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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Amendment to the Service Provider Agreement with Centro Legal de la Raza to Revise the Scope of Services, with No Change to the Compensation, for Legal Services to Lower-Income Tenant Households in Alameda. (Housing 266)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In November 2018, the City Council approved a three-year Provider Services Agreement (Agreement) with Centro Legal de la Raza (Centro Legal) to provide legal services to lower-income tenant households in the City of Alameda (City). The Agreement set forth a Scope of Services that Centro Legal would provide to those households, such as legal consultation services at the weekly drop-in clinic and legal representation in matters such as unlawful detainers (evictions proceedings). There were also performance goals concerning delivery of services, developing housing stabilization strategies and reporting requirements. The total compensation for these services is $500,000, spread over the three years.
Based on the first year of the Agreement, City staff and representatives of Centro Legal concluded that the Scope of Services should be revised to reflect more accurately the ongoing outreach efforts to reach the community that Centro Legal is serving, including monthly clinics at the Mastick Senior Center, and work on referring cases to the City Prosecutor (a staff position that the Council recently authorized and funded). The First Amendment to the Agreement includes a revised Scope of Services that is better aligned with the needs of the clients being served. No budget adjustment is needed to deliver the amended Scope of Services.
BACKGROUND
In November 2018, the City Council approved a three-year Agreement with Centro Legal to provide legal services to lower-income tenant households in the City (Exhibit 1). To be eligible for services under this Agreement, the tenant must be a resident of the C...
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