keyboard arrows. It should present as a slideshow that way. Sarah Cooper Administrative Specialist - Homelessness Response Community Development E SCooper@slocity.org slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications 1 Housing Needs and Opportunities City Council Study Session March 5, 2024 2 Recommendation Receive presentation and conduct a study session on current status of the City’s housing continuum,including options to increase and diversify housing supply in the City. Feedback will inform future work plan items. 3 Purpose of Study Session 1.Provide an overview of housing in San Luis Obispo using concept of a “continuum of housing” for all community members. 2.Provide an opportunity to discuss housing needs and opportunities within the City’s role in housing. 3.Provide City Council with an opportunity to provide staff with feedback and direction as to whether there are opportunities that staff should further explore as the City seeks to encourage the provision of a diverse housing stock for all community members. 4.This study session will not cover all aspects of housing opportunities and will focus on City role in housing and homelessness response. 4 Background •2023-2025 Financial Plan Major City Goal for Housing and Homelessness included an action item to “conduct a study session with the City Council to identify needs and opportunities across the housing spectrum, including various types of transitional and supportive housing” •2020-2028 City 6th Cycle General Plan Housing Element includes policies and programs to increase housing projection and diversified supply •2023 City adopted first Homelessness Response Strategic Plan including measures to increase opportunities for shelter and housing 5 Housing and Homelessness Crises CA has some of the most expensive home prices and rents in the nation and scale of homelessness crisis is larger than any other state Significant housing legislation since 2017 to remove housing barriers and increase accountability Need and opportunity to reshape local policy to align with state legislative mandates including Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) City’s Major City Goals help prioritize implementation of 6th Cycle Housing Element for supply, fair housing, affordability, special needs and homelessness response Opportunities exist for a variety of housing types combined with General Plan smart growth principals to align with other City Major City Goals 6 Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) 7 Housing Continuum 8 Housing Continuum –Market Rate Housing 2,126 permitted units 2020-2028 RHNA Cycle 9 Market Rate Housing NEED: •City has exceeded RHNA -Success! •Market rate housing production is needed to provide supply of rental apartments, townhomes, condominiums, ADU’s and detached single family homes to help meet the needs of residents moving through the housing continuum. •Market Rate housing includes the concept of "missing middle" housing CONTRAINTS: •Cost and Availability: land; financing, construction •Zoning regulations and policies •Process constraints 10 Market Rate Housing Existing and Continuing Opportunities 11 Incentives to “Missing Middle” housing a.Density Bonus Law implementation provide incentives for smaller units as higher densities are achieved for infill lots. b.The inclusionary housing in-lieu fee is based on square footage. As a result, smaller units have lower fees, which incentivise smaller infill development. c.The Downtown Flexible Density Program developed through the State SB2 Grant programs removes density requirements for units less than 600 s.f. downtown. d.Ministerial review and reduced fees for ADUs and JADUs; e.The City utilizes a tiered fee structure that provides substantial reductions in cost for smaller residential units for water, sewer and transportation impact fees; f.Minimum density allowances for residential districts: R-1=1 density unit; R-2 = 2 density units; R-3 = 3 density units; R-4 = 4 density units. g.Fractional density allowances based on unit size and number of bedrooms which allows more units (studios and 1-bedrooms less than 600 s.f. = 0.5 unit and 1-bedrooms less than 100 s.f. = .66 unit; h.Subdivision ordinance update that allows flexible lot design for R-1 districts. i.Updated Tiny Homes on Wheels Regulations; and j.Implementation of SB 9 (California H.O.M.E Act) allowing for up to four houses on R-1 lots 12 Market Rate Housing Future Opportunities •Update Objective Design Standards to better address infill development with (SB9 and SB684) •Customized Pre-approved ADU for AB1332 •Zoning for small infill (SB10) Leverage new impactful state laws that create missing middle housing •Upper Monterey Special Focus Area •Mid-Higuera Planning Area Area Plan Amendments Preapproved plans for missing middle housing Incentives through permit processing for missing middle housing 13 Housing Continuum –Below Market Rate Housing 50 permitted units 2020- 2028 RHNA Cycle 379 permitted units 2020-2028 RHNA Cycle 14 BMR HOUSING NEED: RHNA Need/Progress = Meeting approximately 21% BMR units are a crucial housing type in the housing continuum as it provides vulnerable community members the ability to stay in the community. It also provides much needed affordable housing for those who work in the City of SLO. BMR HOUSING CONTRAINTS: Like Market Rate –with financing usually dependent on grant funding or other subsidies 14Below Market Rate Housing 15 Below Market Rate Housing Existing and Continuing Opportunities 1.Density Bonus Incentives (AB1287) ordinance update 2.Inclusionary Housing Ordinance 3.Long-term loan awards from the City’s Affordable Housing Fund 4.Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process (SB35) and (SB423) 5.Use of ARPA funds to leverage Anderson Hotel and Maxine Lewis Apartments 6.Upcoming –Expansion of Down Payment Assistance Programs 7.Further Development of City’s BMR Housing Administration 16 Below Market Rate Future Opportunities 1.Application and use of Prohousing Incentive Funds 2.Local Revenue Measures 3.Update Fee Deferral Loans for BMR projects 4.BMR housing on church properties (SB4) 5.Leverage City property to promote BMR housing and historic preservation –Waterman Village project 17 Housing Continuum 291 Beds/Units •170 Existing •121 In queue 18 Definition: Permanent housing in which housing assistance and supportive services are provided to assist households with at least one member with a disability in achieving housing stability. Need: Critical component for individuals with disabilities to transition out of homelessness and emergency shelters Examples: 1.Anderson Hotel – Housing Authority of SLO 2.Broad Street Place – People’s Self-Help Housing 3.151 beds operated at various Transitions-Mental Health Association locations Permanent Supportive Housing 19 Programs & Policies State Funding Opportunities a.Homekey –$19.4M award for Calle Joaquin Homekey project with PSHH b.Encampment Resolution Funding –SLO County Welcome Home Village project Zoning Ordinance (2021) a.Allow PSH by-right in all zones that allow residential or mixed-use Future Opportunities a.Collaboration with housing partners & SLO County b.Senate Bill 4 20 Housing Continuum 64 Beds/Units •12 Existing •52 In queue 21 Definition: Housing designed to provide homeless individuals and families with interim stability and support to successfully move to and maintain permanent housing. Need: Interim and rapid re-housing opportunities to facilitate the transition from homelessness or emergency shelter to permanent housing. Examples: 1.TMHA’s Adult Transitional Program (ATP) 2.5Cities Homeless Coalition’s Cabins For Change Transitional Housing 22 Welcome Home Village a.34 Interim Housing Units in the City of SLO Zoning Amendments a.Allowing Transitional Housing by-right in most zones Future Opportunities a.TMHA –Transitional housing for CARE Court referrals b.CAPSLO –Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Grant Programs & Policies 23 Housing Continuum 128 Shelter Beds 40 Warming Center Beds (40 Prado Homeless Services Center) 24 Definition: Temporary shelter for unhoused individuals that does not require participants to sign a lease or occupancy agreement. Need: Gateway to treatment, services, and housing opportunities. Example: •40 Prado Homeless Services Center Day Services Housing-Focused Shelter Program Night-by-Night Shelter Program Warming Center Overnight Safe Parking Emergency Shelters 25 Programs & Policies 40 Prado Homeless Services Center a.Operational Funding b.Strategic Planning & Capacity Building Overnight Safe Parking a.2013 Safe Parking Ordinance b.Expansion of 40 Prado Safe Parking Program c.Railroad Overnight Safe Parking Pilot Program d.Rotating Overnight Safe Parking Program Future Opportunities a.Regional Safe Parking Model b.Permanent Supportive and Transitional Housing Projects 26 Housing Continuum 385 Individuals (2022 PIT Count) 27 Definition: Individuals and families who lack fixed nighttime residence, including emergency shelter or places not meant for human habitation Need: 385 individuals experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness (2022 PIT Count) People Experiencing Homelessness 28 Programs & Policies Homelessness Response Strategic Plan a.Regional Collaboration b.Communications c.Data d.Pilot Programs e.Funding Opportunities City-Funded Programs a.Mobile Crisis Unit (MCU) b.Community Action Team (CAT) c.Community Service Officers (CSO) 29 Comments Received Regarding Student Housing Impacts 1.Cal Poly Housing Future Plan includes increase on-campus housing commensurate with increased enrollment, adding 3,000 new beds in the first phase for fall of 2026. 2.Additionally, adding 33 ownership units at Slack and Grand for Faculty and Staff Housing with construction slated Nov. 2023-Jan. 2026. This is the second project for this program that currently includes nearly 70 units at Bella Montana at Santa Rosa St. and Highland Dr. 30 Study Session Questions 1.Are there housing types of interest to the City Council that could be pursued in next financial plan? 2.Are there housing types or programs not discussed that staff should look into? 3.Are there programs listed in Attachment F that staff should explore for future work programs for the next financial plan cycle,in balance with competing needs? 31 Recommendation Receive presentation and conduct a study session on current status of the City’s housing continuum,including options to increase and diversify housing supply in the City. 32 Extra Slides 32 33 Table 2A •Table 2A was repealed when the Council adopted the IHO on July 19, 2022. •Table 2A was established to encourage projects with higher density and smaller units sizes to be sold or rented to households that meet moderate or lower-income standards. •This concept did not produce affordable housing in practice. •The feasibility analysis that the adopted IHO was based on indicated that development would be financially feasible with the current affordable housing percentage requirements. 34 Flexibility Density 34 1.Reduces density thresholds for qualifying units: limited to less than 600 sf in size (studio or one-bedroom configuration). 2.​​Prohibited on the ground floor. 3.Limited to the C-D or C-R zone within Downtown Core. 4.Reduced minimum parking requirements for qualifying units in the C-R zone (no changes in the C-D zone). DROP Program available. 5.Qualifying units exempt from Inclusionary Housing Requirements as an incentive. 6.Program is not available in conjunction with Density Bonus projects. 7.Expires on January 1, 2029, or until 500 new residential units are entitled or permitted, whichever occurs first. 8.No changes to the Development Review process. 9.No changes to development standards such as Building Height, Floor Area Ratio, Setbacks, lot coverage, etc. 35 Streamlining •The City has amended its Zoning Ordinance and permitting practices to allow more projects to be eligible for ministerial review and shorter processing time as follows: •Established new section to exempt specific housing projects from discretionary review (17.106.020.C); •Streamlined Discretionary Review for Housing Projects less than 49 units (17.106.030); and •Implemented E-review processes to allow digital permit and plan submittal and review. This will improve transparency and intended to streamline existing permitting processes. 36 Mobile Home Parks 1.No permitting authority –it lies with the State 2.City can designate where they are allowed, for SLO they are allowed in R-1 –R-4 districts. 37 Current and Upcoming Housing Work Efforts •Margarita Specific Plan Update –consider more housing options of all types. (In Process -RFP on Council agenda 4/2) •Airport Area Specific Plan Update –consider allowing mixed-use development in the C-S and M zones where appropriate. (In Process) •Parking Study –consider best practices that support housing production. (In Process –Funding will be considered in the FP Supplement) •Upper Monterey Special Focus Area –Confirm scope in pursuing an area plan consistent with LUE Policy 8.2.2. (Fall 2024) 38 SB 684 SB 684 (Sen. Anna Caballero) –Ministerial Approval of Up to 10- Unit Housing Projects on Small Sites effective July 1, 2024. a.CEQA-exempt ministerial approval for up to 10 units of housing on qualifying multifamily infill sites of no more than 5 acres and is surrounded by qualified urban uses, without labor standards or IHO requirements b.Includes subdivision for a housing development project that will result in 10 or fewer parcels and 10 or fewer units c.High-level analysis -could impact several hundred parcels based upon zoning, lot size, and developed parcels. 39 NOTES 1.Constraints –staircases AB 835 (Assembly Member Lee)– Fire Marshal to Study Safety of Requirement for Apartments to Have More than One Staircase.AB 835 requires the state fire marshal to analyze and report to the Legislature on standards for "single-exit,single stairway apartment houses." The report will assess "fire and life safety"issues with respect to the requirement to have more than one exit in apartment buildings with three or more stories and at least two dwelling units.Proponents of the bill contend that California's current requirement of two exits in certain apartment buildings limits the location and design of potential housing and contributes to California's ongoing housing crisis. 40 Council Agenda Report Attachments 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Attachment E 51 52 53 54 55 56 1 From:Suzie Freeman <sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us> Sent:Thursday, April 25, 2024 4:04 PM To:Szentesi, Whit Subject:Images for Welcome Home Village Press Release Attachments:IMG_8358 - Edited.jpg; IMG_8384 - Edited.jpg This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. These are two pictures from the Hope Village, a DignityMoves-developed and Good Samaritan-run program based in Santa Maria. 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If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 From:Shoresman, Michelle Sent:Wednesday, May 8, 2024 8:44 PM To:Barry Price Subject:RE: Planning Commission Item 5b - General Plan Conformity Report - Welcome Home Village You too, as always! Thanks for all you do! From: Barry Price < Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 8:42 PM To: Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Planning Commission Item 5b - General Plan Conformity Report - Welcome Home Village Thanks Michelle. I will definitely send the entire BoS a letter before May 21. Good to see you tonight! Barry On Wed, May 8, 2024, 7:00 PM Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> wrote: Thanks Barry! You might consider sharing this with the whole BOS…just a thought. Michelle From: Barry Price < Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 11:13 AM To: Advisory Bodies <advisorybodies@slocity.org> Cc: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>; Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: Planning Commission Item 5b - General Plan Conformity Report - Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. I am a resident of the Flora Avenue neighborhood adjacent to the proposed Welcome Home Village. I wholeheartedly support this Project and the Planning Commission's finding that it conforms to the City's General Plan and is consistent with all City zoning regulations. I understand that the County will make the ultimate decision on whether to move forward. I encourage the City to facilitate and support the Project's advancement. 2 Barry Price San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Thursday, May 2, 2024 12:06 PM To:Jewish Family Services of San Luis Obispo Subject:RE: Welcome Home Village Thank you for being there last night, Ilene, and I hope you found the meeting helpful. Grateful for your support সহ঺঻ Have a wonderful day, Daisy From: Jewish Family Services of San Luis Obispo <jfs@jccslo.com> Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 8:44 AM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hi Daisy, I thought you and the panel did an excellent job last night. It was a tough crowd but you did great! I hope this is a success. Best regards, Ilene Brill Intake Coordinator Jewish Family Services of San Luis Obispo (805) 426-5465 (Office) ( jfs@jccslo.com https://jccslo.com/jewish-family-services 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Wednesday, March 27, 2024 4:03 PM To:Jeanette Trompeter; Szentesi, Whit Subject:RE: [EXT]RE: Project Lead Welcome Home Project Ha! সহ঺঻ From: Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 3:40 PM To: Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org>; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Project Lead Welcome Home Project HIRED! I’m calling HR now. Jeanette Trompeter Public Information Specialist County of San Luis Obispo (805) 788-2778 From: Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 2:50 PM To: Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us>; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Project Lead Welcome Home Project Haha. Okay! Daisy and I will split the gig. Whit Szentesi pronouns she/her/hers Public Communications Manager City Administration 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E wszentes@slocity.org T 805.783.7716 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 2:34 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Project Lead Welcome Home Project Uh let’s see…want to come be our CAO??? ͧͨͩͪ 2 Jeanette Trompeter Public Information Specialist County of San Luis Obispo (805) 788-2778 From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:27 PM To: Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us>; Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org> Subject: [EXT]RE: Project Lead Welcome Home Project ATTENTION: This email DID NOT originate from County Staff. Please proceed with caution when interacting with any embedded links or attachments. Thanks for that update, Jeanette, and that’s great news that a Project Manager is in place! Appreciate you following up with Linda on that and sharing the updates with us. Please reach out if there’s anything else we can be doing to provide support. Thank you! Daisy From: Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 1:05 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Szentesi, Whit <wszentes@slocity.org> Subject: Project Lead Welcome Home Project This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hi Friends. Hey I just got off phone with Linda, and some good news. We actually have dialed in a project manager. Robert Ruiz in Public Works will be taking the lead on Welcome Home Village. That happened next week and he’s being brought up to speed so I would assume we will be invited to a meeting with him in short order. It’s not my call but I sure like the idea of pushing the Planning Commission meeting off to May if we can. Thank you! Jeanette Trompeter Public Information Specialist County of San Luis Obispo (805) 788-2778 1 From:Karen Hart < Sent:Sunday, May 5, 2024 10:04 AM To:Stewart, Erica A; Pease, Andy; Francis, Emily; Shoresman, Michelle; Marx, Jan Subject:Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor and Council Members, Please read the following letter we sent to county decision makers voicing our concerns about the proposed Welcome Home Village project, which has been hastily relocated due to a rapidly approaching funding deadline. In a Tribune article, the Mayor talked about the Bob Jones Trail “clean up,” which is great, but we are concerned about how the relocation of encampments will impact nearby residential neighborhoods, citizens and services in SLO. We support solutions for homelessness and understand the magnitude of the crisis and the political pressure to solve it, but we are feeling left out of the conversation. Thank you for your consideration and service to our wonderful city. Dear Supervisors, We attended the Welcome Home Village meeting with open minds and hearts and a desire to learn and find solutions for homelessness. Please hear our concerns. Location The proposed location is adjacent to our neighborhood and home. The location is a well- used parking lot for businesses; and a frequently used corridor for children to walk and bike to school, and residents to walk to Terrace Hill and downtown. A preschool is across the street. We learned the project has been hastily relocated due to a legal challenge and a rapidly approaching funding deadline. Supervisor Paulding admitted that no one wants a homeless facility next to their neighborhood and this location was not the first (and by implication, not the best) choice. Notification and engagement We and many of our neighbors were not officially notified about the project. We were casually told about this project during a brief conversation with Supervisor Dawn Ortiz- Legg at a neighborhood party on Friday evening, April 26. We’re guessing some residents still aren’t aware. Some elderly residents we have spoken with did not know about it and are not able to call, email or attend the meeting to express their concerns. The disappointing lack of communication and engagement with neighbors has sadly created 2 misinformation, mistrust, anxiety and anger. Our only opportunity for collective dialogue with you—our county supervisors and the decision makers—is on the night of the vote! Density, scale, target market, transitory residents 80 people (46 permanent and 34 regularly turning over) relocated from an encampment on the Bob Jones Trail to an approx. 1.5-acre parking lot (unsafely dissected by a road leading into another parking lot for busy medical clinics) is a significant impact. (Plus pets, plus staff.) An employee for a local homeless organization told us that “the programs in our community that have done well are a much smaller scale and have targeted a completely different group of people. This is literally for homeless encampments and those are typically the kind of people who don’t want to make a change.” (Those are their words, not ours.) Safety During the meeting, a panelist said the goal was to create the “safest environment.” Per the project website, sobriety is not a resident requirement; and it was revealed that the majority of residents in similar facilities have substance abuse and/or mental health issues. Neighbors are concerned this could endanger our community. We want the safest environment too! Property values (i.e., our financial security) Many people will not purchase a home adjacent to a homeless facility, so this unfairly affects the value of homes in proximity. Parking Approximately 100 parking spaces are being eliminated. There is a concern parking will be displaced to the Flora Street neighborhood. What is the parking plan to not only replace this capacity, but add additional parking spaces for staff, residents with vehicles, and visiting service providers? Noise It’s an open-air community. Homes and businesses in proximity will hear noise from people using communal spaces and detached restrooms. Funding and sustainability What is the future plan for this project and how will it be funded going forward? “The Big Bet on Tiny Homes to Fix Homelessness” If you haven’t already, please take time to read this comprehensive article, “The big bet on tiny homes to fix homelessness.” https://www.vox.com/2023/11/29/23969458/homelessness-tiny-homes-housing- crisis-shelter-encampments 3 We love and are proud of our community. We care about about and wholeheartedly support efforts to improve homelessness. We also believe in solving problems without creating new ones and finding solutions that work for all. For all of the concerns listed above, we do not support the project in the proposed location. Thank you for your service to our community, and for considering and acting upon our thoughtful feedback about this project. Sincerely, David and Karen Hart San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Tuesday, April 23, 2024 1:31 PM To:Ellen November Subject:RE: Bus stop dwellers Hi Ellen, Thanks for your follow up note and, yes, I did see the Sunday Morning piece on Houston’s efforts. Houston is definitely a leading city in reducing homelessness, however their housing market is much different than what we are experiencing in California cities with higher costs to build, higher cost of living, and housing shortages. The City and County are actively pursuing opportunities to expand our interim and permanent supportive housing availability through the following projects:  Welcome Home Village – 46 Permanent Supportive Housing Units & 34 Interim Supportive Housing Units  Calle Joaquin Homekey – 75 Permanent Supportive Housing Units Those projects will significantly increase our supportive housing inventory, which in turn will create more capacity for emergency shelters such as 40 Prado Homeless Services Center. All of those projects are still reliant on the availability of County services to fully address the root causes of homelessness, including Mental Health, Drug & Alcohol, and Social Services. There are obviously many layers to addressing and preventing homelessness, but the City, County and regional service providers are collaborating to approach the issue from multiple angles – as outlined in the City’s Homelessness Response Strategic Plan and the Countywide Plan to Address Homelessness. Let me know if you have any additional questions. Best, Daisy From: Ellen November < Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2024 8:53 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Bus stop dwellers Perhaps you saw this: How Houston is successfully reducing homelessness 2 youtu.be My real concern is the mentally ill who are not capable of having an apartment. They are different from the unhoused. What is the plan to help these poor souls get off the streets. Can we do better? Kindly, Ellen Sent from my iPad On Apr 10, 2024, at 5:07 PM, Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> wrote: Hi Ms. November, Thank you for reaching out and sharing your concern for the health and safety of our unhoused community members – and our community at large. We share your concerns and are working hard to conduct outreach and connect individuals to mental health and behavioral health treatment, shelter, services, and housing. Preventing and addressing homelessness is a collaborative effort and we are working with the County and our regional partners to implement programs and policies that will effect change. The City, County, and local housing and homeless services providers are working to create more transitional and permanent supportive housing, including converting the Motel 6 North into 75 permanent supportive housing units. Projects like that will create more shelter/housing/service capacity to allow our outreach teams and service providers to facilitate permanent housing placements. There isn’t one project or one strategy that will solve the issue of homelessness, but the City, County and our regional partners are committed to intentionally investing time and resources to continue addressing the issue – one person at a time. We are planning to host a Homelessness Response Forum on June 5th if you’re interested in attending and learning more about what the City, County and local service providers are doing to address homelessness. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any additional questions in the meantime. Best, Daisy From: City of San Luis Obispo, CA <slocitywebmaster@enotify.visioninternet.