<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> </head> <body> <div dir="ltr"> <div></div> <div> <div> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span>Hello all,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span></span><br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span>I am writing to ask Council to vote to authorize an emergency, temporary, sanctioned campsite in Boulder.<span> <span> </span></span>Given that we are actively clearing encampments this month, I think we should take this up on Tuesday.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span></span><br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span>The current situation is untenable (for essentially all involved — the individuals living in the encampments, other community members, and those tasked with enforcement). This is especially true during COVID.<span> </span><span> </span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span></span><br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span>I understand we do not as a policy re-look at issues that we have recently voted on. But I‘m not sure we actually voted on this recently, and in any event I was not aware of CDC guidance on encampments during the era of COVID when we discussed it.<span> </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/homeless-shelters/unsheltered-homelessness.html">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/homeless-shelters/unsheltered-homelessness.html</a></span></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; min-height: 27.4px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span></span><br> </p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-size: 23px; line-height: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span>Recognizing that we will need to coordinate with providers and work through funding priorities — I nonetheless believe that these unprecedented times call for increased flexibility and increased dedication to our most vulnerable community members.</span></p> </div> <div><br> </div> <div class="ms-outlook-ios-signature" id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature"> <div style="direction: ltr">Warmly,</div> <div style="direction: ltr">Rachel Friend</div> <div style="direction: ltr">Boulder City Council Member</div> <div style="direction: ltr">friendr@bouldercolorado.gov</div> <div style="direction: ltr">Mobile: 720-601-0163</div> <div style="direction: ltr">Office: 303-441-3002</div> <div style="direction: ltr">she/her</div> <div dir="ltr"><br> </div> <div style="direction: ltr">Boulder City Council</div> <div style="direction: ltr">1777 Broadway</div> <div style="direction: ltr">Boulder, CO 80302</div> <div style="direction: ltr">http://www.bouldercolorado.gov</div> <div dir="ltr"><br> </div> <div style="direction: ltr">Subscribe to Rachel’s newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/e4d8f6fd362b/rachelfriendsubscribe</div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>