From winterety at sbcglobal.net Wed Nov 11 09:12:09 2009 From: winterety at sbcglobal.net (sheryl lynn gerety) Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:12:09 -0800 Subject: [OldNorth] Cold Weather Shelter opens Message-ID: <9C208E6F-32D1-4D16-B2AF-FDFADF8DDDA3@sbcglobal.net> Please contact Bill Pride with Davis Community Meals at billpride-dcm at sbcglobal.net or 756-4008 if you have any questions about this shelter, or you may contact [Danielle] at the phone number listed below or by responding to this email. Please forgive the receipt of more than one announcement on this subject. We have overlapping lists for neighborhood residents, obviously. Since this announcement concerns a subject of some controversy it is best that it reach every household. At least once. COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT 23 Russell Blvd. ? Davis, California 95616 530/757-5626 - FAX: 530/758-0204 ? TDD: 530/757-5666 (OVER) PUBLIC NOTICE This is to notify you of the scheduled opening of the Davis Community Meals Cold Weather Shelter at 512 Fifth Street the week of November 16, 2009. This notice is being sent to neighbors of 512 Fifth Street to notify you that the Davis Cold Weather Shelter is scheduled to open the week of November 16, 2009 and will remain open through March 31, 2010. The Cold Weather Shelter has been operated at this location for the past four cold weather seasons. The current lease for 512 Fifth Street between the City and Davis Community Meals primarily allows for transitional housing for families. Use of this property as a cold weather shelter requires an amendment to the lease, through an action by the City Council. The Council meeting at which this amendment will be considered is scheduled for November 17, 2009. The shelter will run in the same manner and in accordance with the same rules as in past years. A more detailed description is provided below. Cold Weather Shelter Description: The shelter will run as it did during previous winter seasons. Davis Community Meals (DCM) will use the house at 512 Fifth Street, next door to Fire Station 31, as a Cold Weather Shelter opening the week of November 16, 2009 and remaining open through March 31, 2010. The shelter will continue to provide up to 10 beds for homeless individuals who need shelter during cold weather months, with approximately 8 beds for men and 2 beds for women. Additional details of the shelter are as follows: ? Hours of Operation: Nightly from 6pm to 8am the next morning. ? Residents of the shelter will be permitted to arrive from 6pm until 8 pm (using the voucher system of previous years), and will be required to leave by 7:30am. Residents will not be permitted to leave and re-enter the same night, and shelter vouchers will once again be provided at 1111 H Street during its daily hours of operation. ? All residents will be provided information about local homeless services (food, shelter, clothing, counseling, transportation) and will be given the opportunity to use laundry and shower facilities at DCM?s transitional housing facility at 1111 H Street during the day. ? Loitering during hours that the shelter is closed will not be permitted, signs will be posted on-site. ? Residents will be required to agree to House Rules for the shelter that restrict loitering during closed hours, on-site consumption of drugs and alcohol, possession of weapons, etc. ? 3 staff members will be on-site from 6pm-11pm and 2 staff members will be on-site from 11pm until 8 am the next morning (primarily volunteer staff will be used). ? Individuals staying at the shelter will not be required to be clean and sober, but will only be permitted to stay based on staff?s evaluation of his/her ability to interact safely with the other residents and staff at the shelter. ? Smoking will be permitted only on the Fifth Street side of the shelter, and will be monitored by DCM staff. ? Davis Community Meals will continue to work with Davis Community Church and the Davis Police Department in the referral of local homeless individuals to the shelter and in the reduction of loitering within the immediate neighborhood, particularly on-site at the shelter and on the D Street side of Davis Community Church. 512 Fifth Street Cold Weather Shelter- Public Notice If you would like to receive additional information or provide feedback, please contact Danielle Foster, Housing and Human Services Superintendent, located in City Hall at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis CA 95616. She can be reached by phone at (530)757-5626 or email at dfoster at cityofdavis.org . Additionally, Bill Pride, the Executive Director for Davis Community Meals, who will run the shelter, can be reached at (530) 756-4008 or billpride-dcm at sbcglobal.net . COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT 23 Russell Blvd. ? Davis, California 95616 530/757-5626 - FAX: 530/758-0204 ? TDD: 530/757-5666 (OVER) PUBLIC NOTICE This is to notify you of the scheduled opening of the Davis Community Meals Cold Weather Shelter at 512 Fifth Street the week of November 16, 2009. This notice is being sent to neighbors of 512 Fifth Street to notify you that the Davis Cold Weather Shelter is scheduled to open the week of November 16, 2009 and will remain open through March 31, 2010. The Cold Weather Shelter has been operated at this location for the past four cold weather seasons. The current lease for 512 Fifth Street between the City and Davis Community Meals primarily allows for transitional housing for families. Use of this property as a cold weather shelter requires an amendment to the lease, through an action by the City Council. The Council meeting at which this amendment will be considered is scheduled for November 17, 2009. The shelter will run in the same manner and in accordance with the same rules as in past years. A more detailed description is provided below. Cold Weather Shelter Description: The shelter will run as it did during previous winter seasons. Davis Community Meals (DCM) will use the house at 512 Fifth Street, next door to Fire Station 31, as a Cold Weather Shelter opening the week of November 16, 2009 and remaining open through March 31, 2010. The shelter will continue to provide up to 10 beds for homeless individuals who need shelter during cold weather months, with approximately 8 beds for men and 2 beds for women. Additional details of