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From YouTube: Update on Chittenden County Response to Motel Program Sunset - Burlington Mayor's Press Conference
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From the Mayor's Office:
Mayor Weinberger and regional partners provide a briefing on the City’s and Chittenden County Homeless Alliance’s Letters of Intent submitted on June 1 in response to the Vermont Department of Child and Family Services’ call for proposals to support homeless response efforts. As Vermont’s most populous city and a community with a robust concentration of resources including state agencies, community health centers, public transportation, MOUD providers, and non-governmental organizations that support basic needs, Burlington expects to shoulder the bulk of the challenge caused by the sudden sunset of the state Economic Services Division (ESD) Motel Program within Chittenden County.
With: Mayor Miro Weinberger; Sarah Russell, Special Assistant to End Homelessness, City of Burlington; Will Towne, Co-Chair of Chittenden County Homeless Alliance; Kim Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer, Cathedral Square.
6/5/2023
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A
Welcome
thank
you
for
for
joining
us
at
this
briefing
that
is
going
to
really
cover
the
Chittenden
County
response
to
the
state
of
Vermont
Sunset
of
their
pandemic
Motel
program.
In
this
briefing
we're
going
to
discuss
what
we
believe
the
impact
of
this
closure,
this
end
of
the
state
program.
It
is
going
to
happen
in
the
county
and
what
the
City
of
Burlington
and
many
other
organizations
working
in
coordination
with
each
other
are
planning
to
do.
A
A
Here's
how
this
briefing
is
going
to
work
I'm
going
to
go
through
a
few
slides
which
will
launch
momentarily
that
will
give
an
overview
of
The
Challenge
and
and
this
response
we're
then
going
to
have
our
special
assistant
to
end
homelessness,
Sarah
Russell,
the
city
Special
Assistant,
now,
homelessness,
Sarah,
Russell
I'm,
also
a
co-chair
of
the
chitney
county
homeless,
Alliance
she's,
going
to
fill
in
some
of
the
details
of
these
proposals.
Then
we're
going
to
hear
from
some
of
our
key
Partners
in
this
effort.
A
A
I,
as
I
said
in
a
statement
more
than
a
week
ago
now,
I
do
support
an
orderly
end
to
the
trouble
pandemic
era.
Motel
program
I
support
a
Sun
Net
of
this
program,
as
the
state
is
moving
towards.
Clearly,
this
was
never
meant
to
be
a
permanent
program,
it's
being
paid
for
with
emergency
funds,
and
there
have
certainly
been
significant
management
issues
and
problems
in
in
the
in
the
in
the
program
throughout
its
existence.
A
However,
for
the
state
to
later
this
summer,
as
is
the
current
plan,
and
as
recently
as
last
week,
we
saw
further
official
Communications
from
the
state
indicating
for
them
at
the
end
of
July
to
turn
out.
Elderly
vermonters
people
living
with
disabilities
and
worst
of
all,
young
children
and
families
to
live
in
tents
or
in
congregate.
Shelters
for
months
would
be
unacceptable.
A
I
think
anyone
who
has
raised
a
child
just
has
to
picture
what
it
would
be
like
to
spend
weeks
or
months.
Trying
to
raise
a
family
in
a
congress.
Shelter
on
on
cots
in
big
Open,
Spaces
or
shared
rooms
is
just
an
outcome
that
we
of
desperation
that
we
should
seek
to
avoid,
if
at
all
possible,
and
what
we
want
to
show
in
this
briefing
is
that,
with
a
little
bit
of
planning
and
time,
this
outcome
is
completely
affordable.
Avoidable
with
our
partners.
A
So
with
that,
let's
get
into
some
of
the
the
the
details
and
and
and
the
plan
I
want
to
start
by
just
sort
of
setting
the
overall
stage
of
how
the
city
has
been
approaching
homelessness.
In
recent
years.
In,
at
the
end
of
2021,
we
released
a
housing
as
a
human
right
10-point
action
plan
in
many
of
those
10
points
were
focused
squarely
on
addressing
the
problem
of
homelessness.
So
we
indicated
that
we
were
going
to
spend
five
million
dollars
at
least
five
million
dollars
of
the
city's
arpa
emergency
American
Rescue
plan
act.
A
A
We
have
created
this
special
assistant
and
homelessness
position
and
we
are
so
fortunate
to
have
Sarah
Russell
serving
in
that
position
as
anyone
watching
this
briefing
is
going
to
I'm
sure
agree
with
in
a
moment
when
I
hand
this
over
to
Sarah,
and
she
can
lay
out
her
perspective
on
this
current
crisis.
We
have
made
investments
in
the
chittany
county,
coordinated
entry,
command
center
team,
and
what
you'll
see
is
the
the
strategy
that
we,
this
alternative
path
that
we
are
laying
out
today
relies
very
heavily
on
that
coordinated
entry
system
in
that
team.
A
We
have
this
longer
term
goal
of
building
78
new
homes
for
formerly
homeless
residents.
Some
of
those
homes
are
many
of
those
homes
are
already
in
construction.
We
have
opened
the
35
bed,
new
low
barrier,
shelter
at
Elmwood
Avenue.
That
was
one
that
was
Point
number
five
and
that
has
now
been
operating
since
January
successfully,
and
then
you
can
see
that
the
balance
of
the
housing
action
plan
items
which
are
a
little
bit
less
squarely
on
point
with
homelessness.
A
But,
of
course,
anything
that
increases
the
overall
supply
of
housing
should
be
thought
of
as
an
anti-homelessness
strategy,
because
we
know
the
biggest
single
driver
in
in
in
homelessness.
