FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT BETWEEN
CITY OF EASTPALO ALTO
NUESTRA CASA, YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION, AND COMMUNITY
LEGAL SERVICES IN EAST PALO ALTO
This First Amendment to the Principal Agreement made and entered into on April 1, 2020, hereafter referred to as Agreement, between the following non-profit organization Nuestra Casa, Youth United for Community Action, and Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, therein referred to as Contractor, and the City of East Palo Alto, a municipal corporation, therein referred to as City, is made and dated for reference this March 16, 2021.
Contractor and City do mutually agree as follows:
1. Amended Exhibit A, Attachment 1. Exhibit A, Attachment 1 of the Principal Agreement, which sets forth the services to be provided pursuant to the Principal Agreement is hereby amended to include the services as set forth in Exhibit A of this Amendment.
2. Revised Exhibit B, Section 1. Exhibit B, Section 1 of the Principal Agreement, entitled "Contractor's Compensation" is hereby repealed and replaced with the following:
For the extended term of the Contract as defined in Section 3 below, City agrees to pay Contractor, at the rate(s) specified below, for those services set forth in Exhibit A of this Agreement, as amended, and for all authorized reimbursable expenses, for an additional not to exceed amount of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000), for a total not to exceed amount of Three Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand and Eighty-Eight Dollars ($339,088). This amount is inclusive of the appropriation authorized by Resolution No. 34-2021.
Contractor agrees that the amount of increase in the not to exceed amount specified above shall constitute full compensation for the Additional Services, and shall fully compensate Contractor for any and all direct and indirect costs that may be incurred by Contractor in connection with the Additional Services, including costs associated with any changes and/or delays in work schedules or in the performance of other services or work by Contractor.
Revised Section. Section 3 of the Principal Agreement, entitled "Term" is hereby repealed and replaced with the following: "The term of this Agreement, as amended, shall commence on April 1, 2020 and shall continue in full force and effect until March 31, 2022.
4. Integration. This Amendment, including all exhibits, if any, contains the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes whatever oral or written understanding they may have had prior to the execution of this Amendment. This Amendment shall not be amended or modified except by a written agreement executed by each of the parties hereto. Except as specifically revised herein, all terms and conditions of the Agreement, and all prior amendments, if any, shall remain in full force and effect, and Contractor shall perform all duties, obligations and conditions required under the Agreement.
Inconsistencies. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Amendment and the Agreement, and any prior amendment, if any, the 5. provisions of this Amendment shall control in all respects. this Amendment reviewed by their respective legal counsel, and that the terms and Ambiguities. The parties acknowledge that they have had the opportunity to have conditions of this Amendment are not to be construed against any party on the basis of such party's draftsmanship thereof.
counterparts all of which collectively shall constitute one document and agreement. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by the parties in one or more Facsimile Signature; Electronic Signature. This Amendment shall be binding
8. upon the receipt of facsimile signatures or e-mailed by PDF or otherwise. Any person transmitting his or her signature by facsimile or electronically shall promptly send an original signature to the other party pursuant to the notice provision of the Agreement.
The failure to send an original shall not affect the binding nature of this Amendment. and warrants that he or she is fully authorized to sign this Amendment on behalf of Authority. The person signing this Amendment for Contractor hereby represents Contractor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this First Amendment on the day and year first hereinabove appearing.
[Signatures on the following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment to the Principal Agreement on the day and year shown below the name of each of the parties.
YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION
NUESTRA CASA
By: Nevan By:_
Ofelia Bello
Miriam Yupanqui Executive Director
Executive Director
DATE: 5/11/21 DATE:
East Palo Alto Business License No. East Palo Alto Business License No
COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES IN
EAST PALO ALTO
By:_
Patricia Narciso
DATE: -
East Palo Alto Business License No
CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO, ATTEST:
a municipal corporation
By:
Jaime. Fontes Walfred Solorzano James Colin
City Manager Actins City Clerk
DATE 7/1/21 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Rafael E/Alvarado Jr.
City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment to the Principal Agreement on the day and year shown below the name of each of the parties.
YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION
NUESTRA CASA
By:_
By:- Dfelia Bet
Miriam Yupanqui
Executive Director Executiye Director
DATE: 05/20|2021
DATE:
East Palo Alto Business License No. East Palo Alto Business License No
COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES IN
EAST PALO ALTO
By:_
Patricia Narciso
DATE:
East Palo Alto Business License No
CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO,
a municipal corporation ATEST TE
By:
Kara 75 Walfred Solorzano- Tames Colih
ime M. Fonte
City Manager Acting City Clerk
2/1/21 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DATE:
Rafael E. Alvarado Jr
City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment to the Principal Agreement on the day and year shown below the name of each of the parties.
YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION
NUESTRA CASA
By:_ By:_
Miriam Yupanqui Ófelia Bello
Executive Director Executive Director
DATE: DATE:
East Palo Alto Business License No. East Palo Alto Business License No
COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES IN
EAST PALO ALTO
Patucia Narciss
Patricia Narciso
DATE: 3/10/2021
2003024
East Palo Alto Business License No
CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO, ATTEST:
a municipal corporation
By:
Walfred Solorzano James Colin
City Manager Acting City Clerk
DATE: 7/1/21 APPROVED AS TO FORM
Avaa
Rafael E. Alvarado Jr.