the shelter are as follows: ? Hours of Operation: Nightly from 6pm to 8am the next morning. ? Residents of the shelter will be permitted to arrive from 6pm until 8 pm (using the voucher system of previous years), and will be required to leave by 7:30am. Residents will not be permitted to leave and re-enter the same night, and shelter vouchers will once again be provided at 1111 H Street during its daily hours of operation. ? All residents will be provided information about local homeless services (food, shelter, clothing, counseling, transportation) and will be given the opportunity to use laundry and shower facilities at DCM?s transitional housing facility at 1111 H Street during the day. ? Loitering during hours that the shelter is closed will not be permitted, signs will be posted on-site. ? Residents will be required to agree to House Rules for the shelter that restrict loitering during closed hours, on-site consumption of drugs and alcohol, possession of weapons, etc. ? 3 staff members will be on-site from 6pm-11pm and 2 staff members will be on-site from 11pm until 8 am the next morning (primarily volunteer staff will be used). ? Individuals staying at the shelter will not be required to be clean and sober, but will only be permitted to stay based on staff?s evaluation of his/her ability to interact safely with the other residents and staff at the shelter. ? Smoking will be permitted only on the Fifth Street side of the shelter, and will be monitored by DCM staff. ? Davis Community Meals will continue to work with Davis Community Church and the Davis Police Department in the referral of local homeless individuals to the shelter and in the reduction of loitering within the immediate neighborhood, particularly on-site at the shelter and on the D Street side of Davis Community Church. 512 Fifth Street Cold Weather Shelter- Public Notice If you would like to receive additional information or provide feedback, please contact Danielle Foster, Housing and Human Services Superintendent, located in City Hall at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis CA 95616. She can be reached by phone at (530)757-5626 or email at dfoster at cityofdavis.org . Additionally, Bill Pride, the Executive Director for Davis Community Meals, who will run the shelter, can be reached at (530) 756-4008 or billpride-dcm at sbcglobal.net . COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT 23 Russell Blvd. ? Davis, California 95616 530/757-5626 - FAX: 530/758-0204 ? TDD: 530/757-5666 (OVER) PUBLIC NOTICE This is to notify you of the scheduled opening of the Davis Community Meals Cold Weather Shelter at 512 Fifth Street the week of November 16, 2009. This notice is being sent to neighbors of 512 Fifth Street to notify you that the Davis Cold Weather Shelter is scheduled to open the week of November 16, 2009 and will remain open through March 31, 2010. The Cold Weather Shelter has been operated at this location for the past four cold weather seasons. The current lease for 512 Fifth Street between the City and Davis Community Meals primarily allows for transitional housing for families. Use of this property as a cold weather shelter requires an amendment to the lease, through an action by the City Council. The Council meeting at which this amendment will be considered is scheduled for November 17, 2009. The shelter will run in the same manner and in accordance with the same rules as in past years. A more detailed description is provided below. Cold Weather Shelter Description: The shelter will run as it did during previous winter seasons. Davis Community Meals (DCM) will use the house at 512 Fifth Street, next door to Fire Station 31, as a Cold Weather Shelter opening the week of November 16, 2009 and remaining open through March 31, 2010. The shelter will continue to provide up to 10 beds for homeless individuals who need shelter during cold weather months, with approximately 8 beds for men and 2 beds for women. Additional details of the shelter are as follows: ? Hours of Operation: Nightly from 6pm to 8am the next morning. ? Residents of the shelter will be permitted to arrive from 6pm until 8 pm (using the voucher system of previous years), and will be required to leave by 7:30am. Residents will not be permitted to leave and re-enter the same night, and shelter vouchers will once again be provided at 1111 H Street during its daily hours of operation. ? All residents will be provided information about local homeless services (food, shelter, clothing, counseling, transportation) and will be given the opportunity to use laundry and shower facilities at DCM?s transitional housing facility at 1111 H Street during the day. ? Loitering during hours that the shelter is closed will not be permitted, signs will be posted on-site. ? Residents will be required to agree to House Rules for the shelter that restrict loitering during closed hours, on-site consumption of drugs and alcohol, possession of weapons, etc. ? 3 staff members will be on-site from 6pm-11pm and 2 staff members will be on-site from 11pm until 8 am the next morning (primarily volunteer staff will be used). ? Individuals staying at the shelter will not be required to be clean and sober, but will only be permitted to stay based on staff?s evaluation of his/her ability to interact safely with the other residents and staff at the shelter. ? Smoking will be permitted only on the Fifth Street side of the shelter, and will be monitored by DCM staff. ? Davis Community Meals will continue to work with Davis Community Church and the Davis Police Department in the referral of local homeless individuals to the shelter and in the reduction of loitering within the immediate neighborhood, particularly on-site at the shelter and on the D Street side of Davis Community Church. 512 Fifth Street Cold Weather Shelter- Public Notice If you would like to receive additional information or provide feedback, please contact Danielle Foster, Housing and Human Services Superintendent, located in City Hall at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis CA 95616. She can be reached by phone at (530)757-5626 or email at dfoster at cityofdavis.org . Additionally, Bill Pride, the Executive Director for Davis Community Meals, who will run the shelter, can be reached at (530) 756-4008 or billpride-dcm at sbcglobal.net . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: