Homelessness Solutions Task Force
July 8, 2021
Youtube Auto-Generated Transcript – see https://youtu.be/ns4RsoquMmI 

Call to Order, Introductions & New Members – Chief Spalding
Mayor’s Welcome
Senator Wyden Roundtable — Amy Baker
Countywide Liaison Position Update — Susan Prettyman
Filling Empty Bellies / Beacon Clubhouse Updates — Osarch
Helping Hands — Program Updates — Mike Davis
2021 Legislative Session — Geoff Spalding
Roundtable

Call to Order, Introductions & New Members – Chief Spalding
hour:minute:second
https://youtu.be/ns4RsoquMmI?t=17 
0:00:17	all right
0:00:18	uh mayor looks like you're there as well
0:00:21	so
0:00:21	um it looks like we have a good group
0:00:24	here
0:00:25	uh let's see make sure can everybody
0:00:28	hear me maybe a couple head nods
0:00:31	okay all right great let me just change
0:00:34	my
0:00:34	view here i'm trying to figure out how
0:00:36	to do that okay there we go now i've got
0:00:37	my gallery view
0:00:39	okay well good morning everybody and uh
0:00:41	thank you all for being here um
0:00:44	the mayor and i talked about this the
0:00:47	other day we were a little concerned
0:00:48	about having a summertime meeting and
0:00:50	figured we might not have a lot of
0:00:51	turnout but we also have a lot of good
0:00:53	things going on so we did a compromise
0:00:55	here
0:00:56	and with a couple conflicts that we have
0:00:58	we felt let's at least
0:00:59	have a short shortened version meeting
0:01:02	for an hour
0:01:03	and that way we can get some quick
0:01:05	updates on some projects so we don't
0:01:07	lose any momentum
0:01:08	so um that's why the uh slightly
0:01:12	shorter meeting here so um
0:01:15	anyway so with that being said i'm going
0:01:17	to do a
0:01:18	quick um introduction of
0:01:22	two of our newest members not so new i
0:01:25	know susan prettyman you've
0:01:27	uh been with us uh i think you were
0:01:29	towards the end of the last meeting but
0:01:31	you are an official member of the
0:01:34	meeting the mayor has blessed you so if
0:01:36	you maybe just like to say a quick word
0:01:38	and what your role is there at cca
0:01:41	sure um so my name is susan crittiman
0:01:44	and i'm the social services manager
0:01:46	class of community action
0:01:48	so that means i oversee any of the
0:01:51	programs that our social services
0:01:54	division runs
0:01:55	and then i oversee all of our housing
0:01:57	programs
0:01:58	housing case managers administrative
0:02:01	assistants
0:02:02	homeless liaisons and our community
0:02:04	resource desk
0:02:05	specialists great well thank you
0:02:08	appreciate that
0:02:09	and um our next newest member is no
0:02:13	stranger to anybody but former
0:02:15	counselor jessamine west who uh now is
0:02:18	the
0:02:19	i believe that the title is interim
0:02:20	director of the adhda so
0:02:22	uh jessamine i i feel funny calling you
0:02:25	jezebel as opposed to counselor but i
0:02:27	gotta get used to that so
0:02:28	if you would like to say a couple things
0:02:30	well as long as i can always call you
0:02:32	chief
0:02:33	hi everyone it's a lot of familiar faces
0:02:36	on here it's really good to be back
0:02:38	wearing a slightly different hat today
0:02:41	but really looking forward to
0:02:43	working with the city again in this
0:02:45	group and my new role
0:02:47	as chief spalding said interim director
0:02:50	of the
0:02:52	adhda and um yeah
0:02:55	it's just good to be here thanks for
0:02:56	inviting me back
0:02:58	all right great to have you thank you so
0:03:01	i'm just going to go down the roster
0:03:03	real quick and just to make sure that i
0:03:05	have everybody
0:03:06	here some of you i can see so it'll be
0:03:08	obvious it'll be a quick check
0:03:10	uh kate allen are you here
0:03:14	okay amy
0:03:18	okay hopefully amy's going to join here
0:03:21	oh you know what i
0:03:22	think i need to let her in the room here
0:03:23	so
0:03:26	got to get used to that
0:03:29	okay amy uh i see you just joined us
0:03:32	here so
0:03:33	i'm marking you down so um
0:03:36	theresa barnes i see you uh
0:03:39	jonah are you there i'm here okay thanks
0:03:44	mike davis i'm here okay
0:03:47	uh sean
0:03:52	i thought i saw sean sign in oh there
0:03:54	yes
0:03:55	i'm here okay and how's your root canal
0:03:58	go
0:04:00	[Music]
0:04:04	all right well well thank you good good
0:04:07	all right
0:04:07	it feels fine but the job the body or
0:04:10	all right we won't make you talk too
0:04:12	much today uh
0:04:14	kenny i see you um jen holland
0:04:18	are you online
0:04:22	okay jared
0:04:26	uh arlene i do see you
0:04:29	uh melissa
0:04:33	okay viviana i know is out um
0:04:36	lisa from public health
0:04:40	okay see it's great uh oz i see you
0:04:43	uh how about uh jan peter from riverfolk
0:04:48	okay uh susan obviously uh david reed
0:04:52	i knew he might have a conflict uh
0:04:55	counselor raqqa i do see you
0:04:58	i'm here brooke i see you
0:05:00	[Music]
0:05:02	monica icu terry
0:05:06	were you there okay
0:05:10	and uh raven i wasn't sure if you're
0:05:12	there or not
0:05:15	and counselor west okay um so
0:05:18	thank you for uh bearing with me for
0:05:20	that part uh mayor would you like to do
0:05:24	you're welcome
Mayor’s Welcome
https://youtu.be/ns4RsoquMmI?t=325 
0:05:25	yeah i'll just tell everyone thank you
0:05:26	for coming today and we have several
0:05:28	important topics
0:05:30	uh to get updates on i look forward to
0:05:33	those
0:05:33	and um let's get on with it
0:05:37	alrighty so i i trust that everybody
0:05:40	had a chance to review the minutes from
0:05:42	the last meeting and as always uh megan
0:05:44	we really appreciate you helping out
0:05:45	with the minutes
0:05:46	and if there's someone here i'd like to
0:05:48	make a motion to approve the minutes
0:05:49	from the last meeting
0:05:52	still moved mayor
0:05:56	and how about a second second
0:06:00	counselor any discussion
0:06:02	[Music]
0:06:04	okay all those uh signify uh approval by
0:06:07	uh
0:06:07	just either raising your hand or saying
0:06:09	aye
0:06:12	okay any opposed okay motion carries
0:06:16	thank you
0:06:18	all right so um many of us had an
0:06:21	opportunity there today to attend the
0:06:23	round table with senator wyden here with
0:06:25	uh
0:06:26	community leaders uh with uh amy baker
0:06:29	as was there i had an opportunity to be
0:06:31	there our mayor was there and several
0:06:33	others from our community were there so
0:06:35	i asked amy if you could give a little
0:06:37	recap on the event since uh
0:06:39	clearly it was uh focused on mental
0:06:42	health and
0:06:43	in part on some homelessness topic so i
0:06:45	mean you could
Senator Wyden Roundtable — Amy Baker
https://youtu.be/ns4RsoquMmI?t=409 
0:06:49	take over yeah thank you chief spalding
0:06:53	um so we met with uh
0:06:56	senator wyatt last friday
0:07:00	he had uh
0:07:04	read the opb article related to the
0:07:07	the gearheart police chief's declaration
0:07:10	that they would not be responding to
0:07:12	mental health calls
0:07:13	and wanted to come visit our community
0:07:16	specifically about that
0:07:18	um and so the county helped pull
0:07:21	together
0:07:22	uh uh some of the stakeholders that he
0:07:24	was hoping would be
0:07:25	involved in the roundtable and
0:07:29	and uh so basically senator wyden
0:07:32	uh has his own experience uh with the
0:07:36	mental health system due to a
0:07:38	family member of his so it's an issue
0:07:39	that's near and dear to his heart
0:07:42	and he and other um
0:07:46	uh a bipartisan group of folks really
0:07:49	wanted to
0:07:50	sponsor a cahoots bill which
0:07:53	i don't know if you're all familiar with
0:07:54	the hoots model probably a lot of you
0:07:56	are
0:07:56	the coot's model is out of lane county
0:07:59	and it's
0:08:00	it's been in place since the 1970s it
0:08:02	was set up by white bird
0:08:05	really initially as a way to address
0:08:08	public intoxication and homelessness
0:08:12	anyway it the program has grown over the
0:08:14	years and
0:08:16	they uh in cases that that
0:08:19	don't don't involve any kind of safety
0:08:23	risks they are the
0:08:24	primary responders to those situations
0:08:27	and
0:08:28	uh 9-1-1 in lane county dispatches the
0:08:31	cahoots
0:08:32	um they have a little coats fan and it
0:08:35	involves a mental health professional
0:08:37	and a paramedic um and they
0:08:40	um they respond to the calls directly
0:08:44	uh uh and about 30
0:08:47	of the time it ends up involving law
0:08:48	enforcement anyway
0:08:51	and we've had conversations in our
0:08:52	community about whether that particular
0:08:54	model would work for us
0:08:56	i think um i think
0:08:59	that uh so so anyway we were able to
0:09:03	talk about that at the
0:09:05	at the round table i think
0:09:08	the the good news for me is that senator
0:09:10	wyden
0:09:11	understood that you can't take a model
0:09:14	that works in one area
0:09:15	and apply it broadly across all the
