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File ID: 2023-00862 6/27/2023 Discussion Item 2.
Weather Respite Activation Criteria [Oral Report]
File ID: 2023- 00862
Location: Citywide.
Recommendation: Review and provide further comment regarding weather respite criteria.
Contact: Nick Golling, Homeless Services Manager, (916) 808-7816, [email protected], Department of Community Response Presenter: Nick Golling, Homeless Services Manager, (916) 808-7816, [email protected], Department of Community Response Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On March 1, 2022, Council passed a motion to rescind Resolution No. 2021-0058 and establish Respite Centers with weather criteria throughout the City. These criteria include the following opening thresholds:
Cold Weather:
1. Nighttime lows of 37 degrees or lower for two or more days within a five-day span; or
2. Rain for two or more consecutive days (forecast 60% or more); or
3. One day or night of rain combined with nighttime lows of 32 degrees or lower.
Hot Weather:
1. Publication of a National Weather Service (NWS) Heat Advisory. An NWS Heat Advisory is issued within 12 hours of the onset of extremely dangerous heat conditions.
The general rule of thumb for this Advisory is when the maximum heat index temperature is expected to be 100° or higher for at least 2 days, and nighttime air temperatures will not drop below 75°.
File ID: 2023-00862 6/27/2023 Discussion Item 2.
These criteria are separate and distinct from State and County Office of Emergency Services Severe Weather Emergency Plans which are monitored by our City’s Office of Emergency Services. Respite Center opening thresholds are monitored by the Department of Community Response.
Policy Considerations: Not applicable.
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
Environmental Considerations: This report is not a project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). As there is no potential for this oral report to result in a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change, this report does not qualify as a “project” under CEQA. (See CEQA Guidelines 15378(a).) Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: An oral update was presented to City Council on May 30, 2023 as informational. This item allows for further comment and discussion to take place along with the June 27, 2023 Homeless Workshop. This is a discussion item only and will be brought back to City Council for direction at another date.
Financial Considerations: Not Applicable.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not Applicable.