CHICO — The Chico City Council is looking to formally respond to recommendations by the 2023-2024 Butte County Grand Jury report during its short, yet impactful agenda for its meeting Tuesday.
The city will respond to findings by the jury about what the jury called management of homelessness since the Warren v. Chico lawsuit in 2021, and a draft response is scheduled to be ready for its Sept. 27 meeting.
Chico was named in two sections of the jury’s report: the first evaluates the city’s conduct upholding its agreement from the lawsuit, and the second hones in on the city’s management of its alternative camp sit at Eaton and Cohasset roads.
The jury made six findings and 12 recommendations the city must respond to, including directions for the city to develop policies on its conduct with homeless people; to expand shelter opportunities; and to improve “appalling conditions” at its alternative site. The city is directed to show how an action would be implemented, or explain why one would not be implemented.
A city staff report stated “concepts for consideration” including an explanation that the jury’s recommendation for a written policy must consider restrictions by the Warren v. Chico settlement agreement, and rebuttal to the finding that Chico brought legal action by relocating homeless people without adequate shelter, as claimed by the jury.
The city has already made progress on one of the recommendations by the jury to clean the alternative site by Aug. 30. It’s deadline to respond is Oct. 16.
Other items
A public hearing is scheduled in order to correct a mistake in the city’s subdivision ordinance that required notices to properties within 300-feet of a lot mergers, lot line adjustment or major land decisions, when a 100-foot radius was intended to begin with, according to a staff report.
At the meeting, Deputy City Manager Jennifer Macarthy will present an economic development update to councilors.
The Chico City Council regularly meets at 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of the month at 421 Main St.; closed session starts at 5 p.m. Meetings are free and open to the public.
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