0:09:18	different areas that
0:09:19	that you really have to have the
0:09:21	flexibility to adapt
0:09:23	to the the needs of the community
0:09:27	and from my perspective
0:09:31	i think there are many situations that
0:09:34	we could intervene with
0:09:36	uh had we if we had more staffing than
0:09:38	what we currently do
0:09:40	that wouldn't necessarily involve law
0:09:42	enforcement uh but i think
0:09:45	you know given some of the some of the
0:09:47	challenge that
0:09:48	challenges that we face the the model
0:09:50	that uh
0:09:52	like if we were to get increased funding
0:09:54	the model that we would
0:09:56	um like to have happen is more of a
0:09:59	co-response with law enforcement
0:10:01	meaning a mental health professionals
0:10:04	are going out with
0:10:05	law enforcement and depending on what
0:10:07	the situation is kind of depends on who
0:10:09	responds to it
0:10:11	um so anyway so there was a lot of
0:10:14	discussion
0:10:15	about that and having the the
0:10:18	flexibility to adapt
0:10:19	the model to to our community and then
0:10:22	also the you know the significant issue
0:10:26	of
0:10:27	uh simply not having enough housing in
0:10:30	this county
0:10:31	um and that that while we could have a
0:10:35	mobile crisis team that's going to
0:10:36	respond to situations if people don't
0:10:38	have a place to go
0:10:40	um it's really hard to resolve a crisis
0:10:43	like that's part of what's creating the
0:10:45	crisis is people not having a place to
0:10:47	go so the
0:10:49	so the the the
0:10:52	mobile i mean having mobile uh sorry
0:10:55	having mental health professionals
0:10:57	respond to crisis situations is great
0:11:00	and it's only one part of the solution
0:11:02	that we need to have
0:11:04	um we need to have more housing options
0:11:07	more permanent supported housing and
0:11:09	then also
0:11:12	more options of places for people to go
0:11:14	when they are in crisis
0:11:17	so that's that's uh that's my takeaway
0:11:19	and i don't know if other folks who were
0:11:21	there have anything that they want to
0:11:23	add to that mayor do you have anything
0:11:26	you'd like to add to that
0:11:31	[Music]
0:11:32	uh that's a pretty good summary i um i
0:11:35	did make the additional comment to the
0:11:37	senator that i
0:11:38	wanted to be sure that
0:11:41	rectifying the gaps in funding for
0:11:44	mental health
0:11:45	care and treatment and addressing
0:11:47	housing issues did not come at the
0:11:49	expense of our local
0:11:51	law enforcement and there's a baseline
0:11:54	funding required to maintain our police
0:11:57	uh force our police department in
0:12:00	astoria at what it is to provide basic
0:12:02	services and you can't just you know cut
0:12:04	two police officers
0:12:05	to fund another issue
0:12:08	and then still be able to maintain a
0:12:10	fully staffed
0:12:11	patrol force that we have right now
0:12:14	so those funds are critically important
0:12:17	and they need to get identified
0:12:20	yeah thank you mayor monica did you have
0:12:23	anything you'd like to add
0:12:26	i would just add that i think that we
0:12:29	also did a good job of communicating
0:12:32	to the senator that you know rural and
0:12:35	urban
0:12:36	issues are different and one
0:12:39	component that we have in our rural
0:12:41	community that is vital and
0:12:43	is helping us through this crisis
0:12:47	is that we work well together and we
0:12:49	communicate regularly with one another
0:12:52	and we have those relationships
0:12:55	that that makes trying to move this
0:12:58	forward
0:12:59	to to find a solution be successful
0:13:02	and you know i think that it's
0:13:05	easier when you're in a small community
0:13:07	because we can have meetings such as
0:13:09	this
0:13:09	or we have other meetings that involve
0:13:12	a lot of community stakeholders on a
0:13:14	monthly basis as well
0:13:15	that i think when you're in those larger
0:13:17	urban communities you
0:13:19	you just can't bring people to the table
0:13:21	in the same way as we're able to do
0:13:22	and so um helping them understand uh
0:13:26	our partnerships that are our positive
0:13:30	partnerships
0:13:33	yeah and and i would definitely uh agree
0:13:36	with that you know and and
0:13:37	that was a loud and clear theme is our
0:13:40	our relationships that we have and that
0:13:42	we can get so much more done when we're
0:13:43	all on the same page and we're working
0:13:45	together we may not always be in 100
0:13:47	agreement but we're always working
0:13:48	together
0:13:49	and the senator heard that loud and
0:13:51	clear and that's definitely
0:13:53	been something that's been important to
0:13:55	to all of us that are
0:13:56	involved in this um you know uh the
0:13:59	mayor touched on a little bit too as far
0:14:01	as the
0:14:02	somewhat of the elephant in the room and
0:14:04	the conversation about you know the
0:14:05	defund the police piece of it you know
0:14:07	and
0:14:07	and from day one i i've always said the
0:14:10	defund part that i do agree with
0:14:12	um you know i never would look to reduce
0:14:14	our department staff but at the same
0:14:16	time
0:14:17	i would very much support any additional
0:14:19	resources
0:14:20	that would reduce the amount of calls
0:14:22	that the police department has to
0:14:24	respond to
0:14:25	that can be better handled by our social
0:14:27	service partners you know especially
0:14:29	individuals dealing with uh in a mental
0:14:31	health crisis or experiencing
0:14:32	homelessness and some of those that were
0:14:34	not always as well equipped to handle so
0:14:37	definitely welcome any additional
0:14:39	resources along those lines which would
0:14:41	reduce our calls and
0:14:42	allow us to spend more time on some of
0:14:44	the other crises that we have to deal
0:14:47	with on a daily basis
0:14:49	did i miss anybody in the room
0:14:52	that have either any questions or
0:14:56	something you'd like to add that you may
0:14:57	have heard about the conversation
0:15:03	if i could i just i just um
0:15:06	i don't know maybe you all have like
0:15:08	thought about this more than i have but
0:15:09	um uh mayor ballen seifer
0:15:13	uh uh talked a lot about the
0:15:16	the challenges and we know this because
0:15:18	of the housing study but the challenges
0:15:20	that we
0:15:20	face because of the fact that we're a
0:15:23	tourist destination and that so many of
0:15:26	the
0:15:26	the housing options that we have have
0:15:28	been um
0:15:30	uh purchased as like second homes and
0:15:32	vacation rentals
0:15:34	and um and for me like personally it was
0:15:37	really
0:15:39	it was it was refreshing to hear about
0:15:42	that because it's
0:15:43	i mean we know it's we know it's a
0:15:45	problem but there doesn't really feel
0:15:46	like there's a
0:15:48	venue to discuss that and i think each
0:15:50	each city approaches it differently but
0:15:52	i guess part of my question would be
0:15:56	is it is it i mean is it possible to
0:15:59	pull the cities and the county
0:16:00	together to talk about like a potential
0:16:03	solution
0:16:04	as it relates to so much of our housing
0:16:07	being
0:16:08	being um uh designated to
0:16:11	to or i'm not designated it's being
0:16:13	bought like it's kind of beyond all of
0:16:15	our control
0:16:16	but do we have any do we have any
0:16:19	ability to
0:16:21	shift that or affect that as
0:16:24	um as uh as cities and
0:16:28	the county so that's i guess that's a
0:16:30	that's a question
0:16:37	go ahead
0:16:40	uh amy one thing we did in warrenton is
0:16:43	we've limited the number of
0:16:46	bed and breakfast in our area to try to
0:16:48	preserve some of that housing
0:16:49	i didn't know if you're aware of that or
0:16:50	not but we set up a boundaries and
0:16:53	maximum limits and who's enrolled who's
0:16:54	not i think your heart has also
0:16:57	i don't know about seaside but that's
0:16:58	one of the things steps we took to try
0:17:00	to prevent
0:17:01	so many of the housing being sucked up
0:17:03	for bed and breakfast which are highly
0:17:05	profitable
0:17:05	to be honest but anyway that was one of
0:17:08	our steps thank you
0:17:11	in in astoria we've prohibited whole
0:17:13	homes from being rented out as vacation
0:17:16	you know short-term rentals um and
0:17:19	although there's some
0:17:20	enforcement violations that we try to
0:17:22	catch that's not a large number
0:17:24	the bigger problem in astoria is just
0:17:26	the second homes people
0:17:27	lots of homes are being bought up by
0:17:29	people with no intention of moving here
0:17:31	it's just a second home and
0:17:32	i have inquired through our city
0:17:34	attorney about what could be done about
0:17:36	that and apparently
0:17:37	you know legally is it would be very
0:17:40	very challenging
0:17:42	to prohibit people from buying a home
0:17:45	that and that um that they aren't going
0:17:47	to live in full-time it's just
0:17:48	uh i i don't think apparently that can't
0:17:51	be done
0:17:54	can we tax the heck out of it
0:17:58	yeah i asked that question too and that
0:18:00	apparently is problematic as well
0:18:01	i'll ask again just to make sure there's
0:18:03	not something new in the works
0:18:05	i would i would love if something could
0:18:07	happen at the state level that
0:18:09	instead of each city having to come up
0:18:11	with their own
0:18:12	um rules that would then be challenged
0:18:15	in court
0:18:15	it would be great if at the state level
0:18:18	there was something done
0:18:19	that would that would allow cities to uh
0:18:22	to impose
0:18:23	at least impose a tax on on homes being
0:18:27	used as a second home that could go into
0:18:28	a housing fund
0:18:33	from the county's perspective we're
0:18:36	continuing to have ongoing conversations
0:18:38	about it about 50
0:18:39	of our short-term rentals are located
0:18:42	in the falcon cove arch cape area in the
0:18:45	um very
0:18:46	southern portion of the county and the
0:18:48	other 50 is out in the lewiston park
0:18:51	for not 50 but but then we also have
0:18:53	some in the highlands area as well as in
0:18:55	lewis and parking hands river
0:18:57	so it's ongoing conversations that we
0:18:59	continue to have and
0:19:00	one area that i know continues to be
0:19:04	discussed at both aoc
0:19:06	and loc and in the at the state level
0:19:10	is the the ability and it doesn't
0:19:14	necessarily help
0:19:15	with that housing situation but i know
0:19:18	from
0:19:19	a perspective of being able to use the
0:19:22	transit room taxes that are collected
0:19:24	being able to shift how those funds are
0:19:27	able to be used so that more of it can
0:19:29	go
0:19:29	towards law enforcement because
0:19:33	oftentimes those tourists who come to
0:19:35	our community
0:19:36	create a burden on law enforcement from
0:19:39	either
0:19:39	public intoxication or just various
0:19:43	issues that get created
0:19:45	by those people coming here to visit
0:19:48	and i would add mental health to that
0:19:50	too that our our calls typically go up
0:19:52	by about 30 percent during uh
0:19:54	during the tourism tourism season
0:20:00	didn't i just had a quick question on
0:20:02	that topic monica you might know the
0:20:04	answer but didn't senator johnson
0:20:06	try to introduce legislation i feel like
0:20:10	a few
0:20:11	at least a few years ago regarding being
0:20:14	able to redirect some of the transient
0:20:16	lodging taxes
0:20:17	into things like affordable housing and
0:20:20	mental health um i just i remember
0:20:23	seeing that and i
0:20:24	i don't recall that it ever got any
0:20:26	traction
0:20:27	in the legislature yeah i don't recall
0:20:30	that it did either
0:20:32	i know that it has been on a on an
0:20:35	annual basis they do try to take it up
0:20:38	this last go-around i think it was
0:20:41	commissioner bartleiner down in
0:20:43	tillamook county
0:20:44	who was really pushing to again try and
0:20:47	it's a 70 30 split so when you pay your
0:20:50	transient room taxes 70
0:20:52	is going to promote tourism and so
0:20:54	trying to shift some of that so that way
0:20:57	you know maybe it's a um 40
0:21:00	goes to promote tourism and sixty
0:21:01	percent can go towards
0:21:03	um the the the burdens that it puts on
0:21:06	the infrastructure in place for having
0:21:08	all of those tourists come so but it
0:21:10	it continues to be um something that
0:21:13	comes up but doesn't gain
0:21:14	much traction on an annual basis
0:21:17	thank you
0:21:20	all righty um well good discussion and
0:21:24	uh good meeting with senator white and
0:21:25	so i
0:21:26	appreciate the opportunity to have a
0:21:28	voice there
0:21:30	so next up is uh susan is going to
0:21:33	reintroduce one of our liaisons and
0:21:35	introduce the other liaison and talk a
0:21:36	little bit about how the program's going
0:21:37	and some highlights and anything else
0:21:39	you'd like to talk about susan so you're
0:21:41	up
Countywide Liaison Position Update — Susan Prettyman
https://youtu.be/ns4RsoquMmI?t=1302 
0:21:42	perfect thank you um so cca has hired
0:21:45	two homeless liaisons to help support
0:21:48	clatter county and sheltered residents
0:21:53	they offer wraparound services they
0:21:55	offer personal care items
0:21:57	information referral to help our
0:21:58	homeless community and work their way
0:22:00	towards self-sustainability
0:22:02	so most recently they have been
0:22:04	providing outreach services
0:22:06	to help placer county public health in
0:22:08	cca
0:22:09	in our effort to vaccinate the
0:22:11	unsheltered in the county
0:22:13	so cheryl paul who's been with us since
0:22:15	april
0:22:17	and she was most recently with astoria
0:22:19	warming center
0:22:21	she has a deep rooted knowledge of the
0:22:23	unsheltered within our community
0:22:25	she's working very hard to gain trust
0:22:28	and to build relationships with the
0:22:29	clients she's encountering so far
0:22:32	and our newest homeless liaison is jody
0:22:34	anderson
0:22:35	she actually works at the astoria
0:22:38	warming center as well
0:22:40	she's a talented hair stylist and she's
0:22:42	been offering
0:22:43	free haircuts at all of our vaccination
0:22:45	events too
0:22:47	um i would say that homeless liaisons
0:22:50	really are
0:22:51	boots on the ground so they're offering
0:22:53	direct
0:22:54	services to one of the most vulnerable
0:22:57	populations that we see
0:22:59	in our county and more importantly
0:23:03	they're offering
0:23:05	hope a sense of hope to clients who are
0:23:09	in a rather hopeless situation so
0:23:12	they both are here today and they both
0:23:15	have had some amazing successes so far
0:23:17	so i want to just hand it over to them
0:23:19	for a quick moment so they can let you
0:23:20	guys know
0:23:21	what they have been up to
0:23:29	are we here you are up
0:23:33	hi everyone um hi
0:23:36	cheryl jody welcome to here
0:23:40	this is jody anderson um
0:23:44	[Music]
0:23:46	um so thankfully we've got jody on board
0:23:50	so i have a
0:23:51	partner out there we can go out and be
0:23:53	um like
0:23:54	susan said that's on the ground um
0:23:58	i thought maybe just kind of um telling
0:24:01	you a day a recent day
0:24:02	you know what we did um a lot of times
0:24:05	in the morning we'll check in
0:24:06	at knight street park see how it's going
0:24:09	um we've been talking to them a lot
0:24:11	about keeping it clean
0:24:12	which right now it looks very clean
0:24:16	um we take the water
0:24:19	we um
0:24:23	like someone needed help um with their
0:24:25	food stamps so we made the phone calls
0:24:27	you know to get that going
0:24:31	we did meet a young person in the park
0:24:33	who was fleeing domestic violence
0:24:36	and um had founders
0:24:39	themselves um homeless
0:24:42	and um we were able to help her get the
0:24:44	paperwork done get into an apartment
0:24:47	get some energy assistance we delivered
0:24:51	food to
0:24:51	her we've been picking up food boxes
0:24:55	to deliver to newly housed people
0:24:57	because
0:24:58	um that transition from the street to
0:25:01	housing is
0:25:02	it's not an easy one i mean um there's
0:25:05	definitely a transition that takes place
0:25:07	um so we try and make that transition as
0:25:10	easy as possible so
0:25:11	they hopefully can remain housed um
0:25:14	let's see
0:25:15	then we checked on
0:25:18	a unsheltered person who um is suffering
0:25:20	from mental illness
0:25:22	and um we check with this person on a
0:25:25	regular basis make sure to make sure
0:25:27	their
0:25:28	you know basic needs water
0:25:30	[Music]
0:25:32	hygiene products things like that are
0:25:35	taken care of
0:25:36	and making sure if
0:25:39	this person's been asked to move from
0:25:41	the area you know
0:25:43	kind of backing up you know what the
0:25:45	police have told them
0:25:47	helping them facilitate that um
0:25:50	we look forward to meeting with you um
0:25:53	chief spalding
0:25:54	and we've met with the seaside chief of
0:25:56	police we've gone out a few times for
0:25:59	um situations where he's needed our or
0:26:02	wanted our assistance
0:26:04	um we did meet with the chief police in
0:26:06	warren
0:26:08	and visit um some of the camps in the
0:26:11	woods
0:26:11	that are going to be forested pretty
0:26:14	soon and so the people need to move
0:26:16	before before it's all cut down um
0:26:20	kind of a basic day in the life and
0:26:23	um let jody chime in here and
0:26:26	tell you how she feels like it's going
0:26:32	um that's probably all i have for today
0:26:36	but um questions or um
0:26:38	[Music]
0:26:40	comments and i have to hear them
0:26:43	daryl do you have stats on how many
0:26:46	unsheltered
0:26:47	clients have moved into housing since
0:26:49	you started
0:26:50	um we we've been able to assist at least
0:26:54	five um get the um
0:26:58	you know get the paperwork get the
0:27:03	funding um the energy assistance
