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Third Avenue Parcels:

Developing a Vision + Concept Land Use Plan Summary and Preliminary Recommendations

February 19, 2020 Presentation to the Anchorage Committee on Homelessness

former ANMC site

Owned by HLB

Project Site

currently owned by Ron Alleva

(3 lots, total of 4 acres)

Location

E 3rd Ave. E 3rd Ave E 2nd Ave E 1st Ave E 4th Ave E 1st Ave Post Rd Hyder St Ingra St Juneau St Karluk St LaTouche St

Brother Francis Shelter

Land owned by MOA, building

• wned by CIHA, both

leased by CSS

Bean’s Cafe

E 3rd Ave. Ingra St

Location

Owned by MOA (ML+P), may be transferred to Chugach Electric

private

Owned by MOA (ML+P), may be transferred to Chugach Electric

private private private

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Location – Aerial Photo

Photo source: Appraisal report, Black-Smith, Bethard & Carlson, LLC, August 2017

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Location - Characteristics

• Seismic zones 4 and 5 (high ground failure susceptibility)
• Relatively steep slopes around perimeter
• Identified as industrial land in community plans and zoning
• Some environmental contamination but limited

information regarding details

• Adjacent to the former

ANMC site (recently went through a community visioning process)

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Our Process

Study Goal

Develop a concept land use plan for the three parcels between 3rd and 1st Avenues that best meets Anchorage's needs, using community outreach and case study research to identify a vision and proposed uses for the site.

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Project Background: Change is Needed

The status quo in the area is not working for anyone:

• Property owners
• Residents
• Service providers
• People experiencing homelessness
• Policymakers
• First responders

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Our Timeline

Summer 2019

• Talk with

community members, providers about the vision for these properties.

• Conduct individual

key informant interviews Fall 2019

• Develop a better

understanding of how other communities have positively addressed homelessness, particularly in relation to land uses adjacent to emergency shelter services.

• Share back

preliminary findings with partners for feedback

• Assess site

conditions,

• pportunities &

constraints Winter 2019-2020

• Integrate

community feedback, case study research and site conditions into a set of key findings and recommendations

• Share

recommendations with the community and collect feedback

• Refine report

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Who We Talked To

Local (alphabetical order)

• 3rd and Ingra (former ANMC site) planning team
• 3rdAvenue Radicals
• Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness staff
• Assembly members: Chris Constant, Meg Zaletel,

Kameron Perez-Verdia

• Bean’s Café
• Catholic Social Services (Brother Francis Shelter)
• Fairview Community Council Executive Board
• First responders
• Municipality of Anchorage staff
• Representative from the Heritage Land Bank (HLB)
• Representatives of the Homeless Leadership Council

& Rasmuson Foundation

• Ron Alleva

Case Studies

• The Beacon

(Houston, TX)

• Sarah’s Circle

(Chicago, IL)

• The Way Home

(Salt Lake City, UT)

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Case Study Highlights

The Beacon Sarah’s Circle The Road Home

Houston, TX Chicago, IL Salt Lake City, UT

• Day shelter allows one

entry per day

• Houston has a

citywide access bus that connects homelessness services

• Requires an intake/

assessment to access services

• Chicago’s providers

use a coordinated approach (like CE) for shelter beds

• SLC is decentralizing its

large downtown shelter into smaller, targeted shelters

• SLC used a competitive bid

process to select operators for the new shelters

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Public Safety Data

Who is being served in the area?

People who need a short-term stay People with more serious behavioral health issues who need clinical support and treatment

Area providers are well equipped to serve this population Providers struggle to serve this population across Anchorage; high concentration of need in the area + Individuals who “prey” on the vulnerable; criminals

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Emergency Calls in Grid 1232

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Grid 1232

BFS

Beans

Emergency Response Calls to the Area

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534 609 679 696 846 872 1100 1557 798 654 148 218 269 402 502 595 497 894 412 270 732 798 814 2,402 4,780 4,869 4,241 5,421 5,052 2,221 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 YTD

Fire Dept. Calls to Grid 1232

Key

2019 YTD = 2019 year to date data through mid September, as provided by AFD and APD

1,664 958 748 791 611 350 3,394 4,171 2,628 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 2017 2018 2019 YTD

Police Department Calls to Grid 1232

Anchorage & Case Studies

Sheltered and Unsheltered Homeless People

Normalized by Population Size

Sheltered Homeless Min: 0.4 per 1,000 Houston Max: 3.4 per 1,000 Anchorage Avg: 1.8 per 1,000 3.4 per 1,000 Anchorage Unsheltered Homeless Min: 0.1 per 1,000 Salt Lake City Max: 2.6 per 1,000 Long Beach Avg: 0.8 per 1,000 0.3 per 1,000 Anchorage

homeless counts are from the January 2018 Point-in-Time (PIT) count; sheltered number includes those residing in ES, TH, SH beds but not those in PH beds

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3.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.1 2.9 0.4 1.4 0.3 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 2.1 0.3 0.1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anchorage Long Beach Denver Boise Chicago Minneapolis Portland Houston Salt Lake City Per 1,000 Population

Sheltered Homeless Unsheltered Homeless

3.8 4.0 1.7 1.6 2.0 2.4 5.0 0.7 1.6

Percent Distribution of Housing Solutions for the Homeless

• Anchorage has 2nd highest share of shelter beds relative to overall housing for the

homeless compared to case studies

• Percentage of beds that are emergency shelter: 44% Boise, 41% Anchorage, 30%

Denver & Salt Lake, 26% case study average

Source: 2018 Housing Inventory Count (HIC), as compiled by CoCsand reported to HUD; this chart excludes seasonal beds such as cold weather shelter. 17