The
reason
the
biggest
single
driver
is
a
lack
of
homes,
and
you
know
we're
overarching
Vermont
by
some
measures
has
the
second
worst
homelessness
problem
of
all
50
states.
A
This
is
an
important
slide
which,
which
I
think
we'll
be
coming
back
to
this
later
as
well.
What
this
shows
is
that
the
coordinated
entry
system
that
we
that
has
been
around
for
about
a
decade
in
Chittenden
County,
it's
a
joint
effort
again
between
dozens
of
different
organizations
that
work
on
homeless
in
one
way
or
another.
It's
something
the
city
has
been
very
committed
to
since
its
creation
about
seven
years
ago,
and
it's
something
the
city
uses
arpa
funds
to
further
invest
in
at
the
end.
A
A
Now
we
have
been
housing
at
least
25
households
per
month,
and
if
we
can
continue
doing
that,
which
we
are
confident
we
can
and
when
I
say
we
here,
I
want
to
be
clear
again,
I'm
talking
about
the
full
Coalition,
then
that
that
becomes
a
very
powerful
strategy
for
housing
housing.
The
folks
that
we
are
are
talking
about
in
the
motel
program
they're
losing
their
housing
at
the
end
of
July
Let's.
Let's
keep
going.
A
This
is
a
quick
summary
of
the
shelter
capacity
that
we
have
added
in
Burlington
since
2020
before
2020,
the
city
had
no
low
barrier.
Year-Round,
shelter
capacity
was
something
we
had
been
talking
about,
attempting
to
create
for
some
time,
but
there
were
that
we
had.
We
had
no
facilities.
We
now
have
two.
We
have
the
the
first
was
the
a
new
place,
55
bed
facility
on
Shelburne
Road,
and
the
second
was
the
emergency
shelter
on
Elmwood
Avenue,
which
has
an
additional
35
beds.
A
We
have
also
working
with
Partners,
opened
a
community
resource
center,
a
day
station
that
serves
80
to
160
people
daily.
That
is
a
complimentary
to
these
Emergency
Shelters,
and
it
has
meant
that
the
effort
that
we
collectively
have
been
able
to
gavinize
Galvanize
it
does
more
than
simply
offer
a
bet.
It
offers
a
range
of
services
for
people
who
are
on
these
challenging
circumstances.
B
A
A
What
there's
another
184
households,
including
300
318
people
that
are
currently
projected
to
loser
their
ability
to
stay
in
motels
at
the
end
of
July
July
28th,
within
that
Universe
about
165
of
those
households,
include
a
high
need
individuals
and
those
needs
can
include
what
is
listed
here
on
the
screen.
So
there
are
56
families
that
have
115
children.
A
There
are
15
people
within
this
group
that
are
over
65
years
old
92
people
with
disabilities,
20
people
receiving
home
health
or
Hospice
Services
again
something
services
that
would
be
very
challenging
to
receive
in
a
congress
setting.
There
are
two
pregnant
people
and
four
households
fleeing
domestic
violence.
A
We
are
projecting
that
five
day
month
period
based
on
that
track
record
of
this
of
the
coordinated
entry
system,
housing,
25
households
a
month,
if
we're
able
to
focus
that
capacity,
which
there
is
consensus
within
the
alliance
that
we
should
do.
If
we
are
able
to
focus
that
capacity
on
these
165
households,
they
will
all
be
housed
by
the
end
of
that
up
to
eight
month
period,
the
cost
of
that
will
be
declining
with
each
week
as
additional
households
are
are
placed.
A
A
C
Well,
yeah,
you
can
see
me
great.
Thank
you
mayor.
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
the
Chittenden
County
homeless
Alliance
is
our
local
Continuum
of
Care
and
is
comprised
of
stakeholders,
including
social
service
and
housing
agencies,
community
members
and
people
with
lived
experience
of
homelessness
or
housing
and
security
from
across
Chittenden
County.
We
work
in
close
collaboration
with
our
partners
at
the
balance
of
State
Continuum
of
Care
as
well.
In
addition
to
the
city's
Loi,
the
ccha,
as
well
as
other
partner
agencies,
have
submitted
letters
of
interest
in
response
to
the
motel
program.
C
Closure
I
serve
as
one
of
two
chairs
of
the
Chittenden
County
homeless,
Alliance
Source
cha,
as
you
all
hear
us
refer
to
it
as
in
will
Town.
My
other
co-chair,
will
present
ccha's
letter
of
interest
and
speak
a
little
more
about
our
community's
method,
to
ensure
our
equity
and
coordination
and
access
to
housing,
resources
generally
speaking,
and
also
as
part
of
as
part
of
our
advocacy
as
a
community.
C
You'll
also
hear,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
from
some
of
our
Community
Partners,
who
have
submitted
letters
of
interest
to
agency
of
Human
Services
as
well,
and
it's
all
of
this
work
is
important
to
understand
that
all
of
this
work
fits
and
fits
in
together.
So
we're
all
supporting
that
work.
So
I'm
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
emergency
shelter
proposal
on
the
next
slide.
Please
thanks!
C
C
In
the
evening
we
proposed
utilizing
the
largely
vacant
State
Office
Building
at
108
Cherry
Street,
due
to
its
proximity
to
resources,
services
and
transportation.
While
best
practice
indicates
non-congregate,
shelter
is
ideal.
In
most
cases,
the
building
would
allow
offices
to
be
used
for
shelter,
accommodations
for
one
to
four
adults,
in
addition
to
planning
space
for
staff
and
a
daytime
shelter
available
to
the
community
for
up
to
75
people
which
we'll
talk
about
on
the
next
slide
a
little
bit
more
while
the
budget
is
annualized.
C
As
the
mayor
said,
the
shelter
is
expected
to
operate
into
the
lab.
First
weather
conditions
go
into
effect,
that's
usually
in
late
November,
early
December
and
the
guests
remaining
in
the
shelter
at
that
time
have
not
obtained
permanent
housing
or
other
options
will
transition
into
motels
under
the
adverse
weather
conditions
provision
at
that
time
due
to
over
taxed
Community
agencies
and
a
Severe
shortage
in
Staffing
across
not
just
in
Chittenden
County
but
Statewide
for
social
service
providers.
C
The
city
has
considered
working
with
a
staffing
agency
to
ensure
safe
ratios
of
guests
and
staff
on
site
at
all
times.
We
will
also
be
we're
curious
to
hear
some
of
you
may
know.
The
state
of
Vermont
has
issued
a
request
for
proposals
looking
for
looking
for
Staffing
Resources
to
be
utilized
by
a
nonprofit
organizations,
specifically
around
shelter,
shelter
capacity.
So
we
are
looking
forward
to
hearing
the
results
of
that
RFP
process.
C
We
are
in
close
coordination
with
the
agency
of
Human
Services
and
have
not
yet
received
confirmation
of
use
of
this
location
at
this
time,
but
are
moving
through
inspection,
habitability
and
safety
processes
that
need
to
be
in
place
before
a
decision
can
be
made
around
that.
So
next
I'll
talk
about
the
daytime.
The
co-located,
d-time
shelter
is
also
part
of
the
city's
letter
of
interest
proposal.
C
C
The
including
shelter
staff
would
also,
in
addition
to
shelter
staff
but
also
include
case
management,
on-site
meals
on
site
and
resources
available
on
site,
Champlain
Valley
office
of
Economic
Opportunity
is
the
current
operator
of
the
daytime,
shelter
or
the
community
resource
center
located
at
feeding
chitin.
They
routinely
a
report
up
to
160
visitors
to
their
location
daily,
and
that
was
before
the
closure
of
the
motel
program
on
June
1st
last
week.
Our
concern
is
that
people
exiting
the
motels
could
cause
an
overflow
of
guests
at
that
location.
D
Great,
thank
you
Sarah.
Thank
you
mayor
for
the
the
great
introduction
to
this,
and
so
what
I
wanted
to
quickly
do
before
diving
in
was
just
provide
a
brief
overview
of
what
our
coordinated
entry
system
is.
So
if
we
can
jump
to
the
next
slide
very
quickly,
that
would
be
helpful
and
then
we
can
go
into
this
one
great.
D
So
back
to
the
proposal
that
the
ccha
is
looking
at,
you
know
when
we
look
at
who
will
be
exiting
the
motels
on
July
28th.
As
the
mayor
talked
about
earlier.
We
really
do
see
a
large
number
of
extremely
vulnerable
people,
including
families,
people
with
disabilities
receiving
home
health
and
hospice
care,
seniors
pregnant
households,
and
it's
the
position
of
the
Chittenden
County
homeless,
Alliance
that
placement
of
these
people
in
a
congregate
setting
just
it's
damaging
unsuitable
borderline
and
Humane.
D
So
what
we
are
proposing
is
that
we're
advocating
for
an
extension
of
the
motel
stay
for
vulnerable
households,
and
we
will
closely
collaborate
with
housing
and
service
providers
to
prioritize
resources
leading
to
Rapid
placements
in
permanent
housing
or
transitional
housing.
For
these
households
and
hotels,
the
data
indicates
we
are
able
to
house,
on
average
25
households
per
month
through
our
coordinated
entry
system,
in
addition
to
Expediting
Motel
exits
to
housing.
D
As
part
of
this
county-wide
collaboration,
Howard
Center
has
also
agreed
to
prioritize
these
households
for
mental
health
and
substance
use
services
within
our
Loi.
We
are
requesting
funding
for
a
staff
person
to
help
manage
this
process,
coordinate
case
managers
and
also
work
directly
with
housing
providers
to
match
households
with
appropriate
housing
resources,
including
available
units,
rental,
subsidy
and
retention
Services.
When
necessary.
D
We
estimate,
if
AHS
agrees,
to
extend
the
motel
stays
that
we
can
house
these
165
households
by
February
24th,
pending
that
all
the
resources
that
we
expect
to
come
online
do
in
fact
do
that.
So
for
us,
our
next
steps,
really
as
alluded
to
earlier
June
8th,
we're
having
a
meeting
and
what
we
will
be
doing
is
voting
to
approve
a
prioritization
policy
for
the
following
subpopulations
within
the
motels.
D
That
would
be
families
with
minor
children,
people
receiving
home
health
and
hospice
services
and
seniors
that
are
65
years
and
older,
and
what
that
will
do
is
allow
us
to
prioritize
those
populations
for
housing
opportunities
and
get
them
moved
out
of
the
hotels
as
quickly
as
possible
and
I.
Think
that
sums
it
up
say:
I
miss
anything
on
that.
D
A
E
Yeah,
thank
you
so
much
mayor,
sorry,
I,
couldn't
be
on
video.
I
am
on
the
board
for
the
national
Community
Action
Partnership.
So
we
have
a
conference
here
in
Foxboro,
so
I
want
to
thank
everybody.
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor.
I
want
to
thank
Sarah,
the
city
and
all
our
partners
on
this
call.
This
is
what
this
is.
What
it's
going
to
take
to
solve
homelessness,
it's
going
to
take
us
all,
working
together
as
a
community
at
the
municipal
level,
the
state
level,
and
certainly
at
the
organizational
level.
