Agenda Item A.10
CPMS CONSENT CALENDAR
Meeting Date: September 16, 2025
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
SUBMITTED BY: JoAnne Plummer, Director Neighborhood Services PREPARED BY: Jason Levy, Emergency Services Coordinator SUBJECT: Emergency Shelter Facility Use Agreements
RECOMMENDATION:
A. Authorize the City Manager to execute a facility use agreement with the County of Santa Barbara Department of Social Services for an emer gency shelter at the Goleta Community Center, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to renew a facility use agreement with the American Red Cross for an emergency shelter at the Goleta Community Center.
BACKGROUND:
California law sets the responsibility for emergency care and shelter at the local level. As per the Health and Safety Code Section s 34070–34072, local government is to provide or contract with recognized community organizations to make emergency or temporary shelter available for people made homel ess by a natural disaster or other emergency.
California’s State Emergency Plan and Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) puts local government at the first level of response for meeting the disaster needs of people in its jurisdiction.
The City of Goleta has an existing Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with American Red Cross to provide emergency sheltering. This MOA was signed in 2023 and is up for renewal.
DISCUSSION:
In addition to the MO A with the American Red Cross, staff has been working with the County of Santa Barbar a on a separate agreement since 2024 to formally establish an alternative emergency shelter operat or in the event of a disaster or emergency. Staff seeks Council approval to authorize the City Manager to execute a new agreement with the County Department of Social Services to operate an emergency shelter (Attachment 1) and renew the facility use agreement with the American Red Cross (Attachment 2) . If the Red Cross is unable to provide this service, the County Department of Social Services 1 Meeting Date: September 16, 2025
would serve as a back -up operat or for an emergency shelter located at the Goleta Community Center.
GOLETA STRATEGIC PLAN:
City-Wide Initiative: 7. Maintain a Safe and Healthy Community Strategic Goal: 7.2. Participate in regional public safety collaboration
FISCAL IMPACTS:
There are no immediate fiscal impacts associated with approving this MOA or entering into agreements with the County of Santa Barbara Department of Social Services and the American Red Cross to facilitate shelter services. In the event of an emergency, normal operations at the Goleta Community Center may be impacted depending on the magnitude of the disaster or emergency. Costs associated with shelter operations during an actual emergency may be eligible for reimbursement through state or federal disaster assistance programs, but reimbursement is not guaranteed.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Council may instruct staff not to sign one or both contracts and may also direct staff to explore alternative organizations to operate shelters at City-owned facilities.
LEGAL REVIEW BY: Isaac Rosen, City Attorney
APPROVED BY: Robert Nisbet, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Emergency Facility Use Agreement with the County of Santa Barbara
2. American Red Cross Facility Use Agreement
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Emergency Facility Use Agreement with the County of Santa Barbara
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American Red Cross Facility Use Agreement
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Facility Use Agreement
The American National Red Cross (“Red Cross”), a non-profit corporation chartered by the United States Congress, provides services to individuals, families, and communities when disasters strike. The disaster relief activities of the Red Cross are made possible by the American public, who support the Red Cross with generous donations. The Red Cross’s disaster services are also supported by facility owners who permit the Red Cross to use their buildings as shelters and other service delivery sites for disaster victims. This agreement is between the Red Cross and a facility owner (“Owner”) so the Red Cross can use the facility to provide services during a disaster. This agreement only applies when Red Cross requests use of the facility and is managing the activity at the facility.
Parties and Facility
Owner:
Full Name of Owner
Address
24-Hour Point of Contact
Name and
Title Work
Phone Cell
Address for Official
Notices (only if
different from above
Red Cross:
Chapter Name
Chapter Address
24-Hour Point of Contact
Name and
Title Work
Phone Cell
Address for Official
Notices
American Red Cross, Disaster Cycle Services Logistics, 8550 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22031
Facility:
Insert name and complete street address of building or, if multiple buildings, write “See attached facility list,” and attach facility list, including complete street address of each building that is part of this agreement. If the Red Cross will use only a portion of a building, then describe the portion of the building that the Red Cross will use.
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Terms and Conditions
1. U se of Facility: Upon request and if feasible, Owner will permit the Red Cross to use and occupy the Facility on a temporary basis to conduct emergency, disaster-related activities. The Facility may be used for the following purposes (both parties must initial all that apply):
Facility Purpose Owner Initials Red Cross
Initials
Service Center (Operations, Client Services, or Volunteer Intake)
Storage of supplies
Parking of vehicles
Disaster Shelter
2. Facility Management: The Red Cross will designate a Red Cross official to manage the activities at the Facility (“Red Cross Manager”). The Owner will designate a Facility Coordinator to coordinate with the Red Cross Manager regarding the use of the Facility by the Red Cross.
3. C ondition of Facility: The Facility Coordinator and Red Cross Manager (or designee) will jointly conduct a survey of the Facility before it is turned over to the Red Cross. They will use the first page of the Red Cross’s Facility/Shelter Opening/Closing Form to record any existing damage or conditions. The Facility Coordinator will identify and secure all equipment in the Facility that the Red Cross should not use. The Red Cross will exercise reasonable care while using the Facility and will not modify the Facility without the Owner’s express written approval.