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 6:37 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: Bus stop dwellers This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Message submitted from the <City of San Luis Obispo, CA> website. Site Visitor Name: Ellen November Site Visitor Email: 3 As I drive around the city, I see folks who have taken up residence at bus shelters. One fellow is on Tank Farm Rd. Across from the Public Market. That is just one. Another fellow lives on the wall behind T- Mobile in the Marigold Shopping Center. Bottom line, I cannot leave my home near Madonna Rd. And LOVR without seeing these poor souls who have either a shopping cart, a wagon or a plastic bad with their belongings in it. And then there are the guys with just a blanket. A few years ago I called the police after seeing a guy lying across a sidewalk on LOVR. I was told that he did not want help and that if he was not blocking traffic, he could remain on the sidewalk. Really? Help me here because it is so upsetting to me to see these folks and I avoid downtown as best I can. It’s just too sad. Thank you. 1 From:Tuggle, Todd Sent:Tuesday, April 30, 2024 11:19 AM To:Hutchinson, Julianna Subject:RE: WHV Parking Maps Great thanks. The specific width requirements are exactly what I needed. I will be up there tomorrow evening for a community meeting so I can confirm the concerns with the FDC and the hydrant. Thanks for the quick turnaround. Todd Tuggle pronouns he/him/his Fire Chief Fire Department 2160 Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5240 E ttuggle@slocity.org C 805.858.0435 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Hutchinson, Julianna <JHutchin@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 10:07 AM To: Tuggle, Todd <ttuggle@slocity.org> Subject: RE: WHV Parking Maps Hi Chief, The proposed parking spot B in front of the hydrant and FDC does pose an access issue for fire response and suppression efforts on the existing site. That location appears to be designed specifically for fire access with FDC connections facing where they are proposing parking. This would limit our access and make it difficult to connect our hoses, this may be solved if they adjust the direction of the FDC but would still need to verify if turn out is necessary for emergency response. Street parking on Bishop is acceptable provided the rode width exceeds 28’ for parking on one side or exceeds 36’ for parking on both sides. They did not provide road widths but a cursory measure on google maps shows the road width in that location to be about 40’ wide. All other proposed parking locations appear to be acceptable provided the future modifications do not block or reduce emergency access around the site. Please let me know if you have any additional concerns but for an initial glance it seems the only parking that might not be allowed would be in front of the hydrant. Thank you, Julianna M. Hutchinson Fire Inspector II 2 Fire Department Fire Prevention 2160 Santa Barbara Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5240 E JHutchin@slocity.org T 805.783.7805 C 805.431.2217 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Tuggle, Todd <ttuggle@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 7:33 AM To: Hutchinson, Julianna <JHutchin@slocity.org> Subject: FW: WHV Parking Maps Good morning, These are parking additions over which we can exercise control. Please review today and provide me your feedback. First blush, no parking in front of a Fire Hydrant. Second issues, is the parallel parking on Bishop and the parking across from it going to limit the width of the access below our standard in the Developers Guide (MC)? Thanks. Todd Tuggle pronouns he/him/his Fire Chief Fire Department 2160 Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-5240 E ttuggle@slocity.org C 805.858.0435 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: McClish, Teresa <tmcclish@slocity.org> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 4:39 PM To: Tuggle, Todd <ttuggle@slocity.org> Cc: Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org>; Horn, Matt <mhorn@slocity.org>; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: FW: WHV Parking Maps Hi Chief – 3 Matt astutely suggested to loop you in on potential parking stall additions for the WHV. Obviously, this is preliminary, and county is aware they’ll need Fire approval if they pursue spots on Bishop. This is a just a heads up. From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 3:40 PM To: McClish, Teresa <tmcclish@slocity.org>; Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org> Subject: FW: WHV Parking Maps FYI on potential parking options that the County is exploring for WHV. From: Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 3:17 PM To: Robert Reyes <rreyes@co.slo.ca.us>; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Nicholas Drews <ndrews@co.slo.ca.us>; Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us>; Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us>; Sarah Diggs <sdiggs@co.slo.ca.us>; Cynthia Voorheis <cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: WHV Parking Maps This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Folks, Attached are some maps for our discussion tomorrow morning regarding parking options related to the Welcome Home Village project. Jeff Al-Mashat Program Manager, Adult and Homeless Services Branch Department of Social Services County of San Luis Obispo P.O. Box 8119 San Luis Obispo, CA 93403 (805) 788-9489 (ph) This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 From:Cynthia Voorheis <cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us> Sent:Thursday, May 16, 2024 10:41 AM To:Wiberg, Daisy Subject:FW: Inquiry re: Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Would you please show me an existing crime map for calls and incidents in specific local area, let’s say 6-10 blocks directly around proposed area. Map of pandemic window and current year or two. Will that change? How can you confirm or guarantee that doesn’t increase with this placement.? Concerned for movement in area. Cynthia Voorheis | She/Her Administrative Assistant III Homeless Services Division 805-788-9426 cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES The information contained in this e-mail, including any attachments, may be privileged, confidential, and/or exempt under applicable law, and covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521. This email is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity to which it is addressed, and the privileges and exemptions are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by e-mail. If the person actually receiving this e-mail or any other reader of the e-mail is not a named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to a named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error and/or are not the intended recipient, do not read, distribute or reproduce this transmission. Please contact the sender of this email at the above e-mail address and permanently delete the message and any attachments from your system. From: Suzie Freeman <sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 7:30 AM To: Matt@havenslo.com Cc: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: Inquiry re: Welcome Home Village Good morning, Matt, Thank you for your questions regarding the Welcome Home Village. The intent of the Welcome Home Village is to make the community safer for all of its neighbors. During the Community Meeting on May 1st, the City of SLO's Police Chief Rick Scott shared that he had some of the same concerns that you do, and he reached out to City of Santa Barbara's Police Chief to ask those same questions. His Santa Barbara counterpart shared that there was no increase in crime rates near 2 the downtown Santa Barbara project. To answer your specific questions and to provide more informed answers, I'm including Daisy Wiberg on this email. She serves as the City's Homelessness Response Manager and also involved with this initiative. @Wiberg, Daisy - Matt shared the below request with the County. Your insight would be very appreciated here. Would you please show me an existing crime map for calls and incidents in specific local area, let’s say 6-10 blocks directly around proposed area. Map of pandemic window and current year or two. Will that change? How can you confirm or guarantee that doesn’t increase with this placement.? Concerned for movement in area. Suzie Freeman Communications Program Manager Homeless Services Division Email: sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us Cell: 805-457-5007 Office: 805-788-9472 This email, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and /or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 From:donotreply@escribemeetings.com Sent:Monday, May 6, 2024 4:15 PM To:Goode, Owen Subject:Approval Task Assigned - 1463 Bishop St (GENP-0175-2024) General Plan Conformity Report for Welcome Home Village Agenda Correspondence This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. A Task has been assigned to you to Approve the following item. Log into eSCRIBE to review or edit the following Report. Report Item: 1463 Bishop St (GENP-0175-2024) General Plan Conformity Report for Welcome Home Village Agenda Correspondence.docx Supporting Documents: N/A Workflow Initiator: Owen Goode Sponsor(s): Teresa McClish Meeting Type: Planning Commission Meeting Date: PC_May08_2024 Department: Community Development Contributor Comments: Participants Status Due Date Alert Sadie Symens Approved ssymens@slocity.org Timmi Tway Approved ttway@slocity.org Tyler Corey Approved tcorey@slocity.org Owen Goode Pending 5/7/2024 ogoode@slocity.org Click here to action this task 1 From:Shoresman, Michelle Sent:Thursday, May 16, 2024 8:50 AM To:McDonald, Whitney; Scott, Rick Subject:Fwd: [EXT]Welcome Home Village Scroll down to Dawn Ortiz-Legg’s email below about a “rally” on Saturday… From: Michelle Shoresman <mshoresman@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 10:10 PM To: Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org> Subject: Fwd: [EXT]Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Michelle Shoresman SLO County Health Agency Division Manager - Health Care Access 805-781-5192 From: Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 8:36:09 PM To: Michelle Shoresman <mshoresman@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: Fwd: [EXT]Welcome Home Village Get Outlook for iOS From: michael sweeney < Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 4:48 AM To: Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: [EXT]Welcome Home Village [You don't often get email from mychlsweeney@icloud.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] ATTENTION: This email DID NOT originate from County Staff. Please proceed with caution when interacting with any embedded links or attachments. Good morning Ms. Ortiz-Legg, The neighborhoods impacted by the proposed Welcome Home Village are staging a rally on Saturday, May 18, from 10:30-11:00, on site, the corner of Bishop/Johnson. I invite, urge and encourage you to attend. You will get 2 first hand input from those you represent. Thank you. Respectfully, Michael Sweeney Sent from my iPhone This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected, and/or privileged material. Any review, re- transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Wednesday, April 17, 2024 7:56 AM To:Jason Hickey Subject:RE: County Meeting - 4/30, 4pm Sounds great. Thanks, Jason! Enjoy your time away this week. From: Jason Hickey <jason@renovateslo.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 6:39 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: Re: County Meeting - 4/30, 4pm This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Yes I can do that. I will be out of town for the next few days so you will get auto replies until Monday. Grace and Peace, Jason On Apr 16, 2024, at 6:12 PM, Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> wrote: Hey Jason, Are you available from 4-4:30pm on Tuesday, 4/30, to meet with me and Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg to discuss parking for the Welcome Home Village project? The County is exploring different staff parking options and Supervisor Ortiz-Legg wanted to meet with you about potentially renting parking spaces from Renovate. Let me know if you’re free in that window and we can come to you! Thanks, Daisy Daisy Wiberg pronouns she/her/hers Homelessness Response Manager <image001.png> Community Development 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 E dwiberg@slocity.org T 805.781.7025 slocity.org <image002.png> <image003.png> <image004.png> 2 <image005.png> <image006.png> Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications 1 From:Shoresman, Michelle Sent:Sunday, May 5, 2024 11:13 AM To:Karen Hart Subject:RE: Welcome Home Village Hi Karen, I thank you for your thoughtful note, and for acknowledging the difficulty of this situation, in terms of funding, location and sheer magnitude of this crisis. I also appreciate that you are directing your comments to the BOS as they are really the decision makers in this process. We have little authority over how any other government entity operating within the city, chooses to use their property. That said, I attended the meeting the other night too, and I appreciated the information shared by county staff, Good Samaritan and the other panelists. I appreciate the concern of my neighbors. I have many of those same concerns and will be watching closely as this process continues, hoping that it can be implemented in a way that is least disruptive to our neighborhood as possible, as it seems there are good models for success in other areas. I actually had a chance to visit the ECHO shelter in north county this past week, and it is in a location somewhat similar to this one…near the high school, other schools and homes nearby. Their director says they have had no neighborhood complaints. So that is hopeful. I know you will remain tuned into this process as it unfolds. Michelle From: Karen Hart < Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2024 10:04 AM To: Stewart, Erica A <estewart@slocity.org>; Pease, Andy <apease@slocity.org>; Francis, Emily <EFrancis@slocity.org>; Shoresman, Michelle <mshoresm@slocity.org>; Marx, Jan <jmarx@slocity.org> Subject: Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor and Council Members, Please read the following letter we sent to county decision makers voicing our concerns about the proposed Welcome Home Village project, which has been hastily relocated due to a rapidly approaching funding deadline. In a Tribune article, the Mayor talked about the Bob Jones Trail “clean up,” which is great, but we are concerned about how the relocation of encampments will impact nearby residential neighborhoods, citizens and services in SLO. We support solutions for homelessness and understand the magnitude of the crisis and the political pressure to solve it, but we are feeling left out of the conversation. Thank you for your consideration and service to our wonderful city. Dear Supervisors, 2 We attended the Welcome Home Village meeting with open minds and hearts and a desire to learn and find solutions for homelessness. Please hear our concerns. Location The proposed location is adjacent to our neighborhood and home. The location is a well-used parking lot for businesses; and a frequently used corridor for children to walk and bike to school, and residents to walk to Terrace Hill and downtown. A preschool is across the street. We learned the project has been hastily relocated due to a legal challenge and a rapidly approaching funding deadline. Supervisor Paulding admitted that no one wants a homeless facility next to their neighborhood and this location was not the first (and by implication, not the best) choice. Notification and engagement We and many of our neighbors were not officially notified about the project. We were casually told about this project during a brief conversation with Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg at a neighborhood party on Friday evening, April 26. We’re guessing some residents still aren’t aware. Some elderly residents we have spoken with did not know about it and are not able to call, email or attend the meeting to express their concerns. The disappointing lack of communication and engagement with neighbors has sadly created misinformation, mistrust, anxiety and anger. Our only opportunity for collective dialogue with you—our county supervisors and the decision makers—is on the night of the vote! Density, scale, target market, transitory residents 80 people (46 permanent and 34 regularly turning over) relocated from an encampment on the Bob Jones Trail to an approx. 1.5-acre parking lot (unsafely dissected by a road leading into another parking lot for busy medical clinics) is a significant impact. (Plus pets, plus staff.) An employee for a local homeless organization told us that “the programs in our community that have done well are a much smaller scale and have targeted a completely different group of people. This is literally for homeless encampments and those are typically the kind of people who don’t want to make a change.” (Those are their words, not ours.) Safety During the meeting, a panelist said the goal was to create the “safest environment.” Per the project website, sobriety is not a resident requirement; and it was revealed that the majority of residents in similar facilities have substance abuse and/or mental health issues. Neighbors are concerned this could endanger our community. We want the safest environment too! Property values (i.e., our financial security) Many people will not purchase a home adjacent to a homeless facility, so this unfairly affects the value of homes in proximity. 3 Parking Approximately 100 parking spaces are being eliminated. There is a concern parking will be displaced to the Flora Street neighborhood. What is the parking plan to not only replace this capacity, but add additional parking spaces for staff, residents with vehicles, and visiting service providers? Noise It’s an open-air community. Homes and businesses in proximity will hear noise from people using communal spaces and detached restrooms. Funding and sustainability What is the future plan for this project and how will it be funded going forward? “The Big Bet on Tiny Homes to Fix Homelessness” If you haven’t already, please take time to read this comprehensive article, “The big bet on tiny homes to fix homelessness.” https://www.vox.com/2023/11/29/23969458/homelessness-tiny-homes-housing-crisis- shelter-encampments We love and are proud of our community. We care about about and wholeheartedly support efforts to improve homelessness. We also believe in solving problems without creating new ones and finding solutions that work for all. For all of the concerns listed above, we do not support the project in the proposed location. Thank you for your service to our community, and for considering and acting upon our thoughtful feedback about this project. Sincerely, David and Karen Hart San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 1 From:Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us> Sent:Wednesday, February 14, 2024 3:52 PM To:Wiberg, Daisy; Cynthia Voorheis; Linda Belch; Rebecca Campbell; Jimmy Paulding; Devin Drake; Morgan Torell; Jon Ansolabehere; Rita L. Neal; John Diodati; Trevor Keith; Jeanette Trompeter; Cheryl Journey; Kelley Abbas; Johnson, Derek; Jeffrey Al-Mashat Cc:Mei-Lin Gee Subject:RE: [EXT]Re: Agenda for Welcome Home meeting 2/1 Thank you Daisy & SLO City, We will be back! Dawn Dawn Ortiz-Legg District 3 Supervisor County of San Luis Obispo Katcho Achadjian Government Center 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, Ca 93408 Phone: 805-781-4336 Email: dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us www.slocounty.ca.gov From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 2:51 PM To: Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us>; Cynthia Voorheis <cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us>; Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Rebecca Campbell <rcampbell@co.slo.ca.us>; Jimmy Paulding <jpaulding@co.slo.ca.us>; Devin Drake <ddrake@co.slo.ca.us>; Morgan Torell <mtorell@co.slo.ca.us>; Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us>; Rita L. Neal <rneal@co.slo.ca.us>; John Diodati <jdiodati@co.slo.ca.us>; Trevor Keith <tkeith@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us>; Cheryl Journey <cjourney@co.slo.ca.us>; Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us>; djohnson@slocity.org; Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Mei-Lin Gee <mgee@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: [EXT]Re: Agenda for Welcome Home meeting 2/1 ATTENTION: This email originated from outside the County's network. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Hi Supervisor Ortiz-Legg & All, Yes, Linda confirmed that tomorrow's meeting is an internal, County only meeting. Please let us know if any questions come up during tomorrow's meeting that require City follow up. Otherwise, we'll look forward to joining you all for next Thursday's meeting. Thanks, Daisy 2 Daisy Wiberg pronouns she/her/hers Homelessness Response Manager To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.City of San Luis Obispo Community Development 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 E dwiberg@slocity.org T 805.781.7025 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 2:49 PM To: Cynthia Voorheis <cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us>; Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Rebecca Campbell <rcampbell@co.slo.ca.us>; Jimmy Paulding <jpaulding@co.slo.ca.us>; Devin Drake <ddrake@co.slo.ca.us>; Morgan Torell <mtorell@co.slo.ca.us>; Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us>; Rita L. Neal <rneal@co.slo.ca.us>; John Diodati <jdiodati@co.slo.ca.us>; Trevor Keith <tkeith@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us>; Cheryl Journey <cjourney@co.slo.ca.us>; Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us>; Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org>; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Mei-Lin Gee <mgee@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: RE: Agenda for Welcome Home meeting 2/1 This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hello all – If I am not mistaken, this is a County only meeting tomorrow. We will circle back with city next week, along with Dignity Moves. Thank you, Sincerely, Dawn Dawn Ortiz-Legg District 3 Supervisor County of San Luis Obispo Katcho Achadjian Government Center 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, Ca 93408 Phone: 805-781-4336 Email: dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us www.slocounty.ca.gov From: Cynthia Voorheis <cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 12:50 PM 3 To: Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Rebecca Campbell <rcampbell@co.slo.ca.us>; Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us>; Jimmy Paulding <jpaulding@co.slo.ca.us>; Devin Drake <ddrake@co.slo.ca.us>; Morgan Torell <mtorell@co.slo.ca.us>; Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us>; Rita L. Neal <rneal@co.slo.ca.us>; John Diodati <jdiodati@co.slo.ca.us>; Trevor Keith <tkeith@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us>; Cheryl Journey <cjourney@co.slo.ca.us>; Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us>; djohnson@slocity.org; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: Agenda for Welcome Home meeting 2/1 Good Afternoon, Here is the agenda for tomorrow’s Welcome Home Village meeting at 2pm. Just a reminder – this is an internal meeting with County and City of SLO staff only. Thank you, Cynthia Voorheis | She/Her Administrative Assistant III Homeless Services Division 805-788-9426 cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES The information contained in this e-mail, including any attachments, may be privileged, confidential, and/or exempt under applicable law, and covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521. 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Please contact the sender of this email at the above e-mail address and permanently delete the message and any attachments from your system. 1 From:Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Sent:Wednesday, January 31, 2024 3:22 PM To:Lauren Wideman; White, Kelly Subject:RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project You are the best Kelly and this was what I was thinking about From: Lauren Wideman <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 3:20 PM To: White, Kelly <kwhite@slocity.org>; Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Thank so much, Kelly! Lauren Wideman Deputy County Counsel County of Santa Barbara – Office of County Counsel 105 East Anapamu Street, Room 201 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805.568.3563 Notice: This information is private, confidential, and privileged and intended solely for the person or persons addressed herein. Any review, distribution, reliance on, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, immediately notify the sender and destroy/delete any copies of this transmission. Thank you for your compliance. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the County of Santa Barbara. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The County of Santa Barbara accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. From: White, Kelly <kwhite@slocity.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 1:35 PM To: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us>; Lauren Wideman <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Caution: This email originated from a source outside of the County of Santa Barbara. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. Sorry for the delay…the City has several MOUs with Cal Poly so I wanted to try and find the correct one. Hopefully the attached is what you were looking for. Kelly White Senior Legal Analyst City Attorney's Office E kwhite@slocity.org T 805.781.7060 From: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 12:36 PM To: Lauren Wideman <lwideman@countyofsb.org> 2 Cc: White, Kelly <kwhite@slocity.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hi Lauren, Nice seeing you too! I’m cc’ing my previous office manager Kelly White who would have it. Kelly, Lauren is CoCo in Santa Barbara and I mentioned the MOU that the City of SLO did with Cal Poly to share enforcement with CP police within the City. Do you have that handy by chance? From: Lauren Wideman <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 12:05 PM To: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Hi Jon, Nice to see you again this morning. You mentioned a MOU that addressed Cal Poly police enforcement of a City’s municipal code outside of their jurisdiction. Would you mind sending that to me or pointing me in the right direction to find it? Also, pointing me in the direction of any authority you might be aware of supporting the legality of such delegations of law enforcement authority would be much appreciated. Thanks, Lauren Lauren Wideman Deputy County Counsel County of Santa Barbara – Office of County Counsel 105 East Anapamu Street, Room 201 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805.568.3563 Notice: This information is private, confidential, and privileged and intended solely for the person or persons addressed herein. Any review, distribution, reliance on, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, immediately notify the sender and destroy/delete any copies of this transmission. Thank you for your compliance. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the County of Santa Barbara. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The County of Santa Barbara accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. From: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2023 8:46 AM To: Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Caution: This email originated from a source outside of the County of Santa Barbara. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. Thank you! 3 From: Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2023 8:44 AM To: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Hi Jon, I believe so; there was a reference to appendix p. I will confirm. Best, Lauren Lauren Wideman Deputy County Counsel County of Santa Barbara – Office of County Counsel 105 East Anapamu Street, Room 201 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805.568.3563 Notice: This information is private, confidential, and privileged and intended solely for the person or persons addressed herein. Any review, distribution, reliance on, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, immediately notify the sender and destroy/delete any copies of this transmission. Thank you for your compliance. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the County of Santa Barbara. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The County of Santa Barbara accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. From: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2023 7:16 AM To: Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Caution: This email originated from a source outside of the County of Santa Barbara. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. Do you know if SB County used the emergency shelter standards of appendix p? From: Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 9:08 AM To: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project That sounds great, thank you! Lauren Wideman Deputy County Counsel County of Santa Barbara – Office of County Counsel 105 East Anapamu Street, Room 201 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805.568.3563 4 Notice: This information is private, confidential, and privileged and intended solely for the person or persons addressed herein. Any review, distribution, reliance on, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, immediately notify the sender and destroy/delete any copies of this transmission. Thank you for your compliance. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the County of Santa Barbara. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The County of Santa Barbara accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. From: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 9:04 AM To: Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Caution: This email originated from a source outside of the County of Santa Barbara. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. THANK YOU and thank you for the nice chat! I’ll send you my changes in case they are of any use to you. Jon From: Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 5:00 PM To: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project ATTENTION: This email originated from outside the County's network. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Jon, It was a pleasure meeting with you last week. My apologies for the delay in following up. As discussed, attached are Word document versions of the near-final Hope Village documents. I’ve also attached Word document versions of the final La Posada project documents (a subsequent but similar project, structured slightly differently). Let me know if you’d like to set up another call to follow up. Best, Lauren Lauren Wideman Deputy County Counsel County of Santa Barbara – Office of County Counsel 105 East Anapamu Street, Room 201 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805.568.3563 Notice: This information is private, confidential, and privileged and intended solely for the person or persons addressed herein. Any review, distribution, reliance on, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, immediately notify the sender and destroy/delete any copies of this transmission. Thank you for your compliance. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the County of Santa Barbara. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The County of Santa Barbara accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. From: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 10:20 AM 5 To: Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Cc: Holderness, Amber <aholderness@countyofsb.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Caution: This email originated from a source outside of the County of Santa Barbara. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. Works perfect. I’ll send an invite. Again, much appreciated. From: Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 10:03 AM To: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Holderness, Amber <aholderness@countyofsb.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Hi Jon, Amber and I are available to discuss at 10:00 on Friday, if that works for you. Thanks, Lauren Lauren Wideman Deputy County Counsel County of Santa Barbara – Office of County Counsel 105 East Anapamu Street, Room 201 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805.568.3563 Notice: This information is private, confidential, and privileged and intended solely for the person or persons addressed herein. Any review, distribution, reliance on, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, immediately notify the sender and destroy/delete any copies of this transmission. Thank you for your compliance. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the County of Santa Barbara. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The County of Santa Barbara accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. From: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2023 7:20 AM To: Van Mullem, Rachel <Rvanmull@countyofsb.org>; Rita L. Neal <rneal@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Holderness, Amber <aholderness@countyofsb.org>; Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project Caution: This email originated from a source outside of the County of Santa Barbara. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. Thank you Rachel! Amber/Lauren, I would love a 15-20 minute chat. Let me know a good time for either of you. Very much appreciated. Jon From: Van Mullem, Rachel <Rvanmull@countyofsb.org> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2023 3:02 PM To: Rita L. Neal <rneal@co.slo.ca.us> 6 Cc: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us>; Holderness, Amber <aholderness@countyofsb.org>; Wideman, Lauren <lwideman@countyofsb.org> Subject: [EXT]RE: Hope Village Project ATTENTION: This email originated from outside the County's network. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Rita and Jon, We would be happy to connect on this. Santa Barbara County is now working on its 4 th location for a Dignity Moves project, and they have been very successful so far. Chief Assistant Amber Holderness and Deputy County Counsel Lauren Wideman (copied) worked closely with staff on moving this forward. Please feel free to reach out and coordinate with them. Hope you are both well! Rachel Rachel Van Mullem County Counsel Santa Barbara County Counsel 105 East Anapamu Street, Room 201 Santa Barbara, California 93101 (805) 568-2973 Notice: This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message From: Rita L. Neal <rneal@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 10:27 AM To: Van Mullem, Rachel <Rvanmull@countyofsb.org> Cc: Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: Hope Village Project Caution: This email originated from a source outside of the County of Santa Barbara. Do not click links or open attachments unless you verify the sender and know the content is safe. 7 Good Morning, Rachel, I hope all is well in Santa Barbara County. Our county has been awarded a grant to establish a project for unhoused individuals who are living in encampments. One of the proposed contractors is DignityMoves. DignityMoves sent us sample contracts from the Hope Village Project in your county. We note that your deputy Lauren Wideman worked on the contracts for the project. Jon Ansolabehere, my Assistant CoCo (whom you met in Monterey) is leading the effort in our county and would very much like an opportunity to speak with Lauren about the contracts, the process, lessons learned, etc. Would you be able to put Jon in contact with Lauren (or if there is someone else in your office who is familiar with the Hope Village Project). Thanks much. Rita Rita L. Neal | County Counsel | San Luis Obispo County 1055 Monterey Street, Suite D320 | San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 Tel: (805) 781-5400 | Fax: (805) 781-4221 | Email: rneal@co.slo.ca.us The information contained in this e-mail, including any attachments, may be privileged, confidential, and/or exempt under applicable law, and covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. sections 2510-2521. This email is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity to which it is addressed and the privileges and exemptions are not waived by virtue of this having been sent by e-mail. If the person actually receiving this e-mail or any other reader of the e-mail is not a named recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to a named recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error and/or are not the intended recipient, do not read, distribute or reproduce this transmission. Please contact the sender of this email at the above e-mail address and permanently delete the message and any attachments from your system. City of San Luis Obispo, Title, Subtitle Page | 1 Last Edited: 12/7/2023 3:16 PM Agenda Welcome Home Pre-meeting December 8, 2023 Council Hearing Attendees and Roles  Derek Johnson  Markie Kersten  Teresa McClish  Daisy Wiberg  Whitney McDonald  Timmi Tway  Jon Ansolabehere  Rebecca Campbell Purpose: Preparation for 12/11/23 meeting, revisit project and goals, establish a better understanding of current status of project, establish roles and responsibilities for City and County staff moving forward. Topic Desired Outcomes Discussion Leader Time Allocated 1 Introductions Whitney 5 2 Project overview and current status Identify who, what, where, when, why & how; discuss development of a project work plan Whitney 20 3 Discuss roles and responsibilities Identify project manager, points of contact for County and City, what does the County need from the City Whitney 10 4 Communications plan and joint defense agreement Discuss communication needs and goals and clarify application of joint defense agreement and protocols Whitney, John 15 5 Develop agenda for 12/11/23 meeting Completed agenda Whitney 5 6 Next Steps/Closing Confirm Action Items Facilitator 5 City of San Luis Obispo, Title, Subtitle Page | 2 Last Edited: 12/7/2023 3:16 PM Agenda Welcome Home Pre-meeting Outcomes: (What did you achieve during the meeting and what will be communicated) Action Items: (What, Who, Due Date) What Who Due Date Develop Agenda for Friday Whitney/Timmi/Amy 12/7/23 Next Meeting (if necessary): City of San Luis Obispo, Title, Subtitle Page | 1 Last Edited: 12/7/2023 4:22 PM Agenda Welcome Home Pre-meeting December 8, 2023 Council Hearing Attendees and Roles  Derek Johnson  Markie Kersten  Teresa McClish  Daisy Wiberg  Whitney McDonald  Timmi Tway  Jon Ansolabehere  Rebecca Campbell  Morgan Torell Purpose: Preparation for 12/11/23 meeting, revisit project and goals, establish a better understanding of current status of project, establish roles and responsibilities for City and County staff moving forward. Topic Desired Outcomes Discussion Leader Time Allocated 1 Introductions Whitney 5 2 Project overview and current status and timeline Identify who, what, where, when, why & how; discuss development of a project work plan Whitney 20 3 Discuss roles and responsibilities Identify project manager, points of contact for County and City, what does the County need from the City Whitney 10 4 Communications plan and joint defense agreement Discuss communication needs and goals and clarify application of joint defense agreement and protocols Whitney, John 15 5 Develop agenda for 12/11/23 meeting Completed agenda Whitney 5 6 Next Steps/Closing Confirm Action Items Facilitator 5 City of San Luis Obispo, Title, Subtitle Page | 2 Last Edited: 12/7/2023 4:22 PM Agenda Welcome Home Pre-meeting Outcomes: (What did you achieve during the meeting and what will be communicated) Action Items: (What, Who, Due Date) What Who Due Date Next Meeting (if necessary): 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:42 AM To:Linda Belch Cc:Jeffrey Al-Mashat Subject:RE: [EXT]RE: Welcome Home Project Updates Sounds great. Thank you, Linda! From: Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 8:06 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Cc: Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: RE: [EXT]RE: Welcome Home Project Updates Sounds great Daisy. I just forwarded you the invite for the design team meeting, and I’m copying Jeff who can include you in the parking subcommittee meeting. Linda Belch, Deputy Director Adult and Homeless Services County of San Luis Obispo (805)788-9460 Phone LBelch@co.slo.ca.us This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of, any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 3:10 PM To: Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: [EXT]RE: Welcome Home Project Updates ATTENTION: This email DID NOT originate from County Staff. Please proceed with caution when interacting with any embedded links or attachments. Hi Linda, I hope you’re having a good day. I wanted to follow up to let you know that I will be representing the City at the design meeting with Dignity Moves on Thursday, and I can report back any questions to the appropriate City departments. Can you send me the virtual meeting info? As we move forward, we can loop in additional City staff to weigh in on specific issues as needed. Teresa or I will also plan to participate on the Parking sub-committee and will similarly report back any parking/transportation questions to our Public Works department. 2 Let me know if you have any feedback or questions. Thank you! Daisy From: Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2024 4:18 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: FW: Welcome Home Project Updates This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hi Daisy, When you have a moment, can you please let me know who from City of SLO will be participating in the design meetings with Dignity Moves? They will begin next week, and will be virtually on Thursdays from 2-3. Linda Belch, Deputy Director Adult and Homeless Services County of San Luis Obispo (805)788-9460 Phone (805) 781-1846 Fax LBelch@co.slo.ca.us This e-mail, and any files transmitted with it, are intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, protected and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of, any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient, is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. From: John Diodati <jdiodati@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2024 4:13 PM To: Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Cindy Treichler <CTreichler@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: RE: Welcome Home Project Updates Cindy will be the lead on parking and I will be her backup. Thanks. John Diodati Director Public Works, County of San Luis Obispo Tel: (805) 781-5252 | An APWA Accredited Agency SLOCounty.gov/PW From: Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 12:41 PM To: Rebecca Campbell <rcampbell@co.slo.ca.us>; Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us>; Jimmy Paulding <jpaulding@co.slo.ca.us>; Devin Drake <ddrake@co.slo.ca.us>; Morgan Torell <mtorell@co.slo.ca.us>; Jon Ansolabehere 3 <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us>; Rita L. Neal <rneal@co.slo.ca.us>; Trevor Keith <tkeith@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us>; John Diodati <jdiodati@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Marge Cafarelli <marge@dignitymoves.org>; Cheryl Journey <cjourney@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us>; Derek Troya <dtroya@tynangroup.com>; Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us>; Drew Armetta <Drew_Armetta@gensler.com>; Sylvia Barnard <sbarnard@goodsamaritanshelter.org>; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; djohnson@slocity.org; McClish, Teresa <tmcclish@slocity.org>; estewart@slocity.org; mshoresman@slocity.org; mshoresm_slocity.org <mshoresm@slocity.org>; Michelle Shoresman <mshoresman@co.slo.ca.us>; George Solis <gdsolis@co.slo.ca.us>; Cynthia Voorheis <cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us>; kcahoon@goodsamaritanshelter.org; hgiron@goodsamaritanshelter.org; joanne@dignitymoves.org; Sylvia Barnard <goodsamshelter@gmail.com>; Doug Zucker <doug_zucker@gensler.com>; Suzie Freeman <sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us>; SCooper@slocity.org; Nicholas Drews <ndrews@co.slo.ca.us>; Robert Reyes <rreyes@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: Welcome Home Project Updates Hello Everyone, First of all, thank you all for your participation in the Thursday welcome home village meetings. Your support and active participation has helped us keep this project moving forward, and we would not be able to make this project a success without each one of you. As shared at the meeting last week, we will be making some adjustments to the meeting schedule ongoing, please see below for details:  The large group (everyone who has been previously meeting) will now move to meeting once time per month to receive updates and provide input. This meeting will be held the first Thursday of each month from 2-3pm. The next meeting for this large group will be April 4th  Dignity moves will begin convening their weekly design team meeting. One representative from the County of SLO and one from the City of SLO will participate in those meetings and will be a liaison back to the main group. These representatives are still being determined but we will share who is selected as soon as that is finalized.  Two subcommittees are forming: o A Parking subcommittee and a Communications subcommittee are being formed. Below is a short description of each, and our staff suggestions for participation in each:  Parking subcommittee:  The parking subcommittee will be working on solving the logistical needs to address the loss of parking spaces with the new build. Jeff Al-Mashat will be leading this committee. We are suggesting the following individuals for participation:  John Diodati or designee, Nick Drews or designee, Robert Reyes or designee, Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg, Sarah Diggs, and a representative from the City of SLO  Communications subcommittee:  The communication subcommittee will be collaborating on community outreach, development of materials and development of a community feedback loop. Suzie 4 Freeman will be leading this committee. We are suggesting the following individuals for participation:  Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg (or designee), Supervisor Jimmy Paulding (or designee), Linda Belch, Jeanette Trompeter, Shelly Cone, Michelle Shoresman, Daisy Wiberg, Whitney Szentesi, Sylvia Barnard (or designee), Marge Cafarelli (or designee) If you could please review our subcommittee suggestions, and reach out to either Jeff or Suzie to confirm your participation or if you will be designating someone to participate on your behalf we would appreciate it. Our intent is to move these forward within the next week or two. If we have inadvertently left any critical partner off of the suggested invite list, we appreciate that feedback as well. Thank you everyone! 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If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. 1 From:Greg Wynn <greg@gregwynn.com> Sent:Thursday, April 11, 2024 6:59 PM To:Pease, Andy; Jim Dantona; Jim Duffy; Andrew Goodwin; Grant Teixeira (Lenny); kanguyen@rrmdesign.com; Damien Mavis; Pat Arnold; Christopher Allen; Greg Wynn; jessica@architectsfora.com; aaryn@abbottreedinc.com; Joel Snyder Subject:SLO Housing Workgroup Attachments:Member list.pdf; Housing Policy Work Group 2024.pdf; DRAFT MATRIX TT 041124.pdf; 11Apr'24 meeting notes.pdf; Staff Report 05Mar'24- Study Session on Housing Needs and Opportunities.pdf This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Thank you all for participating this afternoon. That was a great opening session. I am attaching digital versions of the handouts, plus my feeble attempt at meeting notes. Please review them and let me know of corrections and/or additions needed. Thank you and we will meet again next Thursday, April 18th, 2pm in the Chamber Boardroom. Greg -- Greg Wynn, AIA, NCARB Architect p.o box 14345 san luis obispo, ca 93406 (805) 801-3414 11Apr’24 Meeting Notes (In no particular order; please notify Greg W if you see holes) Introductions of participants Goals of group should be short-term, medium-term, and long-term (General Plan) Goals need to have an actionable component that can be implemented soon Council is looking at funding work efforts so prioritized direction is needed soon. Previous Wins: Reduced public hearings = less time and fewer arbitrary decisions Continuing work: Push to remove “additional” sewer lateral replacement requirements General frustration with Planning, Building, P/W, and Utilities Departments. Since COVID, limited staff access, staff won’t return calls promptly, general service decline. Legacy slow growth, based in fear of making a wrong decision. Sand in the gears of projects. 30-day review periods are notified of incomplete at Day 29.5, multiplied x 5. Moving goal post. Staff seems unwilling to release the legacy ‘slow-growth’ brakes. Entitlement process is broken down. Building process is not much better. Radical change may mean hiring more staff, but may also mean empowering current staff. Study timeframes of other jurisdictions. Anecdotes that SLO is substantially longer than others Explore drastic parking reductions or eliminate parking altogether, especially downtown Explore a mobility fee to replace in-lieu fee Explore case studies of hypothetical projects with timelines and costs (reverse engineer) Explore design charettes for ‘growth zones’ (mid Higuera, Upper Monterey) AIA R/UDAT event? Pre -approved EIR consultants to reduce long RFP process Look at Programmatic EIR, (San Diego example), District EIR rather than individual parcels CEQA streamlining, CEQA in a box, support from City attorney to stand behind staff reports RHNA housing may not fit our issue. What housing do we want to prioritize? Study income level vs housing availability to see where / what is needed. Employment survey may provide guidance. Mobile Home Parks – Worth discussing. Density is not there but they are inexpensive to start Possible action is to review the staff list and cull non-starters or weak elements Find a way to prioritize projects that have a high-impact on housing. Remove barriers that limit individual owners to build higher and better use Make individual owner development attractive (ADU,JADU, and more) Look at deed restricted ‘additional’ development. Second ADU if low income, non-profit run? Look at additional development potential in all R -zones. Make the R-2/R-3 the missing middle zones and allow more on less. Make an R-2 ‘design by right’ manual South Bend, IN has 50 missing middle solutions available Reduced setbacks if neighborhood overlook / fire is mitigated. Mid-Higuera has flood issues, need to look at creek diversion channel, overall flood solution. Look at Drainage Design Manual and reduce redundant or overlapping language (A or B, A & B) There are a lot more YIMBY now. Pro-housing groups are active and vocal. Every project becomes an affordable project in order to get bonus incentives Financing is a needed discussion point. Has HASLO tapped out of projects? Invite Scott Collins to the table (editor note, he said yes) Ultimately a bond will be needed to build 100% projects. City and County are competing for dollars Watch what happens at Cal Poly housing. Be careful what you wish for. Housing solutions without good design may backfire. Don’t build only for economy or speed. Pillars of change: Radical process improvements in Planning, Building, Public Works, and Utilities for predictability Bold planning in specific neighborhoods (e.g., Mid-Higuera, Upper Monterey) Physical removal of barriers to infill housing Community partnerships for regional housing funding Regular weekly meetings at Chamber Boardroom, Thursdays 2pm-3:30pm Invite Timmi and Whitney to the discussion (Andy) Housing Policy Work Group 2024 Introduction: At the March 5, 2024 City Council Meeting, city staff presented a “Housing Needs and Opportunities Study Session” with data and public input, and with the goal of getting prioritized feedback from Council. Members of the Council discussed seeking input from stakeholders and community members with expertise in housing policy, design, and development. The local AIA chapter has offered to help facilitate these discussions and seeks input and discussion to create a robust list of actionable items that might guide council and staff toward meeting the housing need soon. From the March 5th staff report: A major City Goal for Housing and Homelessness is to: Support the expansion of housing options for all, and continue to facilitate the production of housing, including the necessary infrastructure, with an emphasis on affordable and workforce housing as well as accessibly connected development….. While the City does not construct housing, “as a regulator, the City can remove some barriers to the provision of housing and plan for more housing in the community. This can be done through policy changes, programs, and the creation of new infrastructure to support housing and the new population that results from housing.” Purpose of this meeting: Gauge the interest of participants to be a voice in the discussion, present ideas, and outline a process forward. Identify missing voices not at this meeting (finance / lending, real estate, shelter advocates, etc.) Identify a timeline and potential outcomes of the work product(s) Ideas for discussion (please add more) Missing-middle housing types Parking requirement reductions Rent-controlled ADU/JADU with sunset Density bonus incentives Process barriers (ARC, Permitting delays, etc.) Streamline review for projects with <49 units (<99 units?) Reduced fees Objective standards with higher densities for smaller units Pre -approved ADU plans Mobile home communities Taller structures Increased density in Residential zones Repeal sewer lateral program that discourages ADU development Margarita Area Specific Plan (MASP) update for more density / mixed uses Upper Monterey planning area update for missing middle Mid-Higuera planning area update for missing middle Down payment assistance Bond measure funds to support below market rate (BMR) housing Housing Policy Discussion 11 April 2024 Andy Pease, AIA City Council, In Balance Green (805) 235-6355 apease@slocity.org Jim Dantona SLO Chamber (805) 786-2761 jim@slochamber.org Jim Duffy Ten Over Studio Architects (805) 540-8896 jimd@tenoverstudio.com Andrew Goodwin, AIA AGD Architects (805) 439-1611 andrew@andrewgoodwin.us Lenny Grant, AIA RRM Design Group (805) 431-9240 ljgrant@rrmdesign.com Kimmie Nguyen RRM Design Group (949) 241-1446 kanguyen@rrmdesign.com Brad Brechwald HBA, Wallace Group Damien Mavis CoVelop (805) 748-5546 dmavis@covelop.net Pat Arnold CoVelop (805) 441-0706 parnold@covelop.net Chris Allen, AIA CWA Studios (805) 286-5186 cwa.arch@gmail.com Greg Wynn, AIA greg wynn architect (805) 801-3414 greg@gregwynn.com Jessica Goswick, AIA Architects FORA (602) 540-2001 jessica@architectsfora.com Aaryn Abbott Abbott-Reed (805) 215-2872 aaryn@abbottreedinc.com Joel Snyder Ten Over Studio Architects (805) 748-2156 joels@tenoverstudio.com Item 8a Department: Community Development Cost Center: 4008 For Agenda of: 3/5/2023 Placement: Study Session Estimated Time: 90 minutes FROM: Timmi Tway, Community Development Director Prepared By: Teresa McClish, Housing Policy and Programs Manager Daisy Wiberg, Homelessness Response Manager SUBJECT: HOUSING NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES STUDY SESSION RECOMMENDATION Receive a presentation and conduct a study session on current status of the City’s housing continuum, including options to increase and diversify housing supply in the City. REPORT-IN-BRIEF The purpose of this study session is to provide the City Council and the community with an overview of the existing housing landscape in the City and summarize housing needs, constraints, and opportunities. The discussion in the report is organized around the idea of a “housing continuum,” as it is important to realize a variety of housing types in the community. In addition to background information, the report identifies constraints and various opportunities to encourage certain types of housing. Some of the opportunities are being addressed in existing work plan items, and others could be integrated into future work plans at the Council’s direction. POLICY CONTEXT The 2023-2025 Financial Plan Major City Goal for Housing and Homelessness is to: Support the expansion of housing options for all, and continue to facilitate the production of housing, including the necessary supporting infrastructure, with an emphasis on affordable and workforce housing as well as accessibly connected development. Collaborate with local non-profit partners, non- governmental agencies, the county, the state, and federal governments to advocate for increased funding and implementation of comprehensive and effective strategies to prevent and reduce homelessness. Included in goal implementation strategies is an action item to “Conduct a Study Session with the City Council to identify needs and opportunities across the housing spectrum, including various types of transitional and supportive housing options.” Item 8a This study session is part of the ongoing implementation of the Major City Goal work plan to implement the City’s 6th Cyle General Plan Housing Element, with policies and programs that relate to increasing housing production and diversified supply shown in Attachment A that are designed to work in concert to accomplish the vision for housing in our community. DISCUSSION Background Policy Background The state of California has some of the most expensive home prices and rents in the nation and the scale of the state’s homelessness crisis is larger than any other state and worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic1. The intertwined housing and homelessness crises have galvanized the state to pass a series of landmark legislation starting in 2017 to reduce barriers to housing production and increase local government accountability. This has created the need and opportunity for local policy to be reshaped to align with state legislative mandates, including policies to address the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), or fair share housing needs assigned to each jurisdiction. The City’s 6th Cycle Housing Element provides City policy, goals, and implementation programs to address the City’s RHNA, housing supply, fair housing, housing affordability, special needs housing and homeless response over an eight -year cycle. Additionally, the inclusion of housing and homelessness response as a Major City Goal over the past several financial cycles provide prioritization of City resources to address these crises. Increasing opportunities for production of a variety of housing types combined with smart growth principals as adopted in the City’s General Plan also align with Major City Goals for Economic Resiliency, Cultural Vitality and Fiscal Sustainability by promoting a healthy ratio of jobs and housing; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion by promoting accessible shelter and housing; and Climate Action, Open Space and Sustainable Transportation by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. City’s Role in Housing The City is a municipality that does not construct housing and does not receive funds for homelessness response; however, as a regulator, the City can remove some barriers to the provision of housing and plan for more housing in the community. This can be do ne through policy changes, programs, and the creation of new infrastructure to support housing and the new population that results from housing. In addition, the City can, and does, collaborate with regional partners to diversity housing supply and c onnect the unhoused with shelter and housing. 1 https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/five-recent-trends-california-homelessness/ Item 8a Through policies, the City can encourage certain housing types over others. Policy changes can impact regulations (such as zoning regulations) or processes (such as the process to seek approval for a new building). The City can also make policy decisions about what type of housing or programs it will fund through its Affordable Housing Fund, which has provided funding support for several important affordable housing projects that total more than 600 new units. Also through housing policy, the City can also co-solve for increasing needs for community resiliency due to climate change and require housing development to facilitate walkable and livable communities. For example, the City’s Flexible Density Program allows unlimited density for downtown units smaller than 600 sq. ft., to incentivise residential use near transit and jobs, and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Population and Housing in San Luis Obispo The City’s Housing Element and the United States Census2 provide information about the population and housing stock that exists in the City. This is important information to consider, as it can illustrate the unique housing needs of the community, which can inform policy and funding decisions. Several key population related statistics that should be considered are:  SLO is home to 47,063 people according to the 2020 census.  The average family size in SLO is 2.74 and in the State as a whole, it is 3.39.  The median household income in the City is $65,000; however, this number varies greatly depending on the type of household. For example, for married -couple families, the median income is $140,000, and for “nonfamily” households3, it is $41,065.  According to the US Census 2022 American Community Survey, 31.5% of residents in San Luis Obispo are experiencing poverty, as opposed to 12.2% of all people in California. This is likely due to the significant student population, which can impact income statistics.  The population pyramid figure below illustrates the age breakdown of the City’s population, which shows a significant number of 20 to 24 year olds (due to students residing in the City). 2 https://data.census.gov/profile/San_Luis_Obispo_city,_California?g=160XX00US0668154 ; https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2022.S2504?q=housing%20stock%20san%20luis%20obispo%20 city&g=160XX00US0668154 3 Defined as hhouseholds with one or more non-relatives, and not including living alone (Housing Element Appendix B – Section j). Item 8a Figure 1 City population by age and gender Key housing related statistics in the City include:  There are approximately 21,562 housing units in San Luis Obispo (as of 2020).  Of the occupied units in the City, 7.3% are studios, 13.4% are one bedroom, 62.2% are 2 or 3 bedrooms, and 17.1% are 4 or more bedrooms.  According to the 2020 Housing Element, 40% of the housing units in the City are multifamily structures, 53% are single family homes, and 7% are mobile home units.  During the last housing element cycle (2014-2019), 1,548 units were constructed. During the first half of the current eight-year RHNA cycle (2020-2028) at total of 2,047 units have been constructed.  SLO has a homeownership rate of 38%. California, as a whole, has a homeownership rate of 55.8%.  In the City of SLO, approximately 62% of all residentially zoned land (1,714 acres) is dedicated to single-unit zoning4, and between 2015 – 2020 approximately 50% of all new housing constructed in the City were single-unit homes. 4 As of June 2023, the allocation of residentially zoned properties in City of SLO was: R-1 (7 units/net acre)= 1,714.42 acres (62%); R-2 (12 units/net acre)= 631.42 acres (23%); R-3 (20 units/net acre)= 213.16 acres (8%); R-4 (24 units/net acre) = 220.51 acres (8%); Total = 2,779.52 acres Item 8a  The County of SLO is the second least affordable small metro area in the entire nation. The cost of housing in the County is about 51.7% higher than the national average, ranking it as a small metro area with the fourth highest housing cost in the United States. As of February 2022, rent averaged at $2,347 per month – $719 more than the national average. The median rental household spends 38% of its income on housing, meaning that over half of all rental households in the County are at increased risk of homelessness due to the burden that housing costs place on family budgets5. The City's 6th Cycle Housing Element contains an extensive analysis of other pertinent housing and population statistics and trends. Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) Importantly, the contents of the Housing Element are informed by the City’s RHNA. The City’s RHNA number is the number of units that the City must plan to accommodate during the Housing Element Cycle (in this case, the 6 th cycle, which spans 2020-2028). The RHNA is broken down into affordability categories, which means the City must plan to accommodate, and show progress in accommodating, housing units that are at multiple affordability levels. The City’s RHNA requirement (3,354 total units) as well as the number of units permitted through 2023 (2,555) is shown in the summary table below. Greater details for RHNA progress will be provided in the 2023 General Plan Annual Report scheduled for City Council consideration in April. Table 2 Regional Housing Needs Allocation Progress Income Level  (% of County Median Income) 6th Cycle RHNA Allocation  Building Permitted Units Issued by Affordability  Total Units Permitted by Income Level Total Units Remaining by Income Level Year 1 – 2020 Year 2 – 2021 Year 3 – 2022 Year 4 – 2023 Extremely Low  24.5% 825  0  14  36  0  50  683  Very Low  14  42  14 22  92  Low  15.5% 520  36  82  71  5  194  326  Moderate  18% 603  13  9  2  47  71  532  Above Moderate  42% 1,406  939  472  439  298  2,148  0    Total Units     3,354  1,002  619  562  415  2,555                   Total Remaining for RHNA Period: 1,615  5 SLO Countywide Plan to Address Homelessness Item 8a The City has made significant progress toward meeting its RHNA mandate , meeting 54% of the total RHNA halfway through the eight-year cycle. However, while the City has issued permits for 742 Above Moderate dwelling units in excess of its requirement for this income category, more progress is needed in below-moderate income categories: the City is meeting approximately 12% for the Moderate-Income category, 37% for the Low- Income category, and 17% of the Very-Low and Extremely-Low Income categories. Housing Continuum While land use policies and zoning regulations historically have focused on market rate housing in typical formats such as single-family detached, single family attached, and multi-family rental housing, in reality, housing needs are more diversified. Policies and programs that identify and describe how housing needs can be met lend to an expanded continuum of housing shown below in Figure 2. This expanded continuum can help meet the needs of key beneficiary groups, including those who are experiencing homelessness, those with special needs, families, seniors, students, and the city’s workforce. Figure 2 Housing Continuum As illustrated in the graphic above, the housing continuum includes:  Homeless: While not necessarily a housing type, this portion of the continuum represents those in the community who are currently experiencing homelessness.  Emergency shelters: Emergency shelters are housing with minimal supportive services for people experiencing homelessness.  Transitional housing: Transitional housing is a type of supportive housing used to facilitate the movement of people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing.  Permanent supportive housing: Permanent supportive housing consists of permanent housing in which housing assistance (e.g., long-term leasing or rental assistance) and supportive services are provided to assist households with at least one member (adult or child) with a disability in achieving housing stability.  Below market rate housing (BMR): below market rate housing is housing that is deed restricted to be affordable to households t hat meet certain income limits. Generally, this type of housing is provided at low, very low -, or moderate-income levels. These income levels are set by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (California HCD), and are based on county and household size; and the City publishes these Below Market Rate Income Levels yearly on the City’s website. Item 8a  Market rental housing: market rental housing refers to rental housing that is rented at market rates (not deed restricted regardless of price).  Market home ownership: market rate home ownership refers to housing that is sold at market rates (not deed restricted regardless of price). Housing needs analyses benefit from consideration of housing capacity that reduces the number of the unhoused and houses a planned population by accommodating:  new housing supply,  diverse housing types,  residents’ ability to move through the housing continuum and secure housing to meet specific needs, and  housing stock that is affordable for people and the cost of which does not exceed 30% of their income. Goal of Study Session This intent of this study session is to:  Provide the City Council with an overview of housing in San Luis Obispo using the concept of a “continuum of housing” for all community members.  Provide the City Council with an opportunity to discuss housing needs and opportunities.  Provide the City Council with an opportunity to provide staff with feedback and direction as to whether there are opportunities that staff should further explore as the City seeks to encourage the provision of a diverse housing stock for all community members. This report is organized using this concept of a housing continuum. In the remainder of the report, information about needs, constraints, and opportunities for the various housing types in the continuum is provided to guide City Council discussion. Market Rate Rental and Home Ownership Housing In general, it is easier for developers to build market rate housing than other housing types in the continuum due to the fact that sale or rent prices can be set by the developer/owner and reflective of market dynamics and thus are not price or deed restricted. Market rate housing can take many forms including: single family detached housing, duplex/triplexes, townhomes, apartments, condominiums, and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). New market rate housing can be provided in new larger developments, on existing single-family lots (utilizing SB9 lot split or ADU regulations), as well as on infill parcels or as part of mixed-use projects. Item 8a Need for Market Rate Housing in SLO According to the RHNA allocation, the City of SLO should encourage the construction o f 1,406 market rate housing units in the City by 2028. The City has already exceeded its market rate housing unit target for this RHNA cycle with the approval of 2,148 market rate units. There are an additional 478 units currently in the construction pipeline (please see major development project pipeline in Attachment B). Market rate housing production is needed to provide supply of rental apartments, townhomes, condominiums, ADU’s and detached single family homes to help meet the needs of residents moving through the housing continuum. Constraints While market rate housing can be easier to encourage than other types of housing, there are constraints that impact the provision of such housing in the City. Som e constraints cannot be directly addressed by the City (e.g. cost of construction, cost of land, interest rates), while others can be impacted by City policy (e.g. zoning regulations, process for project approval). Housing constraints are discussed at len gth in the 6th Cyle Housing Element and include:  Cost and availability of land. Land is becoming increasingly more expensive, and the cost of land is a significant constraint on the production of housing and can impact the ability of a developer to make a project financially viable. The City generally does not have the ability to impact this factor, however, implementing process improvements that streamline housing project review can help, as this can reduce holding costs for property owners during the entitlement and permitting process.  Cost and availability of financing. Changes in the cost and availability of financing also impact the provision of housing units. The City generally does not have the ability to impact this factor, except for participation in down payment assistance programs6, limited instances of infrastructure finance programs such as the Statewide Community Infrastructure Program (SCIP)7 and other tax increment financing generally available for below market rate housing.  Cost of construction. Construction costs have risen significantly (up to 80%8) in the past several years and these costs, coupled with rising costs of insurance, developer fees, and labor, can greatly impact the financial viability of housing projects. 6 The City currently offers a program for affordable housing only through the State BEGIN program described more under the BMR Housing Section. The City also participates in a Down Payment Assistance Program in which the developer provides $20,000 in assistance for Avila Ranch Workforce units as required through the project Development Agreement. 7 SCIP is a financing program that enables developers to pay most impact fees and finance public improvements through an acquisition agreement that qualify under the 1913/1915 Act (excluding school fees) via tax-exempt bond issuance proceeds (https://cscda.org/infrastructure-finance-programs/). The City is participating in this program for a portion of the East Airport Annexation properties. 8 Residential construction costs have gone up 80% in 10 years. Stephen Peck Planning February 2024. Item 8a  Zoning regulations and policies. Zoning regulations can impact the ability of a developer to create housing. For example, requiring parking can impact the ability of a developer to provide housing units, because providing parking spaces costs money and requires valuable land. Height limits and setbacks are other examples of zoning regulations that restrict building area and profit margins.  Process constraints. Housing can also be constrained when the process for permitting and approval of housing units can be confusing, uncertain, or lengthy. Many cities, including SLO, have looked at process improvements and changes in order to provide more certainty to developers, shorten the length of time required to gain approval for housing units, and provide additional certainty to project pro- formas9. Opportunities to encourage the provision of market rate housing There are things that a jurisdiction can do to encourage the provision of market rate sale and rental housing in a community. This section describes what the City is doing to encourage this type of housing, as well as opportunities that the City may want to consider in the future. Existing and Upcoming City Policies and Programs 1. Density Bonus Incentives: Developers in the City may use Density Bonus Incentives that provide for additional density on a site (allowing for more market rate units), as well as other deviations from zoning standards, site development standards or parking requirements in exchange for the provision of deed restricted below market rate housing units in a project. The additional density allows for additional market rate homes. The City had previously increased incentives beyond state requirements to support housing projects and gain more BMR units; however, these efforts have largely been subsumed within the recent multi-year series of amendments by the state legislature that make it easier for an applicant to secure greater density. Due to the popularity of Density Bonus, the City is likely to see projects with higher density and reduced parking as allowed by state law as this increases housing revenue potential through the sale or rental of additional units. Nonetheless, housing costs, as described above, remain formidable and still impact the feasibility for density bonus projects. 9 A pro forma is the financial analysis a developer uses to estimate total development costs relative to projected income (e.g., the revenue from monthly rents or sales) in order to determine financial feasibility (https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/research-and-policy/making-it-pencil-2023/) Item 8a 2. Policies to encourage missing middle housing: “Missing Middle” housing is a range of multiunit or clustered housing types, compatible in scale with single-family homes, that help meet the growing demand for walkable urban living, respond to shifting household demographics, and meet the need for more housing choices at different price points10. Missing middle housing is considered within the market rate categories of the housing continuum as this type of housing is not deed or price restricted at below market rates. The City currently has policies in place (Housing Element Policy 5.3 and Program 5.4) to address missing middle housing. A 2023 analysis prepared by ECONorthwest on affordable-by-design housing in SLO County (SLOCOG/REACH’s Affordable by Design study), concluded that market-rate developments that have rents that are affordable to households earning less than 120% of the Area Medium Income11 (AMI) are significantly limited and for-sale units in the category are unlikely to be viable12. Nonetheless, according to the ABD Study, while not considered affordable, jurisdictions can implement a variety of regulatory and planning measures to remove barriers and may support “missing middle” housing production at a more moderate price point. The City is taking a multi-pronged and expanded approach to missing middle housing to include various smaller scale housing units and in districts allowing both residential and mixed uses. The first prong is to implement state laws that directly impact infill density for small lot, multi-unit dwellings13 or Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU’s). To date, this prong primarily includes ADU laws, SB9 (Weiner) legislation that allows four-dwellings on single family lots, and state Density Bonus Law. This is important because these state laws already provide for increased densities and flexibility in development standards and promote smaller units. The second prong is to implement the Flexible Density Program. Third, as proposed further below under opportunities, an update to the City’s objective design standards for small lot and small house infill projects that can be approved ministerially, as well as pre- approved ADU plans, to further promote missing middle housing. The final prong is an update the City’s Zoning ordinance to potentially add incentives specific to missing middle housing and potentially leverage provisions of state laws (Example, SB10 [Weiner]) described further below, to increase residential density where appropriate. The City has implemented a series of zoning provisions that allows reduced fees or higher density for smaller units. 10 Parolek, D. (2020). Missing Middle Housing -Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today’s Housing Crisis. Island Press. 11 https://www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/default/files/docs/grants-and-funding/income-limits-2023.pdf 12 "Working with the Market: Understanding and Supporting Affordable-by-Design Housing in San Luis Obispo County" Prepared for SLOCOG, August 2023 13 Multi-Unit Dwellings. Two or more dwelling units attached or detached, not including any accessory dwelling units, on a site or lot. Types of multiple unit dwellings include a duplex, townhouses, common interest subdivisions, garden apartments, senior housing developments, and multistory apart ment buildings. Multi-unit dwellings may also be combined with nonresidential uses as part of a mixed -use development. (Ord. 1705 §§ 99, 100, 2021; Ord. 1650 § 3 (Exh. B), 2018: Ord. 1647 § 7 (Exh. D (part)), 2018) Item 8a The following is a summary of implementation programs that incentivize missing middle units: a. Density Bonus Law implementation provide incentives for smaller units as higher densities are achieved for infill lots. b. The inclusionary housing in-lieu fee is based on square footage. As a result, smaller units have lower fees, which incentivise smaller infill development. c. The Downtown Flexible Density Program developed through the State SB2 Grant programs removes density requirements for units less than 600 s.f. downtown. d. Ministerial review and reduced fees for ADUs and JADUs; e. The City utilizes a tiered fee structure that provides substantial reductions in cost for smaller residential units for water, sewer and transportation impact fees; f. Minimum density allowances for residential districts: R-1=1 density unit; R- 2 = 2 density units; R-3 = 3 density units; R-4 = 4 density units14. g. Fractional density allowances based on unit size and number of bedrooms which allows more units (studios and 1-bedrooms less than 600 s.f. = 0.5 unit and 1-bedrooms less than 100 s.f. = .66 unit15; h. Subdivision ordinance update that allows flexible lot design for R-1 districts. i. Updated Tiny Homes on Wheels Regulations; and j. Implementation of SB 9 (California H.O.M.E Act) allowing for up to four houses on single-family lots. 3. Streamlining: The City has amended its Zoning Ordinance and permitting practices to allow more projects to be eligible for ministerial review and shorter processing time as follows: a. Established new section to exempt specific housing projects from discretionary review (17.106.020.C); b. Streamlined Discretionary Review for Housing Projects less than 49 units (17.106.030); and c. Implemented E-review processes to allow digital permit and plan submittal and review. This will improve transparency and hopefully streamline existing permitting processes. 14 https://sanluisobispo.municipal.codes/Code/17.18.020; https://sanluisobispo.municipal.codes/Code/17.20.010 https://sanluisobispo.municipal.codes/Code/17.22.020 15 https://sanluisobispo.municipal.codes/Code/17.70.040 Item 8a 4. Mixed Use The 2021 Zoning amendments included allowance of Mixed -Use Developments in C-S and M zones by right. This has resulted in significant new area available for residential development and a total of 621 units in the C -S or M zones that are currently under building review or construction, including: Victoria Crossing (33- units); Broad Street Place (40-units); Orcutt Mixed Use (5-units); Laurel Creek (98- units); Bridge St. Apartments (94-units); Tribune Work-Live Project (43-units); 650 Tank Farm (249-units); 1030 Orcutt (15-units); and McMillan Mixed Use (44-units). 5. Objective Design Standards (ODS) Objective design standards were approved by Council in December 2021 to address projects approved in accordance with SB35 (Wiener) or otherwise qualifying projects inclusive of a certain percentage of BMR units. Additionally, the City allows for all qualifying projects that are required to be approved by -right through state law to use these objective design standards, including urban lot splits and 2-unit developments through SB9. 6. Specific Plan Amendments and other geographic opportunities One way to directly encourage the provision of new housing is to provide additional capacity through upzoning or by changing zoning to allow housing in areas where it was previously not allowed. The City has incorporated the following two specific plan updates into the 2023-25 Financial Plan Major City Goal work program for Housing & Homelessness: a. Margarita Area Specific Plan - The Margarita Area Specific Plan (MASP) was adopted in 2004 and much of the residential development potential of the plan was limited by the San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, Airport Land Use Plan. In 2021 the Airport Land Use Plan (ALUP) was amended. As such, several areas of the MASP are either available for residential development (where it was not allowed before) or available for higher density residential development. Staff is preparing a Request For Proposals (RFP) for a consultant to prepare amendments to the MASP that would increase density on existing residentially zoned land and specifically include opportunities and incentives to develop “Missing Middle” Housing types as well as allowing mixed-use development on commercially zoned land. The RFP for consultant services to move this effort forward is tentatively scheduled for City Council consideration in April 2024. It is estimated to be completed in fall 2025. b. Airport Area Specific Plan – Airport Area: a. In 2020 the City amended the Zoning Regulations to allow mixed -use development by right within the Service Commercial (C-S) and Manufacturing (M) zones but did not extend this change to any of the specific plan areas. With the update and amendment to the ALUP and the recent allowance for mixed use development in the rest of the City, the City is currently moving forward with an applicant-funded application to review options for allowing mixed-use development with a Conditional Use Permit where consistent with the ALUP. Approximate estimate for work completion is by the end of 2024. Item 8a 7. Address parking as a potential barrier to housing. As part of the current financial plan Major City Goal work program for Housing and Homelessness the City will evaluate its parking requirements as described in this program Develop a scope of work for possible funding as part of the 2023 -25 Financial Plan Supplement to update the City’s parking requirements in consideration of best practices that support housing production. Strategies may include lowering parking minimums, establishing parking maximums, reducing parking requirements in areas close to services and transit facilities, and other proven strategies. Staff have prepared a project plan and draft scope of work for a Parking Standards Update. A City Council agenda item for approval of issuing RFP to move this effort forward is tentatively planned for July 2024 depending on budget supplement consideration. Future Opportunities to encourage the provision of Market Rate Housing In addition to the actions already being taken by the City, the City Council could consider whether additional policy changes or work programs should be integrated into future work programs. 