HHAND Commission Monthly Meeting June 2025

Before noon, um, development, we'll go ahead and start with introductions. I have a chair, uh, Julie Williams, Commissioner.

Thank you, Commissioner. Chase Burgreef, CSP. Kyle Melke, Community Safety and Development. Frank—. Oh, excuse you.

Uh, Frankie Dahl, Hand Commission staffer.

Online, we have Thea.

Hi everyone, Thea Agnew-Bemben with the Mayor's Office, and just so you all know, it's— I can't hear most folks, so. Oh, hold on.

We have Lila.

Hello.

We didn't quite catch that, Lila. You just introduce yourself again. We're also testing out the audio, I guess. I'm on my phone also, so that's probably not helping. My name is Lila Taylor.

I'm the Housing Services Division Manager with the Health Department.

And then we also have Kathleen with us.

And she left.

Sorry about that. Um, all right, so after introduction, we'll go on, go on to approval of the order of business. Can I get a motion to approve?

I move to approve. Okay, second? I second. Okay, do we have any discussion, any changes, additions to the order of business? I would offer that maybe we move Item H up to after Item C. So, um, approve the report or stop the discussion about approving the report.

At the beginning of the meeting for our action items.

Second that.

Any thoughts on that? Any opposition?

Seeing and hearing none, we'll go ahead and move, um, Item H, the report, up to after the approval of minutes. So after that, any other discussion about the agenda?

Any opposition to approving the agenda as amended?

Does the annual report need to be actioned on? Does it need to be approved by this body, or is that already in the work session?

I mean, it will need approval at some point. I guess right now it's just on there as a report item, and it may be— need to be moved to action items if you guys are actioning on it today.

If they're approving today, then I would— maybe we should move it to the first action item. Still, it's still the same spot, but I just— under a different heading. So does that sound hunky-dory to everybody? All right. Any opposition to all of that?

Okay. So we'll go ahead and move— I'm going to move item H1 to item D1, and D1 will become D2.

Great. So be it.

The agenda is approved. We'll go on to approval of minutes. For April and May. We did not have a quorum last month, so we were not able to approve, um, minutes. We'd also like to approve the, the May minutes.

Take a moment to review those.

Right, do we have copies of April No, I didn't print off versions this time. I had them last time and they're all the one I wanted. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Uh, I looked at the paper prints last month, they looked okay to me. We can always do it next month as well if you want to always copy. If we would like to— can we pull them up if you'd like? Yeah, you want to pull them up real quick? Actually have them.

I was starting one. Yes, sir.

Yeah, we can do them one at a time or we can do them together. Together. Great.

Edit the review.

Ready? Entertain a motion to approve the April and May minutes.

Let's approve April and May minutes. And second.

Any discussion? I have a question that for the main minutes, um, information from Commissioner Meister and design, but there's nothing listed as to why. So, that came out of a conversation that I had at the training that I went to recently. Upcoming minutes are going to be much less detailed. When you are providing a record of something, if you want to rely on the recording for intent, not necessarily for the minutes for intent, because there's a lot of potential for error as a person who is trying to interpret, and that can create a lot of issues with, like, me misrepresenting somebody's intent accidentally, and then them wanting to come back and correct that and have it in the record.

So, Typically minutes, and this is something that I have not been doing, but typically minutes are much more succinct. So the minutes capture the facts and the meeting and all the motions, everything else, there be much less details in minutes moving forward. Thank you for bringing that up. And I understand that there were a couple things out of that, so that we decided we needed to talk about as a result of what he stated. About the role and responsibility of the hand, and I think that's the only part that I don't see it represented anywhere.

If there's something that you want on the agenda, that's something that when I send out emails, you're welcome to ask me to amend the agenda or move through the chair to do so, uh, in the approval of the order of business. Uh, I am sorry that I did not put that on the agenda this time, but because I think that was something that the commission decided we would talk about at a future meeting? Um, yes, about sort of the, um, the role. The role, yeah. Talk for the next agenda for our next meeting.

Are there notes as to what he had in our bullet points? The recording is on the website. I've been told that that's supposed to be the official record. Yeah, and I think my interpretation was, um, you know, some of the things that we've talked about before with the Commission about wanting to be more impactful and more involved. Um, it's possible that when we look at the human portraits, but those were In the universe about the number of physical conditions, that might answer some of the questions that we brought up, but maybe I—.

I would also ask, once we lose quorum, what happens to the recording minutes at that point? Because once you resign, yeah, that's why we lost quorum, left, and then Technically, the record is supposed to stop there. Okay. Work sessions, like, I can type up notes and send it to you guys if that's something that you want, and I regularly type up notes, but the official documentation is just when you have a forum, what actions we take. Yeah.

And I would also sort of take this opportunity to encourage all commissioners that if you have items for the agenda, please email Frankie. It doesn't need to all come through, come through the chair. Like, if there's, if there's something that you would like to discuss Feel free to reach out to support staff, add that to the agenda. When Frankie sends out the minutes as well, that's also a great opportunity to review them and say, hey, I would like this added or this was misrepresented, and then we could have those ready to approve at that you know, when we do need some. The other opportunities to do that would be when we approve the agenda, as we just did.

You know, that's another good opportunity to add or modify items to the agenda. While we're approving the minutes, I think it's probably more efficient if you can, if you know about it, you know, to do it via email. Ahead of time. So, um, with that, we— the motion is of approval and the second for approval of the minutes. Um, a little bit of discussion.

Sorry, last thing then. So then, does it make more sense to have this section on the main minutes that says work session notes removed? And have that live as its own document, or is that okay to be attached to the—. That should probably be a separate. Okay, then, then I would make that, but as part of the approval that we remove the work session notes and have that be a standalone document, and that the minutes only reflect what happened while we had board.

Is that a motion, or is that just a—. Although it's your own, it's your own, um, Motion, right? We're in—. We're on— it's my own motion, so you can just— I can just ask to change my motion and see if the second— to a motion to approve the April minutes as presented and the May minutes deleting the work session notes from the end of it. Yes, second.

Any other— any further discussion?

Let's see.

Are the April minutes approved and the main minutes approved?

And all right, score one for Robert's rules.

Okay, moving on to action items. We have the annual report. Thank you, Jessica, for your leadership in this space and preparing the report. I read through it earlier. It's succinct but a pretty good representation of my experience on the Commission over the last year.

So, and I appreciate how it's, it's You lined it up with the stated goals of the Commission. I think we would probably— Jed, help me out here— we want to have a motion to approve, a second, and then discussion about it, or can we talk about it first? Yeah, well, if you're planning to approve it, then you should probably have a motion and second. So maybe I would just ask commissioners, is there desire and intention to try to approve it at this meeting, or do people want a month to really review and chew on it. What I will say is that in an email that I sent out earlier, I was misrepresenting the date.

It was due June 1st, not June 30th. So you're a few late on it. I would like to approve it at this meeting, but as the chair, I can't make motions. So I would welcome a motion to approve I will move to approve. I'm going to say for discussion purposes so that we can have the discussion and make a decision to vote at the end of that discussion.

Second. I have a second. All right. I think that's a question. Every motion has discussion.

Yeah.

Oh, you moved to approve.

Um, well, I'll open it up for discussion. Well, under discussion, um, just to share, uh, some of my mindset and how, uh, this was put together. We did hold a work session, uh, where we talked about some of the past reports that have been submitted, some of the activities that happened, uh, in 2024 from the commissioners who were commissioners during 2024. We talked a lot about some of the challenges that the Commission had in 2024, and so I took those notes. Laura was ultra gracious and watched all of the videos of last year's meetings and looked through those minutes and pulled out some of those key activities.

So we incorporated those into here to talk about the things that did happen, whether we had form or not, the Commission did them. And then what I did is put on— this is based on a lot of the notes from the work session— some sec— a section here with some goals. We've talked about some goals that we wanted to put forward as 2025 goals, but that is where I hope we have a lot of discussion about those. Are those aligned with what the Commission not only has done so far in 2025, but how we see our second half of 2025 going, and where do we want to add to it, expand, contract, pull things away, but tried to center them around the goals and the objectives of the Commission as it's written in code. So pulling some of the things that are the things that have to happen, and then some of the things that we've talked about wanting to be more involved in, like the work around the community councils and the neighborhood development side of the hand, the nd, and how that might look in terms of having regular reports or visits with the Federation of Community Councils or the individual community councils.

And then the same thing around the, like, the consolidated plan, the action plans, and making sure that we're really kind of codifying how some of that happens in the work that we do. So, so that was the, the thought process in putting this together. And welcome.

I am fairly new. I am impressed at the level of work that went into making sure that this is an accurate report. I have, you know, not been here the whole year, but the report is reflective of And the time that I've been here, and I appreciate kind of the goals and taking some of the comments that we talked about at the last meeting and including them in this report.

I don't have any feedback or suggestions.

I also thought since I wasn't here at all that it was very informative. I did have a question. I think it's a question I raised last time. The way it's worded, continuum of care, what exactly is the continuum of care? Is that an organization?

Is that— that's confusing. Yeah, it's, um, I could probably answer that best. Um, so the continuum of care is actually a HUD-mandated, um, kind of term. It, it is representative of a geographic area, so it's not an organization. It is the Municipality of Anchorage's geographical, geographical jurisdiction, and it encompasses all of the providers and projects that provide housing and homeless services in that geographical area.

You'll also hear it called the, our Homeless Prevention and Response System, or HPRS. They're kind of the same, not exactly, but they, they can be used interchangeably when we talk about Anchorage's area. And it's governed by a governing body. So we have a Continuum of Care Advisory Council, which is the governing body of that. And what they do is they oversee and make recommendations around the continuum of care funding that comes to our community from HUD.

And it is pretty specific that it is used to carry out the actions of our continuum of care around coordinated entry activities, our homeless management information system, or HMIS, um, for our area, And then a combination of permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing projects that are serving people experiencing homelessness. So a long way of saying it's not an organization, it's more of a concept, but it's made up of a lot of organizations together. And I kind of understood that that's what it was. Um, but there are some questions about that because it does not include all the organizations that provide housing in that geographic area. It did at one time.

Um, not to claim my age, I was around when it was developed. So that is concerning because it does not include all of the housing organizations, and it's a perception that it does. So, um, that's the reason I asked.

It started out with those organizations. I know what they are, and at that time, they might have been the only ones, but now through history, there are a lot more organizations that's not part of that. And I think we are— we need to address that because when it's spoken of continuum of care, if you're a member of an organization that is not considered part of that, They're not talking about you. So, Shiloh Community Housing is not part of the continuum of care. So that's where I'm speaking from, and we never have been, but we are providing housing support, and there are a lot more organizations that are not part of that.

So when it's used this way, it is used as if it is an organization. So I think that's the only thing that when someone is reading it, and I think that's what Commissioner Meister kind of related to the confusion around the continuum of care and the role of the hand commissioner. So, I don't know how to address it, how you— what you do about it, but I thought the report was really good because it really gave me insight on what happened because I joined very late, but I think that is something that whether it's addressed in this report or moving forward, there has to be a recognition that there's confusion. Can I ask, in your opinion, what is preventing some organizations from being part of the continuum care? Is there a reason?

I don't think it's ever been an invitation for people to join the continuum of care. There has been a request to join the advisory board. But Continuum of Care is already recognized to be organizations that are in place. So there is an open invitation to participate on the advisory board. So I can't answer that question.

And so what, Jessica, I asked you, what does it take for someone to join the— because my understanding about joining the Continuum is like being a resident of Anchorage. It's just You are here, you're within this geographic region, you're providing these services, therefore you are, you are part of the continuum of care. It's not, there's not like a formal agreement or a signed piece of paper or an exclusive meeting or anything like that. It's just if you are here providing services within this geographic region, then you are considered part of the continuum of care. Yeah, so, and this is gonna be a little bit of history here also.

So back in 2020-ish, the Anchorage Coalition on Homelessness used to be the continuum of care. The CoC wasn't organization, it was ACH. And there was a separation when ACH started doing stuff that wasn't just a one-man show overseeing the CoC, like staffing the meetings basically. Um, and so they separated those two things out and said the continuum of care exists with this kind of advisory board. But back in those days, to be a member of the continuum of care, it was an actual membership thing.

You signed up for it. I think it was like a $25, $50 annual fee. Like you became a member. And so it was more of like a, I checked a box and said, I want to be part of this. But when it's separated out, Dave's right, it's, it's kind of more if you're in our geographical area and you're providing those services, inherently you're part of the continuum of care that people are receiving.

The meetings that are held are open to the public, so anyone is able to attend. Participation in CoC activities and I'm saying this from like a different standpoint. I'm not trying to represent the CoC here, but there are different committees that carry out different actions that are mandated by HUD that a CoC has to do. Overseeing coordinated entry, working collaboratively on identifying the priorities of our community. We have a Community Priorities Committee, a Coordinated Entry Committee.

A compliance committee that oversees kind of the— how our CoC functions and does it check all of the boxes that HUD says we have to do. And then a data committee that works really closely with our HMIS lead to ensure that our data quality is good, that we are promoting participation in HMIS amongst people who are part of our CoC. And that we are communicating that data and, kind of telling the data story. Uh, so the work of the CoC happens by anyone who wants to be part of those committees or attend those meetings. Um, the Advisory Council is who, like, kind of makes some of the decisions around how that works.

So that explained it a little bit better, but, um, I think the Anchorage CoC does suffer from some messaging and some communication problems because we don't see a lot of participation in those monthly meetings. And I think that doing a better job of promoting what it means to be a member of the CoC, you know, what you can and can't do, that that overall continuum of care, people who are part of the continuum of care, uh, that's who votes on who gets the funding. Um, that's who participates in the Rank and Review Committee and, you know, has that ultimate say in what our priority ranking looks like. So, um, I think it is important, and there is a big role that could be played by the providers who aren't necessarily serving on the Advisory Council. And I think we as a CoC need to do a better job of kind of promoting that out and saying, here's why this is important and this is how you get involved.

The other side of it, I think it's important for the CoC leadership and the advisory council to hear from providers who don't come to those meetings, either because they don't know about them or they don't feel like they have a part in that. And what do they want to get out of that as well? It's not all one-sided there. It's not come to the committee meetings and do a lot of work and don't get anything from it. So, uh, groups that provide services to the community will also be part of HMIS.

We have, um, in HMIS speak, it's called participating providers and non-participating providers. So If you're a provider, you're a provider, and it's just whether or not you participate in HHS. In a perfect world, I could have everyone in, but I get that. And I think one of the main things is the CoC are those organizations that are receiving HUD funding. Not necessarily.

It's beyond that now, but that's how it started. Oh yeah, no, it is definitely. I think there's only I should know this off top of my head, 7 organizations that get CoC funds. Right. And there are more than that that's part of CoC.

Yes. That's considered part of it. Yeah. Not the advisory board. Yeah.

Yeah. But the actual CoC. So I'm unaware of that. Yep. Very much.

Um, okay. But I think it needs to be clear. Yep. I think it needs to be made clear. And I think if we wanted to formalize some of that, um, under goal number 5 where we talk about that coordination with the continuum of care, because that that is part of the— that is part of what's in code.

We could put in there, you know, something along the lines of the Hand Commission working with the CoC to help integrate some of the work or create some better communications around that. I did put a bullet on receiving regular reports from the governance board. I think there's a lot of work that happens at the CoC level that this particular group would really benefit from receiving as there's work done on the gap analysis. We just finalized some of the point-in-time count information. You know, that's reports I think that would be really useful as we consider how some of our strategic work aligns with that and recommendations that we might be making, understanding where where the community is seeing gaps or growth or things like that.

The original motion, um, and if, if there is any window, I think, to be some sort of formal amendment to the original motion to change the language in the report.

Let's say now would be the time to make that supplication. Um, I think we vote this motion. And then I guess if you approve the report, but as is, there's no changes to it. Once it's approved, so it's approved. If you don't approve it, then it's open for discussion of how you're going to change it.

Yeah, I don't think you can make a motion within a motion to keep it or leave it, or that's not the way. I mean, you can't—. Subsidiary motions, right? Yeah, so that's why you need a second. It's not just you, but if you and a seconder both agree that you'd want to amend it, you can.

That's a subsidiary motion that then has to pass or fail. And once that passes or fails, then you get back to the main motion, which is the approval. Yeah, so you can, you can amend it by motion now if you want to do that. Specific language. So the motion would be to approve it with revisions.

I mean, what would that—. Approve it as amended. So you, you know, you'd have amendment and then you vote on the amendment, and if the amendment passes, then the main motion would pass.

So would the motion be— not that I'm making this motion, but would the motion be, uh, I move to amend goal number 5 to add bullet 4a? Okay. And we would want to have the specific wording because that will need to go. I don't know what those bullets would be, but I think that's what, what we're talking about, amending it.

And, and if a commissioner felt comfortable trying to get those done by the end of the meeting, I know that other boards and commissions have done it that way of like if there's language that needs to be drafted, if it can be prepared by the end, move Moving it to the bottom of the agenda and circling back around to see if that language could be prepared by, you know, the end of meeting to get it approved as a way of trying to provide time for that to happen in a meeting. So would it be that clarification of basically a short version of what Jessica's explanation of the continuum of care was in that space? Just to clarify. Or some language could be— it's like floating in my head— some language could be something along the lines of Um, uh, like it maybe could add to the second bullet of aligning priorities with Anchored Homes Prevention and Housing goals and create clarity and alignment for all providers participating in the continuum of care. And then that's like kind of high-level language, but we know that what it means is create some of that clarity around the work and the policy recommendations we are making so that when we are aligning our work with Anchored Home, that we're doing it in a way that ensures all of the providers that are part of the CoC have that inclusion in the conversation, whether that is being more inclusive in this space to communicate that, or working directly with the leadership of the continuum of care to message better.

How about that? Did you like it? Write that down? Oh no, just— I would recommend just the one sentence and then it's more of the underlying meaning behind it. I liked your brainstorm idea.

Do you think that captures what you're talking about? I think you want to write all of it, but no, no, I think we just do the one sentence. So yeah, to do it. An individual would have to make that motion. I can make that motion.

But you have your original motion. So after the end of goals and create clarity and alignment with all providers participating in the continuum of care. Yeah, so you made the original motion, so you could amend your motion and get approval. Okay. Then that would be the main motion and you wouldn't need to do a second one.

I will amend my original motion to be moving to approve the annual report, adding language to goal number 5. Did you catch the actual language? You want me to say it all out loud again? Say it again. And if you could read that back.

And create clarity and alignment with all providers participating in the continuum of care.

Agreement. Second. Yes. Agreed. Yes.

And we would have discussion about that. I guess my one question is, how do we create that clarity? What's the—. What's—. Is it—.

It's nice words. So some ideas could be, as we're receiving those regular reports, that's, that is opening some of those communications because receiving a report would also mean we'd be giving feedback on that regular report.

Yeah, I could also be our documents, just clarify who's part of this, you know, so that we're not representing that it's everyone that we can, you know, just give a good picture of who's part of this and maybe acknowledge who's not part of it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I ask that not as a challenge, but it's like, we're going to put something in there for our goals. I want to make sure Yes, and I think we could do—. Yeah, I think we could also create a formal recommendation.

You know, I think that's something that this Commission has done in the past and is fully authorized to do, to write things that are formal recommendations, whether that is to the Assembly or any of the kind of municipal departments or new sections of government that are in there, but, you know, by having the requirement number 8, coordinate with the Anchorage Continuum of Care and the development and implementation of the Anchorage Plan to Address Homelessness, I think under that bullet, we are fully empowered to actually make formal recommendations to the leadership of the Continuum of Care. Okay.

Well, with that, I would call a vote on the initial motion to approve the report. Um, and so this is a big thing. This is our report. I'm going to ask all those in favor say aye. Aye.

Aye. Aye. Ayes from everybody. Any opposed? Same sign.

Congratulations, Commissioners.

We did the thing. Great. Another fun thing we need to elect the Vice Chair. So I believe the way that this works is— Jed, correct me if I'm telling lies here— a fellow commissioner can nominate another commissioner. That commissioner can say, yes, I accept your nomination, or no thank you.

