Third Avenue Parcels: Developing a Vision + Concept Land Use Plan Summary and Preliminary Recommendations February 19, 2020 Presentation to the Anchorage Committee on Homelessness
Location Location Project Site Owned by MOA (ML+P), may be private transferred to Chugach Electric currently owned by E 1 st Ave E 1 st Ave Ron Alleva (3 lots, total of 4 acres) Ingra St Post Rd E 2 nd Ave Brother Francis former ANMC site Shelter Owned by HLB Land owned by Bean’s MOA, building owned by CIHA, both Cafe leased by CSS E 3 rd Ave. E 3rd Ave. E 3 rd Ave LaTouche St Owned by MOA Juneau St Hyder St Karluk St Ingra St (ML+P), may be transferred to private private private Chugach Electric E 4 th Ave 2
Location – Aerial Photo Photo source: Appraisal report, Black-Smith, Bethard & Carlson, LLC, August 2017 3
Location - Characteristics • Seismic zones 4 and 5 (high ground failure susceptibility) • Relatively steep slopes around perimeter Identified as industrial land in community plans and zoning • Some environmental contamination but limited • information regarding details Adjacent to the former • ANMC site (recently went through a community visioning process) 4
Our Process
Study Goal Develop a concept land use plan for the three parcels between 3 rd and 1 st Avenues that best meets Anchorage's needs, using community outreach and case study research to identify a vision and proposed uses for the site. 6
Project Background: Change is Needed The status quo in the area is not working for anyone: • Property owners • Residents • Service providers • People experiencing homelessness • Policymakers • First responders 7
Our Timeline Summer 2019 Fall 2019 Winter 2019-2020 • Develop a better • Integrate understanding of community • Talk with how other feedback, case community communities have study research and members, positively site conditions into providers about the addressed a set of key findings vision for these homelessness, and properties. particularly in recommendations • Conduct individual relation to land • Share key informant uses adjacent to recommendations interviews emergency shelter with the services. community and • Share back collect feedback preliminary findings • Refine report with partners for feedback • Assess site conditions, opportunities & constraints 8
Who We Talked To Local (alphabetical order) Case Studies • 3 rd and Ingra (former ANMC site) planning team • The Beacon • 3 rd Avenue Radicals (Houston, TX) • Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness staff • Sarah’s Circle (Chicago, IL) • Assembly members: Chris Constant, Meg Zaletel, Kameron Perez-Verdia • The Way Home (Salt Lake City, UT) • Bean’s Café • Catholic Social Services (Brother Francis Shelter) • Fairview Community Council Executive Board • First responders • Municipality of Anchorage staff • Representative from the Heritage Land Bank (HLB) • Representatives of the Homeless Leadership Council & Rasmuson Foundation • Ron Alleva 9
Case Study Highlights The Beacon Sarah’s Circle The Road Home Houston, TX Chicago, IL Salt Lake City, UT • • • Day shelter allows one Requires an intake/ SLC is decentralizing its entry per day assessment to access large downtown shelter • Houston has a services into smaller, targeted • citywide access bus Chicago’s providers shelters • that connects use a coordinated SLC used a competitive bid homelessness services approach (like CE) for process to select operators shelter beds for the new shelters 10
Public Safety Data
Who is being served in the area? People who need a People with more serious short-term stay behavioral health issues who need clinical support and treatment Area providers are well equipped Providers struggle to serve this population across to serve this population Anchorage; high concentration of need in the area + Individuals who “prey” on the vulnerable; criminals 12
Emergency Calls in Grid 1232 Grid 1232 BFS Beans 13
Emergency Response Calls to the Area Fire Dept. Calls to Grid 1232 8000 7000 6000 5,421 5000 4000 4,869 4,780 5,052 4,241 3000 2,402 2000 894 2,221 814 497 798 595 502 732 1000 412 402 269 1557 270 218 148 1100 846 872 798 679 696 654 609 534 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD Police Department Calls to Grid 1232 7000 Key 6000 5000 3,394 4000 4,171 3000 2,628 791 2000 2019 YTD = 2019 year to date data through mid September, 611 as provided by AFD and APD 1000 350 1,664 958 748 0 14 2017 2018 2019 YTD
Anchorage & Case Studies
