HomeMy WebLinkAbout1287 - Supporting the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative (MHDI) Pledge to Coordination on HomelessnessRESOLUTION 1287
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE METRO DENVER HOMELESS
INITIATIVE (MDHI) PLEDGE TO COORDINATION ON HOMELESSNESS
WHEREAS, Boulder has identified homelessness as a high priority for funding and
services; and
WHEREAS, Boulder partners with Homeless Solutions for Boulder County and Metro
Denver Homeless Initiative for coordinated homeless services and housing; and
WHEREAS, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative participates with Built for Zero, a
national movement to make homelessness brief, rare, and non-recurring; and
WHEREAS, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative identified veteran homelessness
as a key component of homelessness where elimination of veteran homelessness can be
achieved through the Built for Zero methodology; and
WHEREAS, Metro Denver Homeless Initiative hosted a convening of public officials
on March 18, 2021, to educate elected officials on Built for Zero and to encourage regional
collaboration to end homelessness; and
WHEREAS, Boulder wishes to support the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative Built for
Zero work, and in doing so agrees to participate in regional collaboration.
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BOULDER:
Section 1. That Boulder supports the Pledge to Coordination on Homelessness, as set forth
by Metro Denver Homeless Initiative at the March 18, 2021, convening of elected officials.
Section 2. That Boulder Council agrees to sign the Pledge to Coordination on
Homelessness, which states,
“By signing this pledge, you are committing to building and sustaining a new future where
homelessness is rare and brief – a moral and public health imperative that is necessary for
an equitable future.
Your community is part of MDHI’s Built for Zero region. As a community leader, you
play a critical role in ensuring your local efforts are part of regional coordination. Built for
Zero communities take strides toward that future by reaching functional zero for one
population at a time – starting with veterans – until they’ve reached this milestone for all.
Join your fellow officials in pledging to move this work forward as a region.
By pledging, you are saying:
1.Homelessness is an issue we should address as a community and together we see work
that makes sense to coordinate and achieve as a region as homelessness does not end
at a city or county border.
2.The coordination with the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative on Built for Zero is how
my community can help coordinate its local planning on homelessness regionally to
generate reductions in homelessness.
3.We commit to help paving the way for this work to continue at the local level. We will
encourage our community to utilize the Homeless Management Information System
which will help us all get to real-time data, participating in (or appointing a designee)
local briefing groups, or helping remove barriers to the work.”
Section 3. That individual members of Council may sign the Pledge via an electronic link,
http://bit.ly/MetroDenverPledge.
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APPROVED this 4th day of May, 2021
CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO
ayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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