0:27:07	and like i said that and help them with
0:27:09	that transition from the street to
0:27:10	housing so
0:27:11	um we have five and um
0:27:14	a few of them are well-known long-term
0:27:17	long-term
0:27:18	in-house people we've had here in town
0:27:20	and um
0:27:21	so that was very exciting i've heard
0:27:24	that part's exciting
0:27:25	and um
0:27:26	[Music]
0:27:28	you know now it comes to finding the
0:27:31	place
0:27:32	yeah no um you know finding the actual
0:27:34	place for them to go
0:27:36	so um but yeah
0:27:39	getting people that i personally or
0:27:42	we've personally known for years that
0:27:43	have been on the streets
0:27:44	into some places it feels good
0:27:48	can you let me know um if
0:27:51	you are all still working down in
0:27:54	seaside i believe it's on 12th street
0:27:56	regarding
0:27:58	several rvs is that situation
0:28:02	have you been able to everybody loves
0:28:03	that story mechanical
0:28:05	mechanical on um when we very first
0:28:09	started
0:28:10	uh when i very first started before joey
0:28:12	had joined us um one of the girls here
0:28:14	from cca
0:28:15	would go out with me that was our first
0:28:17	call was to go out the street was full
0:28:20	um and so we just we
0:28:23	knocked on doors and we worked with
0:28:25	everyone we
0:28:29	some people moved on their own others um
0:28:32	took a lot of a lot of hoops we've done
0:28:34	through a lot of hoops
0:28:36	um we were able to get it down to one rv
0:28:39	um they're still
0:28:43	unfortunately they're still there you
0:28:45	check with them on a regular basis
0:28:47	and
0:28:48	[Music]
0:28:54	there really honestly is no place for
0:28:56	them you know they need to find an open
0:28:58	place to go um now
0:29:01	yesterday while we were there there is
0:29:03	one that has returned
0:29:04	um but what happens is
0:29:07	um they were able to get into a park
0:29:10	where they can stay
0:29:11	three weeks and be out one week so the
0:29:14	second one that's there has returned but
0:29:16	it's only
0:29:17	it's out this is a tweet now it's week
0:29:20	out
0:29:21	three weeks in one week so this is
0:29:23	they're on their one
0:29:24	week out right
0:29:27	but um yeah i mean it was a street fold
0:29:31	and we got it down to one so that felt
0:29:33	pretty good and
0:29:34	um we i mean
0:29:38	we we wrestled cats
0:29:41	we got someone into an assistant living
0:29:44	we um
0:29:45	you know we there was a lot a lot of
0:29:48	components
0:29:49	to giving getting those folks off the
0:29:51	mechanic home but
0:29:53	yesterday there were two one like i said
0:29:56	is temporary
0:29:57	the other one is one of the originals
0:29:58	and still something we're working on
0:30:02	um rick
0:30:06	i'm sorry jeff just so the rest of the
0:30:08	group knows i had a
0:30:09	friend that wanted to stay at an rv park
0:30:12	because they had a trailer
0:30:13	and at campers west it was 650 a month i
0:30:15	didn't think nothing people were aware
0:30:17	how high the rents are at trailer parks
0:30:19	now
0:30:19	and so that puts a lot of people out of
0:30:21	the out of the puddle
0:30:23	at 650 a month which to me is a
0:30:25	ridiculous amount for
0:30:26	a piece of dirt basically so that's i'm
0:30:29	sorry i don't mean to insult campers
0:30:30	west at all they should get as much as
0:30:32	they can but
0:30:32	i thought that was an awful lot um
0:30:36	650 we're learning is like kind of the
0:30:38	um off season there's some of them that
0:30:40	are much higher for the these three
0:30:42	months right now
0:30:43	um 650 is like kind of the going rate
0:30:46	and um then there's you know
0:30:50	summer rates that are that are higher
0:30:52	than that 650
0:30:56	is one of the lower ones
0:30:59	well and and just to give a little bit
0:31:01	of context to that if you
0:31:03	are an individual with mental illness
0:31:05	and you're living
0:31:06	on uh ssdi your income per month is
0:31:10	somewhere around between
0:31:11	800 and 900 a month so
0:31:14	if 650 will buy you a plot of land
0:31:19	um that helps explain why it is that we
0:31:22	have met so many folks with serious
0:31:24	mental illness who are now
0:31:26	uh having to live on the streets um
0:31:30	one more and that's definitely anything
0:31:32	to it a factor and
0:31:35	we have learned so much about rvs um
0:31:39	there is a lot um if they're older
0:31:43	um the parks won't take them um
0:31:47	some parks are they need to be within
0:31:50	the last 10 years they need
0:31:51	to be 2010s or um
0:31:55	or above to stay in the parks um
0:31:58	if after a certain age they're not
0:32:00	insurable
0:32:01	then they're not after they're not
0:32:03	insurable then they're not
0:32:04	ready you can't register them then of
0:32:06	course you can't drive them and they're
0:32:08	not allowed to come into a park unless
0:32:09	they're registered
0:32:11	um so um
0:32:14	i mean besides the cost there's many
0:32:17	other reasons that are keeping these old
0:32:19	mobile homes and trailers and stuff
0:32:20	out of the parks and a lot of them just
0:32:23	don't take them because they're too old
0:32:39	thanks a lot uh cheryl and jody i'm
0:32:41	really glad that you're both here we
0:32:42	spent a long time waiting for
0:32:44	these positions to come and you're
0:32:47	already making
0:32:48	big difference obviously so thank you
0:32:52	yeah we we definitely appreciate it and
0:32:54	cheryl and jody i look forward to
0:32:55	meeting with you
0:32:56	guys um the one question i do have right
0:32:59	now have you
0:32:59	guys ever gone into a situation where
0:33:01	you really didn't feel comfortable and
0:33:03	you felt like you needed some assistance
0:33:07	no i think in the only situation where
0:33:10	there may have been
0:33:11	um an issue whereas when we went into
0:33:14	the camps out in warrenton
0:33:16	between um kia and ocean crest and we
0:33:19	had escorts
0:33:20	we were escorted in by um weren't in pd
0:33:25	so yeah well i i hope you'll
0:33:28	continue to know that you know please
0:33:30	reach out if you have any
0:33:32	level of discomfort at all so um that's
0:33:35	important and i know you
0:33:36	have some little safety devices for the
0:33:39	rest of the members the group here
0:33:40	know that you guys have that too as a
0:33:42	kind of an emergency
0:33:44	call type thing and uh so that's that's
0:33:47	good that you're equipped with that so
0:33:50	well thank you guys and uh look forward
0:33:52	to uh meeting you in person
0:33:57	okay so uh next we have
0:34:00	oz who's gonna give us an update on uh
0:34:03	filling empty bellies and beacon
0:34:04	clubhouse
0:34:09	uh hello everyone um were you gonna
0:34:11	share your
0:34:12	share of the screen so i could i have i
0:34:14	have uh
0:34:16	some slides i'd like to share with
0:34:17	everyone
0:34:19	yeah let's see here um let me
0:34:25	do that let's see share screen
0:34:39	[Music]
0:34:48	uh go ahead and try oz and see if uh it
0:34:51	comes up
0:34:52	i think i did all right if it i i have
0:34:55	it up now can any can anybody see
0:34:58	okay then i didn't do it right um let's
0:35:00	see
0:35:02	them we mute
0:35:11	[Music]
0:35:14	can somebody tell me where the little
0:35:16	button is to allow i have my share
0:35:18	screen button but it
0:35:20	the only other option it's giving me is
0:35:21	for multiple participants to share
0:35:24	um that's the right one you want
0:35:26	multiple participants
0:35:28	okay all right
0:35:31	um oz try again see what happens
0:35:35	i have it up on my screen now is uh
0:35:40	anyone see it
0:35:44	not yet
0:35:48	uh let's see if there's something i'm
0:35:50	missing here
0:35:51	did i you did press your share screen
0:35:54	button right oz
0:36:00	in order for oz to share his slides he's
0:36:02	got to press his button
0:36:03	there we go okay there we go
Filling Empty Bellies / Beacon Clubhouse Updates — Osarch
https://youtu.be/ns4RsoquMmI?t=2167 
0:36:07	that was my bad okay here we go
0:36:14	all right can everyone see that yep
0:36:17	okay so we have some exciting news
0:36:22	uh we've secured a building um
0:36:27	[Music]
0:36:33	okay yeah so we've we've secured a
0:36:35	building downtown 1040
0:36:37	uh commercial street it's where the old
0:36:40	capricorn building was
0:36:42	and uh we're going to be restructuring
0:36:44	filling empty bellies um and for those
0:36:46	of you that don't know i am the
0:36:47	executive director for filling empty
0:36:48	bellies
0:36:49	i took over as a director in
0:36:53	june of 2020 um and
0:36:56	we're going to be restructuring filling
0:36:58	empty bellies renaming it
0:36:59	lifeboat services um and we're going to
0:37:03	be
0:37:03	uh start opening up a big time
0:37:05	navigation center
0:37:07	we're going to be sharing a space with
0:37:08	uh the beacon clubhouse
0:37:11	um let's see i'll read this stuff
0:37:16	okay so affiliate belly has began the
0:37:17	search for a building uh
0:37:19	uh to open the drop-in center in 2018.
