CITY OF FAIRFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-283
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD AND CHANGE AND NEW BEGINNINGS TO PROVIDE
UNSHELTERED STREET OUTREACH SERVICES
WHEREAS, since 2017, the City Council has adopted, implemented, and followed comprehensive policies and procedures in line with the City’s formal Homeless Strategy in order to permanently reduce homelessness; and
WHEREAS, permanently reducing the impacts of homelessness continues to be a top priority for the council. The City Council has identified development of a street outreach team as part of the City Council Strategic Goals for fiscal year 2023-2025; and
WHEREAS, according to the 2024 Solano County Homeless Point-In-Time Count, at any point in time, 1,725 individuals within Solano County are experiencing being unhoused. This population includes veterans, women, children, individuals with disabilities, senior citizens, and other vulnerable groups; and
WHEREAS, like many other cities in California, the City of Fairfield has seen a rapid and troubling growth in chronic and newly unhoused individuals over the past several years. It has been difficult to address the unhoused given the high cost of housing a nd property in the area, and the shortage of emergency, transitional, and affordable housing available in the county to serve this population; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to partner with local organization s to provide unsheltered street outreach for individuals experiencing being unsheltered within the city in order to permanently reduce the number of unhoused, and Change and New Beginnings can provide such Unsheltered Street Outreach Services.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD HEREBY RESOLVES:
Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are a substantive part of this resolution.
Section 2. The city manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to approve and execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Change and New Beginnings to implement unsheltered street outreach services, and to do all things necessary or proper to implement the MOU. The MOU shall have a not-to-exceed amount of $750,000 ($250,000 per year for a 3-year term) and be substantially in the form of the MOU attached to the staff report associated with this resolution, with such changes as may be approved by the city attorney.
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Section 3. The city manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary and proper to effectuate the purpose of this resolution.
Section 4. The city manager is authorized to approve amendments to the contract amount that are within the city manager’s signing authority.
Section 5. The council hereby approves a budget of $250,000 for fiscal year 2024-2025, $250,00 for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $250,000 for fiscal year 2026-2027 for unsheltered street outreach services.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of December 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: MOY/BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO/SANDHU/TONNESEN/WILLIAMS_
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK