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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a $310,000 Agreement with Creative Build, Inc. to Operate a Day Center and Safe Parking Program for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness Funded through the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (Community Development 267)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is recommending that the City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a $310,000 agreement with Creative Build, Inc. to operate a Day Center and Safe Parking Program to support individuals experiencing homelessness in Alameda. Located at Alameda Point, the Day Center and Safe Parking Programs are funded through the State Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP). Both of these initiatives were approved by Council on July 16, 2019.
BACKGROUND
Following notification that it would receive $765,624 in State HEAP funds, on January 15, 2019, the City Council directed staff to work with the Social Service Human Relations Board (SSHRB) to finalize the HEAP allocation plan and oversee implementation of projects. SSHRB established the HEAP Ad Hoc Committee for this purpose at its March 28, 2019 meeting. After a series of planning meetings that included investigation of best practices in other communities, the HEAP Ad Hoc Committee developed a final list of projects and a spending plan.
On July 16, 2019, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a two-year contract with the County of Alameda and appropriated $765,624 to implement the City of Alameda's (City) HEAP plan. Over the last eight months, staff has implemented a number of the initiatives called for in the HEAP plan including funding the 2019-20 winter warming shelter, contracting with St. Vincent de Paul for an emergency assistance program, developing a centralized system for handling calls for services and other assistance related to homelessness through 2-1-1, and contracting with Building Futures with ...
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