City of Gainesville - File #: 070398.

• File #: 070398.
• Version: 1
• Name: Security for the One Stop Center at 3335 N. Main Terrace (NB)
• Type: Discussion Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/10/2007
• In control: City Manager
• Final action: 12/10/2007
• Title: Security for the One-Stop Center at 3335 North Main Terrace (B) This item responds to the August 27, 2007, City Commission referral concerning security for the proposed one-stop homeless assistance center.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/10/2007	1	City Commission	Approved as Amended	Pass
8/27/2007	0	City Commission	Referred	Pass

Title
Security for the One-Stop Center at 3335 North Main Terrace (B)

This item responds to the August 27, 2007, City Commission referral concerning security for the proposed one-stop homeless assistance center.

Explanation
On August 27, 2007, during its discussion of the proposed one-stop homeless assistance center at 3335 North Main Terrace, the City Commission referred the matter of security at the one-stop center to the City Manager. In response, the City Manager requested the Office on Homelessness to determine alternatives for providing security, including the costs for these services. Because of its involvement in the planning of the one-stop center, the Implementation Committee of the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness was also asked to provide recommendations on providing security.

The issue that has prompted the discussion of security is ensuring that persons who access services at the one-stop center leave once it closes each day and do not remain on-site or in the adjacent neighborhoods. The one-stop center was originally proposed to operate from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm at the latest, Monday through Saturday, and from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Sunday. In reality, due to the limitations on operating funding and the ability of the one-stop center providers (the GRACE Marketplace collaborative) to extend services, the center is expected to operate from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday and 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm on weekends and holidays. Collaborative partners would be able to use the facility afterwards, to serve dinner, for example. However, no on-site activities are proposed for the one-stop center after 6:00 pm any day.

The Office on Homelessness polled local providers of services and shelter/housing for the homeless and found that none of them either required or provided on-site security for their facilities or the surrounding neighborhoods. Nonetheless, the Office on Homelessness contacted local private security firms to determine...