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Committee Assignments - C4 A

COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:	Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM:	Commissioner Mark Samuelian
DATE:	July 31, 2019

SUBJECT:	REFERRAL TO THE FINANCE AND CITYWIDE PROJECTS COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE INCREASED FUNDING FOR HOUSING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE WHO ARE HOMELESS OR LIKELY TO BECOME HOMELESS.

ANALYSIS

The LTC (attached) reporting on the July 18, 2019 Miami Beach Committee on the Homeless meeting included the following statement:

"Our MBPD has specifically identified that they need more treatment beds for their groundbreaking and successful Marchman program getting treatment for our chronic population that have addiction issues."

The Committee on the Homeless unanimously passed the motion below:

The Committee on the Homeless supports an allocation of development fees to assist in housing for the most vulnerable people, described above, who are homeless or likely to become homeless, that will benefit from housing assistance and an allocation to a fund for MBPD and Homeless Outreach to draw from specifically for treatment beds, as needed to get people off the streets.

Legislative Tracking
Commissioner Mark Samuelian

ATTACHMENTS:
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	July 18 Committee on the Homeless Motion