1. Leverage new Impactful State Laws that create opportunities for missing middle housing: There are several state laws that provide opportunities for alignment with the Major City Goal work program, especially for the development of housing that supports buyers who are ineligible for BMR housing but cannot afford more expensive homes, and for the City to ensure that the housing meets policy expectations for infill development and design. Three specific work program items identified below would provide opportunities for missing middle housing in conjunction with recent state law. a. Amend and update the City’s Objective Design Standards (ODS) to better address increased infill development expected from applications under recent state laws. On January 1, 2022, the California HOME Act, or SB9 (Atkins) took effect and makes it possible for low-density residentially (R-1) zoned properties to split their lots and build up to four homes on a single-family parcel. In anticipation of continued applications under this provision, amendments to the ODS would include more design standards that would apply and facilitate “missing middle” housing design, such as duplex, triplex, fourplex and cottage style developments, to look similar to single family housing units and easily integrate into existing lower density neighborhoods. b. Customized Pre-approved ADU plans: AB 1332 (Carrillo) streamlines and requires pre-approved ADU plans to incentivize ADU construction by January 1, 2025. Staff is in the process of allowing pre-approved ADU plans that were developed by consultants for the County of SLO through a state grant to be available for City use. The City may be able to seek additional grant support for this effort, as it requires additional work to ensure plans comply with local regulations. Item 8a c. Pursue zoning amendments that increase missing middle housing opportunities. A zoning ordinance could utilizing incentives through SB 10 (Wiener), which is a voluntary statute effective in 2022 through 2029 that provides that local agencies may adopt an ordinance to allow up to 10 dwelling units on any parcel, at a height specified in the ordinance, if the parcel is within a transit-rich area16 (which is not applicable for the City) or urban infill site17 (which is applicable to infill areas of the City zoned for residential or mixed - use18). The law also provides increased ability for pro-housing cities to increase density without being subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) processing. The purpose of pursuing the zoning update would be specifically to further address incentivize duplex/triplex/fourplex housing units in limited areas of the City. The statute has some limitations, and the City could pursue upzoning regulations to increase missing middle housing opportunities with or without provisions of SB10. 2. Specific Plan Amendments a. Upper Monterey planning area: The current Financial Plan includes an effort to begin outreach and engagement with property owners and businesses in the Upper Monterey Special Focus Area to confirm scope in pursuing an area plan consistent with Land Use Element Policy 8.2.2. This work is scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of FY25. The City could develop strategies for the plan to include specific provisions to increase market rate ownership and rental housing or missing middle housing, in addition to placemaking and economic revitalization for the area. b. Mid-Higuera planning area: The Mid-Higuera area could be explored as a location for zoning changes that could encourage missing middle housing. This work is not currently in the work plan but could be implemented in a future financial plan consistent with General Plan Land Use Element Program 8.4 that identifies the area as an opportunity to develop customized land use approaches19. 3. Preapproved plans for “missing middle” housing. In addition to including specific design criteria for “missing middle” housing in an update to the City’s ODS, pre-approved plan sets could be developed similar to pre-approved ADUs. This may include duplex, triplex, fourplex or cottage -style development to be “house-scale” and fit into various neighborhoods. 16 “Transit-rich area” means a parcel within one-half mile of a major transit stop, as defined in Section 21064.3 of the Public Resources Code, or a parcel on a high-quality bus corridor. 17 “Urban infill site” refers to legal parcels in an urbanized areas, with at least 75% of site perimeter adjoining parcels developed with urban uses, and zoned for residential or mixed use. 18 Approximate number of parcels based upon estimated zoning, lot size , and developed parcels. 19 General Plan Land Use Element Program 8.4 states: “Mid-Higuera Area. The City will update the plan for this multi-block commercial area to reflect current needs and changes that have occurred since the 2001 plan was adopted". Item 8a 4. As indicated in the SLOCOG and REACH’s Affordable by Design study as referenced above, the City could offer housing projects with missing middle design the option of ministerial review with applicable ODS criteria. Below Market Rate Housing Below market rate (BMR) housing generally refers to housing that is deed restricted to be affordable to community members at very low, low, or moderate incomes. BMR housing can be more difficult to construct, as the constraints that hinder housing supply are especially impactful to BMR housing, which has a smaller profit margin for developers, and, developers may be relying on special financing for BMR projects/units. Need for Below Market Rate Housing in San Luis Obispo According to the Census, 31% of the population in San Luis Obispo experiences poverty; however, this number is likely skewed by incomes of the relatively large student population in the City. In addition, the City’s RHNA allocation indicates that the City should encourage the construction of 825 very low income units, 520 low income units, and 603 moderate rate units between 2020 and 2028. BMR units are a crucial housing type in the housing continuum as it provides vulnerable community members the ability to stay in the community. It also provides much needed affordable housing for those who work in the City but cannot afford market rate housing due to the high housing costs in the area. To date, there have been 142 BMR units permitted in this housing element cycle. While the City is only meeting approximately 21% of the total RHNA allocation for all BMR units, it should be noted that several BMR projects received entitlements or have been deemed eligible for building permit issuance and have or are expected to pull permits in 2024 because grant, tax credit or in-lieu funding has been appropriated, which will help show significant RHNA progress next year. These projects include HASLO’s Bridge Street Family Apartments and the Maxine Lewis Apartments that are about to start construction. A summary of BMR units recently permitted or under construction are summarized in Attachment C. Nonetheless, the need for more housing that meets the need for those who make less than 120% of median income is clear. It should be noted that the City gains its moderate - income category allocation primarily by counting a portion of ADU’s as allowed by th e California HCD. And while low, very- low-income category projects are challenging, they do benefit from state and federal funding sources that are almost exclusively targeted to the below-moderate income households, or households that earn less than 80% of the AMI. There are far fewer opportunities to fund projects for households that do not qualify Item 8a for below-moderate income units but also cannot afford market rate units in SLO because they are generally making between 80% and 120% of AMI. Constraints to the provision of Below Market Rate Housing The constraints to the provision of BMR housing units are very similar to the constraints for the provision of market rate units explained in the previous section of this report. For BMR units in particular, the financing aspect is extremely important due to the fact that BMR units generally do not make a profit and many affordable housing projects depend on grant funding or other subsidies, such as tax credits. Opportunities to encourage the provision of Below Market Rate Housing Existing City Programs and Policies The City has taken actions to encourage BMR housing units over several years. These actions include: 1. Density Bonus Incentives work to promote higher densities in both the market rate and BMR housing continuum. The incentives provide developers with significant opportunities to construct more market rate housing with relaxed development requirements with the provision of BMR housing.20 As explained above under market rate housing, the City has implemented density bonus programs. These programs also help make affordable housing more viable in a project. Minor amendments to the Zoning Ordinance are needed to maintain consistency with state Density Bonus Law, including recent state legislation, AB1287 (Alvarez), which allows additional incentives and concessions. The ordinance update is estimated to come to the Council before the end of 2024. 2. In 202221, the City updated its Inclusionary Housing Ordinance to help address impacts that occur as a result of residential or commercial development in the form of requiring BMR units or payment of an in-lieu fee. Since the most recent version of the ordinance became effective in September 2022, $416,080 of in -lieu fees have been collected22. Fees collected are placed in the City’s Affordable Housing Fund and affordable housing developers may apply to the City Council for funds for 100% BMR projects for low and very low-income eligible households. 3. Grant and long-term loan awards from the City’s Affordable Housing Fund. The City’s AHF receives revenue through the IHO, loan repayments, one-time funds directed by the City Council (for example, through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) see below), and anticipated future state Prohousing Incentive Funds. 20 The Density Bonus Law (found in California Government Code Sections 65915 – 65918) provides developers with tools to encourage the development of affordable and senior housing, including up to a 50% increase in project densities for most projects, dependi ng on the amount of affordable housing provided, and an 80% increase in density for projects which are completely affordable. 21 (Resolution No. 11349 (2022 Series) 22 Projects entitled prior to the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance are not subject to the updated in -lieu and commercial linkage fees including San Luis Ranch and Avila Ranch. Item 8a BMR housing developers, such as the Housing Authority of San Luis Obispo (HASLO) and Peoples Self Help Housing (PSHH) apply to the City Council for the funds for use of the funds for the provision of affordable housing and for reasonable costs associated with the development of affordable housing at the discretion of the Council23. The City has made 22 awards since 2003 for at total of $15.7M and a total of 633 units (please see Affordable Housing Fund information in Attachment D). 4. Streamlined Ministerial Approval Process provided through SB 35 and SB 423 (Wiener) that allows qualif ied multifamily infill projects with BMR housing units to go through a simplified and expedited housing approval process and use Objective Design Standards for jurisdictions that are not meeting RHNA production in all categories. 3. Use of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to leverage financing for affordable housing projects. In June 2022, the City Council authorized a one -time use of ARPA funds by allocating $2,964,467 into the Affordable Housing Fund in the 2022-2023 Supplemental Budget to support at -risk populations via affordable housing fund awards to be made at the City Council’s sole discretion24. This money has been awarded to HASLO for the Anderson Hotel project and Maxine Lewis Apartment Project. 4. Expand down-payment assistance programs for below-market assistance programs. The City is a participant in the state Building Equity and Growth in Neighborhoods (BEGIN) program that provides down-payment assistance loans to first-time low and moderate-income homebuyers. The program was launched in 2009 through $300k from the California HCD and used for 10-units within the Laurel Creek development. The City currently does not have available funds under the BEGIN program but does make new loans based upon when older loans are repaid. However, the state is not issuing new applications for program funds through HCD. Work has recently started on development of an expanded program using other state program funds, however feasibility has not yet been determined. 5. Further development of the City’s BMR Housing Administration, and updates to Affordable Housing Guidelines and Standards and the City’s Equity Share program. This program is needed to provide options, education and transparency to better connect potential purchasers and renters to BMR units. The City has previously updated standards and guidelines and continue to receive input from the real estate and lending community to help eligible buyers. The standards are continuing to be evaluated for potential updates to improve the process for applicants, builders, and the City. 23 https://sanluisobispo.municipal.codes/Code/17.138.060 24 Resolution No. 11333 approving the allocation of $13,564,467 in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds in Accordance with the U.S. Treasury Final Rule Item 8a Future Opportunities to encourage Below Market Rate Housing 1. As the City is now designated as a Prohousing City by the state, application will be made for Prohousing Incentive Program (PIP) funds that may be used for a variety of purposes, including support for affordable and special needs housing as well as for programs such as down payment assistance. Application for funds for up to $750,000 is underway and expected to be submitted in March. 2. Investigation into bond programs or other local revenue measure could lead to the generation of a dedicated local revenue stream. Tax exempt bond programs could help increase the supply of BMR rental units for moderate-income qualifying households by new construction of BMR units or allowing acquisition of market rate apartment buildings that are then converted to BMR rental housing for moderate-income households25 and provide rehabilitation of apartment unit stock. General obligation bonds or a local revenue measure would similarly develop a dedicated funding stream for BMR housing26. Such measures would require outside resources to develop. 3. Update development impact fee loan deferrals that expand opportunities to help reduce initial costs for projects that include affordable housing. Loan deferrals are currently made to 100% affordable housing projects and helps projects receive tax credit financing. An update to criteria for these loan deferrals in consideration of best practices, and inclusive of loan deferral timelines and repayment provisions may be ready for City Council in summer 2024. 4. SB 4 (Sen. Wiener) provides by-right approval and CEQA exempt status for affordable housing on land owned by religious organizations and higher education institutions, which sunsets on Jan 1, 2036. The City has 41 properties that would qualify under this statute, 18 of which are larger than an acre and may allow limited construction of units depending on many factors and interest. The City has not received any applications under SB4, although there has been some discussion in monthly faith community meetings with staff regarding opportunities. Units could be BMR rental units or alternatively, as described below, units could be temporary modular units and rented in conjunction with a supportive s ervice partner. Incentives could be developed to encourage applications, with provision of staff resources. 5. Leverage City property to promote BMR housing including providing funding support for the Waterman Village on Dana Street. On February 6, 2024, the City Council approved an amended and restated exclusive negotiating agreement with Smart Share Housing Solutions to allow rehabilitation and adaptive re -use of the 25 Programs include the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (“CSCDA”), California Community Housing Agency (“CalCHA”), and the California Municipal Finance Authority (“CMFA”). 26 The ability to pass local tax or bond measures may be impacted by the recent passage of Assembly Constitutional Amendment 1, and dependent on the November 2024 election, may allow the threshold to pass measures for taxes and bonds that cities use to pay f or affordable housing to be lowered from two- thirds to 55%. Item 8a City-owned Rosa Butron Adobe together with installation of small clustered BMR residential units. If approved, the project would allow the City to leverage property and an opportunity to consider awards from the Affordable Housing Fund to create 20-BMR housing units. The project is currently in the process of environmental review. Permanent Supportive Housing Permanent Supportive Housing is below market rate housing that includes on or off -site services to assist residents in retaining housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, when possible, work in the community. Examples in the City of permanent supportive housing are HASLO’s Anderson Hotel and the upcoming People’s Self-Help Housing project at the Calle Joaquin Homekey, which together will bring 144 additional permanent supportive housing units to the City. These units will add to the 19 existing permanent supportive units operated by People’s Self-Help Housing at Broad Street Plance and Brizzolara Apartments and 151 beds operated by Transitions- Mental Health Association throughout the City. Need for Permanent Supportive Housing in the Community Permanent supportive housing has evolved to be more recognized in recent years as a critical component in homelessness prevention and the reduction of homelessness due in part to deinstitutionalization trends and the reduction of state funding for mental health and social service programs27 over the last four decades and the growing popularity of housing first policies.28 2022 Point in Time Count29 data for the City of San Luis Obispo shows that 248 individuals were experiencing unsheltered homelessness, and 137 individuals were experiencing sheltered homelessness, utilizing emergency shelters or transitional housing. Those 385 individuals represent a segment of the population tha t would benefit from permanent supportive housing opportunities. Currently, unhoused individuals who are utilizing the emergency shelter at 40 Prado Homeless Services Center, or other emergency shelter or transitional housing options, are struggling to transition out of those short-term housing options into permanent housing solutions due to the lack of available permanent supportive housing. 27 https://californialocal.com/localnews/statewide/ca/article/show/4114-california-mental-health-crisis- gavin-newsom-care-court/ 28 https://files.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/Housing-First-Permanent-Supportive-Housing- Brief.pdf 29 https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Social-Services/Homeless-Services-Division/Point-in-Time- Count/Previous-PIT-Count-Reports/2022-SLO-County-PIT-Count-Report.pdf Item 8a Constraints As permanent supportive housing is housing connected with social services, further development of this type of housing supply requires collaboration with the County of SLO and homelessness and housing services providers. Additionally, the service aspect of this type of housing requires additional operating funding beyond capital and maintenance expenses. Opportunities to Encourage Permanent Supportive Housing Existing City Programs and Policies 1. The City applied and received a Project Homekey grant from the State in the amount of $19.4 million for the Calle Joaquin Homekey project with People’s Self- Help Housing (PSHH) as co-applicants. This project will provide 75 additional Permanent Supportive Housing units. 2. The City continues to collaborate closely with the County of San Luis Obispo to implement the recently awarded $13.4 million Encampment Resolution Grant for the Welcome Home Village project30 that will provide 46 permanent supportive housing units as part of an 80-unit project to house people experiencing homelessness on the Bob Jones Bike Trail Corridor. The City will utilize $574,000 of the grant funding for encampment outreach and services , including portable restrooms and trash receptacles. This significantly impactful project will provide a path back to housing for those that are currently living unsheltered in the Bob Jones encampment corridor; reduce the burden of homelessness on surrounding neighborhoods; and improve response capacity of service providers and outreach teams. 3. The City amended the Zoning Ordinance in 2021 in accordance with state law to allow permanent supportive housing b y-right in all zones in the City that allow residential or mixed-use (a minor use permit is required in the Public Facility district and the use is prohibited in Agriculture, Open Space or Business Park Districts), and allow ministerial processing of permits in order to ensure that zoning or process are not barriers to the development of this type of housing. Calle Joaquin Homekey is an example of a Permanent Supportive Housing project that is being processed ministerially through these zoning amendments. Future Opportunities to encourage Permanent Supportive Housing 1. Provide continued support for permanent supportive housing partners as they pursue additional projects in the City, including funding for THMA’s Palm Street Studios. Palm Street Studios will provide six (6) one-bedroom units and two (2) one-bedroom ADUs for a total of 8 supportive housing units. The project will also provide behavioral health treatment and services for the most vulnerable homeless individuals. Palm Street Studios is not yet included in the City’s RHNA numbers as it is still in the pipeline. Although the City Council previously allocated $300K of Affordable Housing Funds for the project, those funds were reallocated to the Maxine Lewis Orcutt Road Apartments, and it is expected that THMA will re- request funds in Sprint 2024. 30 https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/welcomehomevillage.aspx Item 8a 2. Leverage legislation under SB 4 (Weiner), as discussed above under the Future Opportunities for BMR Housing section. This may come in the form of housing units or pallet shelters that are developed or pla ced on church properties in conjunction with a housing partner such as PSHH, HASLO or Habitat for Humanity, and managed and operated with services provided as permanent supportive housing units. Transitional Housing In addition to permanent supportive housing, interim or transitional housing opportunities are needed to bridge the gap between unsheltered homelessness and the utilization of emergency shelters and/or permanent supportive housing. Transitional housing provides individuals and families with temporary, non-congregate housing, including supportive services, to create stability and facilitate the transition into permanent housing. Need for Transitional Housing The population of individuals experiencing unsheltered and sheltered homelessness in the City of SLO would benefit from the availability of transitional housing opportunities to serve as an interim option until permanent housing is available. Transi tional housing also serves as a helpful tool in preparing individuals for permanent housing by facilitating treatment and service referrals, vocational training, and employment support. Transitional housing programs traditionally operate on a 90-day minimum timeframe to provide a period of time for participants to engage in supportive services and prepare for the transition to permanent housing. The City does not directly operate or fund transitional housing programs, however Transitions Mental Health Association (TMHA) currently operates a 12-bed transitional housing program in the City of SLO. The Adult Transitional Program (ATP) is facilitated through a contract with the County’s Behavioral Health Department and requires direct referrals from Behavioral Health. The transitional housing site is staffed 24-hours a day, 7 days a week and provides a higher level of care to clients with severe mental illnesses. The maximum length of stay at ATP is 18 months. TMHA was also recently awarded a 3-year contract from the County Behavioral Health Department to operate a 10-bed transitional housing program similar to ATP with the target population originating from and referred through the Countywide CARE Court system similar to how clients are referred to housing through the Coordinated Entry System. This new system is estimated to be implemented Countywide by the end of 2024. As a part of that program, TMHA will also operate an 8-bed step-down transitional Item 8a housing program for clients moving towards housing independence who do not require the higher level of support. These 18 transitional housing beds will be located within the City of SLO and TMHA is scheduled to start housing clients in those projects in July 2024. Constraints Similar to permanent supportive housing, the social services that are integral to transitional housing adds significant operational costs to housing developments. In addition, a substantial constraint for transitional housing can be neighborhood opposition , which may lengthen the time frame and expense for approval and/or implementation of transitional housing projects. Existing City Programs and Policies In recognition of the need and role transitional housing has in the City, the City has actively partnered with the County of San Luis Obispo and other regional partners to encourage the provision of more transitional housing. Specific projects and policies supporting transitional housing include: 1. The Welcome Home Village project described above under the Existing Opportunities for Permanent Supportive Housing section provides 34 transitional housing units as part of the 80-unit project to house people experiencing homelessness on the Bob Jones Bike Trail Corridor. 2. The 2021 Zoning amendments also allowed for transitional housing by-right in most zones in the City (a minor-use permit would be needed in the Public Facility district and the use is prohibited in the Agriculture, Open Space or Business Park Districts), to allow ministerial processing of permits in order to ensure that zoning or process are not barriers to the development of this type of housing. Opportunities to Encourage Transitional Housing 1. Ongoing support for CAPSLO, which is working to develop projects in San Luis Obispo to shelter and house families experiencing homeles sness with one-time funding from a $5 million Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Grant. Potential projects may include transitional and/or permanent supportive housing for families. 