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The homeless encampment at 23rd and MLK has grown significantly over the past few months. It used to be somewhat tolerable, but it has truly gotten out of hand. Every night and day there is music and loud conversations and yelling. There’s so much trash from this encampment taking over the sidewalks. And you can’t even walk on the sidewalks for two blocks on a busy street because of the tents. This must be taken care of.
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I when to the Northgate Block Meeting on 3/15/18. Our council member Lynette McElhaney who represents our District 3 was present. She explains that within a year to 1-1/2 year a fenced in "Northgate Community Cabin" site is going to be constructed on 27th & Northgate which was the old Mercedes Benz lot. It will be "semi-supervised". It will have 25 - 8 foot cabins, two to a cabin. In all this site will house 50 people. Each person has a 3 month term, then they must leave. Meanwhile, social services will try to get them support and jobs. Admission to this site is strictly voluntary. My belief is that the "hard core campers" will probably not want this. Moreover, I not convinced that the support of social services will make much difference especially for drug addicts. Getting jobs for these people is idealistic but I doubt that they are employable. After their short 3 month term has expired, are they going to be back into our streets? In all, I think this is a good start but we have to wait a year or so just to see what impact this will have on our neighborhood in which we live. Meanwhile, indirectly they are saying for now that we must endure.
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The cabin community will include bathrooms and wash facilities, organized storage, and regular
garbage containers with weekly pickup. Residents will sign a three month lease term, self-select
a roommate and be given private keys to their units. The idea is to create as much autonomy as
possible. This freedom will hopefully translate to a greater sense of belonging and community
engagement. That being said, the cabins will have a 24 hour manager, no visitors past 8pm, and residents will be expected to participate in regular community meetings. Sanitation concerns will be
addressed daily and since the cabins are behind gates the hoarding of personal belongings
including bikes will be prohibited. Illegal dumping by contractors who hire homeless to unload
their trucks onto the streets near the tents will be drastically reduced. Additionally, drug sales,
human trafficking, and other illegal activity will be strictly enforced. However, residents will not
be required to be sober. The point is to have an extremely low barrier to services to provide
access to as many people as possible. Addiction and mental health concerns can then be
addressed by professionals in a safe environment. Work programs will offer $50 gift cards in
exchange for 4 hours of street cleaning in surrounding neighborhoods.
After the cabins open, all tent camping will be prohibited in and around the Zone. Police and
Public Works will provide daily enforcement in the Zone. Realistically though, Lynette knows
that many unhoused residents will find new places outside the Zone to set up a tent. The hope
is that by maintaining a strategy of enforcement, each newly forming camp Zone will get their
own community cabins as needed."
Need to Go, This word for word copied and pasted from the Minutes of the Meeting not edited or paraphrased.
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