HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 13476 (REST Program)RESOLUTION NO. 13476
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL WAIVING PAYMENT FOR
AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT APPLICATION IN THE AMOUNT OF S 2/476.00
FOR FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SAN RAFAEL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
2012 ROTATING EMERGENCY SHELTER TEAM (^°REST,")PROGRAM
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WHEREAS, City Council Resolution 1] 025 (policy for consideration of fee waiver requests
for planning and building permits) sets forth procedures for waiving planning application fees
from non-profit applicants providing services to low-income persons up to $2`000 and gives the
City Council discretion for granting fee waiver requests inexcess ofthe $2.0O0maximum; and
WHEREAS, onDecember 5,30|2`First Church o[San Rafael applied for a
Use Permit Nparticipate inthcRotatingbncrgenc Shelter Team (^^REST`) Program to serve 20
men onThursday evenings from December Z0,ZO|21oApril |5,2Vl3�and
WHEREAS, First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael participated in the REST program in
2OUgpursuant 1ouUse Permit issued hythe City ofSan Rafael: and
WHEREAS, First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael met all requirements of the Use Permit
and there were noreported problems; and
WHEREAS, on December |g, 2012, the Zoning Administrator will hold apubUu hearing on
the use permit; and
WHEREAS, the cost of a use permit is $ 2,476.00 and First Presbyterian Church of San
Ra[uc| is requesting ufee waiver o[all planning Duoo relating to securing the use permit; and
WHEREAS, the REST program meets the requirements ofResolution ||025hvproviding
services toextremely |ov/ inconneperunno.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IKRESOLVED that the City Council nfSan Rafael hereby
waives the Use Permit application fees in on amount o[$ 2.476. 00 for the yipX Presbyterian
Church o[San Rafael toparticipate inthe REST program;
D, XCS7[XD0R l0|OIRN|O, Clerk of the City of San }(uCue1` hereby certify that the foregoing
|{oyo|udon was duly and vcgo|ur|y introduced and adopted at u regular noecdug of the City
Council of the City of Sun Rafael, held on Monday the 17'' day of Dcc,rnhcr 2012, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Counci|nnembcm:Cnnno|h,Heller. McCullough 6tMayor Phillips
NOES: Counci|monbcr : None
ABSENT: Counci|nuembers: None
December 1, 2012 D� F C E 0 W I E
Mayor Gary Phillips DEC 5 2012 J
1400 Fifth Avenue A
PO Box 151560 SAN RAFAEL
San Rafael, CA 94915-1560 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Dear Mayor Phillips,
First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael is a congregation of 230 members and located at
1010 Fifth Ave., which has long had a heart for those in need in the San Rafael
community. At various times in the last 25 years this congregation has served meals and
housed the homeless who would otherwise be sleeping up in the hills or under the
overpasses in San Rafael. In 2008 — 2011 we fed and housed homeless women on Friday
nights, November through April without incident or complaints from neighbors.
We currently provide the dinner to 80 other financially struggling residents once a month
in the church building at the comer of 2d and B, and each Friday night we provide a meal
to the women staying at the Wellness Center. We also partner with the YMCA to
provide after-school activities and homework support to up to 20 underserved students of
Davidson Middle School four days a week.
We have learned that the homeless men in San Rafael have no evening meal or a place to
sleep on Thursday nights this winter. The image of anyone sleeping outside in the rainy,
cold months is haunting, at best. Offering hospitality to the stranger and food to the
hungry is what we as a congregation feel called to do. And so the Session of the First
Presbyterian Church of San Rafael has generously endorsed this offer of Canoles Hall in
our building throughout the remainder of the REST season, which ends April 15, 2013.
The men would arrive by van at 6 p.m., wash up and roll out their sleeping bags, eat
dinner together and go to bed under the supervision of a trained, seasoned Staff person
from St. Vincent's De Paul Society and volunteers from churches in Marin. Lights go
out at 10:00 p.m., and the men will awaken, pack up and be out of the building by 6 a.m.
Friday morning and taken by van to St. Vincent's Dining Room for breakfast.
Our congregation appreciates the City's support of the REST Program and its attention to
this emergency situation.
Sincerely,
Lorna Wuertz
Elder, First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael
cc: Stephanie Lovett
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