[OldNorth] Fwd: DCC MOU and Interfaith Rotating Shelter

[sheryl lynn gerety]

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> From: Danielle Foster <DFoster at cityofdavis.org>
> Date: December 18, 2009 9:05:08 AM PST
> To: Danielle Foster <DFoster at cityofdavis.org>
> Subject: FW: DCC MOU and Interfaith Rotating Shelter
>
> D Street Neighbors,
> I am passing this information on to you all, so that everyone  
> receives this clarification.
> Thanks,
> Danielle
>
> From: Bill Emlen
> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 8:31 AM
> To: louise at omsoft.com
> Cc: Danielle Foster; Elvia Garcia-Ayala; Doree Ruud
> Subject: DCC MOU and Interfaith Rotating Shelter
>
> Dear D Street Neighborhood,
> This email is to clarify the discussion and direction from last  
> night's City Council meeting, as it relates to the Interfaith  
> Rotating Winter Shelter (IRWS) and the City and Davis Community  
> Church (DCC) MOU. The article in the Davis Enterprise says that  
> Council "advised the city manager to lift the restrictions of the  
> MOU until regular council meetings resume in January." Actually, the  
> City Council advised the City Manager to lift the IRWS capacity  
> restrictions during the holidays subject to the IRWS Temporary Use  
> Permit. The City Council is specifically concerned about emergency  
> procedures during the holidays while city offices are closed and  
> want to ensure that no one goes unsheltered. Davis Community Church  
> is not a host site of IRWS until after the holidays, the week of  
> January 17th, but increased capacity could result at the following  
> IRWS host sites during the holidays and the first week of January:  
> St. James Catholic Church and Davis United Methodist Church.
>
> The City Council also asked staff to return to them no later than  
> their January 12th City Council meeting with:
> 1. City policy and procedures regarding the facilitation of  
> communication and the sharing of information regarding service  
> capacity among providers of homeless services, including the City  
> agency itself; and
> 2. A process by which the IRWS could declare an emergency situation  
> to serve additional guests, gaining City Manager approval within a  
> 24-hour period.
>
> Nothing from the adopted MOU has been changed, but the process by  
> which an emergency consideration of shelter could be requested is  
> being further clarified. City Council is scheduled to further  
> discuss the emergency protocol on the services in the MOU and the  
> IRWS on January 12th at their meeting.
> Please contact Danielle Foster at (530) 757-5626 if you have any  
> questions.
> Sincerely,
> Bill
>

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