B ILL 2019-36 N OVEMBER 6, 2019 W HY WE HERE ? HY ARE WE W HAT IS IS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

E NCAMPMENT O RDINANCE B ILL 2019-36 N OVEMBER 6, 2019

W HY WE HERE ? HY ARE WE W HAT IS IS THE PROBLEM ?

A W ORD ON ON S TATISTICS S O U R C E : H E L P H O P E H O M E O F S O U T H E R N N E V A D A

L AS AS V EGAS R EVIEW -J OURNAL : “D ROP IN IN C LARK C OUNTY HOMELESS CENSUS ATTRACTS SKEPTICISM ” “While the annual census . . . showed a 13 percent decline from the previous year, many of those  laboring on the front lines of the battle against homelessness say they see no evidence that the stubborn problem is easing.” “[Tom] Roberts and leaders of other local service providers say they can’t explain the decline but  add that it contradicts what they see from the trenches.” “‘I don’t know where they got these numbers,’ said Arnold Stalk, CEO of Veterans Village.”  “‘It’s just like a picture, and it’s kind of a moment frozen in time,’ said Clark County Social Service  Manager Michele Fuller-Hallauer . . . .” “[A] federal guideline implemented in last year’s count . . . estimated that each tent spotted contains  1.21 people, rather than the 3.12 people used in previous years.” “T.J., a 67 -year- old . . . has spent a decade living on and off the streets of Las Vegas . . . ‘I can  guarantee [the homeless census] is wrong; they probably missed half.’” A R T I C L E B Y B R I A N A E R I C K S O N ( J U L Y 1 9 , 2 0 1 9 )

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : R ESULTS OF OF C AMPING -R ELATED A CTIVITIES Sanitary Condition Related Diseases  Vector Control Related Diseases  Rodents, pigeons & mosquitos  Drug Paraphernalia Diseases 

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : D ISEASE E XAMPLES IN IN O THER C OMMUNITIES

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : R ESULTS OF OF C AMPING -R ELATED A CTIVITIES Fire Hazards & Emergency Service Water Quality & MS4   Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflicts Visual & Odor Blight   Personal & Property Safety Regulatory Violations   Public Fiscal Considerations 

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : C URRENT O PERATIONS AND M AINTENANCE I NFRASTRUCTURE M AINTENANCE Maintenance Crews Providing Cleanup and Abatement Efforts  Nine staff, including a supervisor and maintenance workers  Encampment abatement and cleaning  Additional Crew Support (East, West, and Downtown street & storm drain crews)  Public rights-of-way, trails, and drainage structures  Cleaning and sanitation work  Security application: storm-drain fencing and trash racks  Parks and Grounds Maintenance  Cleaning and hazard abatement in city parks  Additional application options utilizing environmental fee under review  Annual Cost: $2.7 million

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : S TORM D RAIN S YSTEM

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : P UBLIC S IDEWALKS

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : P UBLIC R OADWAYS

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : R ESIDENTIAL A REAS

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : C OMMERCIAL A REAS

P UBLIC H EALTH , S AFETY & W & W ELFARE C ONCERN : C OMMUNITY H EALTH & O PERATIONAL C ONSIDERATIONS Homeless Population: 6/1000  Infrastructure Maintenance &  Liability Neighborhood Livability &  Property Values Commercial Viability  12% of Downtown Land Is  Vacant & Undeveloped

C ITYWIDE , A LL LL P UBLIC P ROPERTY & S ELECT P UBLIC P ROPERTY C AMPING B ANS A CROSS THE C OUNTRY National Law Center on  Homelessness & Poverty (2014 survey of 187 cities) 64 Citywide Bans  107 All Public Property &  Select Public Property Bans Complete and Select Bans in  11 U.S. Court Circuits

C ITYWIDE , A LL LL P UBLIC P ROPERTY & S ELECT P UBLIC P ROPERTY C AMPING B ANS A CROSS THE C OUNTRY Albany, Georgia Charlotte, North Carolina Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Mobile, Alabama Salt Lake City, Utah Allentown, Pennsylvania Clearwater, Florida Ft. Myers, Florida Montgomery, Alabama San Antonio, Texas Amarillo, Texas Cleveland, Ohio Hallandale Beach, Florida Naples, Florida Santa Fe, New Mexico Asheville, North Carolina Colorado Springs, Colorado Houston, Texas Nashville, Tennessee Sarasota, Florida Athens, Georgia Columbia, South Carolina Indianapolis, Indiana New Haven, Connecticut Shreveport, Louisiana Atlanta, Georgia Columbus, Ohio Jacksonville, Florida New Orleans, Louisiana South Bend, Indiana Atlantic City, New Jersey Concord, New Hampshire Kalamazoo, Michigan New York, New York St. Augustine, Florida Augusta, Georgia Corpus Christi, Texas Kansas City, Missouri Newark, New Jersey St. Paul, Minnesota Austin, Texas Covington, Kentucky Key West, Florida Newport, Rhode Island Suffolk, Virginia Bangor, Maine Dallas, Texas Lafayette, Louisiana Norwalk, Connecticut Tampa, Florida Bettendorf, Iowa Davenport, Iowa Lakewood, Colorado Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Topeka, Kansas Biloxi, Mississippi Daytona Beach, Florida Lawrence, Kansas Orlando, Florida Trenton, New Jersey Bloomington, Indiana Denver, Colorado Lexington, Kentucky Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tulsa, Oklahoma Boston, Massachusetts Des Moines, Iowa Little Rock, Arkansas Pierre, South Dakota Virginia Beach, Virginia Boulder, Colorado Dover, Delaware Louisville, Kentucky Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Wichita, Kansas Bradenton, Florida Eau Claire, Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Pontiac, Michigan Brunswick, Georgia El Paso, Texas Manchester, New Providence, Rhode Island Buffalo, New York Fall River, Massachusetts Hampshire Raleigh, North Carolina Burlington, Vermont Fayetteville, Arkansas Miami, Florida Rapid City, South Dakota Charleston, South Carolina Frederick, Maryland Minneapolis, Minnesota Rochester, New York

C AMPING & S LEEPING B ANS IN IN THE 9 TH TH C IRCUIT B EFORE M ARTIN V . C ITY OF B OISE (2019) ITY OF Sleeping or Camping Ban Sleeping or Camping Ban Citywide or on All Public Property in Select Public Places Glendale, Arizona Mesa, Arizona Anchorage, Alaska Tucson, Arizona Phoenix, Arizona Scottsdale, Arizona Berkeley, California Los Angeles, California Tempe, Arizona Bakersfield, California Modesto, California San Diego, California El Cajon, California Long Beach, California San Francisco, California San Jose, California Oakland, California Redondo Beach, California San Luis Obispo, California Honolulu, Hawaii Sacramento, California Santa Barbara, California Maui County, Hawaii Eugene, Oregon Santa Cruz, California South Lake Tahoe, California Portland, Oregon Las Vegas, Nevada Boise, Idaho Idaho Falls, Idaho North Las Vegas, Nevada Reno, Nevada Pahrump, Nevada Olympia, Washington Seattle, Washington Spokane, Washington

B ILL 2019 2019-36 36 P ROPOSED E NCAMPMENT O RDINANCE TO TO E NSURE THE H EALTH , S AFETY , , AND W ELFARE OF OF L AS AS V EGAS An ordinance generally prohibiting camping, lodging, and similar activities within any right-of-way adjacent to residential property, within specified districts of the city of Las Vegas or within five hundred feet of any receiving dock of a food processing facility, and to provide for other related matters.

B ILL 2019 2019-36 36 P ROHIBITIONS & A FFECTED A REAS Prohibited Conduct within a Public Right-of-Way  Sitting or lying down, including on a blanket, stool, or other object  Sleeping outdoors  Sleeping or being in a temporary shelter outdoors  Cooking over an open flame or fire outdoors  Laying down bedding or setting up a tent or similar structure for  sleeping or temporary living Public Rights-of-Way Subject to the Ordinance  Located adjacent to property zoned for residential use  Located within twelve Downtown Master Plan districts  Located within 500 feet of a food processing facility’s receiving dock 

B ILL 2019 2019-36 36 E NFORCEMENT & E XCEPTIONS  Enforcement by Public Safety and Metro  Notify individual that he or she is engaged in prohibited conduct  Inform individual that resources are available at the Courtyard Homeless Resource Center  Direct individual to a location not subject to the ordinance  Exceptions to Citation or Arrest Violator ceases, within reasonable time, and moves along  Medical emergency  Use of wheelchair or similar device in right-of-way  Patronizing properly permitted business (e.g., outdoor patio)  Protected speech: parade, festival, rally, demonstration, meeting  Use of chair or bench supplied by abutting private property owner  Waiting for public or private transportation  Ordinance suspended when shelters reach maximum capacity 

C OMPARING O RDINANCES B OISE VS VS . L AS AS V EGAS Boise’s Las Vegas’ Proposed Camping & & Di Disorderly Condu onduct Or Ordi dinances Enca Encampm pment Or Ordi dinance Yes No Citywide Ban No Yes, limited by place Place or Time Limitations Enforcement Suspended if Yes Yes No Alternative Shelter Available Alternative Shelter includes No Yes City Emergency Shelter or Resource Center Alternative Shelter includes No Yes Low-Barrier Shelter or Resource Center City Affirmatively Declares No Yes Alternative Shelters at Capacity