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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 6, 2023 Page 9 Board member Strahan thanked everyone for the discussion tonight. She in- dicated she has long worked in homeless and support of housing for women in North Minneapolis. She has worked with homeless folks in North Min- neapolis for about twenty years so she understands the passion and she un- derstands the desire to do everything possible,especially for people who may be chronically homeless. She knew there were many issues but she does agree and echo what has been shared. She did think this calls upon Prince of Peace and maybe Centennial and others to look at this as more of a per- manent settlement instead of an interim settlement so it does create a longer term commitment but hopefully for the betterment of those who can utilize the space. It is seen, not just as an interim, fill the gap, but a space that can be seen long term. Board member Groff explained this is a very difficult discussion but he wanted to thank all of the members at the meeting because this is the work that has to be done to move this forward. The City Council has been working for several years on housing challenges in Roseville, people living in parks with problems with drug addiction and alcohol,and people that need the sup- port of the community. He thanked Prince of Peace for doing that but as the other Boardmembers have stated the City does have Codes and that is the question here. He noted Codes can be changed but this would be something they could not do in the short term either. Chair Roe echoed what has already been said. He thought the City really wanted to help with this situation but a solution has not been derived yet for all circumstances. The City needs to continue to work in that direction. He also supported the City working together with Prince of Peace to try to come up with a solution. He has been supportive of looking to change some things in the City Code to accommodate more creative solutions, especially tiny homes and things like that. He thought one of the follow up discussions the City will need to have is how to deal with the process and details, especially with folks that live out there now because the last thing the City wants to do is to make their situation worse. Frankly, he thought that talking about cre- ativity, the City can support the funds needed or credits for sewer and con- nections which may be needed to do some of the work of making the unit or two that are there compliant with City Code. Roll Call Ayes: Strahan, Etten, Schroeder, Groff, and Roe. Nays: None Chair Roe stated staff has outlined a couple of processes and he was not sure if those were adequate, as presented, either necessarily. He thought it was appropriate to find a timeframe for resolution that allows, if they need to move somebody out of existing facilities they are in, to have that happen in