E
So
if
the
cvoeo,
we
have
housing
Advocates,
we
we
cover
four
counties,
including
Chittenden
County.
We
also
have
some
Statewide
programs,
housing
Advocates,
all
through
the
four
counties.
We
have
quite
a
few
housing
advocates
in
Burlington,
we
run,
as
you
heard
the
mayor,
say,
the
community
resource
center
in
Burlington.
E
So
we
think
it's
really
important
to
have
a
very
thoughtful
and
methodical
kind
of
conclusion
to
the
motel
program
and
to
take
this
step
by
step,
as
will
said,
as
Sarah
said,
and
as
the
mayor
said,
because
we
have
an
opportunity
here
to
keep
people
safe
and
that's
really
really
important.
So
what
cvoeo
has
is?
We
are
now
operating
the
home.
B
E
It
is
a
it
is:
a
housing,
a
rapid,
rehousing
program
for
families
with
children
who
are
experiencing
homelessness.
We
currently
have
100
vouchers
and
with
the
passage
of
the
state
budget,
we
will
have
another
150
that
gives
us
250
vouchers
for
families
with
children
experiencing
homelessness,
and
we
estimate
it's
hard
to
get
the
exact
data.
E
So
this
is
a
real
upstreet
prevention,
Upstream
prevention.
We
also
said
that
we
would,
in
our
Loi
our
letter
of
interest.
We
are
calling
for
more
Outreach.
We
think
if
we
can
extend
the
motel
stay,
we'll
have
opportunity
for
our
current
Street
Outreach
team
to
expand
and
not
only
work
with
people
who
are
outside
on
the
streets,
but
also
who
are
in
hotels.
So
we
can
engage
them
with
services
and
help
them
find
links
to
either
new
emergency
shelter,
existing
emergency,
shelter,
transitional
housing
or
permanent
housing.
E
So
that's
going
to
be
another
strong
effort
and
then
the
other
thing
that
we're
thinking
of
doing
not
in
our
letter
of
interest,
but
we're
planning
on
increasing
our
food
capacity
and
Outreach
through
our
feeding
treatment
program.
So
we
can
get
more
people
fed
both
in
the
out
street
outreach
program,
but
also
at
the
hotels
because
food
insecurity,
as
you
know,
kind
of
co-occurs
with
homelessness.
E
A
F
F
We
have
found
that
the
key
to
making
the
transition
into
long-term
housing
successful
is
through
trusted
relationships
that
begin
as
soon
as
possible
and
last
beyond
the
person
being
housed
and
continual
Support
Services.
Throughout
that
entire
process,
everyone
has
a
unique
set
of
circumstances
and
there's
no
one
size
that
fits
all
each
person
needs
a
plan
with
support
to
help
them
be
successful.
F
We
need
to
work
with
each
person,
develop
a
plan
and
help
them
execute
it.
We
owe
it
to
these
vermonters
to
align
our
work
and
improve
and
expedite
the
processes
to
find
long-term
Solutions.
This
will
only
happen
if
we
work
together
and
with
intention.
So
we
are
very
proud
to
work
alongside
the
City
of
Burlington
and
our
partner
housing
and
service
providers
in
the
Burlington
area,
to
focus
on
this
really
essential
work.
Thank
you
for
having
me
here
today.
A
Great,
thank
you
Kim.
Thank
you
for
your
work
and
thanks
again
for
being
here
and
then.
Finally,
sorry,
we
have
two
more
speakers
from
the
Howard
Center
and
winning
Shoto
is
joining
us.
Howard
Center
works
with
so
he's
proud
to
partner
with
Howard
Center
on
so
many
areas.
We're
grateful
to
be
doing
it
again
on
this
issue.
Elaine.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
G
Again,
my
name
is
Elaine
Soto
I'm,
the
director
of
Community
Support
programs
at
Howard,
Center,
and
also
a
member
of
the
Chittenden
County
homeless.
Alliance
Howard
Center
is
happy
to
support
this
effort,
along
with
our
Community
Partners,
to
prioritize
these
populations.
It's
consistent
with
our
mission
to
help
people
and
communities
Thrive
by
providing
supports
and
services
to
address
mental
health,
substance
use
and
developmental
needs.
We
know
that
without
secure
housing,
one's
mental
health
suffers
greatly.
It's
quite
enough
to
struggle
with
a
mental
health
disability.
We
don't
need
to
add
homeless
homelessness
to
the
equation.
G
A
B
You
mayor,
although
Burlington
Housing
Authority,
is
not
the
is
not
focused
on
emergency
housing
or
transitional
housing.
We
are
the
past
Pathway
to
permanent
housing
through
our
housing,
Choice
voucher,
locally
known
as
section
8.
we've
met
with
the
city
Sarah
in
particular
about
what
vouchers
we
currently
have
available.
We
did
discuss
some
of
our
family
unitation
vouchers.
B
We
discussed
the
net
vouchers
or
the
mainstream
vouchers
that
we
we
currently
have
available,
and
we
also
discussed
the
fact
that
we
do
have
three
buildings
that
are
focused
on
elderly,
our
elderly
rad
buildings
and
that
of
the
14
elderly
that
are
currently
homeless.
We
we
do
feel
by
the
end
of
summer.
We
could
put
a
large,
we
could
house
a
significant
portion
and
permanently
we.
We
also
have
something
called
a
local
preference
and
a
homeless
preference.
B
Local
preferences
for
Section
8,
homeless
preference
would
be
for
our
multi-family
properties,
and
we
have
agreed
to
be
much
more
aggressive
on
the
local
preferences
for
those
coming
out
of
the
hotels.
