18-74 Weather Amnesty Resolution

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Filed in Clerk's Office BILL NO. 18-74 DEC052018 RESOLUTION NO. KAREEMAH FOWLER CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA CALLING FOR THE CONTINUED PROVISION OF TEMPORARY SHELTER AND PROTECTION FROM SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA Of‘wasi,the South Bend Common Council's mission statement is to make certain that our city government is always responsive to the needs of our residents and that the betterment of South Bend is always our highest priority; and O this Common Council is committed to protecting its residents from life-threatening weather conditions which periodically occur in our city because all of our brothers and sisters are entitled to be treated with dignity and assisting helping our residents with these type of housing needs is a shared responsibility between the individual and the government; and ilirwmg4 the St. Joseph County Region 2a Homeless Regional Planning Council, representing service providers and others, has recognized that issues involving the homeless require the partnership of both private and public entities to solve; and 91r, on October 22, 2018, the South Bend Common Council unanimously voted to re-zone the former Cutting Tools, Inc. building at 121 E. Tutt Street from light industrial to mixed use in order that it can be used as a Weather Amnesty Shelter starting on November 1, 2018, and operating to April 1, 2019; and • the Center for the Homeless in South Bend, Indiana has had 10 to 15 men in for winter amnesty since the start of November, according to Executive Director Steve Camilleri, who also stated that"a maximum of 15 occupants is limited by an occupancy permit;"and G in prior years before 2018, Life Treatment Centers, Inc.,has provided weather amnesty services for women in the City of South Bend, Indiana,but are no longer providing those services; and O in the year of 2017,the previous weather amnesty site, which was the former Kraz Construction Building at 211 W. Monroe St., was also late in meeting the weather amnesty starting date of November 1, 2017, as it opened its doors on Dec. 1. 2017; and • there was an unacceptable delay in opening a weather amnesty shelter this year until November 29, 2018, despite previous conditions of snow, freezing rain and temperatures falling into the teens as early as November 10, 2018; and O 4 the problem of homelessness is very difficult to resolve, but a private and public partnership to provide emergency shelters to protect lives during severe weather conditions does not require the same comprehensive solution as does the problem of homelessness; and Ofi.4 the function of a Resolution is to express the policy and/or intent of the Common Council. ora, grereAra le a r *tile Amman ((3a aizeitrize 9f grand indianati a6Jri/loaki: