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8.A. - Page 40 of 45 • Need to get the word out about public dumping sites. • Mobile shower/laundry, access to sewer cleanouts, can give vouchers. • "Bad apples" are making it hard for other RV residents. • Can use sewer hookups. • Can use job training and find ways to fit into the Bay Area economy • Causes of "bad apple" behavior can often be drug use or mental health challenges. • Can give people bus passes, vouchers, mental health services, coupons. • Someone approached an RV resident offering a give a gift card in exchange for filling out a "survey" but never returned with the gift card. Got the RV resident's information. • Other challenges: shaky train, 101noise. • Question about people having to move their RVs at 7:00 am — what would make it feel safer? • RV resident has to be up at 4:00 am to get to his job. It's a hardship to have to move his RV at that hour. • Long-term parking site? Goal is to focus services — like a homeless shelter for RVs. • Would be a real hardship to have to move an RV every night. Would have to leave Redwood City if the req. were every 24 hours. Would prefer 72 hours. • Redwood City wants people to migrate to permanent housing. One RV resident is open to that. • RV resident moves his vehicle daily and still gets stickers. • People who need to stay in RVs would like 72 hours. • The East Palo Alto program requires a sticker that vets them even to be on the street. • Maybe a vetting process would help to get services to people with challenges. • RV resident is on Austin St. (?) near Convention St. to avoid street cleaning. • RV resident would like a permit to stay on Stafford St. and would be willing to pay $200/mo. • Some neighbors are concerned about the visual issue and safety fears. • RV residents say their RVs are providing a sound break (laughter). • What would make permanent housing affordable? • RV resident who works in Redwood City spends $500/mo. on housing in another city. • RV resident says $2,400 would be too much; there's no commuter solution that matches his experience and desire for privacy. • In San Mateo, someone's rent went from $2,800 to $3,900/mo. plus having to pay for parking space. RV costs $250/mo.; even worth dealing with extremes of temperature in winter and summer and thin walls. • RV resident would like to have a permanent solution to avoid having to "move my house every three days." • Would building more RV parks be a good solution? • Yes, RV parks have the amenities, but would fill up fast. In Pacifica, have short-term and long- term spaces ($500/mo.). Hard to get! • RV resident offered 6 mos. cash up front to get the space. • How can big tech companies offer something for RV residents? Space for affordable housing, attracting younger residents, making it desirable. Seeing a video on YouTube got him interested in RVs. How to look at it as a positive. "Tiny homes." Jobs. • In marketing terms, people are looking for an atypical housing "product." For example, "micro- units." • Create 50 RV spaces at $500/mo. with strict rules for "bad apples" and make the consequence that if one violates the rules, all have to leave. • Liability with such spaces can be a big challenge. 430