Sheltered and Unsheltered Homeless People Normalized by Population Size 6 5.0 5 4.0 Per 1,000 Population 3.8 4 2.1 0.3 3 2.4 2.6 2.0 0.3 2 1.7 1.6 1.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 1 0.7 0.3 3.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.1 2.9 1.4 0.4 0 Anchorage Long Beach Denver Boise Chicago Minneapolis Portland Houston Salt Lake City Sheltered Homeless Unsheltered Homeless Sheltered Homeless Unsheltered Homeless Min: 0.4 per 1,000 Houston Min: 0.1 per 1,000 Salt Lake City Max: 3.4 per 1,000 Anchorage Max: 2.6 per 1,000 Long Beach Avg: 1.8 per 1,000 Avg: 0.8 per 1,000 3.4 per 1,000 Anchorage 0.3 per 1,000 Anchorage homeless counts are from the January 2018 Point-in-Time (PIT) count; sheltered number includes those residing in ES, TH, SH beds but not those in PH beds 16
Percent Distribution of Housing Solutions for the Homeless Anchorage has 2 nd highest share of shelter beds relative to overall housing for the • homeless compared to case studies • Percentage of beds that are emergency shelter: 44% Boise, 41% Anchorage, 30% Denver & Salt Lake, 26% case study average Source: 2018 Housing Inventory Count (HIC), as compiled by CoCsand reported to HUD; this chart excludes seasonal beds such as cold weather shelter. 17
Emergency Shelter Beds per 1,000 Population by Community Excludes seasonal cold weather shelter beds; see next slide for shelter names in Anchorage Emergency Shelter: Cold Weather Emergency Shelter: All Communities* Min: 0.3 per 1,000 Houston Min: 0.9 per 1,000 Denver Max: 2.6 per 1,000 Anchorage Max: 2.6 per 1,000 Anchorage Avg: 1.3 per 1,000 Avg: 1.5 per 1,000 2.6 per 1,000 Anchorage 2.6 per 1,000 Anchorage 18 Source: 2018 Housing Inventory Count (HIC), as compiled by CoCsand reported to HUD
Brother Francis Shelter 1021 E 3 rd 240 beds Downtown Soup Kitchen 240 E 3 rd 50 beds Covenant House Clare House 755 A St 4110 Spenard Rd 60 beds Salvation 56 beds Anchorage Gospel Army Rescue Mission McKinnell 2823 E T udor House 62 beds 1712 A St Anchorage shelter bed 110 beds distribution 711 year round shelter (from 2019 HIC) beds in Anchorage Plus 184 cold weather Partners for shelter beds in 2019 (not AWAIC Progress mapped) 52 beds for 74 motel domestic vouchers; violence scattered victims 19
What are the total/cumulative number of nights clients have stayed at Brother Francis from 2017-2019? Total Number of Nights at BFS over a Three-Year Period, 2017-2019 365 or more 100 - 364 nights 2% 1 night 12% 20% SUMMARY Min: 1 night Max: 922 nights 31-99 nights Median: 9 nights 17% Mean: 47 nights 2 to 9 nights 31% 10-30 nights 18% Source: Catholic Social Services using Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data, July 2016 through June 2019 20
Themes and Recommendations 21
What We Heard – many site ideas Parking for BFS to allow for • • Nothing until current problems are space redesign fixed • Green space/ park No more shelter beds • Bus barn • Move shelter • Light industrial park • Do not move shelter – recent • • Leave as-is / no purchase investment • Buffer between more • No more concentration of services commercial uses and the campus Re-work campus on site with • • Housing (permanent or transitional additional space housing, with supportive services) Work house/bunk house • • Not permanent housing but horizontal • Sanctioned camping supports to connect individuals to No sanctioned camping • housing and services Police sub-station • Service navigation center • • Innovation site for new ideas to Vocational training center • support people • Expanded clinic with behavioral health 22
Potential Path Forward FIRST: Improve the Current Situation Fence | Consistent enforcement on right of way | Effective communication with first responders, providers, neighborhood | Intake & connections to appropriate services AND improve the service and housing delivery system Add Supportive Decentralize Shelter Add Behavioral Housing Health • No additional shelter beds at • Navigate to vouchers and the campus • Crisis Now model units for permanent • Keep BFS at current location & supportive housing • Increase behavioral distribute longer-term clients to • Add some transitional health treatment at specialized shelters in other housing locations BFS /Bean’s • Workforce bunk housing • Relocate seniors, medical • Locations throughout • Seniors respite, women to existing or Anchorage • Women new facilities • Medical respite • BFS is a sleeping only facility • Locations throughout focused on short-term stays Anchorage 23
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