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Ordinance No. 18-105 amending Ordinance No. 17-116 (2018 Appropriation Ordinance) for a supplemental appropriation to the General Fund in the amount of $500,000 for capital and operating expenses associated with increasing the number of available low-barrier shelter beds in our community
Presenter:
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Phelps, Homelessness Prevention & Response Coordinator, Neighborhood Services
Peter Wysocki, Director of Planning and Development
Steve Posey, HUD Grants Administrator
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Summary:
The attached ordinance is a supplemental appropriation to the General Fund in the amount of $500,000 for capital and operating expenses associated with increasing the number of available low-barrier shelter beds in our community. Colorado Springs has a deficit of low barrier shelter beds for homeless persons. Our 2018 Point In Time count showed that there were 513 people unsheltered in our community while the only low barrier shelter in town was at capacity. Without adequate low barrier shelter bed capacity in our community, the Colorado Springs Police Department has limited authority to enforce the City's no-camping on public property ordinances. This funding from the City will help ensure that our community will have adequate low barrier shelter bed capacity; therefore, protect the health and safety of citizens and enable the Colorado Springs Police Department to enforce no camping ordinances.
Previous Council Action:
On December 12, 2017, City Council approved the original 2018 budget per Ordinance No. 17-116 (2018 Appropriation Ordinance)
Background:
Every year during the last ten days in January, communities across the nation complete an annual Point-In-Time count (PIT) of people experiencing homelessness. In El Paso County, this count is done under the guidance of the Pikes Peak Continuum of Care (PPCoC). El Paso County's 2018 PIT count showed that there were 1,551 people experiencing homelessness in our co...
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