Emergency Shelter Beds per 1,000 Population by Community

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Excludes seasonal cold weather shelter beds; see next slide for shelter names in Anchorage Emergency Shelter: Cold Weather Communities* Min: 0.9 per 1,000 Denver Max: 2.6 per 1,000 Anchorage Avg: 1.5 per 1,000 2.6 per 1,000 Anchorage

Source: 2018 Housing Inventory Count (HIC), as compiled by CoCsand reported to HUD

Emergency Shelter: All Min: 0.3 per 1,000 Houston Max: 2.6 per 1,000 Anchorage Avg: 1.3 per 1,000 2.6 per 1,000 Anchorage

Anchorage Gospel Rescue Mission 2823 E T udor 62 beds Brother Francis Shelter 1021 E 3rd 240 beds Clare House 4110 Spenard Rd 56 beds Covenant House 755 A St 60 beds Downtown Soup Kitchen 240 E 3rd 50 beds Partners for Progress 74 motel vouchers; scattered Salvation Army McKinnell House 1712 A St 110 beds AWAIC 52 beds for domestic violence victims 711 year round shelter beds in Anchorage Plus 184 cold weather shelter beds in 2019 (not mapped)

Anchorage shelter bed distribution

(from 2019 HIC)

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What are the total/cumulative number of nights clients have stayed at Brother Francis from 2017-2019?

Source: Catholic Social Services using Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) data, July 2016 through June 2019

365 or more 2% 100 - 364 nights 12% 31-99 nights 17% 10-30 nights 18% 2 to 9 nights 31% 1 night 20%

Total Number of Nights at BFS over a Three-Year Period, 2017-2019

SUMMARY Min: 1 night Max: 922 nights Median: 9 nights Mean: 47 nights

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Themes and Recommendations

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What We Heard – many site ideas

• Nothing until current problems are

fixed

• No more shelter beds
• Move shelter
• Do not move shelter – recent

investment

• No more concentration of services
• Housing (permanent or transitional

housing, with supportive services)

• Not permanent housing but horizontal

supports to connect individuals to housing and services

• Service navigation center
• Vocational training center
• Expanded clinic with behavioral

health

• Parking for BFS to allow for

space redesign

• Green space/ park
• Bus barn
• Light industrial park
• Leave as-is / no purchase
• Buffer between more

commercial uses and the campus

• Re-work campus on site with

additional space

• Work house/bunk house
• Sanctioned camping
• No sanctioned camping
• Police sub-station
• Innovation site for new ideas to

support people

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Potential Path Forward

FIRST: Improve the Current Situation

Fence | Consistent enforcement on right of way | Effective communication with first responders, providers, neighborhood | Intake & connections to appropriate services

Decentralize Shelter

• No additional shelter beds at

the campus

• Keep BFS at current location &

distribute longer-term clients to specialized shelters in other locations

• Relocate seniors, medical

respite, women to existing or new facilities

• BFS is a sleeping only facility

focused on short-term stays

Add Behavioral Health

• Crisis Now model
• Increase behavioral

health treatment at BFS/Bean’s

• Locations throughout

Anchorage

Add Supportive Housing

• Navigate to vouchers and

units for permanent supportive housing

• Add some transitional

housing

• Workforce bunk housing
• Seniors
• Women
• Medical respite
• Locations throughout

Anchorage

AND improve the service and housing delivery system

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What Does this Mean for the Purchase of the Alleva properties?

Purchase Property for Short-Term & Long-Term Solutions

Purchase for Improved Space Planning

• Buffer
• Parking
• Some open space
• Safer access

Purchase for Navigation & Safety

• Police presence
• Navigation
• Case management
• Clinic including behavioral

health

• Job training
• Managed day shelter

Short Term Medium-Long Term

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Brother Francis Shelter

Land owned by MOA, leased by CIHA

Bean’s Cafe E 1st Ave E 3rd Ave. Ingra St

Potential Site Concepts: Short T erm

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Buffer space

• Keep existing buildings,

start navigation

• Community policing
• More parking
• Safer access point
• Provide buffer space

for people traveling in and out of the campus

• n a daily basis

Brother Francis Shelter

Land owned by MOA, leased by CIHA

Bean’s Cafe E 1st Ave E 3rd Ave. Ingra St

Potential Site Concepts: Medium to Long T erm

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Could include:

• APD community policing
• Navigation (Hub model

being considered by ACEH)

• Case management
• Expanded SCF clinic

with behavioral health

• Managed day shelter
• Potential relocation of

Bean’s Cafe Buffer space Utilize bed capacity for shorter term stay; immediate need. Seniors, women, medical respite & longer term stays at other locations Community Connection Center

How important is the purchase of the Alleva properties?

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Property acquisition makes sense. How important is this purchase compared to other investments to implement Anchored Home and address homelessness in our community?

• Increasing transitional and permanent housing beds

and supportive services throughout Anchorage

• Improving navigation to those beds from shelter to

more rapidly house people This highlights the need for an Anchored Home prioritization and funding plan

Finalizing the Study

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• Dec. 13,

2019

• Draft report distributed to stakeholders
• Jan. 10,

2020

• Presentation at ACEH General Membership Meeting
• Feb. 19,

2020

• Presentation to MOA Assembly Committee on Homelessness
• Deadline for comments

End of Feb. 2020

• Final report completed

Thank you!

Additional questions, comments, suggestions?

• Contact Molly Mylius
• molly@agnewbeck.com

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