And then anyone that is accepts a nomination, we would— if there's more than what we would vote to approve, if there's more than one nomination, we would do a—. You could do a vote between the two. You could do a vote. Is it ranked choice? Yes.

So, I don't know, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

At this juncture, I would open the floor for commissioners to nominate each other. Who wants to be the vice chair? Can I ask in advance, what are the roles of the vice chair? The chair is what I do. Very good.

Just kind of like ad hoc run the meeting as best I can. And then I email with Frankie from time to time. And try to find stuff to put on the agenda, bring in presentations, that type of thing. The vice chair does all of those things when I am not available. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's basically a backup, which— backup, yeah.

And those are the only— because we don't have a— we historically we had a secretary, but we don't because we got the one of Frank Dowell. Um, and we don't really have any funds, we don't need a treasurer. Yeah, so it's just chair and vice chair.

And when you're chairing a meeting, you're not allowed to make motions. Are you allowed to make motions on motions? I think you'd be able to. I'm not sure. Yeah, since you can make a point of order as the chair and things like that.

So there's some set of motions that That's a great choice.

As a disclosure, I think everyone knows that Meg is leaving the coalition. I am not becoming executive director of the coalition, but I will be the interim executive director of the coalition until we hire a replacement. I do not know if that creates any kind of weird conflicts with ACHD and the CSD meeting, but—. The only thing that would make that weird if you become chair is if there is something that we both need to recuse ourselves out. That would be weird.

Yeah, that would be weird. So we would need a vice vice chair. I'm not sure what we would do there. You could have a meeting too. Yeah, you could appoint someone.

Yeah, if that comes up, you could. But I mean, I think everybody here has some sort of connections to the business, so I think that's a, that's a risk with anybody. That's fair. When that happens, we'll need to get an updated economic tip over the phone. Will do.

Got like a month, so. Well, I think the big question just is, do you accept the competition? Yeah, with that, I would accept Any other nominations?

Going once, going twice. We have no other nominations, are now closed. So now someone needs to motion to approve Jessica's nomination. Or vice chair of— I don't think you necessarily need to make a motion because it's already before you. What do I need to do?

Just call a vote. I'm going to call a vote on Jessica. Everyone but Jessica can vote. So I'll just call for unanimous approval of Jessica becoming vice chair of the HAN Commission. Any opposition, speak now or forevermore.

Congratulations, Jessica. Thank you.

I was just assured that I only have to fill in when Dave's not here, so it's a real easy job. Uh, wonderful. Um, okay, moving on to informational items, and I will just say, if you will notice under— ooh, so we're going to get some presentations about some things. We do have— I would ask to hold discussion on the new business items because we're going to talk about those in the presentations. We do have some time carved out to talk about those in new business.

Those will be touched on, so if we could hold discussion for that. And I would like to make sure we have some time for discussion, and it is 4:47. So if we could move relatively quickly through the presentations, and then we have sort of some follow-up during the business. And then just for timing purposes, I'm going to ask, are there any members of the public that would like to give general public comments today?

And we want to make sure we're saving time for that. So I see a couple of members of the public online. Ruthleen and Kenny, um, is anyone interested in providing public comment today, or you just here to listen?

My public comment is to say thank you. And no public comment for me either. Okay, thank you both. Um, so going on, we will hand it over to our very special assistants to the mayor. Tia and Marina.

Thank you for joining us today.

Hello. Hello.

I am having You're muted if you're talking. Can you hear me now? We sure can. All right, excellent. Well, we are just going to pretend like everything I said before was exactly what you didn't need to hear.

I am going to apologize that I did not send you out our designated overnight parking overview document. I am actually tweaking it and it did not get its last final approvals from our internal team in order to get that sent over so that you actually had a document in front of you. But I appreciate the opportunity to be with you all and just give a presentation on where we are with designated parking. I do also I just want to flag just some quick communication and a follow-up. I heard from Jessica that you are going to be moving into the acting.

Is that after— do you have a start date for when you would move into acting for ACDH? July 11th. July 11th. Okay, thank you. I do want to make the group aware, if you are not already tracking, that The municipality has posted notice of abatement for the Davis Park as well as snow dump encampments in Mountain View.

Though the notice of abatement was posted on May 30th, I'm just going to take a quick gander at the calendar to make sure. Yep, it was posted on Friday, May 30th. By municipal code, we are only required to give 10-day notice of abatement unless we are going for a shorter runway, which could be 72-hour or 24-hour notice of abatement. We posted on May 30th with a date certain for abatement activity to start on June 17th. We provided as much advance notice as possible for the abatement action to ensure individuals had as much time as possible to engage with outreach, but also to really remediate any of the the sense that abatement is a rumor, that it's not going to happen, or any of the concerns that often we find with, um, and misinformation when we're talking about an abatement.

Given the size, the complexity, and how entrenched the encampments are, we really wanted to make sure that we are providing as much outreach and advance notice as possible. It is been a longstanding encampment that much of the community has felt a concern regarding why it has been there. And so now that we've actually posted those notices of abatement, I just want to keep everyone aware within this, this group what the activity is that's happening, as well as, as far as our future and ongoing communications with the Hand Commission, other upcoming abatements. I think that that is a bit of information that really helps you to be informed about what's happening on the homelessness front, and it also really helps to tee up what we're doing when we start thinking about the housing piece of the Hand Commission and that neighborhood development. Um, as much information as we can have that really speaks to all of the different components of the work that you do.

Our Community Action Policing Team, CAP, as well as the Healthy Spaces Team started the abatement action at Ramada, which is 3rd Avenue in downtown on Tuesday, and Tuesday would have been June 3rd. That encampment has been there for a number of months and grown in size. It was a bit of a delay in getting the notice of abatement posted for the Ramada encampment because it is a parcel of land that has multi-landowners between the municipality, the Alaska Railroad. So I just want to ensure that you all are looped in on what the current abatement actions are, as you have additional constituents that you will be talking to through and with about the work that is happening here at the Greenway. I will pause there because abatement tends to be a pretty straightforward conversation from my perspective, but I know that sometimes there are questions.

So before I jump into designated parking, does anyone have some questions about the upcoming abatement at Davis Park or Snowdump, or the current action at Rahman.

I see no questions in the room. Thank you. All righty, we have 7 minutes before we hit 5 o'clock, so I'm going to go through designated parking very quickly. I am really thrilled that we are finally moving forward with designated parking. Designated parking offers legal and an organized option for individuals that are car camping or vehicular campers.

Many of you, because you are an informed group, would be very familiar with overnight parking that's operated in the lower 48 in many large cities that experience homelessness at the same kind of incident rate that we see here in Anchorage. What we learned last summer is that we just have a serious number of individuals that are car camping and don't have a place to do so legally and safely. So, according to Anchorage Ordinance AO 2024-2026 and through Municipal Code under Chapter 16.128, we are authorized to create and operate a designated safe parking site for individuals. Um, we are looking to have that service operational July, but I just want to warn everyone that we will have an RFP that drops hopefully next week, which means we will probably go operational a little late in July, but the service would operate July 1 through September 30th. Designated parking would be a seasonal service with capacity for up to 50 vehicles per site with an authorized waiver by the Anchorage Health Department.

