Travis County Commissioners Court / Austin Zoning and Platting Commission: Stop the development of the Homeless RV Park at 9301 Hogeye Rd. ATX 78724
The Issue
Stopping this development is paramount to the safety and security of the homeowners surrounding the development that include Woodland Hills and Imperial Valley Neighborhoods as well as many others.
Here are the facts that I am concerned with straight from the 2006 proposal for this RV park:
(http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=99886)
1) Applicants are not required to be drug and alcohol addiction free.
2) Families will not be allowed into the park. These units will be for single adults as well as some married couples. As we are seeking a 'family neighborbood' for our area, it seems strange to not allow families with homeless CHILDREN into the park. Are they not in need as well? Why not allow children into the RV park - would they not be safe?
3) One of the primary criteria for this park is that they have a bus line into downtown. The closest bus stop is a mile away (Decker & Loyola) and there are no sidewalks to get there or street lights to light the way. This means that we will have people walking on a very narrow road and then crossing 4 lanes of busy traffic to get to their bus. This creates a safety hazard for our community.
This RV park is not for groups of people that are having hard times for a short period and need help getting back on their feet. This park is for the "chronically homeless" HUD's chronically homeless definition is:
A person who is ‘‘chronically homeless’’ is an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition
-who has either been continuously homeless for a year or more,
-OR has had at least four (4) episodes of homelessness in the past three (3) years.
In order to be considered chronically homeless, a person must have been sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (e.g., living on the streets) and/or in an emergency homeless shelter.
A disabling condition is defined as:
- Diagnosable substance use disorder
- Serious mental illness,
- Developmental disability,
- Or chronic physical illness
- Or disability including the co-occurrence of two or more of these conditions.
Our understanding is that they will not have staff on site to be able to help with these disorders. Being so far away from the city with limited access to bus lines, how are these people supposed to be able to get support for these issues?
Petition Closed
The Issue
Stopping this development is paramount to the safety and security of the homeowners surrounding the development that include Woodland Hills and Imperial Valley Neighborhoods as well as many others.
Here are the facts that I am concerned with straight from the 2006 proposal for this RV park:
(http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=99886)
1) Applicants are not required to be drug and alcohol addiction free.
2) Families will not be allowed into the park. These units will be for single adults as well as some married couples. As we are seeking a 'family neighborbood' for our area, it seems strange to not allow families with homeless CHILDREN into the park. Are they not in need as well? Why not allow children into the RV park - would they not be safe?
3) One of the primary criteria for this park is that they have a bus line into downtown. The closest bus stop is a mile away (Decker & Loyola) and there are no sidewalks to get there or street lights to light the way. This means that we will have people walking on a very narrow road and then crossing 4 lanes of busy traffic to get to their bus. This creates a safety hazard for our community.
This RV park is not for groups of people that are having hard times for a short period and need help getting back on their feet. This park is for the "chronically homeless" HUD's chronically homeless definition is:
A person who is ‘‘chronically homeless’’ is an unaccompanied homeless individual with a disabling condition
-who has either been continuously homeless for a year or more,
-OR has had at least four (4) episodes of homelessness in the past three (3) years.
In order to be considered chronically homeless, a person must have been sleeping in a place not meant for human habitation (e.g., living on the streets) and/or in an emergency homeless shelter.
A disabling condition is defined as:
- Diagnosable substance use disorder
- Serious mental illness,
- Developmental disability,
- Or chronic physical illness
- Or disability including the co-occurrence of two or more of these conditions.
Our understanding is that they will not have staff on site to be able to help with these disorders. Being so far away from the city with limited access to bus lines, how are these people supposed to be able to get support for these issues?
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Petition created on June 8, 2013