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A Resolution approving the Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention (OHPI) Standard Operating Procedures in relation to encampment removals in Fayette County. [Council Office, Maynard]
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WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's overall goal and
priority is consistency, transparency, and accountability to our internal teams, to our homeless community and to our public as a whole;
WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government has a significant
governmental interest in protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the general public and preserving the public order and maintaining the safety of persons who use Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government property;
WHEREAS, there are multiple strategies for responding to homeless camps,
including humane displacement, short-term accommodation, and long-term arrangement;
WHEREAS, humane displacement tools include formal and advance notification
of the closure of an encampment, engagement by agencies that will help those at risk of displacement locate temporary shelter, and commitment to achieve permanent supportive housing solutions;
WHEREAS, persons experiencing homelessness should be entitled to
protection from arbitrary and capricious treatment by local government;
WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government's Office of Homelessness Prevention and Intervention, with consultation and cooperation, from both internal and external stakeholders have developed standard operating procedures in order to govern humane displacement of those who are unsheltered;
WHEREAS, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government through the Homelessness Prevention and Intervention Board designated as the Continuum of Care Board which includes Continuum of Care partner memberships of the LFUCG Chief Administrator's Office, the Lexington Police Department, the Division of Environmental Services, the Division of Code Enforcement, the Division of P...
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