2. Other future opportunities for additional transitional housing will likely emerge through grant opportunities and continued collaboration and support for Regional Partners, including PSHH, Five Cities Homeless Coalition (5CHC), ECHO, TMHA, Restorative Partners, and others. Emergency Shelters Item 8a Emergency shelters provide temporary shelter for unhoused individuals without requiring participants to sign a lease or occupancy agreement. Emergency shelters generally provide overnight shelter, meals, restrooms, showers, and laundry facilities, and other basic needs such as toiletries, clothing, and bedding. Emergency shelters often include case management requirements and/or housing-focused programming. Need for Emergency Shelters The City’s main opportunity for successful homelessness response efforts is homelessness prevention by connecting individuals to shelter, services and housing. Sheltering unhoused community members through emergency shelters does not only offer lifesaving protection from the elements and critical provision of safety, but it is inclusive of food, showers and restrooms, and connection to social services. Emergency shelters are often the first point of contact unhoused individuals have to services and they serve as the gateway to treatment, services, and housing opportunities. Emergency shelters are not often considered as part of the housing continuum; however, shelters operate as places community members live in the City. Constraints Since the City has no ongoing state or federal funding sources for social services, the City has limited control over adequate operational resources to match needed capacity for emergency shelters. The continued operation of emergency shelters requires a substantial amount of funding. Additionally, similar to transit ional housing constraints, emergency shelters encounter challenges related to community and neighborhood opposition. The City allows Homeless shelters by-right in all zones except Agriculture, Conservation/Open Space, Business Park, and R-1 districts. Funding is a critical constraint as ongoing capacity needs, maintenance and operational needs are pressing. Existing City Programs and Policies The 40 Prado Homeless Services Center (40 Prado HSC) is the only emergency shelter in the City and it has required significant investment from the City and County of SLO over the past decade31. In response to the increasing need, expansion of other formats of emergency shelters have expanded in the north and south county in the past few years , and the work of cities, county and service providers is evolving to inform a coordinated system of shelter32. However, each facility operates near capacity limits. 1. Funding and collaboration: The 40 Prado HSC is the primary entry point for the continuum of care for services, and it is a critical component of the housing continuum for people experiencing homelessness. The City provides funding for 31 The Prado Day Center opened in September 1997, providing day services and meals in partnership with The People’s Kitchen. In 2018, the Prado Day Center and the Maxine Lewis Memorial Shelter were combined to form the new 40 Prado HSC facility, built in partnership between the public and private sectors. 40 Prado HSC remains the only emergency, congregate shelter in SLO County, serving unhoused individuals countywide. 32 El Camino Homeless Organization (ECHO) operates a 60-bed shelter in Atascadero, and in 2020 expanded their operations to include 70 shelter beds in the Paso Robles Homekey. In South County, 5 Cities Homeless Coalition operates 20 temporary emergency shelter beds at their Cabins for Change site, which utilizes modular units. Item 8a the 40 Prado HSC from the general fund through each financial plan to support ongoing operations for 129 shelter beds, overnight capacity expansion, warming center, hotel voucher, and safe parking programming, and in -kind bus tokens, currently funded at $238,826 through the 2023-2025 Financial Plan. Additionally, CAPSLO has received funding through the City’s competitive grant programs, including $341,959 of the City’s allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDGB) funds from 2020-202433. 2. Overnight Safe Parking: In 2013, the City adopted regulations for safe parking facilities on property located outside of the public right-of-way in certain zoning districts34. The purpose of the safe parking ordinance was to provide homeless individuals and families with vehicles a safe place to temporarily park overnight in order to facilitate the transition to permanent housing. The 40 Prado HSC recently received approval of an amended conditional use permit to increase the capacity of the 40 Prado Safe Parking Program from seven to twelve safe parking spaces that provide people experiencing vehicular homelessness with a safe place to park overnight and connection to services. The program requires participants to register through the 40 Prado HSC and engage in case management35. During the Statewide COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, the City of SLO partnered with CAPSLO to implement an Overnight Safe Parking Pilot Program for up to 20 vehicles at the Railroad Square location. The program operated from April 2021 to August 2023, and successfully facilitated permanent housing placements, family reunifications, and job placements for participants. In conjunction with the COVID-19 emergency order being lifted, the City’s Safe Parking Pilot Program ended in August 2023 and participants transitioned to the 40 Prado Safe Parking Program. The City and CAPSLO are partnering with faith - based organizations to develop a Rotating Overnight Safe Parking Program that would provide 12 overnight safe parking spaces at various host site locations that would rotate on a monthly basis. The City also continues to advocate for a regional safe parking model to provide safe parking for homeless individuals Countywide. Future Opportunities to support success of Emergency Shelter City programs to support Emergency Shelter are incorporated in the Homelessness Response Strategic Plan, however two critical programs that require City funds and staff support are described below: 1. Support strategic collaboration to ensure resiliency of t he 40 Prado HSC and sustainability of emergency shelter operations due to the increasing homelessness crisis and unanticipated events such as pandemic response and climate 33 The City receives yearly funding allocations for the CDBG program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a subrecipient of the SLO County Urban Counties Cooperation Agreement. 34 Ordinance 1592 (2013 Series) 35 https://sanluisobispo.municipal.codes/Code/17.86.230 Item 8a adaptation for extreme weather events, including heat waves and flooding. Item 8a 2. Facilitate the establishment of small scale (12 parking spaces or less) overnight safe parking programs operated in conjunction with the 40 Prado Safe Parking Program at City and faith-based partner sites throughout the City in a rotating format to provide individuals experiencing vehicular homelessness throughout the city with safe locations to park overnight and connections to services, including housing navigation services. People Experiencing Homelessness Need for Services Homelessness is a component in the housing continuum because community members live unhoused and unsheltered throughout the City. A conservative estimate of the number of people experiencing homelessness is 385 according to the 2022 SLO County Point-in-Time data, which includes individuals experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness. Ensuring available housing supply is critical to implement rapid re-housing and/or homelessness prevention.36 Constraints The greatest challenges to addressing and preventing homelessness are the ava ilability of shelter, affordable housing, and services. In order to effectively and consistently respond to homelessness, it is vital to have a robust continuum of housing offering pathways out of homelessness and into permanent housing. In addition to hou sing and shelter needs, the City is reliant on the County and regional partners to provide adequate funding and services, including social services and behavioral health services. When the provision of any or all of those services are at capacity, the City’s homelessness response efforts are constrained. 36 Rapid Re-housing activities are designed to move people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing as quickly as possible. Component services and assistance generally consist of short -term and medium-term rental assistance, rental arrears, rental application fees, security deposits, advance payment of last month's rent, utility deposits and payments, moving costs, housing search and placement, housing stability case management, mediation, legal services, and credit repair. Homelessness Prevention activities are designed to prevent an individual or family from moving into an emergency shelter or living in a public or private place not meant for human habitation. Component services and assistance ge nerally consist of short-term and medium-term tenant-based or project-based rental assistance, rental arrears, rental application fees, security deposits, advance payment of last month's rent, utility deposits and payments, moving costs, housing search and placement, housing stability case management, mediation, legal services, and credit repair. https://www.hudexchange.info/homelessness-assistance/coc-esg-virtual- binders/esg-program-components/rapid-re-housing/ Item 8a Existing and Future Opportunities to Reduce Homelessness Homelessness Strategic Plan The City’s first Homelessness Response Strategic Plan was adopted by City Council on March 21, 2023, as a two-year plan to support the Countywide Plan to Address Homelessness. This study session provides the opportunity to focus on housing and homelessness response. Additionally, homelessness response activities specific to homelessness prevention are tied to key component areas in the Homelessness Response Strategic Plan and summarized in Attachment E. Staff will be providing an update of the City’s Strategic Plan to the City Council in May 2024. Summary of Future Opportunities to Fill Gaps in Housing Continuum For City Council consideration, future opportunities identified above for each component of the housing continuum are summarized in Attachment F, with preliminary considerations from staff. Most programs will require capacity and resources to assess feasibility. Focus Questions Focus questions identified for consideration of the proposed strategic direction are summarized below: 1. Are there housing types on the housing continuum or programs that are of special interest to the City Council that should be pursued in the next financial plan? 2. Are there housing types or programs that are not discussed in this report that staff should consider? 3. Which of the programs in Attachment F does the City Council direct staff to explore for future work programs for the next financial plan cycle, for which planning will begin in the Fall, in balance with competing needs. Previous Council or Advisory Body Action Previous City Council actions applicable to the Housing MCG work program include:  Objective Design Standards  2021 Zoning Regulations Update  Flexible Density Ordinance  Subdivision Ordinance Update  Homelessness Response Strategic Plan  Homekey Round 3  Prohousing Designation Public Engagement Housing Engagement Activities that impact this study session benefitted from the public outreach process conducted during the update of the 2020 Housing Element, and public engagement activities for previous City Council actions listed above. Item 8a Primary Homelessness Response Engagement Activitie s continue to benefit from the Homelessness Response Strategic Planning community engagement efforts and the recently conducted Annual Community Survey, which received 366 responses .37 CONCURRENCE Community Development concurs with this report. For Homelessness Response, the City’s Steering Committee for Homelessness Response have provided input into housing and homelessness prevention activities listed in this report. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) does not apply to the recommended actions in this report because the actions do not constitute a “Project” under CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. If a housing project or programs is developed, it will be evaluated to determine if the project or program or any of its components requires environmental review under CEQA prior to adoption. FISCAL IMPACT Budgeted: Yes Budget Year: 2023-25 Funding Identified: N/A Fiscal Analysis: Funding Sources Total Budget Available Current Funding Request Remaining Balance Annual Ongoing Cost General Fund $ $ $ $ State Federal Fees Other: Total $ $ $ $ There are no fiscal impacts directly associated with this item. Actions to address issues related to the City’s housing continuum, including options to increase and diversify housing supply in the City may have an associated fiscal impact. Those impacts will be identified at the time that specific recommendations are made to the Council. 37 https://communityfeedback.opengov.com/portals/sanluisobispoca/Issue_13401 Item 8a ALTERNATIVES Continue consideration to a future meeting. If the City Council does not have sufficient information to provide direction to staff, or if additional time is needed for discussion, the Council can continue consideration of the item to a future meeting. If the City Council decides to continue the meeting, direction should be provided to staff on any additional information needed to complete the discussion. ATTACHMENTS A – Key Housing Work Program B – Major Development Projects C – BMR Pipeline Projects D – Affordable Housing Fund E – Key Components Homelessness Strategic Plan F - Summary of Future Potential Housing Opportunities ATTACHMENT A KEY HOUSING WORK PROGRAM PROJECTS Table 1 Key Housing Work Program Projects HE Program No. HE Policy or Program Key Housing Work Program Projects Status 6.22; 2.17; 2.18 Update the City’s municipal code to expand objective design standards within one year of the adoption of the Housing Element Update: Allowance of developments that include at least 20% low income affordable units by-right: Utilize objective design standards to allow residential uses by-right for developments that include at least 20% low income units Objective Design Standards (Streamlining) Completed 5.5 Update the Zoning Regulations to allow mixed- use development within Service Commercial (C- S) and Manufacturing (M) zones Zoning Code Update (Add Flexibility) Completed 6.23 Update the development review process and expand the thresholds of each review level (minor, moderate, and major) to eliminate or reduce the number of public hearing required for housing projects within one year of adopting the Housing Element. Zoning Code Update (Streamlining) Completed 2.13 Update the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, including Table 2A, based on findings and recommendations in the 2020 Affordable Housing Nexus Study and conduct further feasibility analysis in order to evaluate the City’s ability to provide affordable housing in the proportions shown in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation, per Policy 2.4. Inclusionary Housing Ordinance (IHO) Update (RHNA) Completed 4.6 Amend the City’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance to require that affordable units in a development be of similar size, number of bedrooms, character and basic quality as the non-restricted units in locations that avoid segregation of such units, including equivalent ways to satisfy the requirement. Also evaluate adjusting the City’s allowable sales prices for deed-restricted affordable units per a variety of unit types. IHO Update (BMR Housing production) Completed 2.15 Update of the Zoning Regulations and Community Design Guidelines to incorporate flexible density development options in Downtown Core and portions of Upper Monterey and Mid-Higuera Special Focus Areas. Flexible Density (Missing Middle) Completed. 6.20 Evaluate and update the Subdivision Regulations, within three years of Housing Element adoption, to support small lot subdivisions, ownership bungalow court development and other alternatives to conventional subdivision design. Subdivision Update (Missing Middle) Completed 5.3 and 5.4 Encourage the development of a variety of “missing middle” housing types. Evaluate and implement “missing middle” housing types (e.g. duplex, triplex, quadplex, cottages, etc.) to increase housing options in the City within three years of adopting the Housing Element Missing Middle Housing Ongoing 1.1 Assist those citizens unable to obtain safe shelter on their own. Homelessness Response Strategic Plan Ongoing 2.4 Encourage housing production for all financial strata of the City's population, as allocated in the Regional Housing Needs Allocation, for the 6th cycle planning period. The number of units per income category are: extremely low and very low income, 825 units; low income, 520 units; moderate income, 604 units; and above moderate income, 1,405 units RHNA Ongoing 3.5 Encourage and support creative strategies for the rehabilitation and adaptation and reuse of residential, commercial and industrial structures for housing. Project Homekey (BMR production and Homelessness Response) Ongoing 6.8 To help meet the 6th cycle RHNA production targets, the City will support residential infill development and promote higher residential density where appropriate. Updates to Airport Area Specific Plan and Santa Margaria Area Specific Plan (RHNA; Missing Middle) Ongoing 7.3 Higher density housing should maintain high quality standards for unit design, privacy, security, amenities, and public and private open space. Such standards should be flexible enough to allow innovative design solutions. Second update Objective Design Standards (Missing Middle Ongoing 9.3 Continue to encourage the development of dwellings with energy-efficient designs, utilizing passive and active solar features, and the use of energy-saving techniques that exceed minimums prescribed by State law. Clean Energy for New Buildings (Sustainability) Ongoing 8.1 Encourage housing development that meets a variety of special needs, including large families, single parents, disabled persons, the elderly, students, veterans, farmworkers, the homeless, or those seeking congregate care, group housing, single-room occupancy, or cohousing accommodations, utilizing universal design. Flexible Density Program; Collaborating with BMR developers; Leveraging ARPA funding for Anderson Hotel and Maxine Lewis Orcutt Road Apartments; Project Homekey; supporting SLO County Encampment Resolution Grant/Welcome Home Village Ongoing Attachment B Major Development Projects in the Construction Pipeline Major Development Projects Development Status Unit Count Orcutt Area Under Construction 36 San Luis Ranch Permits Issued 164 Avila Ranch Under Construction 66 2800 Broad Mixed-Use Under Construction 20 Lofts at the Creamery Under Construction 36 1131 Olive Mixed Use Under Construction 10 Peach Street Commons Under Construction 5 Laurel Creek Mixed Use Under Construction 100 Montalban Mixed Use Under Construction 11 Victoria Crossing Mixed Use Under Construction 30 Total 478 ATTACHMENT C RECENTLY PERMITTED AND PIPELINE BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING PROJECTS Project Name Affordability Status Total Units Extremely Low Very Low Low Moderate Caretakers Broad Street Place 40 12 7 20 0 1 Under Construction Toscano 38 2 27 8 0 1 Under Construction Tiburon Place 68 24 15 28 0 1 Under Construction The Anderson Hotel 68 66 0 2 Under Construction Bridge Street Family Apt 94 94 0 Building Permit Review Jones Mixed- Use 9 9 0 Building Permit Review Palm Street Studios 8 8 0 Building Permit Review Monterey Mixed Use 106 106 0 Entitlements Approved Orcutt Road Apartments 40 39 0 1 Entitlements Approved Waterman Village 22 21 0 1 Entitlements Under Review Victoria Mixed-use 33 33 0 Entitlements Under Review Avila Ranch Multi-Family 60 Awaiting Submittal Project Homekey* 75 75 Building Permit Review Welcome Home Village* 80 80 SLO County Self Permit TOTAL 741** 193 123 358 0 7 *Permanent and Transitional Housing Units included for the purposes of RHNA reporting. Income levels estimated. ** Income levels for Avila Ranch Multi-family not yet estimated. ATTACHMENT D Affordable Housing Fund Awards Year Project AHF Award Unit Count 2002-03 Judson Terrace Lodge $ 215,000.00 32 2006-07 Peoples' Self Help Housing: Villas at South Higuera $ 500,000.00 28 2007-08 Moylan Terrace $ 709,900.00 27 2008-09 Habitat for Humanity $ 332,500.00 2 2009-10 Aids Support Network $ 82,780.00 4 2009-10 Village at Broad $ 1,905,809.00 41 2009-10 Wineman Hotel Rehab $ 1,500,000.00 30 2009-10 TMHA 3592 Broad $ 174,700.16 2 2011-12 Habitat for Humanity $ 38,783.00 3 2014-15 South Street Apartments $ 650,000.00 43 2014-15 TMHA Supportive Housing $ 95,814.00 1 2014-15 860 On the Wye $ 352,029.00 20 2014-15 Iron Works $ 920,000.00 46 2016-17 Bishop Street Studios $ 850,000.00 34 2017-18 Courtyard at the Meadows $ 630,000.00 36 2019-20 Broad Street Place $ 1,300,000.00 40 2019-20 Tiburon Place $ 700,000.00 68 2020-21 HASLO-SLONP At-Risk of Homelessness Acquisition $ 77,000.00 1 2020-21 Toscano Apartments $ 335,000.00 38 2021-2022 Anderson Inn Acquisition and Renovation $ 1,700,000.00 68 2023-24 Bridge Street $ 1,429,286.00 30 2023-24 Maxine Lewis Apartments $ 1,264,467.00 39 Total $ 15,763,068.16 633 Key Components Progress and Opportunities 1 Communications Enable equitable access to resources and increase transparency so that all community members are aware of efforts to address gaps in service and know where/how/when to reach out for assistance to address concerns related to homelessness. • Provision of Homeless Resource Pocket Guides to unhoused community members, businesses, and community partners to help connect individuals with resources and emergency shelter. • Annual Homelessness Response Survey conducted to receive input and prioritize housing needs for our community. 2 Data Streamline internal and external data collection processes to enable timely and effective coordination of homelessness response efforts and provide analysis to inform best practices. • Collaborated with County on 2024 Point in Time Count to establish baseline data for the number of individuals experiencing unsheltered and sheltered homelessness in the City of SLO. 3 Pilot Programs Collaborate with the County to develop scalable and replicable programs to connect those experiencing homelessness to a variety of shelter and housing options through timely outreach, and advocate for County implementation of successful programs. • SLOPD’s Community Action Team (CAT) engaged with 408 people in 2023, with 258 individuals electing to receive referrals to mental health and/or substance abuse services. CAT also reunified 6 individuals with family members or agencies and facilitated 3 permanent housing placements. • The Fire Department’s Mobile Crisis Unit (MCU) established 3,285 contacts with individuals experiencing homelessness in 2023, reunified 91 individuals with agencies or family, provided 56 transports to services or alternate facilities, and fielded a total of 265 mental health crisis intervention calls for service. • Collaborating with faith-based organizations and CAPSLO to develop a Rotating Overnight Safe Parking Program • The City continues to advocate for scalable and replicable programs Countywide, including a Regional Safe Parking Program. 4 Funding Opportunities Proactively seek funding opportunities to meet localized needs as aligned with regional goals to prevent and address homelessness. • Collaborated with the County on the Encampment Resolution Funding opportunity, which was awarded in June 2023 for the Welcome Home Village (WHV) Project. WHV will provide 34 transitional housing units and 46 permanent supportive housing units. • Collaborated with People’s Self-Help Table 1: Homelessness Response Strategic Plan Goals Key Components Progress and Opportunities Housing, the County, HASLO, and the Balay Ko Foundation on a Homekey Round 3 application, which was awarded in December 2023 for the Calle Joaquin Homekey Project. Calle Joaquin Homekey will provide 75 permanent supportive housing units. 5 Regional Collaboration & Engagement Engage regional partners in collaborative efforts to improve the effective use of resources. • Collaborating with County, regional housing and homeless services providers, and community organizations to identify housing continuum and service needs, establish priorities, and develop implementation strategies. ATTACHMENT F SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES TO FILL GAPS IN THE SLO HOUSING CONTINUUM PROJECT OR PROGRAM RESOURCE INTENSITY APPROXIMATE TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE MARKET RATE HOUSING 1. Leverage New or Recent State Laws 1a. Update Objective Design standards Medium (may seek state grants) < 1 yr. 1b. Customized Pre-approved ADU plans Low to medium -depending on the number of plans to provide as pre-approved < 1 yr. 1c. Allow additional density through zoning amendments in limited areas to allow more missing middle housing High 1 yr. – 2 yr. 2. Specific Plan Amendments 2a. Upper Monterey planning area High 1 yr. – 2 yr. 2b. Mid-Higuera planning area High 1 yr. – 2 yr. 3. Pre-approved plans – “missing middle” typologies Medium 1 yr. – 2 yr. 4. Zoning amendments for additional project to receive ministerial review Medium < 1 yr. BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING 1. Apply for Prohousing Incentive Program (PIP) funds Low, underway (additional NOFA’s expected in the future) Immediate 2. Participate in state tax exempt bond programs to help increase the supply of BMR rental units; or local revenue measure High 1 yr. – 3 yr. 3. Update development impact fee loan deferral program Low <1 yr. (summer 2024) 4. Develop incentives for property owners for SB4 housing development Medium 1yr. – 2yr. 5. Support BMR housing on City property – Waterman Village Low < 1 yr. PROJECT OR PROGRAM RESOURCE INTENSITY APPROXIMATE TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 1. Fund and collaborate with supportive housing partners including TMHA and PSHH to develop additional units Low - medium ongoing 2. Collaborate and develop a program with housing partners, service providers and the faith community for small-scale permanent housing development on church properties. Medium 1yr. – 2 yr. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING 1. Support potential CAPSLO projects to house families experiencing homelessness including potential project to provide beds and housing for families. Low - medium <1 yr. 2. Pursue grant funds and collaborate with service providers to development more beds. Low - medium ongoing EMERGENCY SHELTER 1. Support Resiliency Strategic Plan for 40 Prado HSC Low <1 yr. 2. Support 12-parking space expansion of overnight safe parking through 40 Prado HSC rotating safe parking program. Low – medium <1 yr. HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE 1. Continued resource support to implement the Homelessness Response Strategic Plan. Medium ongoing 1 From:McClish, Teresa Sent:Monday, May 6, 2024 10:39 AM To:Corey, Tyler Subject:FW: WHV - Planning Commission Meeting Reddit Post From: McClish, Teresa Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 8:54 AM To: Goode, Owen <ogoode@slocity.org>; Amini, David <DAmini@slocity.org> Subject: FW: WHV - Planning Commission Meeting Reddit Post From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 8:46 AM To: McClish, Teresa <tmcclish@slocity.org>; Tway, Timothea (Timmi) <TTway@slocity.org> Subject: WHV - Planning Commission Meeting Reddit Post https://www.reddit.com/r/SLO/comments/1cla4xx/welcome_home_general_plan_conformity_report/?share_id=fgkMS svJTuvNzCuHxe9M7&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_source=share&utm_term=4 Daisy Wiberg pronouns she/her/hers Homelessness Response Manager Community Development 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 E dwiberg@slocity.org T 805.781.7025 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications 1 Sent:Tuesday, April 2, 2024 5:01 PM To:Linda Belch; Jeffrey Al-Mashat Attachments:Bishop St - Parking Map.pdf 1 Subject:FW: Welcome Home Project Updates Start: Recurrence:(none) Organizer:Rebecca Campbell This message is from an External Source. 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Neal <rneal@co.slo.ca.us>; Trevor Keith <tkeith@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us>; John Diodati <jdiodati@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Marge Cafarelli <marge@dignitymoves.org>; Cheryl Journey <cjourney@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us>; Derek Troya <dtroya@tynangroup.com>; Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us>; Drew Armetta <Drew_Armetta@gensler.com>; Sylvia Barnard <sbarnard@goodsamaritanshelter.org>; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; djohnson@slocity.org <djohnson@slocity.org>; McClish, Teresa <tmcclish@slocity.org>; estewart@slocity.org <estewart@slocity.org>; mshoresman@slocity.org <mshoresman@slocity.org>; mshoresm_slocity.org <mshoresm@slocity.org>; Michelle Shoresman <mshoresman@co.slo.ca.us>; George Solis <gdsolis@co.slo.ca.us>; Cynthia Voorheis <cvoorheis@co.slo.ca.us>; kcahoon@goodsamaritanshelter.org <kcahoon@goodsamaritanshelter.org>; hgiron@goodsamaritanshelter.org <hgiron@goodsamaritanshelter.org>; joanne@dignitymoves.org <joanne@dignitymoves.org>; Sylvia Barnard <goodsamshelter@gmail.com>; Doug Zucker <doug_zucker@gensler.com>; Suzie Freeman <sfreeman@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: Welcome Home Project Updates This meeting is being established to discuss upcoming needs for the Welcome Home Village project. ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Find a local number | Reset PIN 2 Learn More | Meeting options ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 From:KAREN SWEENEY < Sent:Thursday, May 9, 2024 6:46 AM To:Recreation Subject:County Homeless Housing Project effects Terrace Hill Open Space/park This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Dear Parks and Rec of SLO city As a very concerned community member, are you all aware of the new County “80 unit Welcome Home Village” ? The county is planning to move 80 homeless people into tiny homes onto the parking lot of Bishop and Johnson st. Terrace Hill Park will become this populations new “daytime” encampment. This program allows drug use and alcoholic Homeless no monitoring during the daytime hours. It does offer a safe home they will be locked into at night. County is rushing this thru the Board of Supervisors by May 21st to get a state grant of $13.4 million. They are not concerned about schools and parks in the surrounding areas. Will the Park and Rec of SLO be prepared to add staff and keep our parks safe? Please look into this 80 unit Bishop st purposed site and help us ! We love the Terrace Hill Park and have always felt safe. Thank you for considering this request. Best regards Neighbors on Fixlini St 1 Subject:Fwd: Welcome Home Project Updates Start: Recurrence:(none) Organizer:Rebecca Campbell Fyi if you can make it. Get Outlook for Android From: Rebecca Campbell Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 9:49:43 AM To: Rebecca Campbell <rcampbell@co.slo.ca.us>; Johnson, Derek <djohnson@slocity.org>; Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us>; Jimmy Paulding <jpaulding@co.slo.ca.us>; Devin Drake <ddrake@co.slo.ca.us>; Linda Belch <lbelch@co.slo.ca.us>; Morgan Torell <mtorell@co.slo.ca.us>; Jon Ansolabehere <jansolabehere@co.slo.ca.us>; Rita L. Neal <rneal@co.slo.ca.us>; John Diodati <jdiodati@co.slo.ca.us>; Trevor Keith <tkeith@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeanette Trompeter <jtrompeter@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Marge Cafarelli <marge@dignitymoves.org>; Cheryl Journey <cjourney@co.slo.ca.us>; Jeffrey Al-Mashat <JALMashat@co.slo.ca.us>; Derek Troya <dtroya@tynangroup.com>; Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: FW: Welcome Home Project Updates When: Thursday, February 1, 2024 2:00 PM-3:00 PM. Where: AD_Community_Room/Administrative Office This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hi, Derek, If available, I’d like to invite you and/or your teammates to our next Welcome Home Project meeting this week. We haven’t quite narrowed down a property yet but are still looking at County property near Johnson/Bishop/Sierra (confidential). We have some questions about entrances to Johnson, traffic, etc. Let me know if any of your staff are available to attend? Thank you, Rebecca Rebecca Campbell Acting County Administrative Officer Administrative Office and Office of Emergency Services Katcho Achadjian Government Center 1055 Monterey St., Ste. D430 | San Luis Obispo, CA 93408 Tel/Fax: (805) 781-5011 2 Website | Facebook | X | YouTube | ReadySLO -----Original Appointment----- From: Rebecca Campbell Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 4:45 PM To: Rebecca Campbell; Dawn Ortiz-Legg; Jimmy Paulding; Devin Drake; Linda Belch; Morgan Torell; Jon Ansolabehere; Rita L. Neal; John Diodati; Trevor Keith; Jeanette Trompeter Cc: Marge Cafarelli; Cheryl Journey; Jeffrey Al-Mashat; Derek Troya; Kelley Abbas Subject: Welcome Home Project Updates When: Thursday, February 1, 2024 2:00 PM-3:00 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada). Where: AD_Community_Room/Administrative Office This meeting is being established to discuss upcoming needs for the Welcome Home Village project. ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Find a local number | Reset PIN Learn More | Meeting options ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Subject:FW: Welcome Home Project Updates Start: Recurrence:(none) Organizer:Rebecca Campbell This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. -----Original Appointment----- From: Rebecca Campbell <rcampbell@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 4:45 PM To: Rebecca Campbell; Dawn Ortiz-Legg; Jimmy Paulding; Devin Drake; Linda Belch; Morgan Torell; Jon Ansolabehere; Rita L. 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HOMELESS SERVICES OVERSIGHT COUNCIL (HSOC) Services Coordinating Committee Meeting Agenda December 4, 2023, 9am Committee members must participate in person (except for just cause reasons, or for emergency reasons approved by the HSOC): Room 356, County of San Luis Obispo Department of Social Services 3433 South Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo Approved members with just cause reasons and the public may participate by Zoom video call: 1. Call to Order and Introductions 2. Public Comment 3. Consent: Approval of Minutes 4. Action/Information/Discussion 4.1. Implementing Five-Year Plan Line of Effort 2 – Reduce or Eliminate Barriers to Housing Stability 4.1.1. Information Item: Point-in-Time (PIT) Count Update 4.1.2. Information Item: Coordinated Entry Ad Hoc Committee Update 4.1.3. Information Item: Street Medicine Update 4.1.4. Information Item: Warming Centers Update 4.1.5. Information Item: Behavioral Health Updates 5. Future Discussion/Report Items 6. Next Regular Meeting: January 8, 2024, at 9am 7. Adjournment The full agenda packet for this meeting is available on the SLO County HSOC web page: https://www.slocounty.ca.gov/Departments/Social-Services/Homeless- Services/Homeless-Services-Oversight-Council-(HSOC).aspx HOMELESS SERVICES OVERSIGHT COUNCIL (HSOC) SERVICES COORDINATING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Date November 6, 2023 Time 9am-11am Location Room 356, Department of Social Services 3433 S. Higuera, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403 Members Present Abby Lassen Amelia Grover Brandy Graham Devin Drake Jack Lahey Janna Nichols Jane Ranahan Members Absent Allison Brandum Wendy Lewis Staff and Guests Christy Nichols Erica Jaramillo Kate League Laurel Weir Lauryn Searles Lawren Ramos McKenna Cutting Merlie Livermore Michael Azevedo Michelle Pedigo Russ Francis Sarah Reinhart Zackiya Grant-Knight 1. Call to Order and Introductions Jack Lahey called the meeting to order at 9:01am. Introductions were made. 2. Public Comment Sara Reinhart gave an update on Community Care Expansion (CCE) Preservation Funds. She shared that the Request for Applications (RFA) went out earlier this month to every single residential care facility for the elderly in the county. The grant application deadline is November 11th. Chosen facilities will be awarded funds to add extra beds for people who are elderly and at risk of homelessness, experiencing homelessness, and who might have other health conditions. Part of the funding is also to help preserve existing licensed facilities serving the elderly that need critical repairs or required upgrades. Devin Drake announced that Kristin Ventresca, who is the Acting Manager of the Homeless Services Division, has accepted a new position as Deputy Director at the County Health department. He also announced that Morgan Torrell is the new Homeless Services Division Manager. Devin also reported that the Welcome Home Village project has been running into issues with three business owners who are against building the homeless project on the Higuera St. location. He said that this project is not shelved as the County is exploring a couple of options for other location sites. 3. Consent: Approval of Minutes Janna Nichols moved the motion to approve the minutes. Devin Drake seconded. Amelia Grover abstained; all others were in favor. Motion passed. 4. Action/Information/Discussion 4.1. Implementing Five-Year Plan Line of Effort 2 – Reduce or Eliminate Barriers to Housing Stability 4.1.1. Discussion Item: Street Medicine Jack Lahey shared that in collaboration with Dignity Health, CenCal, Five Cities Homeless Coalition (5CHC), CAPSLO (Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo) and SLO Public Health, a Street Medicine convening event took place on September 26th. The purpose of this meeting was to get the different agencies in one room and define their existing roles in terms of health care and homeless services. Zackiya Grant-Knight and Katie League from the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC), a non-profit policy designed consulting company based in New Jersey, were guest facilitators for this conversation about street medicine. Katie shared some of the highlights from this meeting. Among topics discussed included the identification of community services and resources available for medical outreach efforts, who the members of each outreach team are, and billing for medical outreach. From this meeting, Katie offered a few suggestions to facilitate the street medicine outreach efforts: more collaboration and maybe technical assistance around the billing aspect for street medicine; identification of gaps and needs and exploration of funding opportunities; develop care coordination platforms that will include care coordination meetings both on the patient and administrative levels. Katie emphasized the importance of coordination between organizations in communities to help the expansion of street medicine outreach programs in different levels. Sarah Reinhart also provided an overview of the work the Public Health Department is doing to provide person-centered care to people experiencing homelessness. Sarah also touched on a few sources of funding that are making it possible to provide street medicine. She also described how street medicine outreach ties into ECM (Enhanced Care Management) services. 4.1.2. Information Item: Warming Center Updates Jack reported that as of Novembers 1st, warming shelter season officially started. Warming Shelters will operate when the outside weather is 38 degrees or lower, or, if there is 50 percent (or higher) chance of rain. CAPSLO will start recruiting for volunteers. Currently, their 40 Prado Homeless Services Center has a capacity of 40 cots. For the South County, Janna Nichols shared that 5CHC (5 Cities Homeless Coalition) has leased a building that will eventually provide a long-term home for a warming shelter in the Arroyo Grande/Grover Beach areas. However, this building is currently undergoing renovations so it will not be ready for this season. She then mentioned that they are working with HASLO regarding a facility they own in Oak Park and El Camino Real in Arroyo Grande, as a temporary warming shelter this season. Mimi Rodriguez from ECHO (El Camino Homeless Organization) reported that there is no warming shelter in the North County area. However, she shared that ECHO in Paso Robles received approval for funding 20 more beds for their 90-day program and they are working as fast as possible to get these beds in line for the winter season. 4.1.3. Information Item: Updates from 5Cities Homeless Coalition Janna Nichols shared that they are having a groundbreaking event today for the Balay Ko on Barca, a new non- congregate shelter that will be composed of 30 units which is expected to be operational by the end of the year. This will be similar in operation to the Cabins for Change program. It is located between Barca and South 4th St. in Grover Beach. Janna also reported that the waiting list for the Cabins for Change program is currently 266. They are currently tracking about 75 percent success rate of people graduating from the 90-day program and into permanent housing. Janna also mentioned that their street outreach team continues to be relatively successful in moving people from the streets into housing. Janna also expressed thanks to CenCal for allowing 5CHC to now be a Medi-Cal provider. 4.1.4. Discussion Item: Update on Creation of ad hoc Committee to Focus on Coordinated Entry Jack shared that during the last Executive Committee meeting, committee chairperson Susan Funk made a motion to form the Ad Hoc committee. The goal of this committee is to revise the policies and procedures of the Coordinated Entry system and to bring as many people as possible together in the conversation of community service integration. Jack said invites for participation will be sent out in November and the goal is to have a first meeting in December. Jane Renahan (from People’s Self- Help Housing) offered to help Jack in setting up goals on how to implement this committee. 4.1.5. Discussion Item: VA (Veterans Affairs) One Team Initiative Brandy Graham reported the VA (Veterans Affairs) One Team Initiative program has been going on within the GLA (Greater Los Angeles) VA health care system. San Luis Obispo County falls within the GLA service area. Brandy mentioned that improved collaboration among agencies has propelled co- enrollments in HUD-VASH (US Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing) and SSVF (Supportive Services for Veteran Families). According to Brandy, leadership meetings are held weekly, as committees share and track progress regarding referral system, by name list, voucher availability and other supportive services for the Veterans and their families. 5. Future Discussion/Report Items • Coordinated Entry discussion • Street Medicine follow up • Ad Hoc Committee follow up discussion • Safe Parking sites 6. Next Regular Meeting December 4, 2023, at 9am 7. Adjournment Jack adjourned the meeting at 11:03am Homeless Services Oversight Council ApplicaƟon for Member to ParƟcipate Remotely in Full HSOC or CommiƩee MeeƟng The provisions of AB 361, which amended the Brown Act to allow public meeƟngs to be conducted remotely, ended on February 28, 2023. From that date, the tradiƟonal provisions of the Brown Act have applied, including the tradiƟonal teleconferencing rules, with excepƟons as provided by AB 2449. These excepƟons allow individual members of legislaƟve bodies to parƟcipate remotely in emergency circumstances, or for 'just cause' reasons, defined as: a family childcare or caregiving need; a contagious illness; a need related to a physical or mental disability that is not otherwise accommodated; or travel while on official business that is related to the work of the legislaƟve body. This form allows for members of the full HSOC and its commiƩees to apply to parƟcipate remotely in meeƟngs. Member Name: Email Address: Just Cause Reason: Family Childcare or Caregiving Need Contagious Illness Need Related to Physical or Mental Disability Not Otherwise Accommodated Travel While on Official HSOC Business HSOC MeeƟng – you can select more than one. Please also provide the date(s) of meeƟng(s): Full HSOC ExecuƟve CommiƩee Finance & Data CommiƩee Housing CommiƩee Services CoordinaƟng CommiƩee Please Confirm You Understand the Requirements Under AB 2449 by Checking the Boxes Below: Per AB 2449, a member cannot parƟcipate solely by teleconference for more than three consecuƟve meeƟngs, or for more than 20% of regular meeƟngs in a year. Per AB 2449, members parƟcipaƟng remotely must state, prior to any acƟon being taken in a meeƟng, whether any other individuals (aged 18 and older) are present in the room at the remote locaƟon, and the general nature of the member's relaƟonship with such individuals. 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Please return form to SS_HomelessServices@co.slo.ca.us HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Street Medicine/ECM November 6, 2023 Page 1 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Objectives Background Braiding HHIP with IPP funds to offer comprehensive person- centered care Street medicine and ECM outreach Ongoing collaboration and referrals Page 2 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Medi-Cal: CalAIM Goals Page 3 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Person-Centered Care Page 4 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Health data on people experiencing homelessness 46% POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. 43% PSYCHIATRIC OR EMOTIONAL CONDITION 35% DRUG OR ALCOHOL ABUSE 31% CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION. San Luis Obispo’s 2022 Homeless Point-In-Time Count: Top health conditions for unhoused individuals Page 5 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health CalAIM funding awarded to Public Health HHIP Round 1: $34,500 HHIP Round 2: $199,477 IPP: $436,656 PATH CITED: $826,768 (?) TA Marketplace: ECM “Start-up” Page 6 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health SLO County Public Health’s ECM/Street Medicine Team Composition. Street Medicine: Delivering care for people who are unhoused. Public Health Nurses Behavioral Health Specialist Social Worker Aide (Housing services liaison) Page 7 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Enhanced Care Management Services Individuals Experiencing Homelessness ECM should address barriers to housing stability by connecting Members and their families to housing, health, and social support resources. Examples of applicable services for this Population of Focus within ECM include (but are not limited to): •Facilitating access to housing-related Community Supports to identify housing and preparing individuals to secure and/or maintain stable housing •Maintaining regular contact with clients to ensure there are no gaps in the activities designed to address an individual’s health and social service needs, and swiftly addressing any gaps to endure progress toward regaining health and function •Coordinating and collaborating with various health and social services providers, including Regional Centers, including sharing data (as appropriate) to facilitate better-coordinated whole- person care •Supporting client’s treatment adherence, including scheduling appointments, appointment reminders, coordinating transportation, ensuring connection to public benefits identifying barriers to adherence, and accompanying Members to appointments as needed •Utilizing best practices such as Housing First, Harm Reduction, Progressive Engagement, Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma Informed Care Page 8 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Who can be referred to the ECM program? Eligibility Criteria (as of July 23) for Adults (whether they have dependent children/youth living with them or not) I. Experiencing homelessness, defined as meeting one or more of the following criteria: •Lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence •Having a primary residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station, airport, or camping ground •Living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter, designed to provide temporary living arrangements (including hotels and motels paid for by federal, state, or local government programs for low-income individuals or by charitable organizations, congregate shelters, and transitional housing) •Exiting an institution into homelessness (regardless of length of stay in the institution) •Will imminently lose housing in next 30 days; (vii) Fleeing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and other dangerous, traumatic, or life-threatening conditions related to such violence AND II. Have at least one complex physical, behavioral, or developmental need, with inability to successfully self-manage, for whom coordination of services would likely result in improved health outcomes and/or decreased utilization of high-cost services. Page 9 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Individuals at Risk of Avoidable Hospitalizations The assessment and care planning process should identify the drivers of the ED or inpatient episodes in detail, which may extend beyond conditions into specific social needs. Since repeat ED utilization is often a result of lack of access to usual care, special attention should be given to the client’s primary care provider (PCP) and connection to that PCP, or selection of a different PCP. Similarly, any gaps in access to specialists that may have driven the admission should be carefully assessed and addressed with CenCal Health. Examples of applicable services for this Population of Focus within ECM include (but are not limited to): •Ensure there are not gaps in the activities designed to avoid institutionalization or hospitalization and swiftly addressing those gaps to ensure the individual can remain healthy in the community. •Ensure the identification of, and consistent engagement with, the Member’s PCP and other specialists and behavioral health clinicians (as needed) to ensure appropriate outpatient treatment for underlying medical conditions. •Supporting Member treatment adherence, including scheduling appointments, appointment reminders, coordinating transportation, ensuring connection to public benefits identifying barriers to adherence, and accompanying Members to appointments as needed •Ensuring connection to public benefits, identifying barriers to adherence and accompanying Members to appointments, as needed. Page 10 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Who can be referred to the ECM program? Eligibility Criteria for Adults at Risk of Avoidable Hospitalizations I. Adults who meet one or more of the following conditions: •Five or more emergency room visits in a six-month period that could have been avoided with appropriate outpatient care or improved treatment adherence; •Three or more unplanned hospital and/or short-term skilled nursing facility (SNF) stays in a six-month period that could have been avoided with appropriate outpatient care or improved treatment adherence. No further criteria are required to be met to qualify for this ECM Population of Focus. Page 11 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Questions? Page 12 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 HEALTH AGENCY www.slocounty.ca.gov/health Thank you! Page 13 of 13 Agenda Item 4.1.1 1 Wooten, Eric From:Ashley Martin < Sent:Monday, April 8, 2024 12:00 PM To:Stewart, Erica A Subject:Homeless in San Luis Obispo and Potential Fires This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Dear Mayor Stewart: As you are aware, we have had an extremely rainy year in San Luis Obispo County which has provided for the vegetation to be extremely tall this spring and are approaching our summer season. Summer brings higher temperatures and dries out the vegetation making it more susceptible to fires. There has also been more homeless in San Luis Obispo than prior years. I feel that this is a combination that is detrimental to our environment, as the homeless tend to start fires to either keep warm, smoking, or to cook any food they may have, and they do not have a means to put these fires out. This is an issue that has been ongoing, and accompanied with the taller vegetation around San Luis Obispo, could have a potentially deadly combination with air pollution, destruction to property, and possible death if we do not do something to prevent the homeless from creating fires. As you may recall, Cal Coast News reported in December 2022, a homeless encampment started a vegetation fire (in fact it was near where I currently live), and reported another fire occurred in June 2022 by San Luis Obispo Elks Lodge. I know that in 2023 the County and City of San Luis Obispo were partnering to try and reduce the homeless encampments in San Luis Obispo and were to receive funds from the $13.4 million Encampment Resolution Fund to build an 80-unit housing facility to assist with putting homeless in a safe place where they would not be able to start fires. I do not believe that housing is a priority as I believe that people in government positions do not want to offend anyone these days, so the building of these units is not a priority. I fear that this summer the homeless will again cause fires to start in the encampments and thereby contaminating the air and ground with pollution (homeless tend to leave trash everywhere they go in San Luis Obispo). I think solutions to the problem would be to (i) building the 80-units or more housing, (ii) provide the homeless with programs to get jobs and/or stop smoking, and (iii) create a local police or fire program to do regular patrolling in homeless encampments to help prevent fires from occurring. Maybe our county government could provide fire extinguishers to the homeless encampment until the housing has been completed. These are just small solutions but they would work to keep the fires at bay in homeless encampments. I urge you to look into the cost of doing some of these ideas in our county in order to keep San Luis Obispo a safe and environmentally friendly town. Sincerely, Ashley Martin 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Monday, May 6, 2024 11:48 AM To:Curry, Krista; McClish, Teresa; Corey, Tyler Subject:RE: May 8th City Planning for Welcome Home Village Thanks, Krista! From: Curry, Krista <kcurry@slocity.org> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 10:40 AM To: McClish, Teresa <tmcclish@slocity.org>; Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org>; Corey, Tyler <tcorey@slocity.org> Subject: FW: May 8th City Planning for Welcome Home Village From: City of San Luis Obispo, CA <slocitywebmaster@enotify.visioninternet.com> Sent: Friday, May 3, 2024 7:57 PM To: Curry, Krista <kcurry@slocity.org> Subject: May 8th City Planning for Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Message submitted from the <City of San Luis Obispo, CA> website. Site Visitor Name: Karen and Michael Sweeney Site Visitor Email: Dear Krista Curry Re: Purposed Welcome Home Village site and City Planning for SLO Before the City Planning meeting on May 8th, as community residents for 30+ years we want to express our urgent concerns. We sat through a very long meeting Tuesday May 1st, with the Welcome Home Village agenda and we walked away feeling our questions were of little importance. It was very frustrating. We have written to the Board of Supervisors sharing our concerns about the proposed location. We have asked them to choose an alternative site, one that is not two blocks from children's schools and daycare operations and less than one mile from the SLO highschool. This is dangerous for the schools and neighborhoods. The Flora/Bishop corridor is heavily used by students traveling to and from schools. …….Safety for our children has to be a top priority for the City Planners. Thank you for considering a non residential county land site. Neighbors on Fixlini St in SLO 1 From:CityClerk Sent:Friday, May 3, 2024 11:31 AM To:Mark Alan Subject:RE: Welcome Home Village Thank you for your input. It has been received by the Planning Commission and placed in the public archive for the upcoming meeƟng. Kevin ChrisƟan Deputy City Clerk City AdministraƟon City Clerk's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 -----Original Message----- From: Mark Alan < Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 1:19 PM To: Advisory Bodies <advisorybodies@slocity.org> Subject: Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use cauƟon when deciding to open aƩachments, click links, or respond. ________________________________ Please authorize the Welcome Home Village for our homeless neighbors. Enough with all these NIMBY yentas and their venom. Thank you- Mark Swain San Luis Obispo Sent from my iPad 1 From:CityClerk Sent:Wednesday, May 8, 2024 12:04 PM Subject:05/08/2024 Planning Commission Meeting - Additional Information on Item 5.b Attachments:Item 5b. Corey and Goode - Staff Agenda Correspondence.pdf BCC: All correspondence from community members for 05/08/2024 Planning Commission Meeting – Item 5.b Hello, City staff have received and forwarded all comments related to this item to the Planning Commission. Staff understands that the use of property to help house and support people experiencing homelessness may raise concerns and both the County and