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Safe Parking A Regional 24 Hour Approach

Safe Parking A Regional 24 Hour Approach. Dave Arnone Resident – 25 years Director for Move Mountain View. The Problem We Face. Housing cost and availability leads to vehicle living Exacerbated by a regional supply of high paying jobs

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Safe Parking A Regional 24 Hour Approach

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  1. Safe ParkingA Regional 24 Hour Approach Dave Arnone Resident – 25 years Director for Move Mountain View

  2. The Problem We Face • Housing cost and availability leads to vehicle living • Exacerbated by a regional supply of high paying jobs • Vehicle living challenges our sense of order and calm, leaving vehicles parked 24 hours in non-ideal places. • Oversized vehicle households need a place to park the vehicles during the day. • Overnight parking solutions will force them back onto our streets each day. • We need a 24 hour solution. • Our challenge is to balance our value for compassion while maximizing our community’s safety, order, and beauty.

  3. How did we get here? • It all happened so fast. • I’m proud that we emphasized compassion over quality of life for the traditionally housed. • Time has marched on. The number of vehicles has grown to 200. • But now the pendulum has swung and we are seeking to balance compassion and order.

  4. Safe Parking • Move MV pilot program • 2 churches, 8 cars, overnight only • In partnership with City, an additional 50 overnight spaces pending • Safe Parking a proven path into more stable housing • New Beginnings - Santa Barbara • 64% of Santa Barbara clients transitioned to stable housing in 2017 • LifeMoves – San Jose • “There have now been over twenty families served to date, and every exit has been to a shelter or to stable housing.” (website) • Move Mountain View • 24 vehicles served, 7 moved into housing • No 24 hour safe parking currently operating

  5. Safe Parking – Financial Picture • Unit of supportive housing costs County ~$15k/yr. • A Move MV parking space costs $5k/yr. when 50 parking spaces are operating • Move MV is 1 year into a 2 year $180k contract with County • Payroll • Liability and workmen‘s compensation insurance • Office expenses • Case Management • This leaves a $10k/yr. per space opportunity for our county • City of Mountain View and private donors generously fund Move MV as well.

  6. County-Wide Approach • Participating cities • Each set their own 24 hour parking space goal • Establishes a registration system • Run by established safe parking provider (LifeMoves and/or Move MV) • Sets priorities for who gets the spaces • Enable enforcement against rogue parkers • Create a cross-functional task force to find the spaces • City and County representatives • Real estate and legal professionals • Safe parking provider • Faith community representative • Chamber of commerce representative • Provide on-street, designated parking for any shortfall

  7. What does the County Do? • Establishes and coordinates large lots shared between cities • The Google’s, Linked In’s and Orchard Supply Properties. • Repeat the Hope’s Corner/Google success • Continue to fund safe parking providers county-wide • Coordinate and develop partnerships and best practices between participating cities

  8. 24 Hour Spaces- Where do we get them? • Convert planned overnight lots to 24/7 and use at full capacity • Planned capacity – 50 • Full capacity – 120 • Ongoing effort to bring on new lots and sunset older ones as needs change • PAHC, VTA will convert to housing • Fallow lots awaiting development and other new opportunities will happen • Consider acquiring the OSH lot for parking, job development, and contract mfg • Community First Model from Austin • Student lots • School districts provide spaces for their students • MV/Whisman and Foothill • Businesses • Aggressively and publically pursue our large businesses to step up • Apply some of the county opportunity money to rent individual spaces from small businesses and even homeowners • On-street designated buffer parking

  9. More on Money • Large lots cost money • Some is publically owned. Ongoing investment is relatively small. • Apply some of the $10k/yr. per spot benefit to parking spaces • Vehicle residents want to pay their way. • Opportunity t charge rent to those in the program. • Some could pay up to $1k per month • Sliding scale will also be needed.

  10. Next Steps • Until housing crisis is declared over, • Waive city requirements that prevent lots being used at full capacity • Use the planned lots as a permanent solution. • Set capacity target • Identify on-street buffer capacity • Launch a safe parking task force • Create registration process and priority guidelines • Begin process of securing the rest of the spaces

  11. What does this accomplish? • Managed vehicle housing • No over-sized vehicles in vast majority of Mountain View • No forced displacement and 24 hour parking available • Influx levels that the city can control • Leverages funds and processes already in place • Safe Parking moves people into more stable housing • Mountain View remains aligned with its human rights values • 200 spaces open 24/7 can happen.

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