0:37:22	[Music]
0:37:27	uh the fundraising effort was entitled
0:37:29	project hand up the year-long search
0:37:31	ended because the building owners were
0:37:33	unwilling to rent to the organization
0:37:35	based on the population being served
0:37:38	feeling empty bellies continued to offer
0:37:41	services
0:37:41	out of the back of cars and
0:37:43	philanthropies was founded
0:37:45	as many of you know in 2014
0:37:48	by cory buck and incorporated by
0:37:51	aaron carlson uh in 2018
0:37:55	um and i took over uh like i said in
0:37:58	2020
0:37:59	i used to eat meals with millionaire
0:38:01	bellies i i've been on the streets
0:38:02	before um
0:38:04	i've lived on a boat i've been in i've
0:38:07	been into jail i've been
0:38:09	to prison i i've owned three businesses
0:38:13	so i i've lived a lot of life and i i
0:38:15	know what it feels like from
0:38:17	all aspects at this point um from the
0:38:20	street on
0:38:21	up uh and i'm just i'm very excited that
0:38:24	we're finally
0:38:24	moving forward with this uh vision of a
0:38:27	drop-in center
0:38:31	um the beacon clubhouse for those of you
0:38:33	that don't know is a pro
0:38:34	program of nami currently um
0:38:38	aaron carlson opened the clubhouse in
0:38:40	june of 2020
0:38:42	for adults navigating mental illness
0:38:45	and with let's see
0:38:49	uh the clubhouse is a referral base
0:38:51	member-led
0:38:52	advocacy skills training job and
0:38:55	housemate placing
0:38:56	placement enrichment and socialization
0:38:59	for adults navigating diagnosis and
0:39:01	diagnosed mental illness
0:39:02	um we have uh more than several units oh
0:39:05	also something i forgot to mention
0:39:07	uh not only am i the executive director
0:39:09	of philanthropists i am the
0:39:11	staff generalist i took over after
0:39:15	cheryl left us
0:39:18	so our units include our an art unit
0:39:21	culinary
0:39:21	where we we do meals once a day
0:39:26	the art unit we do tie-dye we do uh
0:39:29	painting
0:39:29	uh knitting i mean it's just whatever
0:39:32	our participants are interested in we
0:39:33	try to
0:39:34	engage them in environmental services
0:39:38	which is you know
0:39:39	clean up and we do a well we do wellness
0:39:41	we do yoga
0:39:43	sometimes uh once a week it just depends
0:39:46	on
0:39:46	when our yoga instructor is available
0:39:48	and one of our members
0:39:50	loves to do yoga here lead yoga classes
0:39:54	as well
0:39:55	special projects we do holiday baking
0:39:58	clubhouse
0:39:58	those holiday meals with filling empty
0:40:01	bellies
0:40:02	and it also has a clothing closet and a
0:40:04	coffee cart that takes out
0:40:07	on fridays to 9th street and around town
0:40:11	we have 50 referrals 35 active members 2
0:40:14	paid staff
0:40:15	poor volunteer
0:40:19	feb and making clubhouse partnership
0:40:24	so we
0:40:27	will be now the beacon clubhouse and
0:40:29	philadelphia valleys have partnered to
0:40:31	share
0:40:31	a two-level building in downtown astoria
0:40:35	each program is going to have its own
0:40:37	entrance locked
0:40:39	you know so that they are completely
0:40:40	separate there there will be
0:40:44	people can't go back and forth i mean
0:40:46	because the beacon clubhouse
0:40:47	is a um member only
0:40:51	organization um
0:40:52	[Music]
0:40:54	feb will be renamed as lifeboat uh we
0:40:57	can clubhouse will
0:40:58	become a program of lifeboat spinning
0:41:00	off from nami organ
0:41:01	uh filling up your bellies will we will
0:41:03	continue our meals meal program under
0:41:05	electrical services as well as expanding
0:41:07	services
0:41:08	to open the daytime navigation center
0:41:11	[Music]
0:41:14	daytime navigation service service
0:41:16	vision
0:41:17	showers laundry advocacy hypnos
0:41:20	phone wi-fi computers charging stations
0:41:23	clothing closet emergency rental
0:41:25	assistance potential partners
0:41:27	co-located workers uh homeless liaison
0:41:30	cbh we you know we want to reach out to
0:41:32	all of these organizations to
0:41:34	help us all come together and try to
0:41:37	accomplish
0:41:38	because we're trying to accomplish the
0:41:39	same goal cvh caseworkers therapists
0:41:42	ras public health nurses
0:41:46	our advocates and we're going to
0:41:48	continue our holiday meals and
0:41:51	expand some some more health advanced
0:41:54	haircuts job fairs etc
0:41:58	um program funding sources the vegan
0:42:02	clubhouse
0:42:02	in the last 12 months uh it's been uh
0:42:06	funded by nami oregon oregon community
0:42:09	foundation collins
0:42:11	foundation oregon health authority um i
0:42:13	mean
0:42:14	you can also you can see all of the the
0:42:16	funders that we have under our belt but
0:42:17	i think so many of these
0:42:18	bellies might be missing a couple there
0:42:20	that have helped to fund us
0:42:22	but between the two organizations we've
0:42:24	brought brought in over
0:42:26	uh between two and two hundred fifty
0:42:29	thousand dollars
0:42:30	um we filling empty bellies have secured
0:42:33	this
0:42:33	the space we've paid a full year of rent
0:42:36	up front um and we have it secured
0:42:39	for three years after
0:42:43	with also the option to purchase
0:42:48	making clubhouse will be moving into in
0:42:50	in the first week of august and the
0:42:52	navigation center
0:42:53	will be opening gradually we need to get
0:42:56	all our ducks in a row we have some
0:42:57	construction we need to do
0:42:59	and uh we need to reach out to all of
0:43:01	you and
0:43:02	um see however you guys want to get
0:43:04	involved and um
0:43:06	how we can make this all happen uh if
0:43:09	you have any questions feel free to
0:43:10	reach out to
0:43:11	myself um or aaron at these email
0:43:15	addresses
0:43:16	matt does anyone have any questions
0:43:19	[Music]
0:43:22	i have a question if i may this is roger
0:43:24	rocca i just
0:43:26	i i want to understand your your
0:43:28	structure
0:43:29	are are you going to be open to everyone
0:43:31	or is there a
0:43:32	a selection process or how do you how do
0:43:35	you do that
0:43:36	so uh the filling empty bellies
0:43:40	with the navigation center will be open
0:43:43	to everyone
0:43:44	um and that's that will be that will
0:43:46	happen in the lower level
0:43:48	of the two-level uh building um and it
0:43:52	will be
0:43:52	the vision that we've we've looked um
0:43:55	look to
0:43:56	look to uh accomplishing um
0:44:00	since 2018 where people will be able to
0:44:02	come in well
0:44:03	we're going to do a meal pay once once a
0:44:06	day
0:44:07	and then people will be able to come in
0:44:08	and use the computers to apply for jobs
0:44:11	social security and uh all of the above
0:44:14	and
0:44:15	um clothing closet and i'm working on
0:44:18	getting an
0:44:19	shower installed there um
0:44:22	there's yeah we're going to do laundry
0:44:24	haircuts and we want to reach out to all
0:44:26	the
0:44:26	other local organizations and have them
0:44:28	come and co-locate you know like have
0:44:29	the homeless hazelnuts come in
0:44:31	and check in with the people and we want
0:44:33	to expand all these services
0:44:35	county-wide uh we we also have a uh
0:44:39	a mobile resource van that's actually in
0:44:41	the shop right now
0:44:42	once it gets out of the shop i'm gonna
0:44:44	outfit in
0:44:46	that van with a future employ
0:44:49	drive employee that can drive it out to
0:44:52	um
0:44:53	expand to the rest of the county to be
0:44:55	able to touch space in the remote areas
0:44:57	to
0:44:57	serve lunches to i want to put a
0:44:59	computer um
0:45:01	in in the van i want to you know have
0:45:03	some basic
0:45:04	toiletries and all that kind of stuff
0:45:08	just to be able to reach out to those
0:45:10	who can't come in to us
0:45:15	i have a question um do you did you have
0:45:18	a sense of when
0:45:19	um the shower and laundry is going to be
0:45:21	starting up
0:45:22	i think as most of you guys know the the
0:45:24	warming center's been doing that um
0:45:25	doing showers and clothing stuff three
0:45:27	days a week so we could definitely
0:45:29	you know we don't want to be redundant
0:45:30	in our services you can definitely send
0:45:32	people your way also congratulations
0:45:33	that's awesome news
0:45:36	thank you um so the shower the showers
0:45:39	won't happen right away uh we will
0:45:40	definitely
0:45:41	keep you posted and let you know about
0:45:44	about all of that um i
0:45:46	i have an appointment this friday with a
0:45:48	contractor um
0:45:49	to give me an estimate i've already
0:45:50	gotten an estimate that was made to the
0:45:53	owner and we
0:45:53	was approved through the city um a few
0:45:56	years ago
0:45:57	but we just have to you know have an
0:45:59	estimate done again so
0:46:01	i don't really can't really tell you
0:46:02	exactly when that's going to start
0:46:04	um as far as the laundry services we're
0:46:07	going to continue our partnership
0:46:09	um with the mini mart
0:46:12	so that's going to that's going to cont