They
still
have
to
abide
by
all
the
Section
8
requirements,
but
we
we
feel
that
if
we
can
find
someone
who
perhaps
has
already
has
a
household
set
up
for
them,
that
we
could
make
that
voucher
appear
much
quicker
than
how
it
would
normally.
B
B
So
we
are,
we
are
actively
looking
for
landlords
and
we
are
actively
tying
some
of
the
Project
based
vouchers
to
the
coordinated
entry
system,
much
like
lizaifer
place
where
36
of
those
apartments
where
vouchers
tied
to
coordinated
entry,
so
we
are,
we
are,
are
not
working
directly
on
the
emergency
or
transitional
housing.
But
we
are
definitely
trying
to
put
as
many
vouchers
out
there
as
possible
for
those
people
who
are
suffering
being
unhoused.
This
is
a
good
opportunity
for
me
to
shout
out
to
landlords
I.
B
We
have
a
significant
portion
of
vouchers
that
we
currently
have
89
families
looking
for
apartments
right
now,
so
if
any
landlords
out
there
are
interested
in
being
part
of
the
solution
for
this
reach
out
to
us,
and
we
can
discuss
how
the
housing
Choice
voucher,
Section
8
voucher
works
it
it's
it's
absolutely
a
backbone
for
us
getting
people
into
permanent
housing.
We
are
also
looking
to
put
in
a
letter
of
intent.
B
Half
the
battle
is
getting
everyone
housed.
After
that
is
keeping
everyone
house.
We
we
have
a
retention
department
and
a
huge
shout
out
to
them.
If
you
are
a
Section,
8
landlord
or
Section
8
participant
or
you
live
in
one
of
our
properties.
You
are
entitled
to
have
some
help
with
staying
house,
whether
it
be
working
with
your
landlord
or
working
to
pay
back
has
two
rents
Etc,
but
we
are
definitely
struggling
with
that
right
now.
B
We
we
are
expecting
to
have
about
850
referrals
year
to
date
to
our
housing
retention
team,
to
help
people
to
keep
people
housed.
Put
that
in
perspective.
That
was
about
250
prior
to
covet.
So
we
will
also
be
looking
for
some
funding
so
that
once
we
do
get
the
vouchers
out
there
and
we
do
get
people
permanently
housed
that
we
can
give
them
some
support
services
in
order
to
keep
them
housed
and
I.
B
A
A
A
Our
hope
is
that
by
galvanizing
you
know
by
so
many
partners
coming
together
to
make
such
a
clear
statement
to
have
a
detailed
plan,
a
detailed
alternative
that
HS
and
the
Montpelier
leaders
will
rethink
that
plan.
It's
certainly
clear
to
me
that
there
remain
a
lot
of
conversations
going
on
in
Montpelier
about
the
best
way
forward
and
wow.
We
have
not
heard
an
approval
for
this
plan,
yet
we
think
it's
a
again.
It's
it's
an
affordable
plan.
It's
a
feasible
plan.
It's
a
Humane
plan.
A
A
A
We
haven't
really
had
the
opportunity
to
fully
lay
it
out
and
get
and
make
sure
that
the
state
is
fully
understanding
what
they're
saying
no
to,
and
we
now
we
thought
there
was
urgency
to
lay
this
out
publicly
and
lay
this
out
for
all
the
state
decision
makers,
who
are
are
meeting
actively
now
and
we'll
be
meeting
in
the
weeks
ahead.
There
will
be
a
as
everyone
knows,
a
veto
session
where
this
there's
been
a
lot
of
discussion
around
this
this
issue,
and
so.
A
H
Then,
with
the
the
shelter
proposal
at
Cherry
Street,
the
state
hasn't
signed
off
on
that
either.
It
also
sounds
like
there's
some
sections:
can
you
just
give
us
a
little
bit
more
information
on
what
actually
needs
to
be
done
to
make
that
a
reality?
I
mean
I.
Also
can't
imagine
office
space
is
all
that
hospitable
as
a
living
environment.
A
C
Sure
yeah
yeah,
you
can
definitely
speak
to
the
mentioned
to
Liam-
is
that,
according
to
the
state
this
morning,
we
have
a
call.
They're
posting
calls
with
Community
providers
fairly
routinely.
At
this
point,
they
I
did
acquire
about
the
status
of
the
Lois
that
have
been
submitted.
So
far
again,
the
deadline
was
June
30th.
C
They
are
continuing.
They
notified
us
that
they
are
continuing
to
receive
Lois,
so
that
was
what
started
as
a
hard
deadline
has
turned
into
a
bit
of
a
rolling
deadline.
At
this
point,
but
as
of
June
1st,
they
had
received
44
letters
of
Interest
across
the
state
from
representing
all
of
the
different
communities.
C
I
did
inquire
about
sort
of
what
the
substance
was
of
those
Lois
if
they
were
purely
for
emergency
shelter
if
they
were
involving
other
services
and
the
state
had
not
yet
reviewed
all
of
those,
and
they
did
not
have
data
to
share
around
the
nature
of
those
Lois.
So
just
so,
that's
the
most
recent
update
that
we
have
from
the
state
at
this
point.
C
With
regard
to
your
question
around
the
emergency
shelter,
we
are
in
communication
with
the
agency
of
Human
Services
to
have
them
conduct
the
various
required
health
and
safety
inspections
that
need
to
happen
on
site.
We
do
anticipate
that
there
there
may
be
some
capital
investment
required
up
front
at
first
to
convert
some
of
the
office
space
into
appropriate
shelter
space
and
those
would
be
conversations
that
we
would
engage
AHS
with
as
we
progressed.
J
J
C
One
of
the
observations
that
we
received
from
the
Outreach
teams
last
week
on
Friday
as
folks
were
exiting,
was
that
there
was
a
need
for
storage
for
some
people.