City Attorney
ATTACHMENT 1 OF EXHIBIT A: Anti-Displacement Services Contract Scope (2021 Amendment) Activity/Strategy Responsible Contractor Deliverables/Objectives Ist-4th Quarter Progress Deliverables/Objectives Year 1 April 1, 2021- March 8, Year 2 (if agreement is
2021 extended)
1. Hire and train YUCA's and Nuestra Casa's Hire and train new staff. Completed. Nuestra Casa & Provide ongoing training for YUCA Organizer and leadership team YUCA hired a Housing staff to stay up to date on staff and Nuestra Casa Coordinator. the latest renter protection Housing Coordinator and rent relief policies as
and staff. they change and new ones
emerge from local, county
and state agencies.
2. Provide legal CLSEPA will lead workshops. Hold 4 workshops in East CLS held 3 legal workshops Hold 4 workshops in East workshops to City YUCA & Nuestra Casa will Palo Alto for 120 residents for 95 residents and Palo Alto for 100 residents residents and tenant provide outreach and host these in year one. community partners about in year two. Workshops and associations. workshops. state and local eviction webinars will be for groups moratoriums. of East Palo Alto residents
and have at least 1-2
CLS held 1 legal workshop topically focused on SB91
for 10 residents about and geared toward small
Woodland redevelopment landlords.
project.
CLSEPA held 2 legal
workshops for over 100
Palo Mobile Estates
residents about the
conversion process and sale
of mobile home lots.
Nuestra Casa and YUCA
provided outreach for
workshops.
3. Assist residents to CLSEPA and YUCA will In Year 1, form tenants In Year 2, support and help form tenants support tenants in forming associations that will strengthen the Valiant strengthen existing tenant's associations where tenant associations. Nuestra Courtvard Association at associations. Form new there are building- Casa will provide outreach. tenant's associations if wide evictions, rent needed (the number depends
on how many
increases, or health buildings/properties are issues. We are finding that buildings/properties are and safety issues. impacted). small associations that are impacted in Year 2). starting up are needing
apport to strengthen the Palo Mobile Estates is in
adership and civi need of support for
engagement skills. strengthening their resident
association and there is a
CLSEPA advised the Palo need to assist individual
Mobile Estates Resident park residents. The City of
Association about the East Palo Alto can
conversion process and
residents' rights.
4. Tenant Advisory YUCA and Nuestra Casa will Within 60 days of shelter- YUCA has done the Board convene a 7-member tenant in-place order lift, YUCA's internal preparation work to advisory board Housing Organizer will
convene a 7-9-member
tenant advisory board of
leaders in the community year). YUCA has convened
who will help guide the 2 meetings and has... strategize for sustainability.
City's implementation of programmed 4 more-
anti-displacement services. meetings for the month of
The Board will convene a March.
minimum of 4 meetings in
the first year where the Nuestra Casa is supporting
board will receive updates, YUCA in convening
inform implementation and meetings and participating
strategize for sustainability. in appropriate housing
5. Provide leadership YUCA and Nuestra Casa will YUCA and Nuestra Casa Leadership development Nuestra Casa will provide 3 development trainings provide leadership will provide 3 leadership trainings will take place in community engagement to committees of development trainings. development trainings to 75 March 2021.The topical activities via our organized renters. YUCA and Nuestra Casa will residents in part through content of trainings Environmental Justice Nuestra Casa's parent includes how to be an Parent Academy in March Trainine outreach for these effective leader, and base- of 2021 reaching 88 parents academies, which are split
up into 3 Black/African building basics. and youth. YUCA will American. Pacific Islander. support Nuestra Casa as
and Latinx parent cohorts. appropriate.
6. Prepare community CLSEPA will provide CLSEPA will lead 4 CLSEPA will lead 4 artners and tenant: technical assistance trainings trainings in year one for trainings in year two for or effective civic to YUCA & Nuestra Casa
Housing staff, as well as advance or pay nir council,
engagement by
providing them with affiliated coalitions and planning commission, or technical assistance tenant leaders.
and policy analysis in public meetings. This may
advance of key include consultations with
public meetings in policymakers on SB 91 on
East Palo Alto. rental assistance programs
Provide trainings on or other matters.
civic
engagement
strategies, including
education on key land
use and zoning tools,
to create new
affordable housing
and prevent
displacement.
dvocate for tenar YUCA's Housing Organizer In Year 1, YUCA'S YUCA supported CLS in In Year 2, YUCA's Housing rotections, affordabl and Nuestra Casa's Housing Housing Organizer and the first TA training by Organizer and Nuestra housing preservation Coordinator. Nuestra Casa's Housing providing interpretation. Casa's Housing Coordinator and anti-displacement YUCA attended 2 Rent will work together to attend together to attend 10 City Board meetings and 10 City Council and Council and Planning resented once to the Rent Planning Commission Commission meetings board on a separate meetings pertaining to pertaining to housing and occasion. YUCA staff also housing and attended 3 City Council anti-displacement.
light of covid-19.
