RESOLUTION NO. _____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AWARD AND ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH SAMARITIN HOUSE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ANTIDISPLACEMENT RENTAL ASSISTANCEFOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000; AND APPROPRIATELY THE SAME AMOUNT IN MEASURE O FUNDING WHEREAS, Measure O, approved in November 2016 to levy a business license tax, is a general tax with revenue deposited in the general fund and there is sufficient revenue to pay for the agreements for anti-displacement services since they meet several of the objectives of Measure O; and
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2018, the City Council approved the Five-Year Affordable Housing Strategy (“Strategy”) for the City of East Palo Alto (“City”); and WHEREAS, a key item included in the Strategy was future issuance of a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) to identify an organization(s) to provide Measure O related services to the Community; and
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2023, City Council directed staff to issue an RFP for the distribution of Anti-Displacement Rental Assistance and City staff issued the RFP on July 17, 2023; and
WHEREAS, on August 7, 2023, the City received two proposals, Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto and Samaritan House, submitted proposal for distribution of anti-displacement rental assistance; and
WHEREAS, on September 5, 2023, after evaluating the proposals and conducting interviews on August 11, 2023, staff returned to Council to present the RFP results and make a recommendation to award a contract to one respondent.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EAST PALO ALTO HEREBY:
1. Authorizes the City Manager to enter into a one -year agreement, in a form approved by the City Attorney, with Samaritan House for an amount not to exceed $100,000
2. Appropriating $30,000 for the rental assistance program from the General Fund Reserve in addition to the $70,000 allocation approved by the Council during the FY23-24 budget adoption hearing.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of September 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Lisa Gauthier, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
James Colin, City Clerk John Lê, City Attorney