We really want to be very thoughtful around community impact, so the authorization up to 50 is language that's pulled directly out code. We have a minimum capacity of 25 vehicles at any site. We are optimistic that we will have at least 2 sites operational to ensure that we have— that we're really meeting the need for our community. Again, the program will be operated on a seasonal capacity. This year would be from July 1st through September 30th.

In the out years, we would— because we have gone through all of this pilot, the piloting of the demonstration in our out year, so in 2026, we would expect the service to operate from April through September 30th. That really gives individuals that runway that they need during the spring and summer months to be somewhere safely. Designated parking has two really critical components. A, ensuring that there is site security, that those individuals that we are serving are safe, as well as access to restrooms and sanitation. We know that individuals that are homeless often have to try to figure out where can they go to the bathroom.

Things that are not considered individuals that are car camping sometimes are families. So having clean, safe, accessible restrooms for families is something that we we really wanted to make sure our— is a service that's available. Site security. Anyone that is utilizing our designated parking has to go through a permit process. Every vehicle that utilizes designated parking has to be a vehicle that is roadworthy with license, insurance, and registration.

I know for some that that may pose a barrier, but because these are municipally operated services, we have to ensure that we are not creating a separate enforcement, that if I were to drive a vehicle with no license, insurance, or registration and I were pulled over on any road in Anchorage, that would be actionable by the police. We cannot set up a service that does not have those same requirements, so I just wanted to share that to kind of assuage any concerns around what may make that service feel a little more high barrier.

The service would operate from 6:00 PM to 8:00 AM, 7 days a week through the seasonal period. 6:00 PM was very specifically designed to think about when do we have our community services such as the library and other public places that people could be safely and comfortably close and not have those individuals driving around Anchorage or lined up waiting to get into designated parking for any exuberant period of time before they could get into the site. So 6:00 PM to 8:00 AM, the service does require access to case management or peer support on an as-needed basis. Given that it is kind of an overnight site, we wanted to ensure vendor safety. So we don't require that case management to be on-site, just as a matter of practice, but access to that case management and linkage.

Because not only do we want to ensure that people have a structured overnight safe place to be, but there's also that linkage and connection to service that's often missing when someone is car camping. They're not necessarily always plugged into some of our homeless services and other coordinated places. So this is one way for us to actually get a count of those individuals and then to get them linked into services.

Looking at my notes, I will pause there with 1 minute until 5 o'clock if you have any questions.

It's not a question, but I just wanted to share that One of the biggest challenges when facilitating and performing the Point-in-Time Count is people in vehicles, particularly people who are in vehicles that run and move because they do exactly that. They move, they park in one place, and then the next day they park in another place, and the next day they park in another place. And it's really difficult to, number one, know where they are and who they are, and number two, connect them with resources. So I'm excited. Thank you, and I will let you know, I would be very interested in once I have an approved document that I would like to send to the chairs of the Commission for a resolution for your support, or any concerns, or maybe your opposition to designated parking.

I would like to be very clear that we do not have any identified sites. There are a number of locations that we are still considering. We are absolutely looking at municipal right-of-way. The request for proposal should be issued again, very optimistically, by the end of next week. Will be open for 14 days, and that allows a vendor to propose just services, just location, or services and location.

The municipal right-of-way is just kind of our safety net to ensure that if we have a vendor that only proposes services that we do also have a location so that we can very quickly and nimbly implement the service once we go through the administrative process to get it approved.

Question from Julie. Yeah, I had a question. And what is the thinking or the reasoning behind just having it overnight? And if a person or family is there that night and they leave in the day, are they allowed to come back to that site or is it just kind of first come, first served? Designated parking requires a permit and so what we would do is if we have one site that hits capacity, then we would activate the second site and from there if we, we do have the flexibility as approved by the Anchorage Health Department to increase capacity at any site up to 50 vehicles, and that would really be based on the vendor's capacity to scale up for staffing and the availability of additional vehicle space at that existing site.

But to directly answer your question, if Jimmy Joe shows up on Monday with his approved permit for designated site number 1, then on Tuesday, designated site number 1 is still available for him unless there's something that occurs. There's like some type of rules violation that doesn't allow him to continue to use designated parking. But thank you for that question, and I will add that to our, our document for clarification. And I would just highlight another part of that question about what— and, and Correct me if I'm representing you incorrectly here, but the logic behind only being open overnight and not being open during the day, and I think, you know, something that we have seen in shelter over the years, that there's often people that might work nights and they need the place to be during the day. Or, you know, we found, you know, for years on 3rd Avenue when with services would end during the day and people would be released into the neighborhood that would cause or contribute to a lot of neighborhood impact.

So, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm curious about, if there's capacity to have it available during the day, I would also be curious about, Commissioner's thoughts on just having nighttime services or 24-hour services, and that might be, you know, we do have thoughts on that, a specific recommendation that could be made, but just if you could speak to that a little bit. Sure. We are in a budget-constrained environment, so paying for 24-hour service regardless of the number of vehicles that are there, is cost-prohibitive. So we really wanted to pilot a project, A, to understand who is using the service and what is the need and the overall demand for a project like designated parking, and then getting that actual feedback— how many people identify that they would use the service during the day. But ultimately, in this pilot, We have to acknowledge that we are in an incredibly budget-constrained environment, and so being able to operate from 6 PM as early as possible to ensure that we're as, as best as we can connecting the service available when other public spaces would be closing for individuals to then safely move over to the designated parking site.

Is what we could do right now. And then having the data really inform for our next season and giving us that information while we're in the budget cycle for 2026.

But happy to have that as a part of your recommendations. I think any and all information that helps us to create the service that meets the need. Is what we're looking for.

Yes. So hearing that as part of the conversation around overnight versus 24-hour, is there any consideration in the RFP process or site selection process that looks at proximity to places where you can be during the day? Like, like a library that is open 7 days a week or something like that. So that there is a place where people can go during the day that doesn't involve, you know, driving across town?

Right now, vehicle parking, we are looking at and really truly can only be allowed on B-3 and PLI. So that really limits what is going to be a nearby resource for those individuals as well as municipal right of way. So I, I like that feedback. Could we establish something that would place individuals in proximity to their services? I think this group is all aware anytime that we're standing up a new service that is specifically designed to serve our unhoused population, we really want the community to see that it is well run.

And it's safe. Often placing something in close proximity to what are needed services for the individuals also puts them near residential neighborhoods and other areas that just create a level of complexity. And I would really encourage, as you all are thinking about feedback for our designated parking, to add that information in, you know, proximity to resources and services and supports should be a part of our consideration. But for right now, we are looking at sites that are B-3 and PLI.