0:46:14	that's going to be an ongoing thing
0:46:16	and then on top of that we want to have
0:46:18	uh
0:46:20	washers and dryers on site um and
0:46:23	again that one i don't know like we're
0:46:25	going to we're going to open this thing
0:46:26	up
0:46:26	slowly because we don't want to just
0:46:28	jump into it and then
0:46:29	say wait oh we should have done this and
0:46:31	i want to i want to talk to some of you
0:46:33	guys out there
0:46:34	too to see if you have any suggestions
0:46:36	if you want you know
0:46:37	you want to come come and take a look
0:46:39	look at the site
0:46:41	and see if you can help us out or yeah
0:46:45	awesome all right nell did you have a
0:46:49	question or was that just a thumbs up
0:46:57	just a thumbs up thank you okay thank
0:47:00	you
0:47:01	oz uh do you have a do you guys keep
0:47:04	track
0:47:04	of some kind of record of like successes
0:47:06	and uh
0:47:07	and you have like a maximum term that
0:47:09	somebody can stay with you and as
0:47:11	giving them a goal towards um you know
0:47:14	turning things around
0:47:17	um i can email you some uh some of our
0:47:20	stats and
0:47:21	and that but we are in the infancy
0:47:25	of creating our program guidelines
0:47:29	for the drop-in center itself um
0:47:31	immediate almost immediately
0:47:32	the beacon clubhouse will open and that
0:47:34	is the members only
0:47:36	it's it's it's the next step after
0:47:38	people get stable
0:47:39	in housing and they they're they want to
0:47:42	reintegrate into society but not they're
0:47:43	not quite there yet
0:47:45	you know they can't it's they can come
0:47:47	in for job skills training
0:47:49	we can go out and do on the job training
0:47:52	with them
0:47:53	um yeah there's a lot of good stuff in
0:47:55	the in the works there but
0:47:57	the the feeling empty bellies we can we
0:47:59	can talk
0:48:00	more about that if you have uh more
0:48:01	questions on that later
0:48:03	sure yeah i was just more curious how it
0:48:05	differed from helping hands
0:48:06	and so um it's that i mean
0:48:09	different model but yeah yeah yeah yeah
0:48:12	i mean we like we don't we don't have
0:48:14	but
0:48:14	we we aren't offering housing to them
0:48:16	that's the main
0:48:18	main difference uh yeah and also it's a
0:48:22	going to be a low barrier so i mean we
0:48:24	definitely aren't going to be a
0:48:26	level to allow people that are extremely
0:48:27	toxic intoxicated into the building but
0:48:29	if they come in just they smell like
0:48:31	alcohol we'll feed them
0:48:33	you know we're not good it's it's lower
0:48:36	barrier than
0:48:36	uh helping hands for sure gotcha
0:48:40	okay any final questions for us
0:48:45	all right oz i appreciate the update and
0:48:46	uh good progress so that that's uh good
0:48:49	news so thank you
0:48:50	thanks for listening yeah absolutely uh
0:48:53	i know ron maxted wanted to talk a
0:48:55	little bit about an update on
0:48:56	opportunity village but i don't see that
0:48:58	he signed in so maybe he wasn't able to
0:48:59	make it
0:49:01	has anybody heard from ron um
0:49:04	i participated in the last meeting
0:49:08	and i don't know if theresa also has
0:49:10	some information
0:49:12	in regards to the work that he's doing
0:49:14	with astoria warming center
0:49:18	but they're continuing to work on um
0:49:22	trying to form a non-profit or get under
0:49:24	the umbrella of the astoria warming
0:49:26	center non-profit
0:49:28	and um he still is trying to
0:49:32	uh find a location that might be a
0:49:34	viable
0:49:35	option to put the um
0:49:38	the pallet homes and and get a
0:49:42	get a sample or a i don't know if the
0:49:45	sample is the right word
0:49:46	um but get a pilot one built so that way
0:49:49	people can see
0:49:50	uh what it looks like um i did send
0:49:54	him um there's an area that he is
0:49:56	interested in
0:49:58	out back behind the primark
0:50:02	center in shiloh area kind of over in
0:50:05	warrenton
0:50:06	i did send him some information on that
0:50:08	a lot of that is made up of wetlands
0:50:10	and so that would be a challenge and
0:50:13	then it's got a multitude of different
0:50:15	property owners
0:50:16	and so he's continuing to to try and
0:50:19	figure out a
0:50:20	viable location and then get that
0:50:22	non-profit
0:50:23	status under underway
0:50:27	all right thanks monica i appreciate you
0:50:29	covering that
0:50:31	okay um mike davis would you like to
0:50:33	give us a i know you said you'd like to
0:50:35	give us a quick helping hands update
Helping Hands — Program Updates — Mike Davis
https://youtu.be/ns4RsoquMmI?t=3037 
0:50:37	yeah sure thanks for having me um just
0:50:39	wanted to let everyone know real quick
0:50:41	that
0:50:41	uh our astoria location is running um
0:50:45	pretty much at capacity right now um our
0:50:48	men's
0:50:49	floor is full and we're actually running
0:50:51	some people through our program
0:50:53	out of the short-term emergency shelter
0:50:57	and our women's floor we do have some
0:50:59	space still for people so
0:51:01	as you're coming across folks please
0:51:04	consider
0:51:04	us give us a call to refer someone over
0:51:09	to us
0:51:10	and lastly we've dropped all of our
0:51:13	covid
0:51:13	uh screenings that we have had and um uh
0:51:17	were no longer requiring masks on site
0:51:20	so
0:51:20	that's all i've got for today
0:51:24	hi mike any questions of helping hands
0:51:29	and jody i will offer if you'd like to
0:51:31	come out for a tour and
0:51:33	see our program and get more information
0:51:34	if you're not familiar with us please
0:51:36	reach out we'll be happy to get you set
0:51:37	up
0:51:38	i just have a quick question mike when
0:51:40	you say at capacity do you mean that
0:51:42	normal capacity or is there still some
0:51:44	sort of covered limitation capacity
0:51:47	uh we're at normal capacity now on the
0:51:49	inside yeah
0:51:53	okay thanks mike
2021 Legislative Session — Geoff Spalding
https://youtu.be/ns4RsoquMmI?t=3117 
0:51:57	so we've got
0:52:00	about five minutes left so i'm gonna go
0:52:03	through this part real quickly on some
0:52:06	of the legislative updates
0:52:08	first off can everybody see the screen
0:52:13	okay see a couple head nods so this last
0:52:16	legislative session was interesting uh
0:52:18	on many fronts but there was several
0:52:21	um bills that were introduced that had
0:52:23	something to do with homelessness
0:52:25	and there was uh at least four that i'm
0:52:28	aware of that
0:52:29	um i believe were passed two or three
0:52:32	for sure
0:52:33	um i don't want to spend too much time
0:52:35	going through all of these if you have a
0:52:37	specific interest in any one of these
0:52:39	you can look them up online or i'm happy
0:52:43	to send out the information on these i
0:52:45	have
0:52:46	a kind of an executive summary that was
0:52:48	done through
0:52:49	my chiefs association that gives some
0:52:52	detail so i'm happy to send that out to
0:52:53	anybody that's interested
0:52:55	i will briefly talk about two of these
0:52:58	that will
0:52:59	impact um what we do here in the police
0:53:02	department and will be of interest to
0:53:04	people in the in the
0:53:05	community or in our committee um
0:53:09	one of them was house bill 3115
0:53:12	and so this one basically let me back up
0:53:15	here
0:53:15	um basically codifies
0:53:18	the ninth circuit decision that was done
0:53:21	a couple of years back in martin versus
0:53:23	boise and this is the one that
0:53:25	um said that we can't you know law
0:53:28	enforcement in general
0:53:29	can't criminalize the act of being
0:53:31	homeless and it's a right for people to
0:53:33	sit lie
0:53:34	keep warm and dry in outdoor public
0:53:36	spaces um
0:53:38	the there was another ninth circuit
0:53:39	decision that followed this one that
0:53:42	this was a martin versus grant's pass
0:53:44	and that was more recent
0:53:46	and that's the one that said that you
0:53:47	cannot issue citations for people
0:53:50	to camp because it's cruel and unusual
0:53:53	punishment if they don't have the
0:53:55	ability to pay
0:53:56	so the oregon law center brought forward
0:53:59	this bill
0:54:00	believing that there would be an appeal
0:54:03	on one of the other two court decisions
0:54:04	so this
0:54:05	basically memorializes
0:54:08	components of both of those court
0:54:10	decisions and
0:54:12	makes them law this particular one the
0:54:14	house bill 3115
0:54:16	technically doesn't go in effect until
0:54:18	july of 2023 because it's designed to
0:54:21	allow cities to modify their ordinances
0:54:23	to accommodate certain acts
0:54:27	what this one my understanding of what
0:54:30	this one does it's a fairly long bill
0:54:31	and i really haven't done a deep dive
0:54:33	nor have i
0:54:34	spoken with the attorneys of any great
0:54:36	length on this but
0:54:39	this one does give individuals a right
0:54:41	to
0:54:42	again keep warm and dry what that means
0:54:45	is
