Title
Update on Initiatives to Assist Homeless and Unstably Housed Residents, and Consideration of Parking Enforcement Strategies
Recommended Action
1. Accept an update on short-term homeless initiatives and the City’s three-pronged strategy.
2. Provide direction on parking enforcement strategies and options.
3. Provide direction on safe parking policy, specifically whether to consider or move forward with safe parking at Shoreline Lot A/B or other City property, and/or to adopt a safe parking ordinance.
4. Introduce an Ordinance Adding Section 19.70.1 to Chapter 19, Division 2, of the Mountain View City Code Related to the Parking of Vehicles that Discharge Domestic Sewage on the Public Right-of-Way, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set second reading for April 9, 2019 (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
5. Adopt a Resolution of the City of Mountain View Declaring a Shelter Crisis, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 2 to the Council report).
6. Provide direction to the City Manager to include appropriations, as applicable, for one or more housing, enforcement, public safety, and health-focused programs, in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 budget, up to a total of approximately $833,000 (if all options are included):
a. Enforcement-Related (Initial Recommended Funding Source-General Fund): approximately $551,000.
b. Links to Housing/PSH/Safe Parking (Initial Recommended Funding Source-Restricted Housing Funds): approximately $250,000.
c. Waste Management (Initial Recommended Funding Source-General Fund): approximately $32,000+.