What's supposed to mean that? B-3 and PLI? That's—. That's—. I'm sorry, zoning.

Zoning. Oh, zoning. B-3 zoning and public plans. Oh, okay. I did have a question.

Do you have an idea how many vehicles will need that right now, estimate. I know you said 50 is what's going to be provided. Will that meet the current need, or is that—.

That is a great question. We do not. It is very hard to get a, a concrete count of how many people are car camping, and so this will be our first opportunity to really collect that data. Through the number of people that are requesting permits.

The limits that we have for total capacity are also informed by what is in our municipal code. At the time, back in 2024, it was an approximate estimation of around about 100, 120 people. I believe that's what was in the AO, were experiencing vehicular camping. And we don't have any additional data that says that that number has decreased.

And I guess just a follow-up clarification, is the permitting process is first come, first served?

Correct.

And the permitting process would be operated through AHD. So an individual would not go— would not obtain a permit on site. Like, you could not just drive up to the designated parking and say, I'd like to come in for the night. It has to first go through a permit issued by the Health Department.

Thank you. I think, you know, under new business, we have more opportunity to discuss this. So, in the meantime, I ask that we move on. I would just ask Farina if you have any update on the municipal micro units project. I will look to Thea to provide a quick update since I took more than my 7 minutes.

Hmm. Tomorrow, let's see, Friday. Not tomorrow, uh, we— there'll be a work session and, uh, at noon I think it is going to be. At that work session, we'll be, um, doing a little micro presentation on the micro units project because we'll be talking with the assembly about an appropriation request that's on the agenda on June 10th, which is next Tuesday, and that is to appropriate funds from the, what's called the opioid settlement fund. That's some money that the municipality received as a result of a lawsuit against the manufacturers of synthetic opioids.

And the muni's kind of been holding the money for a while. The health department has hosted a coalition that's been helping determine how it should be spent. So there'll be some appropriation requests and one of them is for the micro units project. That project is going to be put out for RFP hopefully in the next couple of weeks. We're looking to construct around 24 micro units.

We're, you know, really building from the success of In Our Backyard, but also from similar projects in other communities, and we're looking to operate these micro units as what's called a recovery residence. That's a community behavioral health program that is a very low barrier way of people who are experiencing homelessness but also want to get into recovery from behavioral health issues, whether that's mental illness, substance use. They can be housed in, in one of the micro units and then engage in case management, assessment, peer support, and outpatient treatment. And right now we're kind of like Farina was sharing with the designated parking project, we're still trying to hone in on a municipal site. Most likely it will be somewhere in the Tudor-Elmore campus that's near where a lot of other municipal functions are.

And we also are going to create the opening in the RFP for bidders to bring their own site. So for example, if there's a church, just as an example, that has a big parking lot and they want to host some micro units in their parking lot, they could apply for this RFP and receive funding to develop the site and either build or procure the units. And then the Health Department separately will be putting out an RFP for an operator. And that will need to be a community behavioral health provider that can deliver this type of service. And then most likely that RFP will also be creating the opportunity for that provider to provide services in other locations.

So for example, at the former Golden Lion, which is the evolving Alaska Center for Treatment, we might have that same provider delivering services there as well. So those are two things that— those are the two kind of purposes of the appropriation that we'll be asking Assembly approval of, or for, on Tuesday night. And I gave a really pretty detailed presentation on the micro units project to the Assembly Housing and Homelessness Committee, maybe like a week and a half ago. So I'll drop the link to that presentation in the chat for you so you can, you know, get more detail on the project. And then, of course, if you want to talk offline anytime about it, I'm happy to talk about it.

And also another thing just to share is that Jed was able to go with another Muni employee, Daniel McKenna Foster, to Atlanta recently. We were invited as part of the Bloomberg initiative that the mayor's a part of and was able to go on a learning tour and see a kind of similar project that was developed there. Their project is, is for housing for people who were formerly homeless, and, and they used old shipping containers and converted them into housing units. But it's kind of similar to what we're doing. So they were able to go and go on that learning tour, which was really cool to hear about.

Thank you. Can you repeat when and where that work session is if commissioners want to listen in? Sure, I'll drop it in the chat also, but it's on Friday at noon, I believe, here at City Hall, Room 155.

Actually, it's at 1:00 PM. Sorry. I'll put, I'll put the links to both those things in the chat. And that'll also be on YouTube. Yeah, yeah, it's an Assembly Committee meeting.

Or sorry, I'm sorry, assembly work session. Questions? Jessica. Just a quick question. You mentioned that the tour that, that Jed and Daniel were able to take was a similar project, but permanent housing.

What were your mindsets or thought process on having this not be permanent housing? Great question.

And when we talk to the Atlanta people about kind of our vision for this, how it would be smaller units with, with fewer amenities, basically, than the units that they have, they were actually pretty encouraging of that and thought that that would be a good way to do it to provide more transitional service to get people stabilized and then move on into permanent housing, as opposed to their project, which is set up such that it could really be like permanent, permanent housing. Although most people, I think their thought is most people will move on to other housing after a relatively short period. They, it kind of, it fills a different niche basically than what they were looking at, but one that they're definitely aware of is a need. So, you know, slightly different approach, but a different part of the same puzzle, basically.

And part of our thinking, Jessica, is, I mean, first of all, the units themselves, are, you know, similar to In Our Backyard where like the unit is going to be quite small. It's not going to have its own bathroom or kitchen in it. It will have a microwave and a fridge, but the toilets and showers will be separate. So it doesn't really meet the requirements for, you know, a unit that could be supported by a voucher or that type of thing. And also we really would like to demonstrate that we can do some of this type of work in a way that's really sustained by billing for services.

And so part of the opioid money that will be, that the Health Department will be putting out through RFP will be to find that operator who can use those funds to help start the program, but then the services will be able to sustain themselves on billing after they've gotten going. So we wanted to kind of demonstrate that that's a viable way that, but basically that we can do this combination of like creating these small-scale units that can be easily, you know, scaled up and down and moved if they need to be. And then we can pair that with supports that are really low barrier for people seeking treatment. And part of the idea that, that this emerged from is really like a couple years old now where the Assembly did, had two task forces that ran. One was on sanctioned camping, the other was on complex behavioral health, and I'm sure some of you were part of those task forces, but this idea was kind of identified by both task forces.

So we're really kind of trying to test the idea. It's a pilot project. It'll be a 2-year pilot project is what we're proposing. And, and, you know, really kind of see, use it as a test case and hopefully catalyze if it works, catalyze it in other locations and with other operators.

All right, I'm going to move this along here. 12 Minutes left. We have an update from CSD. Jed, as quick as you can. Yeah, so we have— well, so a couple things.

One, our 2025 action plan is currently out for public comment. We had a public hearing last week about that, accepting comment through June 24th. You can find a copy on our website. And so we're happy to accept comment. We could also give a presentation on it if you'd like.