CLSEPA organized 2 legal
trainings to support Nuestra
Casa's staff and
Promotoras.
7. Provide education YUCA's Housing Team and Provide tenant education to Nuestra Casa provided 200 Provide tenant education to about housing law and Nuestra Casa's Housing Team, 100 residents via one-on- ADU ordinance flyers to 100 residents via one-on- tenants' rights to the consistent of Housing one interactions at residents via our Food one interactions at broader East Palo Alto Coordinator and Housing community fairs, phone Distribution Program community fairs, phone community. Promoters, will jointly provide banking systems, mailings, pertaining to the eviction banking systems, mailings, tenant education. Both social media engagement, moratorium. social media engagement, organizations will refer online videos, door-to-door online videos, door-to-door community members who need outreach, farmer's market, Nuestra Casa distributed outreach, farmer's market, legal support to CLSEPA MidPen Palo Gardens Nuestra Casa's Food Distribution Program, and Affordable Housing flyers Distribution Program, and community events. and applications via our community events.
Food Distribution Program.
Provide targeted, direct
education to residents who
YUCA staff & volunteers owe rent by doing door-
conducted outreach at NC's knocking, conducting phone
food distribution program calls, and follow up. Part of on the westside of town and this education will include on the eastside of town,.. supporting residents in.their conducted outreach at application process for rent
Church of Christ, EHP, and debt relief.
in the apartment complexes.
Over 800 eviction
moratorium factsheets and
template letters were
distributed in person.
8. Design educational CLSEPA will provide YUCA's Housing CLSEPA created know- YUCA's Housing Organizer literature, know-your- technical assistance to Organizer will create your-rights materials and will review and update rights pamphlets, and YUCA's Housing Organizer. ducational materials ano tenant notice forms about educational materials and project development literature, at minimum ir local eviction moratoriums literature as necessary in timelines to YUCA's Housing Organizer English and Spanish, to during COVID-19, Year 2. YUCA's Housing disseminate to the will create, print and distributed through schools Organizer will also review broader East Palo Alto disseminate literature. community-wide outreach and food distribution sites and revise the presentations community. efforts. YUCA's Housing in EPA. and visuals tailored to Organizer will also design specific objectives for
presentations and visuals CLSEPA also created a trainings. ilored to specifi bilingual website,
biectives for training www.YouAreCommunity.o
rg, to educate tenants about
their rights and resources
during the pandemic.
YUCA's campaign
organizer developed two
informational videos on the
process to activate one's
tenant rights under the
eviction moratorium.
Nuestra Casa shared key
information developed by
CLSEPA via our website
and food distribution
program and website.
9. Maintain YUCA's Housing Organizer YUCA's Housing YUCA maintains a YUCA's Housing Organizer communications via Organizer will receive bilingual tenant hotline that will continue receiving ilingual "hotline" communications via a is answered during the communications via a phone phone line to which tenants organization's hours of line to which tenants can can contact with questions operation. We have contact with questions regarding the Tenant expanded our tenant regarding this Tenant Organizing Project. While registry by 20 people so far. Organizing Project. While no legal advice can be no legal advice can be
offered via this phone line, Q4 update: offered via this phone line, it will continue to serve as a it will continue to serve as a referral to legal services, YUCA continues to support referral to legal services, emergency rental assistance tenants via telephone, in emergency rental assistance services, and other both English and Spanish. services, and other resources. Tenants call with inquiries resources.
YUCA's Housing about rental assistance
Organizer will also be in funds and while we always The Housing Organizer will charge of expanding the support their requests, we expand the registry as registry of 70 East Palo start off with making sure referenced in year 1 by an Alto tenants currently in the their rights under AB3088 additional 40 people in year City's records through the are activated. twe.
Tenant Organizing Project.
10. Provide legal CLSEPA will provide legal CLSEPA assisted Assist 100 residents in year representation and assistance to individuals. 118residents with legal two with legal advice to residents at representation or advice and representation, legal advice, risk of displacement YUCA and Nuestra Casa will or rental assistance, over 495 EPA residents or rental assistance due to evictions, large refer community members who including: unlawful detainer with emergency rental including: unlawful detainer rent increases, or need legal help. (eviction) cases; the Rent assistance. (eviction) cases; protecting unsafe housing Stabilization Program tenancies by complying conditions. petition process to address with COVID-19 eviction habitability or rent moratoriums; the Rent
overcharge issues; eviction Stabilization Program
notices; emergency petition process to address
moratorium violations, and habitability or rent
other issues that threaten the overcharge issues; eviction stability of rental housing in notices; emergency
East Palo Alto. moratorium violations and
other issues that threaten the
stability of rental housing in
East Palo Alto.
11. Reporting Service Providers (Nuestra
Casa, YUCA and CLSEPA)
will submit quarterly progress
reports to the City as well as a
midterm and final report during
the first year. If the contract is
xtended for a second year,
Service Providers will be
required to do the same in the
second year. The reports will
provide quantitative and
qualitative data.