So
that
is
something
that
we
have
been
in
communication
with
cvoeo
around
trying
to
identify
safe
storage
for
folks
as
they
exit
Motel,
both
now
or
immediately
in
the
short
term
and
again
and
in
the
longer
term.
After
the
July
28th
Motel
exits.
J
A
So
Lily,
yes,
the
city,
has
she
has
policies
about
this
I
I
as
I
think
this
briefing
should
be
seen
in
the
in
the
context
of
that
policy
and
the
city's
goals.
We
believe
strongly
that
camping,
sanctioned
camping
is
not
a
safe,
reliable
solution
or
or
response
to
increased
numbers
of
unsheltered
folks,
and
that
that
is,
you
know
fundamentally
why
we
are
stepping
forward
and
saying
the
city
will
operate
a
third,
a
low
barrier,
Day
Day
station
and
congregate
over
overnight
shelter.
A
Everyone
has
a
concern,
including
the
state,
has
a
concern
that
the
unsheltered
population
will
go
up
more
than
50
people,
and
so
there
it
should
be
pointed
out
that
there
are
other
sites
in
Chittenden
County
that
are
being
considered
and
other
municipalities
that
are
considering
stepping
up
here
as
well
and
I.
Think
if,
if
there
is
going
to
be
an
additional
Congress,
shelter
open
beyond
the
one
that
we're
talking
about
here
here,
it
is
a
significant
goal
of
the
city.
Is
that
that
additional
shelter
be
in
another
municipality?
A
So
that's
the
thrust
of
our
strategy,
for
if
there
are,
if
there
is
increased
pressure
on
the
the
existing
resources,
if
there
are
more
people
who
are
unsheltered,
as
is
expected,
is
a
large
high
possibility,
given
this
closure.
It
is.
It
is
through
these
Congress
shelters
that
we'll
seek
to
house
folks.
A
What
will
we
be
doing
about
about
camping?
You
know
we
have.
We
have
policies
that
are
on
on
the
books
that
have
been
on
the
books
for
a
long
time,
and
we
we
have
a
team
here
within
the
city
that
that
will
be
enforcing
those
roles
or
attempting
to
force
those
rules
and
we
will
as
you're
as
you
mentioned.
A
A
We
are
proposing
that
the
state
fund,
the
1.7,
the
two
million
dollar
extension
for
the
high
need
households
beyond
the
July
28th
date.
We,
the
2.06
million
again,
is
an
annualized
cost,
not
all
that
should
be
necessary
if
the
if
the
shelters
ended
when
the
adverse
weather
conditions
program
restarts
it
will,
which
would
be.
You
know
a
little
less
than
six
months
from
now
it,
since
some
Capital
costs
I'm,
not
sure.
If
you're
able
to
say
how
much
of
that
2.2
million
Sarah
is
capital
cost.
A
C
A
And
you
know
we
should
say
you
know
when
you're
talking
about
millions
of
dollars,
that's
significant
funds,
they're
in
the
budget
that
was
vetoed,
my
understanding
is
there
was
12
million
dollars
for
transition
costs,
so
this
would
be
proposals
that
could
address
that
we
believe
there's
a
potential
funding
source
in
in
that
budget.
If
that
budget
is
ultimately
ultimately
passed,
and
so
it's
in
that
context
that
we're
proposing
these
Solutions
and
we
believe
there
is
potential
funding
for
them.
A
I
A
So
Pat
I
don't
know
if
you
caught
the
end
of
my
my
last
answer:
one
potential
source
and
it
should
be
noted-
it's
certainly
not
the
only
potential
Source
the
state
has
for
emergency
shelter
for
for
housing
costs,
but
they're.
The
the
the
budget
that
Governor
vetoed
that
is
under
consideration
for
veto
override,
would
have
12
million
dollars
directly
in
it
for
transitioning
out
at
the
end
of
the
motel
program.
So
that
would
be
a
clear
potential
Source
it
has
been
identified
and
but
certainly
not
the
only
place.
I
A
Pat,
we
are
I,
think
there's
a
there's
Clarity
that
the
there
is
capacity
from
emergency
Sun
funds,
if
that,
if
that
budget
is
approved,
and
so
I
think
it's
important
to
point
out
that
the
plan
that
we
are
laying
out
here
is
in
in
many
ways
it's
consistent
with
with
a
veto
override
if
the
legislature
chooses
to
go
in
a
different
direction.
Working
with
with
the
state
government,
there's
certainly
other
ways
that
this
could
be
addressed
as
well.
A
So
again
given
given
the
discussions
about
how
the
pro
this
hotel
program
needs
to
be
transitioned
and
sunseted,
we
think
the
figures
that
were
being
laid
out
here
for
addressing
chittendening
counties-
these
are
at
least
most
of
the
costs
that
would
be
needed
in
in
ginden
county
for
this
transition
it
it's
just
it.
This
is
a
feasible
and
affordable
budget
within
the
context
of
the
dollars
that
have
been
discussed
so
far,.
I
And
mayor
a
non-money
question
along
the
the
situation
here
in
the
governor's
weekly
briefings,
he's
noted
several
times
that
he
and
his
administration
have
been
working
with
the
people
in
the
hotels
and
motels
for
months
for
the
transition,
and
he
has
used
the
phrase
months
and
yet
everybody
seems
to
be
scrambling
right
now
at
this
very
quick
transition,
so
where's
the
dichotomy
here.
Why
does
it
seem
to
be
catching
people
off
guard
when
the
governor
is
saying
that
they've
been
working
with
these
individuals
for
months.
