HomeMy WebLinkAbout01.25.21 BOS Correspondence - Email from Mary Kay Benson RE Unsheltered Crisis
From:Schuman, Amy
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Subject:BOS Correspondence - Email from Mary Kay Benson RE Unsheltered Crisis
Date:Monday, January 25, 2021 10:08:42 AM
Good morning,
Please see the email correspondence below from Mary Kay Benson.
Amy Schuman
Associate Clerk of the Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
O: 530.552.3300 |D: 530.552.3308 | F: 530.538.7120
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From: Mary Kay Benson <mkbe.sparkles3@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2021 8:46 AM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Please distribute my public comments to all Supervisors and appropriate staff re: the
unsheltered crisis
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DearBoardofSupervisors:
Iamwritingtoencourageyoutoapproveoneormoreofthesenonprofits'planstoprovide
spaces/landuseforaccommodatingtheunhousednowcampingoutinparksandsleepingin
theircars.IvolunteeratSafeSpace-whentheycanoperate.
HavingattendedButteCountyShelterForAllmeetings,Iamawareofseveralsolutionsthat
rangefromreadytogo,suchastheCalTransParkNRideunderutilizedlotatHwys32and
99.Withyourpoliticalwillapproval,peoplecouldbesleepingintheircarsthere-withour
supportofportapotties,hand-washingstationsandtrashbins,withourvolunteerspickingup
trashtwiceaday.Wewouldalsofindaresponsiblecontactpersonwithinthecarsleeping
group.ItisnexttothePoliceStation,sodrivethroughsonaregularbasiswouldnotput
anyoneout.
AccordingtoCharlesWithuhn,ourhousingexpert,whoalsohasbeenbuildingtinyhousesin
conjunctionwithCHAT,andnowbuildingConestoga"huts"ormicrohousing:"We have
finished constructing the components of the first micro home in Butte County! We will
celebrate by taking tomorrow off. I hope to get the material to start our second micro
home tomorrow. If I am successful in that goal, we will start work on the second micro
home Friday at 10 am.
Call to confirm if you are coming in.
Charles 530.518.1417"
In addition to the Park N Ride, which already has water and electricity and is paved,
this would be the fastest and most efficient way to safely get car sleepers out of
neighborhoods.
Also ready to go - with only a city/county fence request is the current lease-holderof
the BMX track, who would be happy to let campers use the one acre or so end of the
property which is not being used by the track. He only wants a fence for separation of
operations.
Charles also has several property owners who want to give/loan or rent their land for
the use of camper tents and micro lockable Conestogas to tiny house villages. One
has 2.5 acres and one is offering 43 acres.
Therefore, I am joining the ranks of those who want our local governments to enable
these projects to go forward without further delays. The only way out is to provide
housing options and build as fast as we can.Thankyouforyourtimeandattentiontothis
housingcrisis.
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InSolidarity,
Mary Kay
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