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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11.4.21 Board Correspondence - FW_ Chapter 53 ordinance- share with all supervisors! From:Paulsen, Shaina To:BOS Cc:Nuzum, Danielle; Daneluk, Paula Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Chapter 53 ordinance- share with all supervisors! Date:Thursday, November 4, 2021 2:46:16 PM Please see Board Correspondence below. Shaina Paulsen Associate Clerk of The Board Butte County Administration 25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965 T: 530.552.3304 | F: 530.538.7120 -----Original Message----- From: Susan <copelasi53@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, November 4, 2021 1:33 PM To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>; Teeter, Doug <DTeeter@buttecounty.net>; Daneluk, Paula <PDaneluk@buttecounty.net>; Jellison, Chris <cjellison@buttecounty.net> Subject: Chapter 53 ordinance- share with all supervisors! .ATTENTION: This message originated from outside Butte County. Please exercise judgment before opening attachments, clicking on links, or replying.. I am responding to the discussion that the board of supervisors had at the last meeting regarding chapter 53 dry camping and transitional housing. I think it’s great that Doug Teeter recommended that somebody try to help some of these people that are dry camping in our community to find appropriate housing. But I can tell you that most of them don’t want to leave their property or the property they are staying on, which may not be their own. We have a neighbor that refuses to leave after being sued by neighbors for trespassing and dumping raw sewage in their septic which was condemned. This person also has no appropriate housing he has a tent trailer that’s broken down and no way to dispose of his raw sewage or trash and no power. And this person had to have his property abated by the county due to noncompliance with Code issues -he returned right after they cleaned it off and continues to live in disgusting conditions. I believe after three years, if these folks could meet the requirements that it would’ve been done by now. I have concern when you talk about finding housing/power poles- I think careful consideration to purchasing temporary power poles for these folks is not necessarily going to be the answer for the majority of them. They do not have the ability to maintain their property and utilities and probably aren’t even paying property taxes. Two of my neighbors (60 yr old men) were in and out of their mothers home in the neighborhood prior to the campfire. Now those mothers are no longer on the properties but the sons and friends and other squatters have been staying on the property. they probably won’t be receiving PG&E money To rebuild because they are not property owners. We have observed ongoing illegal activity in our neighborhood since we returned to our property a year and a half ago. We have made numerous online complaints as well as talking with Sheriff and Code Enforcement about the situation in our neighborhood. We still have the problem of non-compliance! I think the thing that most disturbs me is that the sanitation situation on these properties is disgusting. They do not have anywhere to defecate other than the ground or buckets and then they dump it on neighboring properties. Once the fee for the administrative permit was dropped we should’ve been able to identify every dry camper or camper in this county registered to camp on their property. As a result of that registration you would have to vet them as campfire survivors and ensure that they have utilities. if code enforcement had followed up on the administrative applications they handed out , you could’ve answered the question at the last meeting as far as how many people are camping in this situation. You were unable to give that information because the administrative permits are not being turned in. If follow up had been done on those permits as well as vetting the information, you would know which people are dumping their sewage on the ground as opposed to proper disposal. If you allow dry camping you’re going to invite every homeless person in the community in the county and the state to come to our county. We have already seen evidence of this as that many of the arrests that are made up here are out of town people. Public safety Has been threatened by the homeless and indigent that cannot afford to live on their own. once again I want to stress the goal of chapter 53 was to provide housing for people “displaced by the campfire”. It’s time that people show some due diligence and at the very least be required to have utilities if they’re going to live in their RV any longer. And eventually if we don’t want this to be a campground we should require proof of building permits. thank you Susan Copeland 13801 Skyway Magalia Sent from my iPhone