City are committed to hearing, considering and working together to address community concerns to support positive solutions for the entire community, including neighbors and program residents. Staff will also make sure that the County staff and Board of Supervisors receive your comments so they may consider them as well when the project is heard at the Board of Supervisor’s meeting on May 21, 2024. Some comments received concerned the placement of the item on the consent agenda. General Plan conformity is routinely a consent item for Planning Commission given the narrow purview of the Commission. The Commission does not have the authority to approve, deny, or change the project. Per state law, the Commission can only determine if the project is consistent with the City's General Plan. Notwithstanding this narrow purview, and out of respect for the community comment and interest, staff has provided staff agenda correspondence to recommend that the Planning Commission pull the item for further discussion and clarification of the City role. Staff will be prepared to provide additional clarity and context regarding the City’s limited scope of review of the Welcome Home Village project, as well as next steps for the project as it moves toward the County Board of Supervisors for approval consideration. Finally, the City has partnered with the County to secure grant funding in alignment with the City’s Homelessness Response Strategic Plan and the Countywide Plan to end homelessness, and staff encourages community members to provide input on all other aspects of the project at the County Board of Supervisors meeting where they will be considering the location, site layout, design, operations, and other matters related to the Encampment Resolution Funding grant for the Welcome Home Village project on Tuesday , May 21, 2024, at the Katcho Achadijan Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo. Also attached is the staff agenda correspondence that was published yesterday afternoon. City Clerk’s Office City Administration City Clerk's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 City of San Luis Obispo, Council Memorandum City of San Luis Obispo Planning Commission Agenda Correspondence DATE: May 7, 2024 TO: Chair and Commissioners FROM: Owen Goode, Assistant Planner VIA: Tyler Corey, Deputy Community Development Director SUBJECT: ITEM 5B – 1463 BISHOP STREET (GENP-0175-2024) GENERAL PLAN CONFORMITY REPORT FOR THE PURPOSES OF DEVELOPING INTERIM AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING Due to the large number of comments from community members on Item 5b, staff recommends that the Planning Commission pull the item for discussion from the May 8th Consent Agenda. Staff will be prepared to provide additional clarity and context regarding the City’s limited scope of review of the Welcome Home Village project. As the Commission is aware, the Commission does not have the authority to approve, deny, or change the project. Per state law, the Commission can only determine if the project is consistent with the City's General Plan. The City encourages community members to provide input on all other aspects of the project at the County Board of Supervisors meeting where they will be considering the location, site layout, design, operations, and other matters related to the Encampment Resolution Funding grant for the Welcome Home Village project on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at the Katcho Achadijan Government Center, 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo. The Board of Supervisors Agenda and Item Documents will be published on the County's home page under "Upcoming Meetings" on Wednesday, May 15th. HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE FORUM Event Details - Date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - Time: 8:30am – 12pm - Location: Ludwick Community Center Objective To raise awareness, foster dialogue, and provide resources for addressing homelessness in our community. Invitation Join us for a conversation about homelessness in our community and ways that the City, County, and local service providers are working to address it. Homelessness Response Strategic Plan Strategic Vision All community members in SLO City are empowered to successfully prevent and address concerns related to homelessness through equitable access to a variety of resources. Periods of unsheltered homelessness within SLO City are reduced due to the regional capacity to conduct timely outreach and connect individuals and families to a range of housing options. Communications Goal Enable equitable access to resources and increase transparency so that all community members are aware of efforts to address gaps in service and know where, how, and when to reach out for assistance to address concerns related to homelessness. Communications Objective #1 Increase homelessness response communications. Objective 1, Key Task Collaborate with service providers, the County, and other regional partners to co-facilitate an annual community forum focused on homelessness and local response resources. Key Event Takeaways & Talking Points - To improve the effectiveness of local homelessness response systems by fostering community engagement, providing context and practical resources, and empowering community members to be part of the solution. - Educating community members on available resources and how to utilize them. - Humanizing homelessness - Regional Homelessness Response efforts: Who, what, when, where, why - Addressing homelessness is complex Audience Categories & Event Benefits - Community Partners & Service Providers – County, TMHA, CAPSLO, Faith Community, HASLO, PSHH, Shower the People, ECHO, 5CHC, etc. 1. Opportunity to engage with community members and share more about their work - Business Community – Downtown Businesses & DTSLO 1. Practical information and resources they can use when encountering an issue related to homelessness. HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE FORUM 2. Context for policies/procedures, programs, and constraints for addressing homelessness. - Advocates & People Experiencing Homelessness 1. Opportunity for dialogue and a space for their ideas/perspectives to be heard. 2. Context for policies/procedures, legal framework, and constraints for addressing homelessness. - Community Members – College Students, Families, Faith Community 1. Practical information and resources they can use when encountering an issue related to homelessness. 2. Context for policies/procedures, programs, and constraints for addressing homelessness. 3. Opportunities to get involved and learn more about housing and homeless services providers. Event Format Overview Presentation (9-9:30am) - Human-Centered Stories (Service Providers / Unhoused Individuals) o 2 client stories presented by service providers ▪ Margaret ▪ Nathan o What they’re seeing / experiencing – complexity of issues and response efforts o Current state of homelessness crisis in the City of SLO - City of SLO Response Overview (Daisy) o MCU/CAT/CSO Overview – Health & Safety Focus; Outreach & Connecting to Services o The Housing Continuum – Homekey, Welcome Home Village, projects in pipeline o CAMP Standards o Temporary Storage Guidelines Our Regional Response – Panel Discussion (9:45-11am) - Moderator (TBD) - Panelists o City Attorney’s Office – Christine Dietrick (or County Counsel – Jon Ansolabehere) o SLOPD – Lt. Aaron Schafer o County’s Adult & Homeless Services Division – Linda Belch o CAPSLO – Lawren Ramos o Fire Department – Chief Tuggle o County Behavioral Health – Frank Warren How You Can Help (11-11:15am) - Overview of scenarios – who to contact in each situation o Outreach – Non-Emergency Dispatch (request CAT / MCU) ▪ CAPSLO / TMHA o Enforcement – Non-Emergency Dispatch or 911 o Reporting – Ask SLO ▪ DTSLO Ambassador Hotline - Overview of Resource Tables / Service Providers - Overview of Resources (posters, map, takeaway documents) HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE FORUM Resource Tables - City of SLO Homelessness Response Field Team – CAT, MCU, CSO, Rangers - SLO County – Behavioral Health (Drug & Alcohol / Mental Health) / DSS (Adult & Homeless Services Division / PIT Count) - CAPSLO - TMHA - 5CHC - ECHO - Restorative Partners - Shower the People - People’s Self-Help Housing (info on PSH, housing projects, etc.) - HASLO (info on Section 8 Vouchers, housing projects, etc.) - DTSLO (Clean & Safe Program / Downtown Ambassadors) Event Timeline - [7:00 – 8:00 a.m.] Event Setup (City Staff, Volunteers) - [7:45 – 8:15 a.m.] Resource Table Setup (City Staff, Service Providers) - [8:00 – 9:00 a.m.] Greeters (Volunteers) - [8:00 – 9:00 a.m.] Parking (Volunteers) - [8:00 – 10:00 a.m.] Food & Beverages – Volunteers - [8:30 – 9:00am] Guests Arrive - [9:00 – 9:30am] Overview Presentation (Case Studies & Homeless Response Manager) - [9:30 – 9:45am] Break - [9:45 – 11:00am] Panel Discussion - [11:00 – 11:15am] Resource Overview & Closing Remarks (Homelessness Response Team) - [11:00 – 12pm] Resource Expo (Service Providers, City Outreach Staff) - [12:00 – 1:00 p.m.] Event Teardown (City Staff, Volunteers) 1 From:Eliza Bolen < Sent:Tuesday, April 30, 2024 12:31 PM To:Stewart, Erica A Subject:Welcome Home Village - residents are ANGRY & WORRIED This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hello, Mayor Erica Stewart, Local residents are just finding out about plans for the homeless shelter on the corner of Johnson and Bishop, and we are very angry and worried. Our neighborhood is full of working professionals and young families. We have several preschools, Sinsheimer Elementary, and SLO High School all within walking distance. Parents will not feel comfortable letting their children walk around outside if homeless people are on our sidewalks and streets. I understand that this location is near other government buildings to offer resources and aid, but the answer is NOT to put 80 new homeless people in our neighborhood. I would like to know how many people who voted on this specific location live in our neighborhood. NO ONE who lives here supports this. We want to keep our neighborhood safe and clean, and we feel like the county is trying to do this under the radar without a lot of residents finding out. We are very angry. Questions for Wednesday's meeting that need to be addressed: 1. The surrounding blocks around Prado are full of trash, drugs, and people sleeping on sidewalks. How is the Welcome Home Village going to be different from Prado? 2. Will homeless people be contained at the site, or will they be free to walk through our neighborhoods and streets where children play? 3. How many people who decided on this location live in our neighborhood? My guess is zero. 4. Since this is a residential neighborhood with almost every home being near or above a million dollars, what is the plan to keep this area clean and safe? 5. If 80 new homeless people move into the Welcome Home Village from the Bob Jones Trail, what will prevent a new set of homeless people from taking their spot at the Bob Jones Trail? 6. If the Welcome Home Village offers all of these fantastic services and caters to help homeless people, what's going to prevent more homeless people from coming to our neighborhood and camping out? There is undoubtedly a homeless problem in SLO and every resident wants them off the streets in our downtown, and out of our creeks and trails. We want them to get services and support, but putting them in our small and safe neighborhood is NOT THE ANSWER. We really hope you take our concerns seriously. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Eliza Bolen 1 From:Shoresman, Michelle Sent:Wednesday, April 10, 2024 5:18 PM To:bsalcido@slcusd.org; rdickinson@slcusd.org Subject:Welcome Home Village Hello Principal Dickinson and VP Salcido, Payton Shoresman’s mom here, but in my “official” capacity as a SLO Councilmember. I wanted to reach out and let you know about an important project coming up in our school “neighborhood” in the coming months, that is sponsored by the county, but it’s in the SLO city limits. It’s called Welcome Home Village. Maybe you have heard about it already, but if you haven’t, I’d like to give you a heads up, and a little information. If one of you would like to talk, let me know when the best time is to do that. Or, you can try giving me a call at 805-888-1973 and I will try to keep my phone close. Thanks and look forward to talking with you. Michelle 1 From:Wiberg, Daisy Sent:Wednesday, April 17, 2024 10:33 AM To:Kelley Abbas Subject:RE: [EXT]Renovate Church - WHV Parking Meeting Thank you, Kelley! From: Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 9:50 AM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]Renovate Church - WHV Parking Meeting I can send it.Thanks!! From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 7:58 AM To: Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: RE: [EXT]Renovate Church - WHV Parking Meeting Hi Kelley, The Pastor of Renovate confirmed his availability on 4/30 at 4pm to meet with the Supervisor and I at the church. Let me know if you’d like to send a meeting invite or if you want me to. I’ve included the Pastor’s contact information below – Jason Hickey Renovate Church jason@renovateslo.com Thanks, Daisy From: Wiberg, Daisy Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 5:14 PM To: Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: RE: [EXT]Renovate Church - WHV Parking Meeting Thank you, Kelley! I’m only available on 4/30 at 4pm, so I’ll see if that timing works for the Pastor and I’ll circle back with you once confirmed. From: Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 4:31 PM To: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Subject: RE: [EXT]Renovate Church - WHV Parking Meeting 2 This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Good afternoon, Daisy, The Supervisor has the following dates and times available for a 30 minute meeting. I have tried to find some times that will allow a little bit of flexibility if they run over but we are very limited and need to try and stick to the 30 minutes.  4/30 at 4pm  5/6 at 10am  5/7 at 9am Let me know if any of these work. I have placed a tentative hold on her calendar. Best, Kelley Abbas Legislative Assistant, District 3 Office of Supervisor Dawn Ortiz-Legg County of San Luis Obispo 1055 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo, Ca 93408 Phone: 805-781-4336 Email: kabbas@co.slo.ca.us www.slocounty.ca.gov Sign up for our Newsletter! From: Wiberg, Daisy <dwiberg@slocity.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 4:09 PM To: Kelley Abbas <kabbas@co.slo.ca.us> Cc: Dawn Ortiz-Legg <dortizlegg@co.slo.ca.us> Subject: [EXT]Renovate Church - WHV Parking Meeting ATTENTION: This email DID NOT originate from County Staff. Please proceed with caution when interacting with any embedded links or attachments. Hi Kelley, I hope you’re having a good day. When you get a moment, can you send me a few potential meeting times when Supervisor Ortiz-Legg is available to meet with me and the Pastor of Renovate Church to discuss WHV parking needs? If you can send me 2-3 options I the next few weeks, I’ll reach out to the Pastor to schedule a meeting. You don't often get email from dwiberg@slocity.org. Learn why this is important 3 We should be able to keep the meeting to 30 minutes, but he’s a bit of a chatter… সহ঺঻ so we may want to plan for an hour – or I can stay longer to chat with him if Dawn needs to leave. Separately, I’ve been talking with Jeanette and Frankie about scheduling a time for them to interview the pastor, so I may try to schedule that before or after our parking meeting as well. Thanks! Daisy Daisy Wiberg pronouns she/her/hers Homelessness Response Manager Community Development 919 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 E dwiberg@slocity.org T 805.781.7025 slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications 1 From:Sheryl Flores <slosflores@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, April 9, 2024 2:48 PM To:Wilbanks, Megan Subject:Re: UPDATE: 04/10/2024 PC Meeting Cancelled AND 04/24/2024 PC Meeting Cancelled This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Thank you for the advance notice On Apr 9, 2024, at 1:18 PM, Wilbanks, Megan <mwilbanks@slocity.org> wrote: Update: Staff rescheduled the General Plan Conformity Report for Welcome Home Village to the May 8, 2024 Planning Commission meeting, so the April 24th meeting will be cancelled. A Notice of Cancellation will be published next Wednesday, but I wanted to give you advance notice so you can plan accordingly. Bcc: PC Members & Staff; IT Network Services Group as FYI Megan Wilbanks Deputy City Clerk <image001.png> City Administration 990 Palm, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E mwilbank@slocity.org T 805.781.7103 slocity.org <image002.png> <image003.png> <image004.png> <image005.png> <image006.png> Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Wilbanks, Megan Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 10:51 AM To: CityClerk <CityClerk@slocity.org> 2 Cc: Corey, Tyler <tcorey@slocity.org> Subject: 04/10/2024 PC Meeting - Notice of Cancellation Good Morning, The Planning Commission’s Regular Meeting scheduled for April 10th has been canceled; attached is the published notice of cancellation. The next Regular Meeting of the Planning Commission is Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall; please let me know if you’re unable to attend. So far, staff has one Consent Item slated for that meeting, consideration of a General Plan Conformity Report for Welcome Home Village. We will also welcome our new Commissioner, Sheryl Flores, and elect a new Chair and Vice Chair. I’m also pleased to announce that Commissioner Tolle was appointed to an additional 4-year term. Bcc: PC Members & Staff; IT Network Services Group as FYI Megan Wilbanks Deputy City Clerk <image001.png> City Administration 990 Palm, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E mwilbank@slocity.org T 805.781.7103 slocity.org <image002.png> <image003.png> <image004.png> <image005.png> <image006.png> Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications 1 Subject:Homelessness Response Outreach Meeting Start: Recurrence:(none) Organizer:Wiberg, Daisy Hi All, I’m adding this Homelessness Response Outreach Meeting on the alternating Tuesdays from our Field Team meetings to meet and discuss individual outreach needs, brainstorm on service/treatment referrals, and address any other outreach ideas or strategies. When outreach for the Welcome Home Village Project is ready to begin, I’ll start looping in Good Samaritan staff to the meetings as well. I’m also open to inviting any other outreach teams (CAPSLO, TMHA, etc.) on an as needed or regular basis if you think that would be helpful. Open to any feedback on that front and we can plan to discuss at the first meeting next week. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback! Thanks, Daisy ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting Download Teams | Join on the web Learn More | Meeting options ________________________________________________________________________________ 1 From:Deborah C. <deborahcleere@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, May 6, 2024 3:06 PM To:Pease, Andy Subject:Re: Welcome Home Village Andy, We need to talk to staff to understand. This is what the neighbors are saying... Maybe this is a naive point, but in the documents provided by the city to the planning commission, only one of the parcels (Parcel A) is zoned for Public Facilities. The other (Parcel B) is R1. So, perhaps only half of the property is actually "Public"? In other words, perhaps the R1 portion of the project requires more review? On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 1:52 PM Pease, Andy <apease@slocity.org> wrote: Thanks, Deborah. Super helpful to hear specific concerns. If I find out more information, I'll be sure to pass it along to you. Also, I understand that, based on correspondence received, the item will be pulled from the consent agenda and staff will prepare an initial presentation followed by questions by Planning Commissioners, then public comment. Andy Andy Pease pronouns she/her/hers Vice Mayor To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.City of San Luis Obispo Office of the City Council 990 Palm, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E apease@slocity.org slocity.org To help protect your privacy, Micr osof t Of… To help protect your privacy, Micr osof t Of… To help protect your privacy, Micr osof t Of… To help protect your privacy, Micr osof t Of… To help protect your privacy, Micr osof t Of… Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Deborah C. <deborahcleere@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, May 6, 2024 10:51 AM To: Pease, Andy <apease@slocity.org> Subject: Re: Welcome Home Village Thank you. That is not the understanding of the people in the community. They feel there are issues with compliance to the General Plan. In information distributed to neighbors it says the following: 2 "The Welcome Home project is inconsistent with the General Plan because it failed to solicit meaningful community input, fails to promote the use of social services near Prado Road, fails to mitigate against spill-over parking and fails to protect the density, character and safety of the neighborhood." If they are wrong we do need to talk to someone at the city. Thanks so much, Deb On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 9:07 AM Pease, Andy <apease@slocity.org> wrote: Deborah – I just looked through the agenda packet for the May 8 Planning Commission meeting. The commission’s purview on this item is very limited. “The Commission’s purview on this item is solely whether the proposed County’s use of the property conforms with the General Plan of the City. The project itself is not under consideration by the Planning Commission.” I’ve had this experience before, where an item comes to council for a vote, but there is already a clear legal ruling. In this case, does the use comply with the General Plan? Yes, as staff notes, it does. “The General Plan Land Use for the property being considered for lease and development by the County of San Luis Obispo has a General Plan Land Use designation of “Public”. The General Plan Land Use Element Table 1 identifies Homeless Shelters and similar services and social services as appropriate uses within the Public Land Use Designation.” How the county operates the program, the size of the program, etc., are not a part of Planning Commission’s purview. Of course, the public is welcome to speak on the item anyway; just be prepared that this particular item has a very narrow scope. Happy to talk more, or I can connect you with staff who have a deeper understanding of the City’s General Plan, zoning, allowed uses, etc. Thanks! Andy Andy Pease pronouns she/her/hers 3 Vice Mayor Office of the City Council 990 Palm, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E apease@slocity.org slocity.org Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Deborah C. < Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 10:59 AM To: Pease, Andy <apease@slocity.org> Subject: Welcome Home Village This message is from an External Source. Use caution when deciding to open attachments, click links, or respond. Hi Andy, It was a fiery meeting last night, as you might imagine. Many concerns. I did not speak but many did. There were probably 80 or so people there. Almost all were opposed. Neighbors are considering asking for a CEQA review. They have their wallets open and they are waiting to hear back from the same attorney retained by the business owners on Highera. Safety is undoubtedly the biggest concern. None of our questions and concerns about our neighborhood being recreation space for the residents were answered, except we did find out that there is a curfew for residents at 9 PM. It's unclear if people are removed from the project if they break curfew or engage in illegal or unsafe activity. Mr. Quaglino spoke. He owns the medical offices on the far side of the proposed project. He wanted to know what the access to his buildings would look like for the medical personnel and the patients. He also had parking concerns. They had no answer for him, and said they were "still finalizing plans for access to that area." This was pretty surprising for me to hear given that they plan to break ground in the fall. 4 I do think this is a wonderful project. Honestly. There are so many benefits and I am a proponent of housing first. It works. It's humane. It gives people a reason and some hope to be able to turn their lives around. I followed the progress of the proposal for the Higuera area, and it did seem like a much more viable location. I still do not feel the project is right for this location, Andy, even after carefully weighing in and considering all of the information we heard. And.. doing a bullshit check on myself. It's a no for some very good reasons. None of the previous projects, always cited as great successes, has been in a residential neighborhood. Santa Barbara is super happy with their downtown project because the downtown was already overrun with unhoused people. Store owners are thrilled. The mayor is doing the happy dance. :) It was smaller and in a different kind of neighborhood. Can you tell me about the meeting on March 8 to change the zoning for this property? Thanks, Deb 1 Wooten, Eric From:Stewart, Erica A Sent:Thursday, May 9, 2024 3:45 PM To:Piper Fedrow Subject:Fw: 05-07-2024 City Manager's Update Attachments:05-07-2024 City Manager Report.pptx Erica A. Stewart pronouns she/her/hers Mayor To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.City of San Luis Obispo Office of the City Council 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E estewart@slocity.org T 805.783.7838 C 805.540.1154 slocity.org To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Of… To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Of… To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Of… To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Of… To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Of… Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications From: Purrington, Teresa <TPurring@slocity.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 12:15 PM To: Purrington, Teresa <TPurring@slocity.org> Subject: 05-07-2024 City Manager's Update Council, Attached is the City Manager’s Report to Council on May 7, 2024. Teresa Teresa Purrington pronouns she/her/hers City Clerk City Administration 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3218 E TPurring@slocity.org T 805.781.7102 slocity.org 2 Stay connected with the City by signing up for e-notifications 1 City Manager Report May 7, 2024 2 SLO in Motion Update: Projects and Work Areas 1. North Chorro Neighborhood Greenway • All Slurry Seal items are complete • Striping is ongoing • Major Items Remaining: Striping, Signage, Bike Medians at Underpass 2. 2023 Arterials Paving Project • Concrete repairs on Monterey Street to address drainage and ADA • Curb Ramps at Santa Rosa Street and Palm Street • Paving on Palm Street from Toro to Pepper is complete • Asphalt has been removed on Monterey From Santa Rosa to California • Repaving Monterey Street expected to begin Mid-May following concrete subgrade and utility repairs For more information visit www.slocity.org/sloinmotion 3 Parking Rate Study Update November 7th • 1 st Hour Free • Free Sundays (Structures) • Authorize Parking Rate Study RFP Public Input • Surveys • Public Meetings • Stakeholder Meetings • Social Media and Email Comments May 14th • Special City Council Meeting • Council will consider results and recommendations of Parking Rate Study 4 5 Parks & Recreation May is Water Safety Month - SLO Safer Swimmer program - Aquatic Safety Awareness Program (ASAP) - Lifeguard Training Courses - Adult and Youth Swim Lessons Free Mother’s Day Concert - Jack House and Gardens - May 12 from 1 – 4 pm - Frank Gary Band (live music) - All ages, bring chairs or blanket, bring your lunch 6 Welcome Home Village Project Update County-led effort to address encampments on Bob Jones Bike Trail in San Luis Obispo, in partnership with the City and Good Samaritan Shelter WHV Housing community proposed at Johnson and Bishop to include: 34 Interim Supportive Housing Units 46 Permanent Supportive Housing Units Next Steps: May 8th – City’s Planning Commission – General Plan Conformance May 21st – Board of Supervisors Meeting – Project Consideration June 4th – City Council – Approval of subrecipient agreement