We— one of the projects in that action plan, actually, we also are finishing up the RFP process for. We put out a request for grant proposals for the CDBG capital projects, and we have selected a tentative project to include and submitted the recommendation of awards. But unless it was posted in the past couple hours, it had not been posted yet by Purchason. But that is in the works. And so hopefully when we actually submit the final plan to the Assembly, that will identify the second project that we'll be funding.

This is all well ahead of the schedule that we've had the past few years. But those are the only updates, I guess.

Great. We can skip a data snapshot. Yeah, I was going to invite you to— That's okay. I'll make sure I put the link out, or actually maybe just email it. But Um, on our website is the dashboard.

Anyone is welcome to look at it anytime, and it's also linked. Our data snapshot is linked directly from, um, the municipal site. The Turning the Tide site, um, has a direct link to, uh, the data dashboard as well. So you can find it in both places. Happy to answer any questions and make a more detailed presentation next.

Um, Jessica, I had a quick question, which was, I, I think you shared a little bit of an update on the PIT count, but I, I'm like kind of a little bit inundated with Assemblymember requests for data. So I was wondering, is there anything that can be shared? And if not, when will it be shared? Let me check with ICA if it is, if they've cleared the flags yet, but it's due to HUD on, I believe, the 16th. So the latest I will have it is The due date to HUD.

Okay. And maybe if there's any tidbits you can share with me sooner, that would be awesome. Sure. Okay. Thanks.

Thank you. Moving forward to new business. Last month we had a discussion of the 10,000 homes. There was some presentation on that. There was some good discussion.

Around that. Um, you know, I like, um, Shell, you mentioned, uh, potentially making a recommendation about tracking or recommending in a certain number of those homes, uh, or just keeping an eye on— yeah, on permanent support. I would invite you to speak about that. I would like— I mean, part of the reason why I joined this commission is I support behavioral health providers that assist individuals trying to get into transitional shelters, assisted living, permanent supportive housing, housing in the community. And there is a significant shortage of permanent supportive housing, assisted living facilities for individuals with complex medical and behavioral, and transitional housings that are all safe for vulnerable adults.

So I would like to put forward a a document. I just couldn't get it done for today's meeting, but I would, I would like to try to aim for July 2nd and maybe working with Thea and others to figure out what, what we might. And I think with the 10,000 homes, that is a 10-year initiative. Yes. And so not having it Yeah, it's fine, but I appreciate that.

And cool, we'll have an actionable thing that we can actually, you know, and it looks like one thing that commissioners have really wanted is to do things. We listen a lot, which is great. We get a lot of information, but doing things, I think this is one of the reasons why we all joined. So I look forward to seeing that. Something to consider with that is if you do want to collaborate with other commissioners on it, please work with me to schedule a work session.

We cannot edit documents on the OneDrive, so any documents on there are just for reference and will be PDFs. Got it. And we can have 2 commissioners get together and chat, but once we get above 2 commissioners, That needs to be a 1%.

Uh, great. I'm willing to work with you. I would, um, I think it would also be good because I actually spoke to the guy that made the presentation. If some affordable housing was also established out of that, because it's not necessarily part of it. So I'll get your contact information.

Okay. Okay, um, the next— we have a discussion about state parking. We have 6 minutes. Can we ex—. You can vote to extend.

Yeah, you need a motion. Anyone want to make a motion to extend by maybe 10 minutes so we can have a robust conversation, or people want to get out of here right at 5? 30. I will make the motion to extend for 10 minutes for us to have further—. Any opposition?

Approves. So yeah, we'll go— we'll go to 5:40, but just want to make sure we have some time for discussion. Municipal safe parking, um, we had some of this discussion, um, and some, some questions, you know. I think you know, just sort of open discussion. Um, I, while I understand it is a pilot, um, I also think about, um, something being palatable to the community in future years, and a pilot to be palatable to the community in future years seems to be successful, um, in year one.

Julie knows a little bit about that. Um, and I'm concerned about neighborhood impact if we are closing at 8:00 AM and releasing people into the neighborhood. And I think that that could negatively impact neighborhoods that are in the area and could lead to a lot of opposition for opening it back up in April. And everyone says, oh, look at what happened last year at 8:00. We had, you know, I'm sure a lot of you read the article, we had payoffs at target, you know.

And so I think my initial thought would be, you know, we want to make it successful and maybe smaller scale but successful is better than larger scale and reduced services. That, and the other thing I would say is, you know, we mentioned the task forces. And I think that there are probably a lot of good information from the Sanctioned Camps Task Force that could potentially be applied to designated parking.

And I would encourage that to be looked at, and that I'll shut up. So, I don't have it in front of me, but the, the AO or AR, I mix them up all the time, whichever the thing was that allowed this to be put into code to happen, had a series of things that had to happen in conjunction with it. So, some type of, I think the term was screening, but some type of screening from adjacent properties, sanitation services on site to include refuse and bathrooms, but it also, if I remember right, called for a good neighbor policy similar to what the shelters have to be in compliance with shelter licensing. So I don't know if the terms of that good neighbor policy are that, you know, the local community councils have to approve of that for it to happen, but I think that can go a long way towards reducing the neighborhood impacts is having a really our own good neighbor policy with actions that come from it. So it's not just, oh, we said we're gonna do these things and then when we don't, nothing ever happens.

You know, something that is truly a feedback loop of, you know, this thing happened, your good neighbor policy said if it happens, you do this thing and now you did this thing and now we're happy again type of thing. But definitely interested in thoughts of people who have good neighbor policies and whether that has actually been effective in reducing the neighborhood impacts, or did it feel like just a feel-good mandate that you put in place? Um, we, we have a good neighbor policy with Fairview Community Council and also with Angel Grove Lutheran Church. And the best part of that really was all the work we did. And that's why I think it's really important, and they probably are already planning to do this, but getting it out and letting people know that there is a screening process, there are these things in place, because a lot of the questions we had are in our backyard.

We're all very furbased about What's going to happen? This, this, this. But if they are really proactive, which I'm sure they're going to do, and say this is what's going to happen, that alleviates those fears. And so the Good Neighbor Policy, we really, we have it in place, but we haven't had any complaints. I mean, so we have it all set up, but if there is, this is what we're going to do.

Yeah, but it was all that before work, um, and go, you did all the community councils and the business affairs around there just to let around us, just to let them know what we're doing and why. So I'm sure once that gets out, then that'll alleviate a lot of the fears. But I, I am concerned about not letting it be all day thinking about families, um, and just knowing a little bit at Central when we did have different campers coming through and staying, and you know, there are little kids. I don't know, it's just really— I understand the class part, but, um, if it's a family that's sleeping in there, it's hard. I don't know, I just don't like the idea of having to move out and then come back.

