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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Three-and-a-Half-Year Agreement with Operation Dignity, Inc. to Provide Interim Supportive Housing and Property Management Services at Dignity Village in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $7,372,526, and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Documents, Agreements and Modifications with California Department of Housing and Community Development to Add Operation Dignity as a Homekey 2 Co-Grantee; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Operating and Project Budget Appropriating $1,200,000 from General Fund Residual Fund Balance to Project G44010 Dignity Village Operations.
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
The City of Alameda (City), DignityMoves, and Five Keys Schools and Programs (Five Keys), received a Homekey 2 grant to construct and operate Dignity Village, a 47-unit, 61-bed interim supportive housing program for individuals experiencing homelessness and unhoused transitional age youth, located at 2350 5th Street. Since opening in May 2023, Dignity Village has housed a total of ninety-five (95) individuals. In July 2024, staff brought a recommendation to City Council to remove Five Keys as the social services provider and approve an agreement with Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) as a temporary social service provider for up to one year while staff conducted a comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP) process to identify a long-term provider. Through an extensive process, staff recommends Operation Dignity, Inc. (O...
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