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Home My WebLink About06_11_2024 City Council Agenda Item 8 II ° City of Tigard TIGARD Tigard Business Meeting —Agenda TIGARD CITY COUNCIL&LOCAL CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD MEETING DATE AND JUNE 11,2024-6:30 p.m.Business Meeting TIME: MEETING LOCATION: Hybrid-City of Tigard-Town Hall- 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard, OR 97223 -See PUBLIC NOTICE below PUBLIC NOTICE:In accordance with Oregon House Bill 2560,this will be a hybrid meeting where some Council, staff or public will participate in person and some will participate remotely. How to comment: •Written public comment may be submitted electronically at www.tigard-or.gov/Comments by noon the day before the meeting date. •If attending the meeting in person,please fill out the public comment sign-in sheet at the front of the room and come to the microphone when your name is called. •If you prefer to call in,please call 503-966-4101 when instructed to be placed in the queue.We ask that you plan on limiting your testimony to two minutes. •You may comment by video through the Teams app. Go to this link to learn how to participate by video: June 11,2024 Council Meeting (https://www.tigard-or.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/6332/372). Upon request,the City will endeavor to arrange for the following services: • Qualified sign language interpreters for persons with speech or hearing impairments;and • Qualified bilingual interpreters. Since these services must be scheduled with outside service providers,it is important to allow as much lead time as possible.Please notify the City of your need by 5:00 p.m.on the Thursday preceding the meeting by calling: 503-718-2419 (voice) or 503-684-2772 (TDD-Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf). SEE ATTACHED AGENDA VIEW LIVESTREAM ONLINE:https://www.tigard-or.gov/boxcast CABLE VIEWERS:The City Council meeting will be shown live on Channel 21 (1st Tuesdays) and Channel 28 (2nd& 4th Tuesdays) at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be rebroadcast at the following times on Channel 28: Thursday 6:00 p.m. Friday 10:00 p.m. Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday 11:30 a.m. Monday 6:00 a.m. 111 '" City of Tigard Tigard Business Meeting—Agenda TIGARD TIGARD CITY COUNCIL &LOCAL CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD MEETING DATE AND TIME: JUNE 11,2024- 6:30 p.m.Business Meeting MEETING LOCATION: Hybrid-City of Tigard-Town Hall- 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,Tigard,OR 97223 6:30 PM 1. BUSINESS MEETING A. Call to Order B. Roll Call C. Pledge of Allegiance D. Call to Council and Staff for Non-Agenda Items 2. PUBLIC COMMENT A. Follow-up to Previous Public Comment B. Tigard Area Chamber of Commerce C. Tigard High School Student Envoy D. Police Chief/Police Department Update E. Public Comment—Written F. Public Comment—In Person G. Public Comment—Phone-In H. Public Comment—Video 3. CITY MANAGER REPORT 6:45 p.m. estimated time 4. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION UPDATE-FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER 6:50 p.m. estimated time 5. CONSENT AGENDA: (Tigard City Council and Local Contract Review Board) The Consent Agenda is used for routine items including approval of meeting minutes,contracts or intergovernmental agreements.Information on each item is available on the city's website in the packet for this meeting. These items may be enacted in one motion without separate discussion. Council members may request that an item be removed by motion for discussion and separate action. A. ON-CALL SIGNAL&STREET LIGHT MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT CONTRACT B. PMP (PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM) PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE CHIP SEAL C. PMP(PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM) PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SLURRY SEAL • Consent Agenda-Items Removed for Separate Discussion:Any items requested to be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion will be considered immediately after the Council has voted on those items which do not need discussion. 6. BRIEFING ON RIVER TERRACE 2.0 COMMUNITY PLAN KICKOFF 7:10 p.m. estimated time 7. COMMERCIAL VACANCY DISCUSSION 7:30 p.m. estimated time 8. REDUCE HOUSELESSNESS: GOAL UPDATE 7:45 p.m. estimated time 9. PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT-RIVER TERRACE TOWN CENTER COMMUNITY PARK 8:30 p.m. estimated time 10. DISCUSS SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE FEES AND CHARGES AGGREGATE REPORT 8:45 p.m. estimated time 11. NON-AGENDA ITEMS 12. EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Tigard City Council may go into Executive Session.If an Executive Session is called to order, the appropriate ORS citation will be announced identifying the applicable statute.All discussions are confidential and those present may disclose nothing from the Session. Representatives of the news media are allowed to attend Executive Sessions,as provided by ORS 192.660(4),but must not disclose any information discussed.No Executive Session may be held for the purpose of taking any final action or making any final decision.Executive Sessions are closed to the public. 