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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4669-18 Weather Amnesty Resolution RESOLUTION No. 4661-18 Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana December 10, 20 18 Attest: City Clerk Kareemah N. Fow er Attest v President of Common Council Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana December 10, 20 18 . • _ - - - City Clerk Kareemah N. owter Approved and signed by me beam,6fir ` 20.I v . SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. 18-74 RESOLUTION NO. 4669-18 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 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 OfLaw, 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 types of housing is a shared responsibility between the individual and the government; and 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 Ofimeme, 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 Of‘pem, 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 GNB, 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 Ofiweem, in the year of 2017, one of the previous weather amnesty sites, which was the former Kraz Construction Building at 211 W. Monroe St., did not open its doors until December 1, 2017; and G,i there was an undesirable delay in opening a needed second 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 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 Ofimm, although the City of South Bend has increased its support for weather amnesty service providers over the past two years, as well as for other long-term solutions, it has not, does not currently, and does not intend, to provide direct services for the homeless or operate a weather amnesty shelter. Of y the City of South Bend opens emergency warming and cooling centers during emergency temperature conditions in coordination with the Emergency Management Agency of St. Joseph County ("Emergency Management"); and Off.., the function of a Resolution is to express the policy and/or intent of the Common Council. Woad, g ree�5xa oldAI mmaitincv1g/rlle 9f IiU na fnJ.iina, ady &ad: Section I. The City of South Bend will work with Emergency Management to define emergency temperatures and other emergency weather events. Section II. The City of South Bend will work with Emergency Management to identify, maintain and make known to its residents, places of shelter during severe weather, whether that weather be the result of heat, heat index, cold, wind chill or other life threating conditions such as tornadoes. Section III. If a Gateway or Intake Center, defined,in part,as a single-entry point into the system of care, linking homeless individuals with shelter, case management, and appropriate community services, is not operational by November 1, 2019, the City of South Bend will encourage service providers of weather amnesty that are supported by City of South Bend resources to meet the weather amnesty start date of November 1 by beginning the process as early as possible, no later than June 1, 2019, and will expedite all fire and building code inspections and permitting required by state, local or other entities to the maximum extent possible while still ensuring the safety of the building for occupancy and use. Section IV:That all community partners who are supported by the City of South Bend for the construction, leasing, and any other fees associated with operating a weather amnesty shelter in the City of South Bend, meet the expected timelines to commence the start and ending dates of the weather amnesty program. Section V: That representatives of local governments, including the City of South Bend, the City of Mishawaka, the St. Joseph County Council, the St. Joseph County Commissioners, and the local public schools, service providers, public safety officers, business representatives, officials in the criminal justice system, neighborhood advocates, academics, community members and all others, come together in the year of 2019, and thereafter to plan services for homeless populations, including the establishment of a Gateway or Intake Center and additional scattered-site,permanent supportive housing units and solutions to help housing instability. lift \ \` Tim Scott, Counci •resi•en South Bend Common Council Filed in Clerk's Office DEC 102018 KAREEMAH FOWLER CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN FrIESENTE._ L02-I 0 - (2 01 S (+)' APPRO'' CI510:ED (2-10-avt 8