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6.M. - Page 10 of 22 <br />Although the RVs that are parked on the Parking Site are not within the City's <br />control and the presence of fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide alarms, and <br />fire sprinklers within the privately owned RVs cannot be assured; Program <br />Participants in the Temporary Safe Parking Program have been provided with <br />combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms for use within the RVs. <br />e. Minimum Standards in Subsections 0103.5/AX103.5 ("Privacy") states <br />"[e]mergency housing shall be provided with a privacy lock on each entrance <br />door and all windows for use by the occupants." <br />The City cannot meet the foregoing "Privacy" minimum standards because the <br />City is not utilizing any existing buildings or structures with windows or doors <br />that can be provided with a privacy lock for emergency housing as part of any <br />emergency shelter offered through the Temporary Safe Parking Program. <br />Additionally, the City is not providing the RVs as part of the emergency shelter <br />offered through the Temporary Safe Parking Program. The RVs participating in <br />the Temporary Safe Parking Program are stand-alone units. The RVs are <br />owned by the Program Participants and not within the City's control and <br />therefore, the City cannot ensure that the RV has privacy locks on its doors or <br />windows. <br />Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City does offer Program Participants the <br />opportunity to park their RVs, on a temporary basis, at the Parking Site during <br />a period that the City has declared a shelter crisis. The City has established <br />standards, identified herein, that protect health and safety for the operation of <br />the Temporary Safe Parking Program and which address privacy, including <br />among other things, standards that require spacing each RV at least twelve <br />(12) feet apart. Additionally, the standards require that Program Participants <br />park their RVs in designated parking spaces at the Parking Site. <br />f. Minimum Standards in Subsections 0103.6/AX103.6 ("Heating") states, <br />"[a]II sleeping areas shall be provided with adequate heating as determined by <br />the enforcing agency." <br />The City cannot meet the foregoing "Heating" minimum standards because the <br />City is not utilizing or providing any existing buildings or structures for <br />emergency housing as part of any emergency shelter offered through the <br />Temporary Safe Parking Program. The City is also not providing any sleeping <br />areas for emergency housing as part of any emergency shelter offered through <br />the Temporary Safe Parking Program. Additionally, the City is not providing <br />the RVs as part of the emergency shelter offered through the Temporary Safe <br />Parking Program. The RVs participating in the Temporary Safe Parking <br />Program are stand-alone units. The RVs are owned by the Program <br />Participants and not within the City's control and therefore the City cannot <br />confirm that all RVs have heating. <br />Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City does offer Program Participants the <br />opportunity to park, on a temporary basis, at the Parking Site during a period <br />ATTY/ORD.533/CC ORD SAFE PARKING PROGRAM <br />REV: 04-06-21 RL <br />Page 6 of 18 <br />364 <br />