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ULCT board lays out plan for shelter-city mitigation task force tied to HB596
Summary
Board members discussed a proposed nine-member mitigation task force to evaluate shelter-city mitigation fund uses after HB596 failed to pass. Staff will solicit municipal and non-shelter-city candidates and return a slate for a May vote.
Board members discussed a staff proposal to form a shelter-city mitigation task force based on language from this session’s HB596, which did not pass. The task force as proposed would focus on the mitigation fund’s eligible costs, distribution approaches, and operational definitions (for example, how to count beds consistently across jurisdictions).
Under the model staff presented, the nine voting members would include: the state homelessness coordinator (or a designee), two members of the state homeless board, three municipal officials recommended by the shelter cities group and selected by the ULCT board, and three non-shelter-city representatives selected by the board. Staff emphasized the desire for balance across urban and rural perspectives and for flexibility to include elected officials, city managers, police chiefs, finance directors or other municipal representatives as appropriate.
Staff requested board buy-in to solicit interest over the coming month and to present candidate slates at the May board meeting; the board broadly supported that approach. Staff also noted related work with the new state homeless coordinator and existing homelessness-services boards. No final appointments were made during the meeting; staff will collect nominations and return them for a board vote in May.
Why it matters: the task force would create consistent guidance for how mitigation funds are used and counted across jurisdictions, potentially reducing frequent ad hoc changes to the code and shaping legislative proposals in the coming session.
