TO: HONORABLE MAYOR FROM: Councilmember Arjun Batra
AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: June 5, 2023
Approved Date June 5, 2023
SUBJECT: CITY INITIATIVES ROADMAP: RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
COMMUNITIES SUPPORTIVE PARKING AND EMERGENCY INTERIM HOUSING
RECOMMENDATION
1) Accept the staff report on site identification with the following modifications:
a. Amend item (b) as follows: Evaluate and pursue, if advantageous to the City, the Via Del Oro and San Ignacio Avenue site for a philanthropic donation of leased land and buildings for Emergency Interim Housing;
b. Conduct a cost-benefit analysis of the Via Del Oro site and present it for Council approval to pursue.
i. The analysis shall include the costs for providing enhanced cleanup services in a one-mile radius of the perimeter of the site. ii. The analysis shall also explore innovative solutions to provide individual bathrooms in each movable cabin.
2) Accept the five recommendations from the June 6th memo made by Mayor Mahan, Vice Mayor Kamei, Councilmember Cohen, and Councilmember Foley.
DISCUSSION
• A goal of the above recommendations are to make the EIH sites more welcome by the local residents rather than being rejected by the neighboring communities. • The privately owned land at the Via Del Oro site will be evaluated for a new model of utilizing movable cabins for Emergency Interim Housing. • However, before pursuing the site, the results of a cost-benefit analysis should be presented to Council for approval.
• There is no disagreement that the areas inside the EIH sites are well-maintained, however, the community reports the surrounding areas experience blight. • The analysis shall include the costs for providing enhanced cleanup services in a one- mile radius of the perimeter of the site, leaving the cleanliness of the surrounding area at the same level or better than before the EIH was established in the region.
COUNCIL AGENDA: 06/6/23
FILE: 23-842
ITEM: 8.4
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
June 6, 2023 Agenda
Item 8.4 – City Initiatives Roadmap: Recreational Vehicles Communities Supportive Parking and Emergency Interim Housing
• The site should be advantageous to both the future EIH residents as well as the existing residents in the neighborhoods in the immediate vicinity of the EIH. • As the “off the grid” movable cabins are designed, explore innovative solutions to provide individual bathrooms in each cabin, while mitigating the expenses associated with plumbing and other infrastructure needs.
• Examples of innovative solutions for bathrooms in movable cabins include removable cassette toilets and other innovations developed by the RV industry.