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Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Execute an Agreement in an Amount not to Exceed $2,536,047 with Bay Area Community Services for Emergency Homeless Housing Services for Up to Two Years; and
Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement with Alameda County in an Amount Ranging from $30,000 to $45,000 in Homeless Emergency Aid Program Interest Funds to Assist with Remodel/Repair of City-Owned Housing for Use as Emergency Homeless Housing; and
Adoption of Resolution Establishing a Budget to Appropriate $2,836,047 in 2021 American Rescue Plan Act Funds (C99300) to Receive Contractual Services from Bay Area Community Services and Funds to Remodel/Repair and Provide Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment, a Vehicle, and Supplies for the Emergency Housing. (Community Development 10061833)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) lacks sufficient housing space for our unhoused residents. Staff recommends that the City use existing real estate assets to provide emergency shelter for approximately 32 unhoused residents in three vacant properties located at Alameda Point. Staff also recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution establishing a budget to appropriate $2,836,047 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to pay for (i) contractual services from Bay Area Community Services (BACS) to operate emergency housing for unsheltered Alameda residents, and (ii) remodeling and repairs, fixtures, furniture, equipment, a vehicle, and startup supplies for the emergency homeless housing.
Staff also recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement in an amount not to exceed $2,536,047 with BACS to provide emergency homeless housing services for up to two years. Emergency homeless housing programming is designed to promote and support placement in permanent housing. BACS services include one meal a day, food for individual meal...
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