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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Agreement and Documents with Alameda County to Accept $60,000 for Partial Funding of Winter Warming Services Programs; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Building Futures with Women and Children to Provide Winter Warming Services in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $113,000; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Christ Episcopal Church to Operate the Alameda Warming Shelter in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $173,385.
This project is statutorily exempt from further environmental review pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.10 (services for people experiencing homelessness), and categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities) and 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense). (City Manager 10021833)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Each winter season, the Housing and Human Services of the City Manager's Office seeks City Council approval to use Alameda County Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention (HHAP) Grant Program funds, augmented by the General Fund to support the most vulnerable Alamedans and provide shelter through the inclement weather months. Staff recommends City Council authorize the City Manager to execute multiple agreements related to Winter Warming Services to serve individuals experiencing homelessness during the coldest months of the year. These include:
i. An agreement substantially in the form of the attached agreement with Alameda County (County) to accept $60,000 for Winter Warming Services Programs (Exhibit 1);
ii. An agreement (Exhibit 2) with Building Futures with Women and Children (Building Futures) to provide Winter Warming Services, which provides hotel rooms and case management to seniors and medically fragile individuals who cannot shelter in congre...
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