City of Madison - File #: 48043

• File #: 48043
• Version: 1
• Name: Accepting the Community Development Division Day Jobs Report
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/12/2017
• In control: FINANCE COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 11/21/2017
• Final action: 11/21/2017
• Enactment date: 11/27/2017
• Enactment #: RES-17-00918
• Title: Accepting the Community Development Division Day Jobs Report
• Sponsors: Maurice S. Cheeks, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Matthew J. Phair, Marsha A. Rummel
• Related files: 44027

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/21/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
11/2/2017	1	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
10/24/2017	1	COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval
8/14/2017	1	CITY-COUNTY HOMELESS ISSUES COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Following Recommendation(s)	Pass
7/18/2017	1	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE	Refer
7/18/2017	1	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE	Refer
7/18/2017	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
7/12/2017	1	Community Development Division	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
No city appropriation is required with acceptance of the Community Development Division’s Day Jobs Report. City costs associated with a possible day jobs program will be included in future operating and capital budgets subject to Common Council approval.

Title
Accepting the Community Development Division Day Jobs Report
Body
Summary
In January of 2017, the Common Council adopted resolution RES-17-00039 declaring Madison’s intent to investigate day jobs as an alternative for panhandlers and those in need and directed Community Development Staff to prepare a related report. The attached Day Jobs Report includes describes the findings of national and local research into day jobs programs and their effectiveness. It also identifies local needs associated with a possible day jobs program, national best practices related to such programs, and offers advice with respect to the structure of a day jobs program should the Common Council choose to pursue one.


Body
WHEREAS substitute resolution RES-17-00039 adopted by the Common Council in January of 2017 declared Madison’s intent to investigate day jobs as an alternative for panhandlers and those in need; and

WHEREAS the resolution directed Community Development Division staff to investigate Albuquerque, New Mexico’s “There’s A Better Way Campaign” and similar programs in other cities; and

WHEREAS Community Development Division staff was directed to prepare a comprehensive report and strategic implementation plan for a similar program in the City of Madison to provide day jobs and other supports to panhandlers and those in need; and

WHEREAS, the City of Madison previously adopted broad restrictions to panhandling near ATMs, doorways, sidewalk cafes, and intersections, were determined to be unconstitutional and unenforceable; and,

WHEREAS, Community Development staff undertook a comprehensive day jobs-focused research process that included a specific focus on four noteworthy day jobs programs in four...