0:54:45	open to some interpretation does that
0:54:47	mean a sleeping bag or does that mean a
0:54:49	tent
0:54:50	so we're still working through some of
0:54:52	this and we have some time but you know
0:54:55	as far as we're concerned in astoria we
0:54:57	want to you know
0:54:58	kind of figure this out sooner than
0:54:59	later um
0:55:01	however we are still getting lots of
0:55:03	calls about people in tents and sleeping
0:55:05	outdoors and camping and those types of
0:55:07	things so
0:55:08	this this will in all likelihood have
0:55:10	some impact on what we do
0:55:12	um but the other piece of this
0:55:14	legislation too
0:55:15	is it it's tied to
0:55:20	whether or not the city has other
0:55:22	available places that somebody can go
0:55:24	if the city doesn't have other places
0:55:26	that somebody can go it that's where it
0:55:29	tells law enforcement that you can't
0:55:31	enforce the
0:55:32	camping component and so that's
0:55:34	something obviously that the city will
0:55:36	be looking into
0:55:37	and more to come on that
0:55:40	the other one um this one's pretty
0:55:43	lengthy and again
0:55:44	i have to kind of go through and sort
0:55:46	sorted out
0:55:47	what this means for us this one is the
0:55:50	removal of homeless from established
0:55:52	camping sites and giving notice
0:55:55	the notice time has increased from 24
0:55:58	hours to
0:55:59	72 hours this really is not much of a
0:56:02	change for us because even when we were
0:56:04	enforcing uh overnight camps we were
0:56:08	posting them for 24 hours but generally
0:56:10	speaking we were giving at least
0:56:11	72 hours after we notified our social
0:56:14	service agencies to to help the
0:56:16	individual
0:56:17	move along so that part really won't
0:56:19	have much of an impact on us
0:56:20	there are quite a few provisions in here
0:56:23	uh that
0:56:24	deal with property storage and um
0:56:27	you know this is an area that's been a
0:56:29	real challenge for us
0:56:31	rick i believe you're on the line and
0:56:33	you and i have had some conversations on
0:56:35	this and i owe you a phone call to talk
0:56:37	a little bit more detail but
0:56:39	um this one kind of memorialized a lot
0:56:41	of things that we have been doing in
0:56:43	terms of collecting property
0:56:44	but we also have the challenges of
0:56:46	determining what is
0:56:49	you know the value of properties of
0:56:50	property have value is it trash
0:56:53	we also have limited places if any to
0:56:55	store property
0:56:56	and we don't have the ability to store
0:56:58	wet property
0:57:00	but it does talk about the periods of
0:57:02	time that a property must be stored and
0:57:04	what types of property are considered
0:57:06	valuable
0:57:07	so again this may be of interest for
0:57:10	some of you guys uh to do a deeper dive
0:57:13	i will do that too and then you know
0:57:16	what however
0:57:17	it may have impact on our own city
0:57:19	policies
0:57:20	that's something i will share with the
0:57:22	group in the future and
0:57:24	one of the things that i would like to
0:57:26	do is look
0:57:27	to look for some community support in
0:57:30	helping us
0:57:31	um when we get to a place where we have
0:57:34	to remove a camp
0:57:35	we would like to have somebody like rick
0:57:38	or somebody that has an interest in this
0:57:40	assist us in going out and helping make
0:57:43	some decisions in terms of what
0:57:45	is valuable property and what is garbage
0:57:48	and so
0:57:49	that's one of the things that we're
0:57:50	going to be working on as well and
0:57:52	that's not something that's specified in
0:57:54	this ordinance but that's
0:57:54	something we wanted to so again um
0:57:58	just if you want to write down these
0:58:01	house bills or like i said i can send
0:58:03	out the summary to the group and you
0:58:04	guys can
0:58:05	kind of do the executive review of those
0:58:08	or
0:58:09	review the executive summary and just to
0:58:11	give you a little bit of a
0:58:13	overview of what the legislature has
0:58:15	been working on
0:58:18	so um let me do the stop share thing
0:58:23	okay any questions on that
0:58:29	teresa i see you hand up first yeah i
0:58:32	had actually uh emailed chief spaulding
0:58:34	hoping to talk about this
0:58:36	um so i'm disappointed that we have so
0:58:38	little time to discuss it because i
0:58:40	think that
0:58:40	house bill 3115 in particular has really
0:58:44	big implications for the city of astoria
0:58:46	i would love to talk to any of you
0:58:47	individually since we didn't have time
0:58:49	to talk about it as a group but um
0:58:51	i have spoken with an attorney who's
0:58:52	working pro bono with the warming center
0:58:55	um the one of the attorneys who helped
0:58:57	craft this bill spoke at the seaside
0:58:59	homelessness forum and
0:59:01	the city has until july of 2023 to
0:59:03	modify
0:59:04	their ordinances but this is currently
0:59:06	the law of the land people can
0:59:08	if the if people are asked to move um
0:59:10	considering that we don't have shelter
0:59:12	beds or affordable housing available to
0:59:14	people
0:59:14	they can begin suing the city um
0:59:16	according to the both attorneys that
0:59:18	i've heard speak about this
0:59:20	immediately so um you know i mean i feel
0:59:22	like that the warming centers here we're
0:59:24	the only low barrier shelter in the
0:59:26	county we're actively trying to do this
0:59:28	work
0:59:29	we're currently still only allowed to be
0:59:30	open 90 days
0:59:32	you know i'm doing everything i can to
0:59:34	get us into a bigger building
0:59:35	um you know we we take care of people we
0:59:37	don't have a million dollars in the bank
0:59:39	and that's about what it's going to take
0:59:41	to move us into a building that could
0:59:42	house
0:59:43	even close to the amount of people that
0:59:45	need this service
0:59:46	so um you know i feel like that house
0:59:49	bill 3115
0:59:50	is like putting the onus on the city
0:59:53	we're housing the city's residents
0:59:55	um you know this is something that we're
0:59:57	uh is important work
0:59:59	and it's something that um you know it
1:00:01	doesn't make money it takes money
1:00:03	and um it is i mean i feel like this
1:00:05	helps
1:00:06	this it's not just our responsibility to
1:00:08	do this so i wanna
1:00:09	you know we need help we need the
1:00:11	county's help we need the city's help to
1:00:13	to do this work if we don't want astoria
1:00:15	to be uh you know
1:00:16	a tent encampment like portland like
1:00:19	they have people have to have somewhere
1:00:20	to go
1:00:21	um now legally and i feel like morally
1:00:24	so um
1:00:25	yeah i i hope we can discuss this more
1:00:27	at the next homelessness
1:00:28	um you know a task force meeting
1:00:32	and maybe have a forum or something of
1:00:34	our own but um
1:00:36	yeah i mean the attorney i spoke with
1:00:37	also reminded me that
1:00:39	if people sue this city and they win
1:00:41	then the city has to pay those
1:00:43	fees and that's 100 to 150 000 per case
1:00:48	so um i would love us to be proactive
1:00:50	and put that money into funding the
1:00:52	organizations that are actively trying
1:00:54	to do this
1:00:54	i love all the updates i love that we
1:00:56	have so many people working on this
1:00:58	i don't hear anyone talking about where
1:01:00	people are going to stay tonight
1:01:01	or next week or next month we can open
1:01:04	up on november 15th
1:01:06	yeah thank you teresa and again you know
1:01:08	part of this is you know in talking to
1:01:10	to a couple of attorneys you know their
1:01:12	their feeling is that well
1:01:14	we have some time because we have until
1:01:16	2023 but at the same time
1:01:19	you know the law was already in place
1:01:20	even before this legislation based on
1:01:22	the ninth circuit decision
1:01:24	so we were already following those but
1:01:26	there are some ambiguities here
1:01:28	and so i was not prepared to be able to
1:01:30	have a discussion in this meeting and
1:01:32	say this is what
1:01:33	our marching orders are because this
1:01:36	only
1:01:36	recently passed last two weeks so we
1:01:38	know we we have to do
1:01:40	you know our due diligence and you know
1:01:42	how does this you know impact what
1:01:44	our operations here and so i'm i'm
1:01:47	more than happy to reach out meet with
1:01:49	you and if i missed an email from you i
1:01:50	apologize i'm more than happy
1:01:52	to talk with you offline about this as
1:01:54	well
1:01:55	so absolutely thanks arlene
Roundtable
https://youtu.be/ns4RsoquMmI?t=3718 
1:01:58	um i wanted to ask the mayor um
1:02:01	is astoria going to be involved in all
1:02:05	in project turnkey are we are we going
1:02:08	to be
1:02:08	seeing some zoning changes
1:02:12	are we going to what with project
1:02:13	turnkey be seeing
1:02:15	some zoning changes to uh
1:02:18	so that motels can be used for shelters
1:02:22	we've seen no activity in astoria on
1:02:26	that at this time
1:02:27	nor i'm not aware of any motels