I understand, and the reason being is the cost, and I wonder about having it smaller or what that would look like. I'm also a little bit just curious about what happens with all those vehicles that we know that do not— they are not licensed and registered and insured.

What's in place for that. I mean, I think it's important that in this project they have to be licensed and insured and insured. So just thinking about all of that.

Yeah, I would also add to sort of on the good neighbor policy, I 100% agree, like that pre-work was a really big part of that relationship building with the with the community council and the neighborhood. And a good neighbor policy, at least the ones that we have in place, are less about you will do this, you will do that, and more about if there's an issue, these are the sort of like the rules of engagement. Like, these are the people that are designated to speak on behalf of the agency. These are the people that are designated to speak on behalf of the community. And then This is how we will engage in productive and meaningful dialogue.

And it's, it's, you know, just, just sort of sets the guidelines for that. So you don't have community member A talking to staff member B, and none of them are really speaking for the community. It is who is authorized to make decisions for that organization and just sort of like sets that. You know, and then, you know, about the 24-hour piece, you know, I think about what is the role of shelter? What is— and this is like in essence, shelter is to provide stability, right?

Is to provide basic need services, provide stability, and asking someone to leave every day takes away from that stability. Giving someone a safe place to stay at night, like, is a piece of stability. But if we're asking someone to pack up and drive north and use a quarter tank of gas, you know, and then come back and then go back and forth every day, you know, I think that that is, um, causes a really good idea like this to be able to not provide as much stability as it could. And you had a really good point as well about people Often we work nights, they need to sleep in the day, and we see that. So that's really difficult to—.

So I mean, I think it's probably— we probably do not have time to make a formal recommendation or resolution because I think anything that we do needs to be laid on the table for at least a month, or are we able to—. I mean, you, you could, you could in theory introduce something for vote today, but you'd have to have the actual text of it, and so that makes it be tricky. That happening in 7 minutes I don't think is, uh, realistic. Um, However, we could— I don't know, what can we do here? Can you do action by email?

You can do—. You can, you can, like, you know, work out, um, drafting of a, of a, um, resolution, um, over email, um, and then introduce it on the agenda next week. With proper notice. So, yeah, if they, um, in the OneDrive, which I'll send out a link to, I've made a template for resolution. One person can draft it, they can send it to me, I can send it out to commissioners, collect comment, and you can discuss it at the next one.

Yeah, so will we be able to discuss and vote on it in the next one? Yeah, you could do— you don't have a— you, you don't have the sort of, um, notice requirements that, like, the Assembly has in terms of timing of introductions and approvals. You could introduce it on approval assembly. And that would still be after the RFP drops and everything, but I think it would still— if commissioners feel it's important, you know, it would be still important to get on record. Yeah, it would be after the RFP drops, but before the processes finalize and they would have selected an operator.

I mean, probably. It sounds like they're trying to do it and go as fast as possible. Yeah, probably they wouldn't have the operator selected before your next meeting, so it could inform some of the decision-making.

Is there a draft of a municipal safe parking project? I did—. Did Robina mention—. Claire mentioned that it's not ready for public review. Oh, okay.

And this is just a pilot, right? So your— um, just for the process question, as chair, may I introduce the resolution? Yeah, I think you can. Yeah, um, I mean, because you're— because it would be put on the agenda. So yeah, I think any— we're going to do that.

Or others just hands the cap. Yeah, yeah.

Um, so I volunteered myself to draft something. I think people are comfortable, and I think what I'm— but I'm hearing it also, you know, a lot of it came from me too, is, is the 24-hour piece regarding stability and neighborhood impact are the things that commissioners are most concerned about? Are there other pieces that commissioners would like to see?

I would just say, if it's not 24 hours, I would want to see proximity to a place where someone can exist for free, which is traditionally a library, something like that. But, but, you know, just like you said, not having to use a quarter of a tank of gas to get there. And then if there's any kind of flexibility on the paperwork side of the vehicle, just from having conversations with people experiencing homelessness day in and day out, you stop registering your car before you get evicted. So that is like, you will, you will give up those expenses before you give up your housing. So many people are driving unregistered vehicles, uninsured.

They probably still have their driver's license, but the vehicle itself probably isn't street legal. So that can be a really big barrier unless there is funding in place in place to help establish that so someone could access the safe parking. And then from— I, I, I see. Um, from a process perspective, can one commissioner draft a resolution and then send it to other commissioners for the meeting? Go through directly?

Do you go through—. Yeah, otherwise you're playing a real dangerous game. That's why I asked. Farina, I see you have your hand up. Real quick.

Yep, I, I would just simply say that maybe if you all wait before you draft this so that you actually get the RFP, a number of your questions— Good Neighbor Policy is included in the RFP. Everything that was in the AO has been included in the request for proposal and would be required by site—. The—. Any vendor that's going to operate the site to implement. So, It might, if there's the ability to temper your resolution to either support for or against designated parking until the RFP is out, and I can commit once it is out to get that sent over to you, David, to share with the rest of the group, because that may give you some additional information that might influence one way or the other.

Great, thank you.

Okay, we got 1 minute. Municipal micro units, those of you who can attend the work session, I think that would be great. Watch it on the YouTube. I think we'll probably keep that on the agenda for next week, month, next month. Um, and then any other comment on the micro units?

And then we'll move on to collaborating with other commissioners. We have an invitation from the Parks Commissioner to sort of the Parks Commission to sort of see how they do their work and how they— so we may invite them in July or August to kind of like learn from what might be just a more established and mature commission. Not that we're not. Sure, but we're, we're, we're in a rebuilding here. We're in a rebuilding here, and I think it'd be good to, to, to learn from some other commissions.

So that'll be coming. With that, Commissioner's comments.

Just one very quick comment I wanted to share, and in the conversation about housing development, there is an opportunity that is open for applications right now called CoC Builds. It, um, Happened last year, then the new administration kind of put a pause button on it. It's reopened again. The original project that our CoC proposed is no longer viable. The property is under contract, so I'm opening to new projects.

Anyone who has an idea or something to put forward, that would be lovely. And if you want to know more information, let me know and I can forward you the RFP. That we put out for that. It is a very tight turnaround. It's due to HUD June 26th, and it was released on May 16th, and they just held their informational webinar today.

So it's very, very quick. True HUD fashion. True HUD fashion. We can all commiserate on that. So it is a very quick turnaround.

Project applications are due next Thursday, and then we will turn around The CoC will be doing a vote. I encourage anyone to attend to vote on projects. And yeah, so exciting, new permanent supportive housing.

Other questions?

Going once, going twice, we are adjourned. Thank you, everybody.

Any opposition? No, but well, they hit—. I move to adjourn. Any opposition? Jen has a good point, they did hit their—.

They hit their— they hit their—. Automatically adjourn.

Okay, good day.

Thank you. We will probably be reaching out once a project— one of the requirements in this project is that you have a healthcare partner.