Housing Greenfield Meeting Notes June 17, 2024

Encampment Projects

The Community Education Regarding Encampments…The committee met and determined that this effort should be a more long term one.  We are planning to develop a program which will be offered to existing community organizations as part of their regular programming. Although we are far from being ready, I already have an invitation from the Rotary Club.  We are working with GCTV to develop some video interviews with people living outdoors.  Getting a meeting time has been a complicated process, but we hope to have more information for you in August.

Sanctioned Encampments…Amy Clarke, Shaundell Diaz, and Chuck Green and Mary had a meeting regarding tending a safe, sanitary, stable, legal place to camp.  After some serious discussion, we decided not to continue pursuing it, although Chuck is interested in changing city ordinances to remove the camping ban that currently exists. Amy and I think that would be politically challenging and not necessarily have a positive impact.

Apartment Registration…Because of other pressing issues, this question has not yet been discussed as a general question in City Hall.  The Mayor, Keith Barnicle and I discussed it in our monthly housing meeting on June 13th and I will follow-up in our July meeting.

Short-term Rental Ordinance…At my June meeting with Mayor Desorgher and Keith Barnicle, I mentioned the Buckland ordinance and that Greenfield should consider doing something similar as a proactive measure.  The Mayor now has a copy of the Buckland ordinance.  We will discuss it at our July meeting.  More to come.

Thank you, Susan Worgaftik