Weather amnesty update

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G Hanson

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Jan 5, 2021, 3:59:43 AM1/5/21
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Dear MISSION board, 

I've included Ben and Lindsey in this email chain as this is a team effort.


Lindsay, Ben and I are all here together at Purple House for weather amnesty (night 3) writing a quick update. We had our opening night on Dec 31st, were open the next night on Jan 1st, and now Jan 4th. We have had a total of nine guests, who we typically transport to and from DTWC. Between the three of us and another volunteer, Chris, we plan on being open M-Sun; we are trying the seven day schedule out this week. By the end of this week, we will host a Narcan training — something we plan to do regularly. 


So far things have gone quite successfully.  

  • the cots are really wonderful. (great reviews from those who have used them!)
  • between the three rooms, there is adequate room to keep 6ft distance 
  • We haven’t had much trouble getting out in the morning
  • Everyone has been super respectful of the contract agreement and space in general


Still, when folks are sleeping, we’ve been able to talk through hypotheticals and discuss general protocols. 


There are a few things that we feel need to be addressed as soon as possible:

  • lack of hot water which means folks are unable to wash their hands in hot water and with Covid this is a BIG issue to me, general lack of heating in the non-sleeping space
  • the outlet in the non-sleeping space is not functioning
  • toilet tank does not refill automatically. 

Ben has taken on being the lead contact person for weather amnesty, (which is huge) and I'm always kept in the loop so I am aware that Ben has communicated these issues with Brian and Brian said he would address them.  


Thank you all for green-lighting this endeavor. We are super happy to be able to provide this service in the space. 


Thanks again, 


Gracie 



BRIAN DURRANCE

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Jan 5, 2021, 12:20:26 PM1/5/21
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Gracie

Thanks for the update.

Tate and I will be over there today. We’re going to be getting the hot water heater operating today. We’re going to get the keys cut at Lowe’s. And we’re going to make assessments on the other projects including the toilet, the outlets and the remaining items on our punchlist.


Thanks again.

Brian

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Peggy Lynch

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Jan 5, 2021, 1:41:17 PM1/5/21
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Thanks Brian.  

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BRIAN DURRANCE

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Jan 5, 2021, 5:56:56 PM1/5/21
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Hey everybody!

The water heater is not working. Just needed to be reset. Will get the rest of the repairs done over the next couple of days.

Thanks.

Brian




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Thanks Brian.  

Caleb Poirier

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Jan 5, 2021, 5:57:49 PM1/5/21
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excellent! thank you

Rose Mogg

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Jan 5, 2021, 6:31:58 PM1/5/21
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Are Ben, Lindsay, and Gracie the only people that are staffing Weather Amnesty at Purple House? 
  Just don't want them to get burnt out. 
        Respectfully, 
          Rose Marcum-Raugh 

BRIAN DURRANCE

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Jan 5, 2021, 6:44:35 PM1/5/21
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Oops!  The water heater is NOW working. Tate reset it today. 

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Peggy Lynch

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Jan 5, 2021, 8:21:08 PM1/5/21
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Maybe there’s some confusion, but I was at the house tonight and there was no hot water. 

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Oops!  The water heater is NOW working. Tate reset it today. 

BRIAN DURRANCE

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Jan 5, 2021, 9:12:49 PM1/5/21
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Oh! It was working earlier. I’m on my way over now to check it out

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On Jan 5, 2021, at 8:21 PM, 'Peggy Lynch' via board_missiona2 <board_m...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Maybe there’s some confusion, but I was at the house tonight and there was no hot water. 

Peggy Lynch

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Jan 5, 2021, 9:44:14 PM1/5/21
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Thanks very much!  

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Oh! It was working earlier. I’m on my way over now to check it out

G Hanson

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Jan 5, 2021, 9:45:58 PM1/5/21
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Benjamin Foster

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Jan 5, 2021, 9:48:00 PM1/5/21
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Hey all,

Sorry for the confusion, the hot water heater is working and we now have hot water at the house!

Ben

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G Hanson

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Jan 5, 2021, 9:56:27 PM1/5/21
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That's really awesome that we have hot water now thank you Brian and please give my thanks to Tate. 

Gracie 

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Jan 5, 2021, 10:40:39 PM1/5/21
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Thanks Gracie.  Thanks Ben.  The basement looks amazing!  Look for additional changes and upgrades throughout the week.  Great work everybody!  Brian

G Hanson

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Jan 6, 2021, 3:53:03 PM1/6/21
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A couple of things I intended to include with my weather amnesty update and forgot .

1. On Friday  Jan 1st I called the Ann Arbor police to let them know we would be having activity going on at the house  it was appreciated that I called them and left them my phone number as a contact 

2. If anyone could check on  the wifi status ?  

Thank you, 

Gracie 

BRIAN DURRANCE

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Jan 6, 2021, 8:31:09 PM1/6/21
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Thanks Gracie. I will check on the Wi-Fi status. I know we are continuing to pay. But we don’t have the modem. I’m sure we can get a replacement modem new home

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