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Committee alerted to a small homeless encampment near Reynolds School property; staff described outreach options
Summary
Committee members reported a growing homeless encampment on land owned by Reynolds near an elementary school; police staff described outreach procedures and property-owner posting requirements before removal.
Several committee members raised safety concerns about a small homeless encampment on property linked to Reynolds, described as near an elementary school. A committee member said the encampment began as a single tent and had grown to "4 or 5" tents and that people walk children past the encampment on the route to school.
A staff member explained the department's outreach practice: officers may go onto unvented (owner) land to offer resources and suggest safer locations, and if a camp is to be posted for removal it generally requires action by the property owner. The staff member said the process involves notifying the owner and waiting for a required posting before clearing a camp.
Members asked how large the encampment was and whether property owners had been contacted; the committee was told that staff had communicated about the site and that the department had recently seen a higher volume of related contacts. No enforcement action or removal was taken at the meeting; members asked staff to follow up and to bring any relevant updates to a future meeting.