4. Food Services (This paragraph applies only when the Facility is used as a shelter or service center.): Upon request by the Red Cross, and if such resources are available, the Owner will make the food service resources of the Facility, including food, supplies, equipment and food service workers, available to feed the shelter occupants. The Facility Coordinator will designate a Food Service Manager to coordinate meals at the direction of and in cooperation with the Red Cross Manager. The Food Service Manager will establish a feeding schedule and supervise meal planning and preparation. The Food Service Manager and Red Cross Manager will jointly conduct a pre-occupancy inventory of the food and food service supplies before the Facility is turned over to the Red Cross. When the Red Cross vacates the Facility, the Red Cross Manager and Facility Coordinator or Food Service Manager will conduct a post-occupancy inventory of the food and supplies used during the Red Cross’s activities at the Facility.
5. Custodial S ervices (This paragraph applies only when the Facility is used as a shelter or service center.): Upon request of the Red Cross and if such resources are available, the Owner will make its custodial resources, including supplies and workers, available to provide cleaning and sanitation services at the Facility. The Facility Coordinator will designate a Facility Custodian to coordinate these services at the direction of and in cooperation with the Red Cross Manager.
6. Security/Safety: In coordination with the Facility Coordinator, the Red Cross Manager, as he or she deems necessary and appropriate, will coordinate with law enforcement regarding any security and safety issues at the Facility.
7. Signage and Publicity: The Red Cross may post signs identifying the Facility as a site of Red Cross operations in locations approved by the Facility Coordinator. The Red Cross will remove such signs when the Red Cross concludes its activities at the Facility. The Owner will not issue press releases or other publicity concerning the Red Cross’s activities at the Facility without the 16 LOG Facility Use Agreement Form V.6.0 2024-04-11 3
written consent of the Red Cross Manager. The Owner will refer all media questions about the Red Cross activities to the Red Cross Manager.
8. C losing the Facility: The Red Cross will notify the Owner or Facility Coordinator of the date when the Red Cross will vacate the Facility. Before the Red Cross vacates the Facility, the Red Cross Manager and Facility Coordinator will jointly conduct a post-occupancy inspection, using the second page of the Shelter/Facility Opening/Closing Form, to record any damage or conditions.
9. Fee (This paragraph does not apply when the Facility is used as a shelter. The Red Cross does not pay fees to use facilities as shelters.): Both parties must initial one of the two statements below:
a. Owner will not charge a fee for the use of the Facility.
Owner Initials _______ Red Cross Initials ______
b. The Red Cross will pay $ per: for the right to use and occupy the Facility Owner Initials ________ Red Cross Initials ______
10. Reimbursement: Subject to the conditions in paragraph 10(e) below, the Red Cross will reimburse the Owner for the following:
a. Damage to the Facility or other property of Owner, reasonable wear and tear excepted, resulting from the operations of the Red Cross. Reimbursement for facility damage will be based on replacement at actual cash value. The Red Cross, in consultation with the Owner, will select from bids from at least three reputable contractors. The Red Cross is not responsible for storm damage or other damage caused by the disaster. b. Reasonable costs associated with custodial and food service personnel and supplies which would not have been incurred but for the Red Cross’s use of the Facility. The Red Cross will reimburse at per-hour, straight-time rate for wages actually incurred but will not reimburse for (i) overtime or (ii) costs of salaried staff. c. Reasonable, actual, out-of-pocket costs for the utilities indicated below , to the e xtent that such costs would not have been incurred but f or the Red Cross’s use of the Facility. (Both parties must initial all utilities that may be reimbursed by the Red Cross):
Owner Initials Red Cross Initials
Water
Gas
Electricity
Waste Disposal
d. The Owner will submit any request for reimbursement to the Red Cross within 60 days after the occupancy of the Red Cross ends. Any request for reimbursement must be accompanied by supporting invoices. Any request for reimbursement for personnel costs must be accompanied by a list of the personnel with the dates and hours worked.
e. If the disaster is a Federally declared disaster and Owner is a municipal, county, parish, or state government entity, then the Owner will work with appropriate emergency management agencies to seek cost reimbursement through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s program for administering Public Assistance Category B under the Robert T. Stafford Act. The Red Cross is not obligated to 17 LOG Facility Use Agreement Form V.6.0 2024-04-11 4
reimburse the Owner for costs covered by Public Assistance Category B.
11. Insurance: The Red Cross shall carry insurance coverage in the amounts of at least $1,000,000 per occurrence for Commercial General Liability and Automobile Liability. The Red Cross shall also carry Workers’.
a. Compensation coverage with statutory limits for the jurisdiction within which the facility is located and $1,000,000 in Employers’ Liability.
12. Indemnification: The Red Cross shall defend, hold harmless, and indemnify Owner against any legal liability, including reasonable attorney fees, in respect to claims for bodily injury, death, and property damage arising from the negligence of the Red Cross during the use of the Facility.
13. Term: The term of this agreement begins on the date of the last signature below and ends 30 days after written notice by either party.
Digital Signature: Each party agrees that either part's execution of this agreement by DIGITAL signature (whether ELECTRONIC or encrypted) is expressly intended to authenticate this AGREEMENT and to have the same force and effect as manual signatures. The term DIGITAL signature means any electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed and adopted by a party with the intent to sign such record, including facsimile or email electronic signatures. The use of digital signatures is intended to facilitate more efficient execution and delivery of signed documents.
The American National Red Cross
Owner (Legal Name) (Legal Name)
By (Signature) By (Signature)
Name (Printed) Name (Printed)
Title Title
Date Date
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