1:02:30	my my understanding of that program just
1:02:32	from what i've read in other cities is
1:02:34	there are places that have vacant hotels
1:02:36	that they've been able to repurpose for
1:02:38	that purpose i'm not aware that we have
1:02:40	any vacant hotels
1:02:41	in astoria so i don't know how that
1:02:43	project would apply in the city limits
1:02:45	because there's no vacant hotels
1:02:49	i'm not really up to speed on that so
1:02:50	maybe someone else knows more about it
1:02:53	yeah it does have a lot to do with
1:02:56	vacant hotels being available
1:02:58	i know that there is a project
1:03:01	taking place down in seaside with a
1:03:04	potentially vacant hotel down there
1:03:07	i don't know that it's necessarily uh
1:03:09	project turnkey or if it's just
1:03:11	more focused on shelter sunbeam shelter
1:03:14	and some being
1:03:17	affordable workforce housing as well so
1:03:20	but but the uh concept when it was
1:03:23	brought up to the county was if there
1:03:25	are any vacant
1:03:26	hotels or hotels that are interested in
1:03:29	selling
1:03:32	i i apologize i have to step out now i
1:03:34	have a meeting
1:03:35	right now with uh suzanne representative
1:03:37	suzanne weber is
1:03:39	here at the museum and i will certainly
1:03:41	mention
1:03:42	this meeting and reiterate our need for
1:03:46	assistance to come up with some method
1:03:49	of housing unhoused
1:03:50	people so thank you all very much and
1:03:53	i'll see you next time
1:03:54	thank you mayor thank you
1:03:57	rick and then uh back to uh teresa
1:04:01	i just looking at that bill it looks
1:04:03	like they're pushing you very close to
1:04:04	what
1:04:05	rental owners i'm head of the rental
1:04:06	owners in this county and
1:04:08	it looks like they're pushing you very
1:04:09	close to the same standards we're held
1:04:11	to
1:04:12	and so i'd like to caution you if you go
1:04:13	into a camp to clean it up
1:04:15	you should videotape everything because
1:04:17	if as a landlord if you land in court
1:04:20	and they say that old
1:04:21	moldy coat was brand new you end up
1:04:23	buying a brand new coat for that because
1:04:25	you're held accountable for it
1:04:27	to almost anything they say so you
1:04:29	should try to videotape every single
1:04:31	thing you do
1:04:32	yeah thank you rick and you know all of
1:04:34	our officers do have body cam so that
1:04:36	that is recorded
1:04:38	and then if if we involve our public
1:04:40	works department we
1:04:41	will go back out with our public works
1:04:43	and also record that as well for all the
1:04:45	reasons you mentioned but it's something
1:04:46	we automatically do anyway
1:04:49	okay teresa did you have another comment
1:04:53	i mean that's that's pretty much it you
1:04:55	know i would love to
1:04:56	kind of develop i brought up at the last
1:04:58	host meeting that um
1:05:00	you know i know we're all really busy
1:05:01	i'm not trying to do more meetings but
1:05:03	uh you know some kind of way
1:05:05	for us to talk about i mean i'm working
1:05:08	on grants
1:05:09	i'm uh you know we're currently
1:05:10	searching for buildings there's an
1:05:12	awesome building that's
1:05:13	999 thousand dollars uh you know so i
1:05:16	mean even just being in touch
1:05:18	with the grant riders that the county
1:05:20	has that the city has
1:05:22	you know i mean i feel like with things
1:05:24	like opportunity village there are a lot
1:05:25	of ways that solutions to housing people
1:05:27	can work
1:05:28	i love that i mean to me the end goal is
1:05:30	housing i love that the county is using
1:05:33	some of the ara monies towards that end
1:05:35	i think that's always where we want to
1:05:37	end up you know we want everybody who
1:05:38	wants a house to be in a house
1:05:41	but we as we all know that takes time
1:05:43	you know i mean supportive housing
1:05:44	affordable housing
1:05:46	these these are the these are the goal
1:05:48	posts and
1:05:49	you know what we do in the meantime is
1:05:51	sort of what my job is
1:05:52	and i you know i would love to be
1:05:54	writing myself out of a job i would love
1:05:56	for
1:05:56	you know us to have everybody in a house
1:05:58	that wants to be
1:05:59	and you know but in the meantime like
1:06:02	this the warming center can open more
1:06:04	if we have a place that has a sprinkler
1:06:07	system
1:06:08	and we have a bigger place um and you
1:06:11	know this seems like the work i don't
1:06:12	feel like it should be ron's job to have
1:06:14	to find a place for opportunity village
1:06:16	this is
1:06:16	i don't feel like it should be solely
1:06:18	the warming center's job to have to find
1:06:20	a place to house the city and county's
1:06:22	residents
1:06:23	and i i want to work with all of you
1:06:25	guys you know i want to i want to make
1:06:26	this happen
1:06:27	because it benefits all of us you know
1:06:29	no one wants astoria to be another
1:06:31	portland in that sense
1:06:32	i was just in portland and um you know i
1:06:36	think we can do better
1:06:37	as a community yeah thank you theresa
1:06:39	well said
1:06:40	appreciate that okay i know we're
1:06:43	in overtime here and i appreciate
1:06:45	everybody's patience
1:06:47	um for our members are there i'm not
1:06:50	going to go around the room and ask
1:06:51	individuals anybody else that would like
1:06:52	to add anything for the good of the
1:06:54	order
1:06:58	okay so the one question i do have um
1:07:00	we've tentatively set a next meeting for
1:07:02	september 9th
1:07:03	um what what is the general feeling
1:07:06	whether we want to go back to meeting in
1:07:08	person
1:07:09	or do we want to stay in the zoom format
1:07:12	for the time being
1:07:13	is there any thoughts on that
1:07:21	i'm into in-person meetings for what
1:07:23	it's worth
1:07:24	i'm not opposed to in-person meetings i
1:07:26	just need to make sure that
1:07:28	um i have plenty of forewarning as to
1:07:31	when it's going to take place so i don't
1:07:34	back myself up to a zoom meeting
1:07:36	thinking that i just have to sit in my
1:07:37	chair and
1:07:38	move from one click to the next right i
1:07:41	i
1:07:42	will say that it does appear that our
1:07:44	attendance has been better with the zoom
1:07:46	meeting and
1:07:48	i think that's for any number of reasons
1:07:49	but i also think the personal touch is
1:07:52	sometimes nice as well
1:07:53	arlene yeah i i it's so convenient uh
1:07:57	just to come downstairs and turn my
1:07:59	computer on
1:08:01	um and i i don't know i re i feel like
1:08:04	the zoom format uh you get to see people
1:08:08	better
1:08:08	you get to to concentrate on the
1:08:11	individual that's speaking uh that kind
1:08:13	of thing i i
1:08:14	i find it a really good format and
1:08:18	i actually prefer it i mean it would be
1:08:20	nice
1:08:21	as you say to get together and i miss
1:08:22	your donuts uh
1:08:24	cheese but um uh
1:08:27	i i really like the zoom format okay
1:08:31	well the donuts are a cop thing and i
1:08:32	could probably ship some of your house
1:08:34	though
1:08:36	is there a hybrid of the two available
1:08:38	well you know what
1:08:40	i i think there is but i my experience
1:08:43	is it really hasn't been all that
1:08:44	effective you know i've seen eden with a
1:08:46	council meeting you know half people are
1:08:47	online half in the courtroom
1:08:49	i mean the council chambers and the
1:08:50	people in the chambers can't see the
1:08:52	people online and
1:08:53	i don't know i i my own personal thought
1:08:57	is that you know we go one way or the
1:08:58	other
1:08:59	um yeah well let's um
1:09:03	for right now at least let's plan on the
1:09:06	next meeting being a zoom meeting and
1:09:08	make sure that we're 100 out of this
1:09:09	coven thing
1:09:11	and um you know we're all hearing about
1:09:13	the delta variant and those kind of
1:09:14	concerns so i think
1:09:15	um you know out of an abundance of
1:09:17	caution and until
1:09:19	you know we we all feel you know really
1:09:21	comfortable meeting in person we can
1:09:23	still
1:09:24	break out into our subgroups and work on
1:09:26	some of the things like teresa's talking
1:09:28	about maybe have some
1:09:29	you know offline in-person meetings with
1:09:31	some of our subcommittees and then
1:09:33	meet back online with the zoom thing so
1:09:35	at least until
1:09:37	i'm not hearing any major opposition to
1:09:39	the zoom program so let's do that at
1:09:40	least for the next meeting and then we
1:09:42	can kind of to be continued topic
1:09:46	okay i just want to make sure for our
1:09:48	guests in the room and anything else uh
1:09:50	that you would like to share with the
1:09:52	group
1:10:00	okay well again i appreciate everybody
1:10:02	hanging in there a few extra minutes
1:10:03	since we did have a short meeting anyway
1:10:05	um i hope everybody has a great summer
1:10:08	and look forward to our next meeting
1:10:10	and uh everybody take care
1:10:13	thank you bye