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Bend City Councilor Megan Perkins gives an update on Temporary Housing Strategies.
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We
have
great
news
to
share
the
division
street
shelter
opened
on
february
7th.
Thank
you
to
all
the
people
who
made
this
possible.
The
city
bought
this
temporary
shelter
on
division
street
with
grant
funds
and
neighbor
impact
is
operating
it.
It
will
add
up
to
40
additional
shelter
beds.
This
additional
capacity
will
help
relieve
pressure
on
the
shelter
managed
by
shepard's
house
at
2nd
street,
the
second
street
shelter,
a
designated
permanent
warming,
shelter
has
capacity
for
90
beds
and
it's
been
pretty
full.
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Despite
what
you
may
have
heard
recently,
there
were
shelter
beds
open
when
the
shelter
first
opened
in
june
and
over
the
summer,
but
since
december
there
have
been
more
nights
when
demand
for
places
to
sleep
exceeds
the
90
beds
that
are
available
at
second
street.
There
have
only
been
six
nights
in
the
past
six
weeks
with
any
capacity
and
all
and
that's
just
a
handful
of
beds.
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Developing
shelter
capacity
has
to
happen
before
the
city
can
remove
camps
on
public
lands
due
to
federal
court
rulings.
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city's
ability
to
regulate
sleeping
in
its
public
places
is
related
to
a
community's
ability
to
provide
shelter
for
homeless
individuals
who
might
otherwise
need
to
use
public
places
to
sleep.
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Another
piece
of
the
strategy
is
to
consider
proposed
development
code
changes
to
provide
more
options
for
various
types
of
shelters
to
be
built
in
most
zoning
districts
around
bend.
This
code
development
is
underway
and
is
recently
in
the
public
input
phase.
Before
the
planning
commission,
the
planning
commission
will
be
meeting
again
on
tuesday
february
22nd
at
6
pm
to
discuss
these
changes.
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As
you
may
recall,
the
city
of
bend
is
looking
into
possible
locations
for
temporary
outdoor
shelters
for
unhoused
community
members
in
bend.
Negotiations
are
still
underway
for
a
contract
with
service
providers
to
operate
the
outdoor
shelters.
In
the
request
for
proposal,
please
note
we
don't
have
the
two
locations
chosen,
but
I
want
to
take
this
moment
to
assure
you
that
we
are
listening
to
your
concerns
and
we
hear
you
when
you
call
into
council
meetings
and
write
us
emails.
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This
past
week,
the
legislation
to
fund
the
startup
of
a
collaborative
city
county
office
on
homelessness
was
approved
and
is
moving
quickly
through
the
committee
process
in
the
state
legislature.
This
will
provide
one
million
dollars
of
startup
funding
for
our
community
to
launch
the
strategic
plan
developed
by
the
emergency
homelessness
task
force.
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Also,
the
mid-size
cities
of
oregon,
a
coalition
ben
helped
to
build
during
the
pandemic,
has
organized
an
effort
to
get
additional
state
funding
to
assist
in
responding
to
the
houselessness
crisis.
Those
cities
are
seeking
a
total
package
of
50
million
dollars.
If
approved,
this
50
million
request
would
be
apportioned
by
population
and
ben
would
receive
almost
3
million
dollars.
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If
you'd
like
to
know
more
about
the
city's
comprehensive
plan
to
address
houselessness,
please
go
to
bendoregon.gov
houselessness
and
thank
you
to
all
of
you
who
care
about
this
issue
and
have
come
to
us
with
your
solutions
and
opinions.
Together,
we
can
get
people
off
of
our
streets
and
into
safe
and
managed
shelter.