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Housing and Homelessness Committee
April 25, 2022
Pallet Shelters Update and Emergency
Housing Alternatives
OFFICE OF HOMELESS SOLUTIONS
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2 TEMPORARY EMERGENCY HOUSING ALTERNATIVES
• Presented options to City Council on
December 17, 2019
PRODUCT # OF
BEDS
START-UP
COSTS
OPERATIONS TOTAL COST
Tuff Shed Cabins (20) 20 $369,280 $1.3 million $1,369,280 Pallet Shelters (20) 20 $495,680 $1.3 million $1,495,680 Sprung Structure (1) 125 $677,459 $1.3 million $1,677,459 1 2
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3 JANUARY 21, 2020, CITY COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS
• Determined that the minimum 70 square feet recommended floor area for single occupancy and minimum 120 square feet recommended floor area for double occupancy for emergency sleeping cabins significantly delays the city’s ability to move people out of harsh climates and safely into shelter with an accelerated timeline and is counterproductive to the City Council’s intent in declaring crisis; • Directed staff to prepare an ordinance to amend Section16.34.040 of the Riverside Municipal Code to decrease the minimum number of square feet of interior space for single occupancy emergency sleeping cabins to 64 square feet for single and double occupancy;
• Directed staff to prepare an ordinance to amend Section 16.34.040 of the Riverside Municipal Code to decrease the minimum number of square feet of interior space for single and double occupancy sleeping cabins to 64 square feet; RiversideCA.gov
4 JANUARY 21, 2020, CITY COUNCIL ACTION ITEMS
• Directed staff to prepare a resolutio n directing the Planning Division and Code Enforcement Department not to pursue any violation complaints related to the placement or occupancy of emergency housing units on Designated Publ ic Facilities property until the Riverside Municipal Code, Section 16.34.040 is amended; • Directed staff to submit a copy of an updated ordinance to the California Buildings Standards Commission (BSC); and
• Approved an accelerated timeline to deploy emergency sleeping cabins to be operational by January 31, 2020, if possible, or shortly thereafter.
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5 PALLET SHELTERS
• During COVID-19 pandemic, 30 pallet shelters were
installed at 1901 Massachusetts
• Total project cost: $781,100
• Annual operations: $1,220,060
• Served 134 individuals over a 12-month period
• Cost to serve each client: $9,105
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6 PALLET SHELTER FIRE
1. February 5, 2022: four pallet shelters were damaged by a fire incident
2. Building Official, Fire Departmen t, General Services and arcologica (architect) met to address life safety requirements
a. Architect to re-design site and send a draft plan with the following items:
1) Egress gates to be added to north and southside of fence enclosing the pallet shelters
2) Gates to have panic hardware and exit signs
3) ‘No parking’ striping to be added to site at egress gates 4) All asphalt mounted shelters are to be re-spaced to have 10’ clearance in all directions
5) All mounted (ADA compliant shelters) are to have fire sprinklers added. b. Fire alarms need to be hard wired.
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7 PALLET SHELTERS REPLACEMENT/RECONFIGURATION
• Reduce pallet shelters from 30 to 22, including 4
ADA units
• Total project cost: $452,394
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8 EMERGENCY HOUSING ALTERNATIVES
OPTION ACTIVITY ESTIMATED
COST
DESCRIPTION
1 90 new pallet shelter units
(Non‐congregate shelter)
$2,326,100 This option would replace the
existing Pallet Shelter Program
offsite and increase the bed
capacity by 68 pallet shelters. This
project would provide a minimum
of 90 shelter beds and 180 shelter
beds at full capacity.
2 Rehabilitation of an existing
building for a permanent
shelter (Non‐congregate
shelter)
$4,295,137 This option would replace the
existing Pallet Shelter Program
and require the acquisition of an
existing building to be
rehabilitated to provide 90
permanent shelter beds.
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9 EMERGENCY HOUSING ALTERNATIVES
OPTION ACTIVITY ESTIMATED
COST
DESCRIPTION
3 New Construction of an
Emergency Shelter facility
(Congregate shelter)
$7,570,600 This option would replace the
existing Pallet Shelter Program
and require the acquisition of
vacant land and the
construction of a new building
for 90 bed emergency shelter.
4 Sprung Structure
(Congregate shelter)
TBD At the time of submitting this
report, staff was researching
t h ec o s to ft h i so p t i o n .S t a f f
will provide a verbal update
during the committee meeting.
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10 COST EVALUATION UNDERWAY
Options 1 through 4 will require property acquisition.
Staff is currently reviewing the City’s list of properties available for surplus and privately owned properties
on the market for sale and operation costs for each
of these options
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11 STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Envision Riverside 2025 Strategic Plan Priorities
Cross-Cutting Threads
#2 Community Well-Being
Community Trust
Equity
Fiscal Responsibility
Innovation
Sustainability &
Resiliency
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12 RECOMMENDATIONS
That the Housing and Homelessness Committee:
1 . R e c e i v ea nu p d a t eo nt h eP a l l e tS h e l t e r sa n d emergency housing alternatives; and
2. Direct staff on which emergency housing options to
pursue and return to the Housing and Homelessness
Committee with final budgets for those options.
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