13. ADJOURNMENT 9:30 p.m. estimated time AIS-5476 8. Business Meeting Meeting Date: 06/11/2024 Length(in minutes): 45 Minutes Agenda Title: Reduce Houselessness: Goal Update Authored By: Kim Ezell Presented By: Strategic Initiatives Program Manager Ezell and City Attorney Rihala Item Type: Update,Discussion,Direct Staff Public Hearing No Legal Ad Required?: Publication Date: Information EXPLANATION OF ISSUE Council update of the Council Goal'Reduce Houselessness."The briefing includes the required bi-annual review of the Time,Place,Manner ordinance. ACTION REQUESTED The presentation reviews progress on the five strategies that the Council adopted for the Council Goal,'Reduce Houselessness". There are four specific policy questions where direction from the Council will help form houselessness-related workplans for the last six months of the year. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Dates of Previous and Potential Future Considerations This briefing continues the regular series of briefings updating the Council on the City's response to houselessness.If Council directs teammates to update Time,Place,Manner, then teammates will come back to Council with an ordinance. Public Involvement Teammates asked CHART for feedback on the staff recommendations for the Time,Place,Manner ordinance and CHART endorsed the proposal. Impacts (Community,Budget,Policies and Plans/Strategic Connection) This briefing is an update on progress to the Council Goal'Reduce Houselessness'. ALTERNATIVES&RECOMMENDATION Teammates recommend that Council direct staff to amend the Time,Place,Manner ordinance to prohibit camping on paved areas of City property and restrict community members from leaving belongings on City property for more than 48 hours. Council may endorse this recommendation or direct staff to an alternative. Teammates are interested in discussing Safe Rest Pod Villages in relation to the other services being provided now and into the future in Tigard. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Attachments Reduce Houselessness Goal Update City of Tigard Reduce Houselessness Goal Update =� "y 11 t�` 4' 12280 Council Presentation ion s ;,, v`; -. Just Resource CeCompasnter Resource Center June 11 , 2024 �„�, , _V : fir.. 0. a v. A. _ ' ,� r TIGARD l _ F- P rese nta tion objectives • Demonstrate progress made on Council Goal to Reduce Houselessness • Seek direction from Council on how to use resources for the next six months Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. T I G ARD Reduce ' /) s Houselessness Council Goal Desired Outcomes • Available transitional housing • Wrap around services secured through partners • City support to the business community to offset impacts II i • Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Reduce r)\' Houselessness Council Goal Identified Strategies 1 . Create transitional housing and secure wraparound services 2. Adopt a time, place, manner ordinance 3. Create grant programs to support businesses 4. Secure ongoing state funding 5. Provide Council with options for tenant protections Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Agenda 1 Create transitional housing and wrap around services 2 Adopt a time, place, and manner ordinance 3 Create grant programs to support businesses 4 Secure ongoing State funding 5 Provide Council with options for tenant protection 6 Policy considerations Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Shelter options in Tigard have expanded in the last 1 .5 years • Expanded to serve 70 families a night at Bridge to Home Family shelter •Also provides wrap-around services: food and clothing closets, case management, and more •Just Compassion expanding from a 20-bed shelter to a 60-bed shelter Adult shelter • Dedicated resource center space with expanded hours • Inclement weather shelter available • Opening Tigard's first location at City Hall later this year Safe Parking • Expanding to at least three locations in the next year and a half 'Ai I Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. "t "t D Safe Rest Pod Villages: Background Washington County has established three Safe Rest Villages in Cornelius, Aloha, and Hillsboro. Safe Rest Villages are managed by a shelter operator, Open Door and shelter 30 households. Established as a temporary solution as more permanent shelter capacity is constructed. Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. T I GARD Safe Rest Pod Villages: Background The Safe Rest village in Hillsboro will close later this year. The site is the location for Hillsboro's new year-round shelter. Washington County is interested is moving the Safe Rest village to SE Washington County Safe Rest Pod Villages are fully funded by Washington County s Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Policy Consideration: Safe Rest Pod Village Should Tigard explore partnering with Washington County to establish a Safe Rest Pod Village? Lier? • Should the City explore a Safe Rest Pod Village at the newly (- 0 acquired property on Hunziker rTh and Wall? N . . Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Agenda 1 Create transitional housing and wrap around services 2 Adopt a time, place, and manner ordinance 3 Create grant programs to support businesses 4 Secure ongoing State funding 5 Provide Council with options for tenant protection 6 Policy considerations Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. TIGARD — Camping and Time, Place, Manner: Background In July 2023 City of Tigard established rules about when, where, and how people may camp. • Time — Allowed between 7 p.m. and 9 a.m. • Place — Not prohibited on downtown City-owned property and limited other areas • Manner — Rules prohibiting some behaviors to keep public property maintained and available for public use Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Camping and Time, Place, Manner: Updates Portland • Proposed new public camping regulations • Focuses on the 'Manner' portion of the ordinance — no time or place restrictions • Encourages diversion over criminal penalties • Clarified the prohibition on camping for individuals with reasonable alternatives Beaverton • Aligning camp stove language with Tigard's adopted language Hillsboro • Updated rules to require 36" of space on sidewalks, in accordance with ADA • Prohibiting day-time use of designated camping sites P ■ Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Supreme Court: Johnson v. Grants Pass • Whether the enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. • City argued ordinances merely bar camping on public property by everyone • Appellants argue the laws effectively make it a crime to be homeless, which violates the Eighth Amendment • Comparison to Robinson v. California (1962): law criminalizing being a drug addict violated Eighth Amendment cruel and unusual punishment • Questions: • Is houselessness status or conduct? • Individualized determination of available shelter? • Does Oregon law even require the Court to decide the constitutionality? 111 Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. T I GAR Implementation: Enforcement . . ,. „.., , . :.. ...,4;t. ,.,• Tigard's Focused Patrol Officer has v. J '` '' �, ': ' `�` '_` engaged with campers daily and a '4 Y C • k" s l` ,, second officer enforces on the . , : ' „ y�� . F P O s days off _ .�--: = A _ • The City's priority is What You Should Know about Camping connecting folks with services and in Tigard educating about the rules ,..,;•rr_00 o},rrr.fiu»nar. ,bar, 4 ,, The City of Tigard is required by law to allow camping with reasonable time,place. • Very few campers have been and manner restrictions.These restrictions go into effect on July 1.2023. excluded from properties for It's important to remember that these ractr;nL,s,.,on„rarnrii Ir.ti,,.icoi.,«nnicci - repeated violations of ordinance. , s Tigard.:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. 'I A R" Implementation: Community Concerns • Library patrons regularly voice concerns about camping near the Library • Teammates continue to educate about Council's Goals, services in the 1.=''' '' - ' - community, and legal requirements of -- -- I:Amu —`- --:, 01 b, t ; - _L I. ---r•.-- H B 3115 animais _:i;`.I l i is 11 1- .,fr_i • The Library remains one of the few _t , ,. I !- indoor places people can spend �' `�'' : ^ - -- - ''y ..;•- p p p • their time without making a purchase . ■Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. T I a A R D Implementation: Accessibility • Some folks have been camping on City sidewalks, which is legal under the current code 11P- • This has created conflicts with 4 PeRMR _ // L community members trying to --• ,-ENTER access buildings and services ' • There have also been conflicts = °� ` . ,. between campers when there are = r r r 'better' places to camp ; ;- " '' Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD in Implementation: Belongings • Teammates and community members have observed belongings being stored on City property, sometimes for long periods of time • There are no current restrictions on belongings being stored on City '- - property 2iir i �.___._ s. �1 • Balance is required between different + fl [ �' L storage uses; ie using a bikerack space `--- - - �= 4. for the day, storing tents and - . backpacks, etc N . . Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD [— Policy Considerations: Time, Place, Manner Should Tigard explore a designated campsite, possibly at the newly acquired property? • Should the City expand prohibited camping0 areas to include all paved areas of City property? rftN0 Should the City create new restrictions that rTh limit storing belongings on City property to no more than 48 hours? Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. ''GGA12 Agenda 1 Create transitional housing and wrap around services 2 Adopt a time, place, and manner ordinance 3 Create grant programs to support businesses 4 Secure ongoing State funding 5 Provide Council with options for tenant protection 6 Policy considerations Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD _ Tigard Small Business Sustainability Fund Tigard partnered with the the Tigard Chamber of Commerce to establish a grant program. Small businesses can access reimbursement funds for: T I GA R D • Safety and security system upgrades CHAMBER OF COMMERCE • Marketing and PR Coaching • De-escalation training • Graffiti abatement audit Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Agenda 1 Create transitional housing and wrap around services 2 Adopt a time, place, and manner ordinance 3 Create grant programs to support businesses 4 Secure ongoing State funding 5 Provide Council with options for tenant protection 6 Policy considerations Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Ongoing funding secured at the Federal and County levels Federal earmark to hire one Community Service Officer to address houselessness .17 in the community. Washington County IGA to hire one O701ycOG Houselessness Liaison for SE Washington County. OREGO.' Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. T I G n R D Agenda 1 Create transitional housing and wrap around services 2 Adopt a time, place, and manner ordinance 3 Create grant programs to support businesses 4 Secure ongoing State funding 5 Provide Council with options for tenant protection 6 Policy considerations ■ Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. r I GAR D Tenant Protection policy conversations continue Schuyler Warren has led the tenant protections briefings. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ There have been three total with the ■ ■ latest one last fall. ■ ■ �� ■ ■ Another briefing will be scheduled for ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ later this year. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ � Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. T I G A RD Agenda 1 Create transitional housing and wrap around services 2 Adopt a time, place, and manner ordinance 3 Create grant programs to support businesses 4 Secure ongoing State funding 5 Provide Council with options for tenant protection 6 Policy considerations . Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Policy Considerations 1 . Safe Rest Pod Village 2. Designated Campsite 0 IV 3. Camping on Pavement r0 4. Belongings on City Property r-wft) Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. TIGA RD Policy Consideration 1 : Safe Rest Pod Village Should Tigard explore partnering with Washington County to establish a Safe Rest Pod Village? 0 Should the City explore a Safe Rest Pod Village at the newly acquired property on Hunziker and Wall? 11 . , Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Policy Consideration 2: Designated Campsite Should Tigard explore aty? designated campsite, possibly at the newly acquired0 property? r- C) 111 rTh Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. T I G A R D Policy Consideration 3: Camping on Pavement Should the City expandLv prohibited camping areas to • include all paved areas of City0 property? rTh Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD Policy Consideration 4: Belongings on City Property Should the City create newIle? restrictions that limit storing belongings on City property to0 no more than 48 hours? (- 0 rTh N I " Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy, and accessible for everyone. TIGARD ,► . ` I .4 s• A-,44k. -.....,...,,, Thank ou 7.`-.••-•74,4:." . ,!"„..A...-.,...".'.--_. by r`• ' _ — •ImusessommmilliiiillilibliiiiN11110161dr - L......_111157:2ftisie { ffr 12280 ` V IV.0 ,..-.., -A'..?,; Ts r '~ rC fir' 4r big _ � , � �.� 1, `� ram,_ _ 3 ? 1�y11�.i� Y. ri t :, -..�Fn ig TIGARR Tigard Investment Set Council Goal to Reduce Houselessness Hired Program Manager to lead houselessness response Updated Time, Place, Manner Hiring CSO and IGA funded positions Invested $1 M in Family Promise hotel Created Business Sustainability Fund with Beginning Safe Parking program purchase Chamber of Commerce Early 2023 Late 2023 Looking ahead ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Mid-2023 Early 2024 Created Focused Patrol Officer position Received federal earmark for CSO dedicated Established Time, Place, Manner guidelines to houselessness response New public porta-potties and trash cans on IGA with Washington County to hire city property Program Coordinator for houselessness response I Tigard:An equitable community that is walkable, healthy,and accessible for everyone. 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