A
So
again,
Pat
just
go
back
to
the
timeline
we
talked
about
here.
The
municipalities
were
invited
into
this
discussion
by
the
state
in
a
formal
way
to
be
part
of
the
problem.
Solving
on
May
22nd,
the
we
have
we,
of
course,
the
the
Alliance.
The
organizations
that
are
working
on
homelessness
certainly
have
been
working
on
this
challenge
throughout
throughout
this
period,
and
it's
one
of
those
slides
show
it
has,
you
know,
has
housed
a
couple
hundred
more
than
200
homeless
individuals
and
households
over
the
last
year.
A
So,
of
course,
all
the
partners
you
heard
from
today
the
city-
everyone
has
been
working
on
one
aspect
of
this
challenge
in
terms
of
helping
the
state
deal
with
the
ending
of
what
has
been
you
know,
they
have
been
the
agency
that
has
been
managing
funding,
creating
thinking
through
this
program.
They
just
brought
municipalities
and
other
local
actors
into
this
problem
in
a
formal
way
and
just
began
sharing
data
with
us
in
the
last
couple
weeks,
and
we
were
responding
very
quickly
with
we
think
a
path
through
here.
A
A
C
The
perspective
of
the
Chittenden
County
homeless,
Alliance
I
think
that
some,
you
know
comments
have
been.
You
know
made
that
I've
heard
around.
You
know
folks
being
isolated
in
the
motels
and
then
I've
also
heard
comments
that
there's
been
active
engagement.
You
know
with
people
in
the
hotels
and
what
I
can
say
from
our
County's
perspective,
at
least.
Is
that
there
have
is
that
we
have
created-
and
you
know,
new
Outreach
teams
to
work
extensively
with
these
with
these
households
and
motels.
C
However,
we
continue
to
see
a
lack
of
capacity
within
our
system
and
being
able
to
connect
households
in
a
timely
manner
to
housing,
navigation
services,
so
I
think
I.
Think
that's
one
of
the
challenges
around
you
know
connecting
households,
I
think.
The
last
thing
that
I
would
say
too
is
that
there's
there
needs
to
be
increased
coordination
between
decisions
made
in
the
administration
level
and
just
and
you
know,
planning
that's
involved
in
the
local
community
level.
C
H
A
A
This
is
the
state
office
building
that
in
this
most
recent
legislative
session,
the
gubernatorial
Administration
proposed
and
I
believe
the
legislature
approved
basically
transitioning
this
building
away
from
being
a
state
office
building
and
being
as
they
no
longer
have
the
same
office
needs
that
they
have
had
in
the
past,
and
so
it
is.
You
know
that
that's
a
history
of
this
buildings,
it
has
been
for
I
think
it's
about
a
20
year.
A
Old
building
I
might
be
off
on
that,
but
has
been
a
state
office
building,
but
they've
been
moving
away
from
that,
and
so
this
would
be
essentially
an
interim
use
in
that
transition
plan.
The
the
there
there
still
would
be
some
ongoing
Department
of
Health
use
of
the
building
during
this
period.
Sarah
I
believe,
is
the
way
we've
it's
been
considered,
but
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
the
building
currently
is
quite
underutilized.
You
want
to
add
anything
to
that
yeah.
A
And
then
Kevin
edick
is
sort
of.
The
second
part
of
the
question
was:
have
you
considered
doing
something
similar
to
City
facility?
In
a
sense,
we
already
have
with
the
the
Elmwood
Avenue
facility,
that
was
a
city-owned
property
that
we
worked
with
Partners
In
the
state
to
transition
that
into
an
emergency
facility.
So
this
is
certainly
something
that
the
city's
been
actively
engaged
in
this
this
Challenge
in
a
number
of
ways.
From
the
start,
we
think
this
is
the
best.
L
A
C
A
And
I'm
not
I
will
make
the
distinction.
Certainly
we
don't
have
approval
on
this,
yet
the
LOI
only
went
in
last
Thursday.
On
the
other
hand,
there
has
been
a
non-trivial
amount
of
back
and
forth
Communications
with
senior
officials
at
the
state
and
their
their.
It
seems
to
be
openness.
To
considering
this
I
would
say.
We
have
had
more
favorable
response
to
this
part
of
the
proposal
so
far
than
the
extended.
A
L
K
Hi
there
thanks
this
is
sort
of
a
follow-up
to
the
other
questions
about
Cherry,
Street,
but
I
know
buildings
in
general
services
at
the
state
had
talked
about
a
potential
desire
to
actually
sell
that
building
once
they
had
moved
employees
out
I.
Just
apologies.
If
you
address
this,
but
I
just
wanted
to
be
clear,
the
this
scenario
does
it:
it
doesn't
involve
a
purchase.
Does
this
involve
just
sort
of
a
lease
from
the
state
before
they
would
sell
it.
A
H
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
the
financing.
So
all
of
these
all
the
financing
for
both
the
extending
the
motel
and
this
Cherry
Street
project
that
would
come
from
the
state
is,
and
is
there
any
money
that
the
city
has
that
they'd
be
willing
to
chip
in
if
the
state
seems
unwilling
to
move
forward
with
these
these
plans,
you
have.
A
So
Liam
the
state
has,
as
you
know,
emergency
housing
dollars.
A
variety
of
emergency
housing
sources
that
go
beyond
well
beyond
anything
the
the
city
has
access
to,
and
we
think
that
that
should
be
the
funding
source.
And
it's
not
just
thought
that
you
know
it
was
in
the
legislature's
budget
to
to
fund
fund
the
transition,
and
we
think
that's
the
first
place
to
to
go
for
for
resources.
We
should
we
certain.
A
The
city
is
already
as
you're,
seeing
on
this
call,
putting
significant
staff
resources
towards
trying
to
manage
a
response
trying
to
be
a
good
partner
at
the
local
level
in
helping
to
coordinate
and
Implement
these
plans,
and
we
and
you
know
so-
that's
that's
a
cost
that
is
being
born
on
the
municipal
side.
And
that's
that's
what
we're
proposing
at
this
point.
H
And
the
shelter
is
slightly
off,
but
the
shelter
on
Shelburne,
Road
I
know
The
Operators
that
has
been
running.
That
is
no
longer
going
to
be
running
that
have
you
been
able
to
find
someone
to
take
over
that?
Where
do
you
have
any
updates?
I
mean
that
seems
like
having
that
operating
is
sort
of
important
in
this
overall
plan
that
you're
you're
presenting
right
here
as
well.
A
Yeah
I
agree
with
that
statement.
I
think
it
is
critical
that
that
the
that
new
shelter
that
we
just
put
public
funds
towards
purchasing
in
2020
that
from
for
the
foreseeable
future,
I
think
that
is
going
to
be
needed
as
a
low
barrier.
Year-Round
shelter
would
be
a
big
setback
to
our
efforts
if
that
were
to
cease
operating.
A
We
had
at
this
point,
have
a
commitment
from
a
new
place
to
operate
that
facility
through
the
end
of
September,
which
gives
us
time
for
conversations
with
other
agencies
about
taking
over
the
program
taking
over
the
the
management
and
services
at
that
time,
and
we
are
in
detailed
conversations
with
Chino
County
organizations
about
doing
that.
We
don't
have
anything
permanent
to
announce
yet,
but
I
would
say
our
goal
is
that
the
we
come
out
of
this
transition
with
that
facility
operating
even
better
than
it
has
up
until
now.
A
L
Thanks
one
more
question:
you
know
I
hear
often
from
folks
who
say
that
they
maybe
have
some
kind
of
Housing
Voucher,
maybe
Section
8
or
something
similar
and
can't
find
a
place
to
to
use
it
a
landlord
who
will
rent
it
at
a
rate,
that's
eligible
I
I
mean.
Is
this
a
moment
where
this
is
a
question
for
you
mayor?
Is
this
a
moment
where
private
landlords
need
to
be
stepping
up
to
to
consider
offering
more
units
at
rates
that
that,
where
vouchers
can
be
used.
A
I
think
that
that
is
an
on
point
question
right
now
with
exactly
what
we're
proposing
here.
Many
of
the
households
and
I
think
this
was
mentioned
earlier
in
the
briefing
I'm,
not
sure
if
you
have
that
stat
again,
but
Paul
made
a
point
about
available
vouchers
as
well.
It's
a
sort
of
a
further
tragedy
with
what
is
being
proposed
here
and
and
what
we're
trying
to
avoid
is
yeah
many
many
of
these
high
need
households.
Do
you
have
vouchers?
A
What
our
plan
relies
on
is
not
some
sort
of
dramatic
change
in
trajectory,
but
the
the
sort
of
existing
system
using
largely
non-profit
owned
homes
that
have
had
Government
funding
as
those
homes
become
available
and
as
new
homes
come
online.
We
would
match
the
individuals
in
this,
these
165
individuals
with
these
households
and
they
would
become
permanently
housed
and
what's
really
missing.
There
is
just
time
and
what
this
plan
does
is
expand
the
time.
A
You
are
right
that,
if
some
that,
if
the
year
that
if
there
was
more
private
property
owners
that
participated
in
the
voucher
system,
that
could
expand
the
universe
of
of
homes,
it
could
accelerate
the
plan
that
we're
talking
about
here
and
it
would
would
it
would
further
address
the
sort
of
product
situation
that
we
have
with
with
these
vouchers
existing,
but
not
enough,
not
homes.
It
is
definitely
explicitly
one
of
the
goals
of
ceto
and
our
our
our
effort
to
address
homelessness.
A
It
is
one
of
the
kind
of
medium
and
long-term
strategies
that
I
know
Sarah
is
we're
actively
working
on
and
and
and
that
we,
it
is
something
we
would
like
to
see.
We,
it
is
almost
since
the
day
she
started.
We
also
have
been
dealing
with
with
crises
and
dealing
with
the
setting
up
of
new
Congress
shelters,
and
so
it's
I
would
say
it's
it's
a
medium-term
goal
and
one
that
we
think
has
the
possibility
of
of
having
a
further
impact.
A
Okay-
okay,
now
I
spoke
to
you
soon
before,
but
now
I'm
not
seeing
any
for
for
their
hands.
We've
been
we've
been
at
this
for
for
over
an
hour,
so
if
I
think
we're
at
a
point
where
we
can
wrap
up
this
briefing
again,
some
of
this
discussion
is
going
to
be
repeated
at
the
city
council
work
session.
That
I
believe
starts
is
at
six
o'clock
tonight,
Sarah
the
work
session,
or
is
it
later
we
believe
it's
6
30.
and
thank
you.
A
Everyone
for
for
joining
and
participating
in
this
I
want
to
thank
our
our
partners,
who've
been
on
the
line
throughout
as
well.
Thank
you
for
really
being
on
the
front
lines
of
this
Challenge
and
working
very
hard
day
in
and
day
out
to
do
right
by
some
of
the
most
vulnerable
vermonters
of
sitting
in
County
residents.
That
there
are
none
of
none
of
the
discussion
we've
been
talking
about
today
would
be
possible
with
without
the
outstanding
housing
nonprofits
that
we're
fortunate
to
have
here
and
work
with.
So
thank
you.